COLBY COVINGTON
2010-11 Oregon State Wrestling NCAA Championships Notes
COLBY COVINGTON Senior • 5’11” • 1L Springfield, Ore. Thurston/Iowa Sociology
174 Pounds 2010 NCAA Qualifier 2010 Pac-10 Champion 2011 Pac-10 Champion OREGON STATE 2011 Enters the NCAA Championships with a 20-1 record after taking first at 174 pounds in the Pac-10 Championships ... Has won the last 17 bouts consecutively, tying a career-long ... Has four pins, the quickest coming in 1:32 against North Dakota State’s MacKain Stoll in Las Vegas (12/03) ... Went a perfect 11-0 against Pac-10 opponents ... Lone loss came to Oklahoma’s Tyler Caldwell, 6-0, on Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, but later defeated Caldwell on Dec. 4, 6-2 ... Tallied bonus points in 13 of his 21 bouts ... Took third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Dec. 3-4 after going 6-1 ... Defeated Stanford’s Nick Amuchastegui, 10-4, to claim Pac-10 title at Gill Coliseum on Feb. 27 ... Currently ranked fourth by major polls after starting the season as high as ninth. THURSTON HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years under head coach Mike Simmon at 112, 135, 152 and 171 pounds …Set school record for most takedowns in a season (228) … Finished prep career with 118-34 record with 58 pins … As a senior, earned state title at 171 pounds, named First Team All-League … Two-time conference champion, helping team to two conference titles … Finished fifth at 2005 Greco-Roman Junior Nationals … Third at 2006 NHSCA Senior Nationals … Fourth at 2006 Freestyle Junior Natioanls … Also lettered three years in lacrosse under head coach Ken Rogers … Team captain as a senior … Also played football. PERSONAL Sociology major … Born in Clovis, Calif. … Parents are Brad and Noelle Covington; family includes one older sister, Candace, and one younger sister, Callie … Father, Brad, wrestled at the Oregon Institute of Technology and Southern Oregon University … Former prep teammate Brice Arand currently wrestles for Oregon State … Chose Oregon State “to get good coaching and win a national title, while representing my home state.” COVINGTON’S CAREER STATISTICS AT OREGON STATE Year Weight 2009-10 174 2010-11 174 Totals
Overall 40-7 20-1 60-8
Dual 20-1 11-0 31-1
Pins 15-2 4-0 19-2
Tech Falls 2-0 2-0 4-0
Maj. Dec. 17-5 6-0 23-5
COVINGTON’S 2010-11 RANKINGS AND RESULTS Rankings Date Preseason Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30
Dec. 7 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 8
Intermat AWN 10 9 - - 11 9
11 12 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
10 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
TOM 9 9 9
D1 9 9
9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 -
9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 -
Results (NCAA Participants In Parentheses) Record Against NCAA Participants: 11-1 Wt. Date Opponent W/L 174 11/13 Jake Swartz (BSU) W Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 174 12/03 MacKain Stoll (NDST) W 174 12/03 Eric Starks (ASU) W 174 12/03 Tyler Caldwell (OU) L 174 12/04 Ryan Patrovich (HOF) W 174 12/04 Luke Manuel (PUR) W 174 12/04 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 12/04 Tyler Caldwell (OU) W 174 12/11 Caleb Kolb (NU) W 174 12/16 Patrick Martinez (WYO) W 174 12/17 Joseph Stafford (AFA) W 174 01/16 Joey Granata (CSUB) W 174 01/21 Steven Vasquez (CP) W 174 01/23 Nick Amuchastegui (STAN) W 174 01/30 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 02/04 Cody McAninch (UNC) W 174 02/11 (ASU) W 174 02/13 Mark Savalle (CSF) W Pac-10 Championships 174 02/27 Steven Vasquez (CP) W 174 02/27 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 02/27 Nick Amuchastegui (STAN) W
Outcome Major Decision, 13-4 Fall, 1:32 Decision, 4-1 Decision, 6-0 Major Decision, 11-2 Decision, 7-3 Decision, 3-1 Decision. 6-2 Finish: 3rd Major Decision, 12-3 Major Decision, 16-6 Fall, 6:35 Technical Fall, 22-7 Major Decision. 21-10 Decision, 3-2 Decision, 12-6 Fall, 6:00 Forfeit Technical Fall, 19-4 Fall, 4:01 Major Decision, 10-2 Decision, 10-4 Finish: 1st
COLBY COVINGTON Senior • 5’11” • 1L Springfield, Ore. Thurston/Iowa Sociology
174 Pounds 2010 NCAA Qualifier 2010 Pac-10 Champion 2011 Pac-10 Champion OREGON STATE 2011 Enters the NCAA Championships with a 20-1 record after taking first at 174 pounds in the Pac-10 Championships ... Has won the last 17 bouts consecutively, tying a career-long ... Has four pins, the quickest coming in 1:32 against North Dakota State’s MacKain Stoll in Las Vegas (12/03) ... Went a perfect 11-0 against Pac-10 opponents ... Lone loss came to Oklahoma’s Tyler Caldwell, 6-0, on Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, but later defeated Caldwell on Dec. 4, 6-2 ... Tallied bonus points in 13 of his 21 bouts ... Took third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Dec. 3-4 after going 6-1 ... Defeated Stanford’s Nick Amuchastegui, 10-4, to claim Pac-10 title at Gill Coliseum on Feb. 27 ... Currently ranked fourth by major polls after starting the season as high as ninth. THURSTON HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years under head coach Mike Simmon at 112, 135, 152 and 171 pounds …Set school record for most takedowns in a season (228) … Finished prep career with 118-34 record with 58 pins … As a senior, earned state title at 171 pounds, named First Team All-League … Two-time conference champion, helping team to two conference titles … Finished fifth at 2005 Greco-Roman Junior Nationals … Third at 2006 NHSCA Senior Nationals … Fourth at 2006 Freestyle Junior Natioanls … Also lettered three years in lacrosse under head coach Ken Rogers … Team captain as a senior … Also played football. PERSONAL Sociology major … Born in Clovis, Calif. … Parents are Brad and Noelle Covington; family includes one older sister, Candace, and one younger sister, Callie … Father, Brad, wrestled at the Oregon Institute of Technology and Southern Oregon University … Former prep teammate Brice Arand currently wrestles for Oregon State … Chose Oregon State “to get good coaching and win a national title, while representing my home state.” COVINGTON’S CAREER STATISTICS AT OREGON STATE Year Weight 2009-10 174 2010-11 174 Totals
Overall 40-7 20-1 60-8
Dual 20-1 11-0 31-1
Pins 15-2 4-0 19-2
Tech Falls 2-0 2-0 4-0
Maj. Dec. 17-5 6-0 23-5
COVINGTON’S 2010-11 RANKINGS AND RESULTS Rankings Date Preseason Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30
Dec. 7 Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 March 8
Intermat AWN 10 9 - - 11 9
11 12 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
10 10 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4
TOM 9 9 9
D1 9 9
9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 -
9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 -
Results (NCAA Participants In Parentheses) Record Against NCAA Participants: 11-1 Wt. Date Opponent W/L 174 11/13 Jake Swartz (BSU) W Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 174 12/03 MacKain Stoll (NDST) W 174 12/03 Eric Starks (ASU) W 174 12/03 Tyler Caldwell (OU) L 174 12/04 Ryan Patrovich (HOF) W 174 12/04 Luke Manuel (PUR) W 174 12/04 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 12/04 Tyler Caldwell (OU) W 174 12/11 Caleb Kolb (NU) W 174 12/16 Patrick Martinez (WYO) W 174 12/17 Joseph Stafford (AFA) W 174 01/16 Joey Granata (CSUB) W 174 01/21 Steven Vasquez (CP) W 174 01/23 Nick Amuchastegui (STAN) W 174 01/30 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 02/04 Cody McAninch (UNC) W 174 02/11 (ASU) W 174 02/13 Mark Savalle (CSF) W Pac-10 Championships 174 02/27 Steven Vasquez (CP) W 174 02/27 Jake Swartz (BSU) W 174 02/27 Nick Amuchastegui (STAN) W
Outcome Major Decision, 13-4 Fall, 1:32 Decision, 4-1 Decision, 6-0 Major Decision, 11-2 Decision, 7-3 Decision, 3-1 Decision. 6-2 Finish: 3rd Major Decision, 12-3 Major Decision, 16-6 Fall, 6:35 Technical Fall, 22-7 Major Decision. 21-10 Decision, 3-2 Decision, 12-6 Fall, 6:00 Forfeit Technical Fall, 19-4 Fall, 4:01 Major Decision, 10-2 Decision, 10-4 Finish: 1st
