About five minutes after 197-pounder Preston Weigel’s record-setting match, he and the rest of the Oklahoma State wrestling team were the only men on the dimly lit, worn practice mat in the recesses of the BOK Center.
The Cowboys’ coach John Smith stood some 50 yards away talking with reporters about his team’s performance after sending a record 10 wrestlers to the finals of the Big 12 Championships. One for each weight class. Smith had just witnessed a feat that couldn’t even be accomplished with four teams in the conference, let alone nine others.
He had just witnessed perhaps the most dominant day in OSU wrestling conference history.