Final Mines Results

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Cody Thompson won the NCAA Division II 149-pound championship, and Wyatt Reisz wrestled back to third place at 184 pounds to close out the 2026 NCAA Championships on Saturday.

In his second try in the national final, Thompson added his name to the long and storied history of Mines Wrestling as its eighth national champion, and first since John Simpson in 1998. Meanwhile Reisz became the program's 39th all-American, and the first Oredigger to place third since, coincidentally, Simpson in 1999, also at 184 pounds.

Thompson beat Wisconsin-Parkside's Jalen Spuhler, 7-4, in the morning semifinals, then shut out Pitt-Johnstown's Matthew Sarbo 5-0 in a dominating final performance to win the national title. Meanwhile, Reisz went 3-0 on the day - all in the morning session - beating Gannon's Patrick Johnson 7-4, Wisconsin-Parkside's Sullivan Ramos 4-1, and then RMAC foe Keegan Gehlhausen of Chadron State 10-5 in the third-place bout.

Mines finished 14th as a team, scoring 33 points.

Against fourth-seeded Sarbo in the final, Thompson got off to an aggressive start but came up scoreless in the first period after his would-be takedown at the buzzer was wiped out after a challenge. Thompson then rode out a scoreless second period and found the bout's first point on an escape early in the third. With riding time already locked up, his takedown midway through the third sealed his victory as he rode out the match for a national title.

Thompson, also a national finalist in 2024, won his morning semifinal with an overtime takedown of second-seeded Spuhler, attacking off the starting whistle to advance. Thompson had trailed 4-1 after two periods, but earned an acrobatic takedown early in the third period to force overtime. His 19-1 record goes down as the greatest single-season winning percentage in program history (.950) and he finishes his career 67-18 overall.

Reisz - who lost his opening round match on Friday - had to compile five straight wins in the consolation bracket to end his tournament with his arm raised. Unseeded in the tournament, Reisz was already assured of his all-America status after yesterday, and began Saturday with a third-period reversal into nearfall-3 to overcome Jackson, 7-4, after trailing 4-2. In the consolation semifinal, Reisz did not give up an offensive point to Ramos and again scored late with a takedown with 30 seconds left in the third to win. 

That put him up against Gelhausen, who he did not face in the regular season or the Super Region 6 tournament, and Reisz went on the offensive against the #2 seed with two first-period takedowns to lead 6-1. Gelhausen brought it to 7-4 with his own takedown in the second, but Reisz sealed it with yet another late three points to win 10-5. Reisz finishes the season 18-5 and 61-19 in his career.