NCAA Championships Medal round wrapup story - Minnesota clinches team title, and athletes stake their final claim for places     8:00 in the morning is a little early for wrestling, but the competitors seem awake and sharp in the Saturday's consolation conclusion session.    There are two rounds today. The consolation semifinals determine which wrestlers will go for third and which will go for fifth. The second round is the medal matches for third, fifth and seventh.     Each of these individuals have a different story. Some are greatly disappointed, such as Mark Conley of Navy and Otto Olson of Michigan, who were top seeds, lost in the last seconds in the semifinals, and now my dig for pride to compete. Others are like Tom Tanis of Rutgers, who lost his first match of the tournament at 184 pounds, and needed to win five consi wars to get into the consolation semifinals. Tanis, who is Rutgers' first All-American since 1983, is truly pumped up about trying to run the table in the wrestlebacks.    Conley did not do so well in rebounding from his loss, dropping the consi semifinal 6-5 to Cedric Haymon of Cal Poly and falling to the fifth-place bout.    The consolation semifinals at 174 pounds featured the wrestlers many expected in the gold-medal finals, No. 1 Otto Olson of Michigan and last year's champion, No. 3 Josh Koscheck of Edinboro. This time, Koscheck was the winner, 4-2, putting Olson in the fifth-place match to end his college career.    Tanis, who few people know much about, drew Minnesota's Damion Hahn, somebody who has received tremendous attention since his high school days. Both are natives of New Jersey, so both have many friends and family in the stands.  The match was close, tied at 1-1 in the third period, after each athlete scored an escape. Tanis emerged with a 4-1 win, beating the Jersey legend, and continuing his quest for seven straight wins and a bronze medal.    Another match of interest was at heavyweight between defending champion John Lockhart of Illinois and Olympic bronze medalist Garrett Lowney of Minnesota. These regular Big Ten rivals have wrestled many times. This time, it went to the tiebreaker. Lockhart won the flip, chose down and won on a quick escape.    Team points are still important in this session. Witt Durden of Oklahoma qualified for the third place bout, winning his consi semifinal, an helping the Sooners add to their lead for the race for the second place trophy. However, when his teammate Nate Parker was beaten at 141 pounds, and Robbie Waller was unable to wrestle at 165 pounds due to injury, the Sooners also lost a chance to keep its edge.    Then come the medal matches.    Durden did his part for the Oklahoma Sooners, winning the third-place match against Kevin Black of Wisconsin, 13-6.    Iowa State's quest for more team points received a boost at 133, when Zach Roberson of Iowa State won his seventh place match by medical forfeit when Cory Ace of Edinboro did not compete. Free points for the Cyclones.    Iowa missed out on some points at 133, when Cliff Moore was defeated by David Douglas of Arizona in a 14-4 major decision.    More team points were available for Oklahoma when Nate Parker of Oklahoma went for fifth at 141 pounds against Navy's Conley. Parker knotched an 8-5 win, helping his team, and adding to Conley's misery and disappointment.    Billy Maldonado of Iowa State was going for fifth place at 149 pounds against JaMarr Billman of Lock Haven. Billman won the bout, 6-4, closing with a win and keeping the Cyclones from adding points.    Mike Zadick, No. 1 seed for Iowa, was in the eighth-place bout at 149 pounds, against No. 12 Scott Frohart of Air Force. Zadick scored a close 12-9 win to go out with a win and help add to the Hawk total.    In the seventh-place round at 174 pounds was Michael Barger of Oklahoma, facing unheralded Terry Parham of Air Force. Parham's 6-4 win was an indication of how special this year's Air Force team has been, and kept the Sooners from stretching its total.    In fact, the math majors on press row calculated that Barger's loss clinched the team title for the Minnesota Gophers, leaving the only story for the finals being the quest for individual gold.     Iowa's Jessman Smith, winner of his consolation semi at 184, went for third place at 184 pounds against the hot Tanis. Smith stopped Tanis' win streak at six, winning a 9-5 match and padding the Hawkeye total.    There were some exciting individual bouts. Harvard's Jesse Jantzen, the greatest high school wrestler in New York history, pinned Jake Percival of Ohio in the first period to snag third-place. His celebration was enjoyed by the audience, many that watched him win a record four New York state high school titles.    Minnesota's Hahn's day ended in a tiebreaker at 184 pounds in the fifth-place match against Clint Wattenburg of Cornell. Hahn got on top and was able to last the 30 seconds by sinking in the legs.    There was a great Big Ten battle in the third-place match at 197 pounds between No. 3 Owen Elzen of Minnesota and No. 4 Nick Preston of Ohio State. Preston won the match for pride, scoring third-period takedowns for a 7-4 victory.    In a fitting end of his career, Illinois heavyweight John Lockhart went to the tiebreaker in the third-period match against Jake Vercelli of Purdue. Lockhart has competed in many tiebreakers at the NCAA Tournament in recent years. Lockhart won the flip, got the escape, and claimed a 2-1 win.    It's all over, except for the gold-medal matches. Individual dreams are at stake. And the sports community may have a new legend for the ages, as Cael Sanderson goes for his final win and a perfect college wrestling career. Keep tuned.