Cael Sanderson, Chris Bono and Joe Heskett went to Indianapolis with high expectations, but only one returned with a reservation on the U.S. wrestling team.

Those three Cyclones competed in championship matches at wrestling’s 2003 World Team Trials Sunday in Indianapolis.

In a rematch of last year’s final, four-time undefeated NCAA champion Cael Sanderson beat Lee Fullhart 7-2 and 3-0 to claim his third straight U.S. title and qualify for the 2003 World Championship and Pan American Games.

Fullhart, a former University of Iowa wrestler, won two preliminary matches by technical fall and a third 3-1 on his way to meet Sanderson in the 185-pound final.

Chris Bono, previously ranked first in the country, was unable to continue his dominance at 145.5 pounds. The two-time defending U.S. Team Trials champion was upset by Jamill Kelly of Stillwater, Okla., 4-2 (OT) and 7-3.

Kelly entered the tournament ranked third nationally. His win over Bono was the biggest of the tournament. Kelly qualified for the championship by beating second-ranked Bill Zadick and unranked Lincoln McIlravy, both former Iowa wrestlers.

Third-ranked Joe Heskett won twice on Saturday to earn a birth in the 163-pound championship match Sunday. He beat Donny Pritzlaff 3-2 in his first match and followed that with a 4-1 win over Kirk White.

Heskett, the only Cyclone to make it to the championship match by wrestling through the preliminary tournament, lost his best-of-three finals match 3-0 and 6-1 to Joe Williams.

Williams, a former Hawkeye wrestler, was ranked first entering the tournament and was the defending champion at 163 pounds.

Former Cyclone Ken Cook finished the weekend with two wins and two losses on his way to a fourth place finish in the Greco-Roman tournament. Cook, the ninth-ranked Greco-Roman wrestler at 163 pounds, won his first two matches 6-2 and 3-0 but then lost 6-0 to eventual champion T.C. Dantzler of South Holland, Ill. In the third place match, Cook wrestled into an overtime match where he lost 5-1 to third-ranked former Oregon wrestler Darryl Christian.

Eric Akin, ranked sixth at 132 pounds, wrestled down at 121 pounds and finished 1-1 for the weekend. He defeated Eric Albarracin 8-0 before losing to Jeremy Hunter 4-3 in the second round.

Current Cyclone wrestler Nate Gallick wrestled at 132 and had a strong first round, beating Juan Venturi 8-2.

Gallick then lost by fourth place finisher Yero Washington 6-2 and Danny Felix 4-2 in the consolation bracket.

Former ISU wrestler Dwight Hinson, also wrestling at 132 pounds, lost his first round match 7-1 to second-place finisher Jason Kutz.

Hinson bounced back in the consolation tournament where he pinned Venturi in 4:57 and beat fifth-ranked Michael Lightner 5-0. Hinson’s run was stopped abruptly when he was pinned by Washington in 2:18, keeping him from finishing in the top four.

Matt Azevedo was the only Cyclone not to record a victory. Azevedo, ranked fourth, was beaten by third-ranked Mike Mena 8-0. There was no consolation round at 121 pounds.

Mena, a former Hawkeye, finished second after losing to champion Stephen Abas 6-1 and 3-0.

Sanderson will compete next at the Pan American games Aug. 1-17 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.