At Cornell
2012-13
Lane placed fourth at the EIWA championships at heavyweight to qualify for his first NCAA tournament. The Big Red senior opened the year by taking third at the Binghamton Open. He went 4-3 at the Las Vegas Invitational to place sixth. Lane was 2-0 in conference duals to earn second-team All-Ivy honors. He brings a 19-12 record into the NCAA tournament.
2011-12
Lane recorded a 19-11 mark in his third season for Cornell at heavyweight. His 10 falls were good for fourth on the team. Lane placed sixth at the Binghamton Open before winning the championship at the Mat Town Open. He placed second at the New York State championships and fourth at the National Collegiate Open.
2010-11
In his first full season of competition, Lane posted a 27-12 record with 12 bonus point victories (seven falls). He began the campaign going 4-1 at the Binghamton Open to take fifth place. The following week, he again went 4-1 and finished fifth, this time at the Body Bar Invitational. Lane then made the finals at the Mat Town Open at Lock Haven before dropping a decision to teammate Oney Snyder to finish second. At the Southern Scuffle, he won a pair of matches, including a pin over Christian McClean of North Carolina State. Lane helped the Big Red win the National Duals title by splitting his two bouts in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He then notched third place at the New York State Championships with a 5-1 performance after which he became Cornell’s full time heavyweight starter for the remaining dual portion of the schedule. After going 3-2 against Ancient Eight opponents, including pins against Charles Fox of Princeton and Tyler Cowman of Brown, Lane was named to the Honorable Mention All-Ivy team. He finished the year strong with a fifth place showing in a deep heavyweight class at the EIWA tournament. Lane was awarded the Russ Martin Outstanding Freshman Award at the year end banquet.
2009-10
Lane went 3-1 on the season with a pair of bonus wins at heavyweight in 2010. His collegiate career began at the Binghamton Open with a pin in just 2:29 over James Roarty of Stevens Tech.
Prior to Cornell
A three-time Colorado state champion, Lane holds the state record for career pins with 123. He was a first-team All-American and was named the Denver Post’s wrestler of the year. Lane was the National Wrestling Hall of Fame’s wrestler of the year, and was the Dave Shultz high school excellence award winner for the Colorado chapter. A three-time state place winner in shot put, Lane won the title his junior year. He was also a two-time state champion in discus. Lane was a member of the National Honor Society and was his class salutatorian.
Personal
Stryker T. Lane is the son of Larry and Gwen Lane and has a brother and a sister. His older brother, Tucker, wrestles for Nebraska. Majoring in development sociology, Lane is a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
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