ATHENS, Ohio (March 18, 2000) -- Ohio senior heavyweight #9 Tim Courtad placed fifth at the NCAA Wrestling Championships today at the Keil Center in St. Louis, Mo. He defeated Pennsylvania's #5 Bandele Adeniyi-Bada, 8-3 before dropping his match against Paul Hynek of Northern Iowa, 6-3. Senior #18 Brad Wright (133 lb) and junior #19 Dan Bednar (197) were both eliminated in the consolation round.

#9 Tim Courtad won 22 consecutive matches since the regular season before falling to #1 Brock Lesner of Minnesota at 2:18 of the quarterfinal match of the tournament. He went on to defeat North Carolina's Matt Kenney and Antonio Garay of Boston College in consolation play. He then fell to Paul Hynek before defeating Bandele Adeniyi-Bada to take fifth place in his final match of the championships.

#18 Brad Wright and #19 Dan Bednar both advanced in the first round. Wright decisioned Wyoming's Corey Hamrick before falling to #2 Cody Sanderson of Iowa State. Wright defeated Ben Richards of Oregon State, but lost to #10 Rob Loper in consolation play.

After pinning his first opponent, #19 Bednar fell to #1 Mark Muoz of Oklahoma State. He went on to defeat Northwestern's Matt Huebner before falling to Viktor Svada of Indiana.