KANSAS CITY (March 6, 2016) – A pair of third-place finishes by Dylan Cottrell (157) and Bubba Scheffel (184) led the way for the West Virginia University wrestling team as the Mountaineers finished sixth at the 2016 Big 12 Championship at Sprint Center in Kansas City on Sunday.
In addition, both Scheffel and Cottrell earned automatic bids to the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
West Virginia finished sixth with 65.5 points in the first year of the new-look Big 12, which added six affiliate members this offseason for a total of 10 wrestling program.