By USA Wrestling

OMAHA, Neb. – The Big Ten took a huge early lead in the team scoring, and held off a challenge by the Big 12 in the middle weights to earn a 57-37 victory in the first Big Ten vs. Big 12 Challenge on Friday.

This exhibition men's freestyle wrestling dual meet, presented by the NCAA and USA Wrestling, was part of the NCAA Fan Festival at the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Omaha, Neb. A standing-room only crowd of over 3,000 fans were in attendance, enjoying some outstanding freestyle action.

The rules for the Big Ten vs. Big 12 Challenge were modified. Instead of having individual match winners, there was a cumulative point total for each conference. Team scores were based upon adding up the technical points scored in each match by the athletes. At the end of the dual meet, the points were tallied up, with the Big Ten winning by 20 points.

Closing out the match at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. was past NCAA runner-up Aaron Anspach of Penn State who scored three points, while Missouri’s Dominique Bradley did not score. Bradley was a 2009 Junior World freestyle champion.

via Big Ten beats Big 12, 57-37 – Big Ten Network.

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