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Heading into his final postseason wrestling for Oklahoma State, Daton Fix sat down with Ryan Holmes to discuss a variety of topics. Daton talks about why he came back for the extra year, keeping his weight down for the Olympic Trials, competing against Iowa and much more. For the full interview

Well, I’m back. Don’t ask. Let’s just say that February hasn’t exactly been kind to me. But now it’s March and that’s all behind me. So I tried to put on a Willy Wonka exhibit that failed miserably. It happens. Just move on. Somehow this edition became very heavy on New Jersey and that’s not my fault. I don’t think we got one question from someone not from the Garden State. Let’s find out! What made nj.com finally decide to stream states for free all of a sudden? I’ll hang up and listen…bye. Brandon from New Jersey Yeah, and thanks for the call. I thought they were free the last few years after a couple years of turbulent broadcasts that started with an awful year where it was on Track. I don’t want to rip anyone here, but you had eight mats and could only log in on one browser at a time. How was I supposed to navigate eight tabs at once? Especially when every time I did, it would take 30 seconds to load or I might have to sign in again at times. I don’t know why this question reminded me of that but it did. The next year it returned to its original home but under a new format that at least does the job. My only issue is that there’s no app for streaming devices so it’s either mirror the screen or use one of those awful web browsers they give you. At any rate, it’s still awesome and if you're reading this when it comes out, then the quarterfinals are only in an hour or so. Watch it! It’s free! What are your favorite conference tournament memories from over the years? Also, what are your least favorite conference tournament memories from over the years? Also, do you have any indifferent memories? Don’t share those last ones. They seem boring. Kevin Claunch from New Jersey It has to be the six Big Ten champs from New Jersey in 2019. It really was pretty cool and a culmination of a decade’s worth of really high-level guys coming out of the state. Just think, Sebastian Rivera and Anthony Cassar were probably the least recruited of the bunch and they beat the two biggest prospects of the decade in Spencer Lee and Gable Steveson. One is an Olympic champ and the other may be one in a few months. Do I have any indifferent memories? Probably when Michigan won the conference tournament a few years ago. Totally indifferent to it. Forgot it even happened. Seems everyone else did, too. My least favorite moment was something our next guest had to deal with personally. This week, @bryanhazard retired from coaching. The @GMUWrestling Hall of Famer had an illustrious coaching career at Robinson High School. Did you know that the frequently used cross-arm tilt is called “The Hazard” in many parts of the country? Kevin McGuigan from New Jersey Well, I did not know that. But a congrats is in order for the hazardous one on behalf of InterMat for his 28 years in coaching. You are free to go polish a boat in Mexico until you spot a barefoot Jason Bryant in the distance walking towards you. Since Big Tens are driving distance to Maryland this year, do we get #JaggerSession? No, I am not broadcasting this time. Only NJ states remain! Nick Kosko from New Jersey Driving distance for you maybe but I’m at the top of the state! It’s nearly four hours away! But seriously, I simply can’t make it. Home duties have me tied up at the moment so it’s Jaggervision all weekend here. And you bloody should be announcing it! They have multiple mat streams so I don’t see why each mat can have someone on the mic. Folks, if you haven’t watched Rutgers on Big Ten Plus (or Penn, Princeton, and various sports in the Atlantic County area) my man Nick has emerged as the voice of New Jersey sports. If we can’t get him next week in Maryland, then the NJ State Tournament is a fitting sendoff to the Winter of Kosko. I also caught him headbanging to System Of A Down seconds before the start of the Wisconsin dual a few weeks ago. Total pro. Should the NCAA finals go in weight order prior to the main event or mix the order further to build it like a fight/pro wrestling card? Rhino from New Jersey Oh, without a doubt like a fight card. It should’ve happened years ago. I don’t see the reason why not to do it. You’re going to confuse the fans and they won’t know the order? Please. I know the world is getting dumber by the day, but we’re not that bad yet. Just put a little graphic with the order with the rest of the graphics on the crawl. You don’t want to insult the wrestlers by saying they don't have a marquee matchup? The wrestlers should have bigger things to worry about anyway. Then at least put the top three or five matches last and do the rest in order. Is this the key to the sport breaking out? Of course not. But it builds excitement as the night goes on. It’s called quality television. I’ll teach you about it. Jags, my wise friend, O/U on AA's in Kansas City from NJ colleges is 2.5. Where is the smart (your) money going? Salty Walkon from New Jersey First off, my money is never smart. I’m a terrible gambler. But the number does seem to be on point. Rider and Princeton would need someone to get hot and sneak one in or you’re relying on Rutgers getting three in there. I’d still take the over because I’m a mark and want to cheer for my guys. Did Oklahoma State fumble the bag or did Iowa jump levels after the thorough ass-kicking from Penn State? JD Money from New Jersey Iowa won because they are simply a better team. Sure, they’ve had a weird year, but that was expected. They’re still the second-best team in my opinion and a performance like that is just what the doctor ordered for the Hawkeyes to have a solid postseason. Penn State has reached an absurd height of dominance right now. You know they will have six to eight guys in the semifinals on Friday night. All you can do is try to get there and beat them. Anything can happen in March. That’s why they wrestle the matches. Once again, we’ve reached the Burger King of Kings from New Jersey portion of the mailbag. Since we’re nearly out of time, I chose a fee to answer in rapid fire. Have you been to Iowa? Would you come to a dual here? No and yes. I’m told it’s the only way to truly understand Iowa fans. You must walk the streets of Iowa City Is it pronounced "Rut-geers" or "Rut-gahs"? Definitely Rutgahs. The trick is to say it almost like one syllable as gruff as you can. That’s Jersey perfection. What Jersey piece of culture is the rest of the country sleeping on? Gas station attendants. I seriously don’t know how this isn't a thing in literally the rest of the country. How do you talk to nonwrestling people to get them to come to a dual? Promise them punch and pie.

After a day’s worth of Greco-Roman action, the attention at the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifier turned to women’s freestyle. It was an excellent day for the American women as they went undefeated and qualified all three of the previously unqualified weights for the 2024 Olympics. With their performance at the 2023 World Championships combined with today’s results, the United States will send six women to the upcoming Olympic Games. Of course, the actual women who will represent the United States will be determined at the Olympic Team Trials in April. Of the American’s who competed today, the lone returning Olympian of this group was Kayla Miracle, a two-time world medalist. Miracle earned her spot in the semifinals with a fall over Cuba’s Maria Santana Garcia in the quarters. She locked up the quota by shutting out two-time age group world medalist Astrid Montero Chirinos of Venezuela. The first American to clinch an Olympic berth was 2022 World Champion Dom Parrish at 53 kg. After a tech in the quarterfinals, Parrish got down early in her semifinal bout against Lauren Herin Avila of Cuba. Parrish grabbed a hold of the lead with a four-point throw, followed by two points from a challenge and another from a lost challenge. Late in the match, with Parrish holding onto a one-point lead, Herin Avila was pushing for the winning score. Parrish was able to counter as the final seconds ticked off the clock to win, 9-6, and lock up the quota for the United States. Finally, two-time Senior World Champion Amit Elor made her debut at 68 kg. In a rare turn of events, Elor was down early as she was thrown to her back for four points in the semifinal bout. That was all of the offense that Thamires Martins Machado (Brazil) could muster. Elor reeled off ten straight points to win 10-4. 53 kg Semifinals: Dom Parrish over Laura Herin Avila (Cuba) 9-6 Quarterfinals: Dom Parrish over Antonia Valdes Arriagada (Chile) 10-0 62 kg Semifinals: Kayla Miracle over Astrid Montero Chirinos (Venezuela) 3-0 Quarterfinals: Kayla Miracle over Maria Santana Garcia (Cuba) Fall 68 kg Semifinals: Amit Elor over Thamires Martins Machado (Brazil) 10-4 Quarterfinals: Amit Elor over Brenda Sterling Martinez (Cuba) 12-1 Quotas Earned 50 kg - Colombia, Cuba 53 kg - USA, Venezuela 57 kg - Canada, Ecuador 62 kg - Canada, USA 68 kg - USA, Venezuela 76 kg - Canada, Ecuador

NCAA DI Conference allocations have been released! As soon as they were posted by the NCAA wrestling coaches, fans, media members and everyone else in between frantically scrolled through them to see which weight classes had earned “how many” allocations for the 2024 NCAA Championships. The way that these were generated, there will always be room left over for at-large bids. All ten weight classes had between four and six berths reserved for at-larges. Some basic math skills will show that there will always be a few ranked wrestlers who do not earn automatic qualifying bids for their respective conference. So who are they? We’ve gone through and noted the wrestlers who are currently in InterMat’s top-33, yet did not earn bids for their conference. This doesn’t mean they can’t wrestle in Kansas City, they just need to place within the number of berths given to their weight class - or rely on a at-large. For each weight class, we’ve noted the at-large’s available, as well. For some weights, the at-large number matches the number of ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. Other weights are where it gets dicey. For example, 133 lbs has five at-large berths available, but six ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. That means, in a best case scenario, one ranked wrestler will miss out on the trip to Kansas City. That is only if everything goes as expected. What’s more likely is there will be some unranked wrestlers that steal slots at the national tournament and push even more ranked wrestlers out. 133, 141, 149, 157, 174, and 184 all have negative deficits between the at-larges and ranked wrestlers. If you’re looking for the wrestlers who actually did earn allocations, the Seton Hall Pirate has made an Allocation List , which is extremely helpful for these exercises. 125 lbs At-Large: 6 125: ACC (2) - #28 Spencer Moore: (North Carolina) 125: Big 12 (6) - #26 Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa), #27 Kysen Terukina: (Iowa State), #32 Eli Griffin (California Baptist) 125: Big Ten (9) 125: EIWA (5) 125: MAC (2) 125: Pac-12 (2) - #19 Richie Figueroa (Arizona State), #29 Dominic Mendez (Cal Poly) 125: SoCon (1) - #25 Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) 133 lbs At-Large: 5 133: ACC (3) - #27 Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia) 133: Big 12 (6) 133: Big Ten (7) - #20 Schriever/Teske (Iowa), #23 Tony Madrigal (Illinois), 133: EIWA (5) - #21 Angelo Rini (Columbia), #32 Braden Basile (Army West Point), #33 Micah Roes (Binghamton) 133: MAC (1) 133: Pac-12 (3) 133: SoCon (3) 141 lbs At-Large: 6 141: ACC (3) - #14 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh), #16 Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) 141: Big 12 (5) - #28 Josh Edmond (Missouri), #29 Haiden Drury (Utah Valley), #30 Cole Brooks (Wyoming), #31 Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) 141: Big Ten (11) - #25 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) 141: EIWA (4) 141: MAC (1) 141: Pac-12 (2) 141: SoCon (1) 149 lbs At-Large: 4 149: ACC (2) - #32 Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 149: Big 12 (6) - #26 Logan Gioffre (Missouri), #31 Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State) 149: Big Ten (9) - #24 Michael Cetta (Rutgers) 149: EIWA (4) - #29 Eligh Rivera (Princeton) 149: MAC (3) 149: Pac-12 (3) 149: SoCon (2) 157 lbs At-Large: 4 157: ACC (2) - #27 Dylan Cedeno (Virginia), #32 Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 157: Big 12 (6) - #30 Jared Hill (Oklahoma) 157: Big Ten (9) - #29 Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 157: EIWA (3) 157: MAC (5) 157: Pac-12 (3) - #33 Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 157: SoCon (1) 165 lbs At-Large: 5 165: ACC (2) - #14 Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 165: Big 12 (6) 165: Big Ten (10) - #31 Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) 165: EIWA (5) - #28 Cody Walsh (Drexel), #32 Joshua Kim (Harvard) 165: MAC (1) 165: Pac-12 (2) - #33 Chance McLane (Arizona State) 165: SoCon (2) 174 lbs At-Large: 4 174: ACC (4) 174: Big 12 (6) - #22 Jared Simma (Northern Iowa), #31 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) 174: Big Ten (8) - #30 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota), #32 Brody Baumann (Purdue) 174: EIWA (6) 174: MAC (2) 174: Pac-12 (2) - #33 Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) 174: SoCon (1) 184 lbs At-Large: 5 184: ACC (4) 184: Big 12 (5) - #13 Clayton Whiting (Missouri), #28 Dennis Robin (West Virginia), #33 Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) 184: Big Ten (8) - #31 Troy Fisher (Virginia Tech) 184: EIWA (7) 184: MAC (2) 184: Pac-12 (1) - #32 Tony Negron (Arizona State) 184: SoCon (1) - #29 Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) 197 lbs At-Large: 4 197: ACC (4) 197: Big 12 (6) - #16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 197: Big Ten (7) - #30 Kael Wisler (Michigan State), #33 Gabe Sollars (Indiana) 197: EIWA (6) - #28 Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 197: MAC (2) 197: Pac-12 (3) 197: SoCon (1) 285 lbs At-Large: 4 285: ACC (2) - #13 Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh), #33 Ryan Catka (Virginia) 285: Big 12 (5) - #15 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 285: Big Ten (7) 285: EIWA (8) 285: MAC (3) 285: Pac-12 (3) - #21 Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 285: SoCon (1)

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre- allocation spots for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below. Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 26. The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches’ rank, and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches’ ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class. For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish. After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 47 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 12, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 13. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. The coaches’ rankings are determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the seven conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one match within the last 30 days. The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent’s opponent winning percentage (opponent’s strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked. The coaches’ ranking and RPI are two of several criteria that will be evaluated during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage. A full description of the entire selection process for the 2024 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org. The 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 21-23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City as the event returns to the city for the first time since 2003.

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Regionals for NCAA Women’s Wrestling capped off this weekend where athletes competed across six regional tournaments to secure their spots in the national tournament happening March 8-9. The top four wrestlers at each weight at regionals earned a bid to compete, and teams are able to send up to 15 athletes per team. Regional champ teams King (Region II), North Central (Region IV), and Iowa (Region V) were the three teams to qualify the maximum 15 athletes. Sacred Heart won Region I with 13 qualifiers, Tiffin took first place at Region III and is sending 5 wrestlers to nationals, and Colorado Mesa was the top team at Region VI and will be sending 11. Takeaways from Regional competition: 1. King wins big at Region II #3 King was a favorite to take the top team spot at Region II hosted by Emmanuel College, but the Tornado did so in dominant fashion, with eight individual champions and qualifying all 15 possible wrestlers for nationals. In fact, four of the finals matches were between King teammates. Jessica Corredor reclaimed her regional title, as did Montana Delawder and Cheyenne Bowman. Other champs for King were Samara Chavez, Maria Victoria Baez Dilone, Claire DiCugno, Aine Drury, and Alexa Garcia. King finished second at NCWWC last year with one individual champion. While there is a lot of tough competition outside of Region II, they are in good position to get a team trophy as one of the 3 teams with 15 wrestlers headed to nationals. 2. Iowa vs McKendree: The Battle at Region V Iowa defeated McKendree by a margin of 27 points, with 6 individual champs to McKendree’s 3. Iowa continued to show their dominance at 101 lbs with teammates Emilie Gonzalez and Sterling Dias competing for the top spot, with Gonzalez getting the 7-0 decision win. At 109 lbs, Ava Bayless of Iowa took out Pauline Granados of McKendree by a close 4-2 decision. 116 lbs, was again all Iowa in the finals with Brianna Gonzalez getting the win over Felicity Taylor. However, things switched over back into Bearcat territory when Shelby Moore took on teammate Nichole Moore and won at 123 lbs. 3x National Champ Cam Guerin of McKendree took no prisoners on her rise to the top of the podium with a pin, and two tech falls. McKendree struck again at 136 lbs when Viktorya Torres took out Iowa’s Lilly Luft with a pin. 143 lbs was probably the most surprising result as Reese Larramendy of Iowa won a 4-2 decision in the finals to 2x NCWWC Champ Emma Bruntil who had just returned to college competition at regionals for the Bearcats. Two more Hawkeyes faced off at 155 lbs with Marlynne Deede taking down Bella Mir 8-4, quickly followed by a Kylie Welker tech fall at 170 lbs over Tristan Kelly of McKendree. These two teams represent real threats to every weight at nationals, and I would not be surprised to see many rematches in the finals from these wrestlers if the brackets line up. 3. North Central sends 13 to the finals to claim 9 individual champs Every finals matchup at Region IV featured a wrestler from the North Central squad including several finals between Cardinal teammates. North Central are the reigning NCWWC champs with 4 returning individual champs as well, more than any other team. 3x Champ Yelena Makoyed got a 1st period tech fall over her opponent in the finals. 2023 champs Maddie Avila and Jaslynn Gallegos both made it to the finals with Avila getting the decision win and Gallegos going no contest against her teammate. Alara Boyd, who was the champ in 2021, got a pin in her first 3 matches, wrestling just under 3.5 minutes total before the finals where she got an 8-2 decision. 4. Colorado Mesa came ready to compete Colorado Mesa finished 4th at Nationals last season, and came to Region VI ready to dominate. With 5 individual champions and 11 qualifiers, they have set themselves up for success at NCWWCs when it comes to claiming a team title. Returning champion Jennesis Martinez, who continues to be undefeated on the season got two quick tech falls to claim the top spot at 101 lbs. At such a volatile weight class, she’ll be one to watch. In another exciting match, Colorado Mesa wrestler #4 Holly Beaudoin competed for a third time against #2 Jade Trolland of Simon Fraser and finally got the win after two close losses. These two keep it close and have such a good answer for each other’s styles. I am curious if we will see them again at nationals, but matches like this made the difference in the Mavericks 221-point final team score over Simon Fraser’s 207-point runner-up finish. The Mavericks have a pretty even mix of returning All-Americans and first-timers headed to NCWWC’s so we will see if they can hang on to a top-team spot this season. 5. Women’s college wrestling boom It is clear from several elements of this upcoming national tournament how much this sport is growing right now. From the addition of the sixth regional tournament that puts 24 wrestlers at each weight for nationals instead of 20, to the fact that 50 different schools have qualifiers competing, it is clear why wrestling is pointed to as an emerging and fast-growing sport for women and girls. Here is an outline of all the national qualifiers by weight and their schools:

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The Class of 2025 for the University of Missouri continues to look impressive. Coming into Thursday, Brian Smith’s team had verbal commitments from six high school juniors; four of which were ranked in the top 52 overall. That number grew by one as three-time Illinois state champion Seth Mendoza (Mt. Carmel, IL) gave the Tiger staff a verbal commitment. Mendoza comes in at #18 on MatScouts Class of 2025 Big Board and is currently ranked fourth at 126 lbs. The Tigers now have a pair of top-20 recruits with Mendoza and #15 Kollin Rath (Bethlehem Catholic, PA). The other recruits on the Class of 2025 Big Board are #46 Samson Stillwell (St. Michael the Archangel, MO), #47 Peyton Westpfahl (Liberty, MO), and #52 Dom Bambinelli (Mill Creek, GA). In addition to his three state titles, Mendoza has placed at the Super 32 (4,2,5) and Ironman (5,7,3) on three occasions. On the freestyle circuit, Mendoza made the 16U Fargo finals twice, winning in 2021. He’s also made the best-of-three finals at UWW U16 freestyle Trials two times. At the next level, Mendoza appears to be a 141 lber for the Tigers. In a program that has recruited well of late, that isn’t a pressing need, but it's great to get a prospect of Mendoza’s level, if you can. The finalists on Mendoza’s list also included Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Purdue. For more recruiting information, check out InterMat’s College Commitment Page.

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This week, the Pan-American Olympic Qualifier takes place in Acapulco, Mexico. Wrestlers who advance to the finals at each weight will earn an Olympic quota for their home country. With a day of Greco-Roman competition in the books, we've updated our 2024 Olympic Quota Tracker to reflect this week's results. This tracker will be updated over each of the next three days. Men’s Freestyle 57 kg 2023 World Championships: Albania, Armenia, Japan, Russia*, Serbia Pan-American Qualifier: Mexico, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Guinea-Bissau 65 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Hungary, Iran, Puerto Rico, Russia* Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Mexico African and Oceania Qualifier: Australia, Samoa 74 kg 2023 World Championships: Greece, Japan, Russia*, Serbia, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Guinea-Bissau 86 kg 2023 World Championships: Iran, Kazakhstan, San Marino, United States, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Australia 97 kg 2023 World Championships: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Dominican Republic African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, South Africa 125 kg 2023 World Championships: Georgia, Iran, Russia*, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Nigeria Women's Freestyle 50 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Japan, Mongolia, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, Cuba African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 53 kg 2023 World Championships: Belarus*, Ecuador, India, Japan, Sweden Pan-American Qualifier: United States, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Guam, Nigeria 57 kg 2023 World Championships: Japan, Moldova, Nigeria, Poland, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Guam 62 kg 2023 World Championships: Germany, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Ukraine Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Nigeria, Tunisia 68 kg 2023 World Championships: France, Japan, Moldova, Mongolia, Turkey Pan-American Qualifier: United States, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: New Zealand, Nigeria 76 kg 2023 World Championships: Colombia, Cuba, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Nigeria, Tunisia Greco-Roman 60 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Iran, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 67 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Serbia Pan-American Qualifier: Chile, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Tunisia 77 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, Cuba African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 87 kg 2023 World Championships: Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Ukraine Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 97 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Iran, Lithuania Pan-American Qualifier: Honduras, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 130 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Turkey Pan-American Qualifier: Chile, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Morocco, Tunisia *At this time it's unclear how UWW and the Olympic Committee will handle Belarusian/Russian participation at the 2024 Olympics. Until further notice, we will have this spot awarded to Belarus/Russia.

Wednesday marked the first day of the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifier and Greco-Roman took center stage. At the 2023 World Championships, the United States did not qualify any Greco weights for the Olympics, so they needed all six wrestlers on the day to advance to the finals. A semifinals win earned a quota for that wrestler’s country. When it was all said and done, half of the American contingent was able to win in the semifinals and earn the United States a spot in the Paris Games. The final three wrestlers in the American lineup were the ones who clinched the quotes, Spencer Woods (87 kg), Alan Vera (97 kg), and Cohlton Schultz (130 kg). While the United States is guaranteed a spot in the Olympic Games at those weights, the actual wrestler who represents the country will be determined at the Olympic Team Trials in April. For the weights that were not qualified, there will be a Last Chance Qualifying event in early-May. 60 kg Quarterfinals - Kevin DeArmas Rodriguez (Cuba) over Ildar Hafizov 7-3 67 kg Semifinals - Nestor Almanza Evian (Chile) over Alex Sancho Fall Quarterfinals - Alex Sancho over Luis Centeno Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) 4-0 77 kg Semifinals - Jair Cuero Munoz (Colombia) over Kamal Bey 6-4 Quarterfinals - Kamal Bey over Arsen Julfalakyan (Argentina) 4-2 87 kg Semifinals - Spencer Woods over Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba) 6-3 Quarterfinals - Spencer Woods over Ariel Alfonso (Honduras) Fall 97 kg Semifinals - Alan Vera over Luillys Perez Mora (Venezuela) 7-1 Quarterfinals - Alan Vera over Max Madrid De Leon (Panama) 10-0 130 kg Semifinals - Cohlton Schultz over Moises Perez Hellburg (Venezuela) 2-1 Round Two - Cohlton Schultz over Eduard Soghomonyan (Brazil) Fall Round One - Cohlton Schultz over Jorawar Dhinsa (Canada) Fall Quotas Earned 60 kg: Venezuela, Cuba 67 kg: Chile, Ecuador 77 kg: Colombia, Cuba 87 kg: USA, Colombia 97 kg: USA, Honduras 130 kg: USA, Chile

One of the ongoing themes of the 2023-24 DI season has been the chaos at 125 lbs. It is like nothing we’ve seen before. Plenty has been made about the different number of wrestlers who have held the top ranking at the weight during the year (Four from InterMat; other outlets had more). Maybe even more remarkable is the number of wrestlers who have held the number two ranking at the weight. During the 17 weeks of competition and one week of preseason, nine different wrestlers have been ranked number two. Four of them only held it for a single week. There was a five-week stretch during January and into February where a new wrestler had the number two ranking every week. Only once during that span did the wrestler lose the ranking because he actually moved up. At one point fans were semi-seriously asking if the number two ranking was cursed. Some asked me not to rank their guy second. Here is a week-by-week look at the wrestlers who have held the #2 ranking, why they earned it, and how they moved from it. Above each wrestlers name is the date (or consecutive dates) the rankings were published and featured them at number two. October 31st #2 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) A fourth-place finish at the 2023 NCAA Championships allowed Anthony Noto to start the year ranked second at this weight class. Noto captured a second consecutive MAC title and went 33-4 overall. How his #2 ranking ended: This actually wasn’t due to any losses on his end. With Matt Ramos losing during the opening week of the season, Noto ascended into a number-one ranking. November 7th-14th #2 Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) A perfect 14-0 record in 2022-23, while sharing time with All-American Brandon Courtney, had Figueroa in the national rankings last season. He won the 2022 CKLV, beating Ramos in the finals, and notched wins over eight eventual national qualifiers. That was good enough for a top-three ranking in the preseason. With Ramos’ early loss, Figueroa moved up to number two. How his #2 ranking ended: After Noto was majored by Ramos at the NWCA All-Star Classic, some reshuffling was in order. It didn’t seem right to elevate Figueroa to the top spot, without having wrestled a match, so the new order was Jakob Camacho, Ramos, Noto, Figueroa. November 21st-28th #2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) The 2023 NCAA finalist lost his top billing early in the season with a loss to high schooler Marcus Blaze at the Clarion Open and Camacho at WrangleMania within the first two weeks. A major decision over then-number-one Noto helped Ramos climb back up the rankings. How his #2 ranking ended: Ramos held the second spot for two weeks, leading into the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. In Vegas, he finished seventh with losses to Caleb Smith and Nico Provo. Provo would win the event and rocketed up the rankings to fourth. December 5th-12th #2 Anthony Noto After the chaos in Vegas, Noto was left standing with a perfect 6-0 record (the All-Star match wasn’t official) and slid back into the second spot. He would remain there for the next two weeks. How his #2 ranking ended: Noto’s second time with the second-ranking ended as well as could be hoped for. He and top-ranked Jakob Camacho met at the Collegiate Duals and Noto walked away with a 4-2 victory. It was one of three losses on the day for Camacho who tumbled down to #17. December 20th-26th #2 Noah Surtin (Missouri) Noto took the number one ranking from Camacho at the Collegiate Duals, leaving a void at the second position. At that time, only Noah Surtin and Dean Peterson were undefeated and had wrestled a significant amount of matches- freshman Braeden Davis’ redshirt status was uncertain. Surtin was 8-0 and was a couple weeks removed from a win in sudden victory over CKLV fifth-place finisher Jore Volk (Wyoming). How his #2 ranking ended: A day after assuming the number two position, Surtin posted a 6-1 win over Illinois’ Justin Cardani. He wouldn’t wrestle again until after the New Year, when he was upset by Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech), who had been recently pulled from an Olympic Redshirt. January 3rd #2 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) With Surtin’s loss and still not certain of Davis’ status, Peterson was the lone undefeated wrestler at the weight. To that point, his best win came over returning All-American Eddie Ventresca, who was shortly thereafter lost for the year due to injury. How his #2 ranking ended: Just a couple of days after he was named number two at 125 lbs, Dean Peterson was the victim of an upset. In-state non-conference foe, Tyler Klinsky of Rider, handed Peterson his first loss of the season, 9-6. January 9th-16th #2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) Following the CKLV Invitational Ramos reeled off five straight wins over the next couple of weeks (and hasn’t lost since). With Peterson’s loss and Ramos back on a winning streak (and the rest of the weight scuffling), Ramos moved back up to number two. He even put a stamp on his ranking by defeating the previous #2, Peterson, 4-1 in dual competition. How his #2 ranking ended: This time at number two ended as Ramos would have hoped. The Peterson win set the stage for a #1 vs #2 battle between Ramos and Iowa’s Drake Ayala. Ramos secured the only takedown in the bout during a 4-1 victory. That win propelled Ramos back into the top spot in the nation and prompted another search for number two. January 23rd #2 Luke Stanich (Lehigh) The 2023 Midlands Championships were a coming-out party for true freshman Luke Stanich. Stanich garnered wins over four ranked foes including two-time All-American Eric Barnett. Right before moving up to number two, Stanich earned a key win over 2023 NCAA Round of 12 finisher Brett Ungar (Cornell), as Lehigh defeated Cornell. That ran his record to 11-1. How his #2 ranking ended: After the Cornell win, Stanich went to the second incarnation of the Mat-Town Open and suffered a loss to high school phenom Jax Forrest, 8-1 in sudden victory. January 30th #2 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) After the Midlands loss to Stanich, Eric Barnett went on a hot streak that included five straight dual wins, three of which came via bonus points. The last of which came over Nebraska’s Caleb Smith, who has been in the midst of a very solid season himself. At the time, Barnett’s only other loss on the year was an early-season major decision to Iowa State’s Kysen Terukina, who happens to present matchup issues for Barnett. Terukina also beat Barnett early last season. How his #2 ranking ended: It was yet another #1 vs #2 matchup for Matt Ramos, less than a week after Barnett was named number two. The dangerous Barnett’s offense was nullified by Ramos and he fell, 4-1. Normally, a loss in a one versus two-scenario isn’t grounds for the second-ranked wrestler to lose his footing; however, we’ll explain more with our next wrestler. February 6th #2 Braeden Davis (Penn State) Penn State came into the 2023-24 with veterans Robbie Howard, Gary Steen, and Kurt McHenry all expected to vie for the starting role at 125 lbs. Neither Howard nor Steen was able to take the job and run with it so Davis got a couple of cracks and impressed with wins at the Journeymen Classic and Black Knight Invite. In early January he downed 2022 All-American Brandon Kaylor. Because of the five-date redshirt rule for true freshmen, it wasn’t a lock that Davis was going to be Penn State’s guy at 125 lbs, so we held off at inserting him until it was obvious. Davis also added another win over a past All-American when he beat Michigan’s Michael DeAugustino in his second Big Ten dual. How his #2 ranking ended: Like many on this list, just a few days after assuming the number two ranking, Davis was knocked off his perch. This time it was Drake Ayala who did the deed. February 13th-20th #2 Luke Stanich (Lehigh) With the last undefeated having suffered a loss (Davis), it was the other true freshman who got the chance at number two…again. Luke Stanich got back on the winning track after his Mat-Town upset, by teching Bucknell’s Kade Davidheiser. Stanich got the call after the Davis loss; in addition fourth ranked Eric Barnett was pinned by Patrick McKee. How his #2 ranking ended: The carousel has stopped spinning….for now. During the final weekend of the regular season, Stanich got the call in Lehigh’s non-conference dual against Arizona State and came up short against Figueroa, 5-3. He’ll head into the postseason ranked number three in the nation. February 27th #2 Drake Ayala (Iowa) Not only did second-ranked Luke Stanich lose over the weekend, but third-ranked Cooper Flynn did, as well. That allowed Drake Ayala to move back into the second spot after getting a quality win over Troy Spratley during the Hawkeyes win over Oklahoma State. Below are the number of weeks each wrestler has been ranked number two at 125 lbs during the 2023-24 season: Four Weeks Matt Ramos Three Weeks Anthony Noto Luke Stanich Two Weeks Richie Figueroa Noah Surtin One Week Drake Ayala Eric Barnett Braeden Davis Dean Peterson

Over the weekend, NAIA schools competed at their respective conference tournament to claim qualifying spots for the NAIA national tournament in March. Similar to NCAA Men’s Wrestling, there are a predetermined number of qualifiers at each weight in each conference allocated based on rankings. Remaining spots are filled with At-Large bids decided upon by a committee. Here are the results from each conference including team scores and athletes qualified for nationals. Each team score is followed by only their automatic qualifiers. Kansas Collegiate Conference #17 Hastings were champions at the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference scoring 175.5 points, and securing four qualifiers, led by two champs: Reagen Gallaway and Victoria Guinard. In second by just 1.5 points was #20 Ottawa with 174 points, as well as 3 automatic qualifiers and two champions of their own in Addison Saporito and Peyton Hand. #19 Doane rounded out the top three with 142.5 team points, 3 qualifiers, and a first place finish from Cristelle Rodriguez. Two additional champs were Alexsys Jacquez and Lessly Sandoval from St. Mary’s. The last three were all from different schools with Esther Walker of Midland, Gianna Moreno of Friends and Allyssa Johnson of Jamestown all helping their team claim spots at nationals. The Kansas Collegiate Conference accounts for 19 qualifying spots for Nationals. Here is a breakdown of qualifying wrestlers at each weight: 101 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #5 Esther Walker (Midland University) 2nd Place -#16 Karina Vang (Doane) 3rd Place - #17 Zoe Omura (Midland University) 109 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - #2 Alexsys Jacquez (St. Mary) National At-Large - Rayana Sahagun (Jamestown) Conference Wild Card - #19 Aynsley Fink (Ottawa) 116 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - #19 Addison Saporito (Ottawa) National At-Large - #20 Markayla Lottie (Avila) 123 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane) 2nd Place - #4 Emily Paulino (Midland University) 3rd Place - #13 Larissa Kaz (Hastings) 130 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - Peyton Hand (Ottawa) Conference Wild Card - #12 Alisha Van Scoy (St. Mary) 136 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - #13 Gianna Moreno (Friends) Conference Wild Card - #17 Kaydince Turner (Hastings) Conference Wild Card - #19 Aileen Lester (Ottawa) Conference Wild Card - Bridgette Sotomayor (Doane) 143 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #10 Reagen Gallaway (Hastings) 2nd Place - #20 Livia Swift (Ottawa) Conference Wild Card - # 14 Randie Scoon (Ottawa) 155 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - Allyssa Johnson (Jamestown) Conference Wild Card - #19 Aspen Barber (Doane) National At-Large - #17 Lisa Hoeflich (Hastings) 170 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - Victoria Guinard (Hastings) Conference Wild Card - #13 Aime Hernandez-Perez (York) National At-Large - #17 Siara Arrington (Ottawa) 191 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #4 Lessly Sandoval (St. Mary) 2nd Place - #16 Kenisha Jacsaint (Doane) 3rd Place - #7 Marissa Patterson (Hastings) 4th Place - Melissa De La Torre (Morningside) 5th Place - #3 Agatha Andrews (Jamestown) National At-Large - #12 Shan Briggs (Avila) Final Team Scores Hastings, 175.5, 4 qualifiers Ottawa, 174.0, 3 qualifiers Doane, 142.5, 3 qualifiers St. Mary, 88.0, 2 qualifiers Friends, 86.5, 1 qualifiers Midland, 78.5, 3 qualifiers Jamestown, 73.5, 2 qualifiers Avila, 55.0 York, 38.0 Morningside, 21.5, 1 qualifier Dakota Wesleyan, 21.0 Heart of America Conference #3 Grand View claimed another Heart of America Conference title after scoring 185 team points and qualifying 11 wrestlers including two individual champs: Krista Warren and Abby McIntyre. Coming in second was #8 William Penn with 171.5 team points, 7 qualifiers and 4 individual champs. Champs for the Statesmen were Mia Palumbo, Joanna Vanderwood, Devin Patton and Adaugo Nwachukwu. Coming in a bit of a distant 3rd was #13 Missouri Valley with 1137.5 points, however the team still had 5 qualifiers including two champs in Sage Beltran and Elise Falcetti. Rounding out the first place finishers from other schools were Katherine Heath of Baker and Joanna Hendricks of Waldorf. The Heart of America Conference accounts for 29 of the national allocations. Here is a breakdown of qualifying wrestlers at each weight: 101 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place Match - #18 Sage Beltran (Missouri Valley) Conference Wild Card - #14 Teya Garner (William Penn) 109 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place Match - #1 Mia Palumbo (William Penn) 2nd Place - #9 Tristan Nitta (Grand View) 3rd Place - #10 Judy Sandoval (Grand View) 4th Place - #11 Hailey Holland (Missouri Valley) 5th Place - #12 Kylee Slyter (Baker) 116 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #3 Katherine Heath (Baker) 2nd Place - #17 Catherine Steinkamp (William Penn) 123 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #9 Joanna Vanderwood (William Penn) 2nd Place - #2 Maya Davis (Grand View) 3rd Place - #7 Catharine Campbell (Grand View) Conference Wild Card - #17 Allison Hynes (Central Methodist) 130 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - #7 Devin Patton (William Penn) National At-Large - #17 Madeline Santana (Missouri Valley) Conference Wild Card - #18 Nonnie Justice (Central Methodist) 136 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Adaugo Nwachukwu (William Penn) 2nd Place - #2 Andrea Schlabach (Grand View) 3rd Place - #14 Lilly Gough (Central Methodist) 4th Place - #16 Aniseta Acosta (Missouri Valley) National At-Large - Willow Barnes (Missouri Valley) Conference Wild Card - Marish Wahl (Dickinson State) 143 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #6 Krista Warren (Grand View) 2nd Place - #12 Madison Diaz (Grand View) 3rd Place - #11 Isabelle Hawley (William Penn) 4th Place - #4 Serenity De La Garza (Missouri Valley) Conference Wild Card - #17 Maria Slaughter (Missouri Valley) Conference Wild Card - Naida Abdijanovic (William Penn) 155 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - Elise Falcetti (Missouri Valley) 2nd Place - Haidyn Snyder (Grand View) 170 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #2 Abby McIntyre (Grand View) 2nd Place - #1 Ashley Lekas (William Penn) Conference Wild Card - #20 Jaclyn Daley (Baker) 191 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #2 Joanna Hendricks (Waldorf) 2nd Place #8 Jannell Avila (Baker) 3rd Place - #13 Olivia Brown (Grand View) 4th Place - #10 Andjela Prijovic (Grand View) 5th Place - #11 Elisa Robinson (Baker) Final Team Scores Grand View, 185.0; 11 qualifiers William Penn, 171.5; 7 qualifiers Missouri Valley, 137.5; 5 qualifiers Baker, 101.0; 4 qualifiers Central Methodist, 80.0; 1 qualifier Waldorf, 75.0; 1 qualifier Dickinson, 40.0 William Woods, 30.5 Sooner Athletic Conference #6 Texas Wesleyan reclaimed their title as conference champs with 179.5 team points and 11 of the 30 available qualifying spots from the conference. They also had 3 individual champs in Jasmine Howard, Elizabeth Duvall and Mea Mohler. #10 Missouri Baptist scored 168.5 points and had 8 automatic qualifiers and 5 champs: Alyssa Quezaire, Juliana Diaz, Tiyahna Askew, Joessette Partney and Faith Macharia. In third was #7 Oklahoma City with 122.5 points and 7 qualifiers including individual champion Sophia Smith. The final individual champion was Samyra Thomas of Jarvis Christian.The Sooner Athletic Conference is allocated for 30 NAIA nationals qualifying spots. Here is a breakdown of qualifying wrestlers at each weight: 101 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #6 Alyssa Quezaire (Missouri Baptist) 2nd Place - #7 Audalie Cruz (Wayland Baptist) 3rd Place - #9 Sofia Abramson (Oklahoma City) 109 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #4 Jasmine Howard (Texas Wesleyan) 2nd Place - #17 Alyssa King (Missouri Baptist) Conference Wild Card - #6 Eliana Martinez (Oklahoma City) 116 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #2 Juliana Diaz (Missouri Baptist) 2nd Place - #1 Avery Ashley (Oklahoma City) 3rd Place - #5 Camille Fournier (Texas Wesleyan) Conference Wild Card - #18 Jo’Neisha Kennedy (Wayland Baptist) 123 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #3 Sophia Smith (Oklahoma City) 2nd Place - #16 Carolina Rios (Texas Wesleyan) 130 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #5 Elizabeth Duvall (Texas Wesleyan) 2nd Place - #6 Janiah Jones (Missouri Baptist) 3rd Place - #15 Destiny Campbell (Oklahoma City) 4th Place - #15 Bryce White (Oklahoma City) Conference Wild Card - #19 Chloe Herrick (Missouri Baptist) 136 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #8 Tiyahna Askew (Missouri Baptist) 2nd Place - #6 Mattison Parker (Texas Wesleyan) 3rd Place - Keilani Guillermo (Wayland Baptist) National At-Large - #12 Natalia Posada (Oklahoma City) Conference Wild Card - Jalynn Patino (Texas Wesleyan) 143 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #4 Mea Mohler (Texas Wesleyan) 2nd Place - #13 Marissa Jimenez (Oklahoma City) 3rd Place - #15 Makayla Munoz (Oklahoma City) 155 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #8 Josette Partney (Missouri Baptist) 2nd Place - #4 Taydem Khamjoi (Texas Wesleyan) 3rd Place - #15 Leilani Hernandez (Texas Wesleyan) 4th Place - #11 Presley McCandlish (Oklahoma City) 5th Place - #11 Anastasia Hardin (Missouri Baptist) 170 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #11 Faith Macharia (Missouri Baptist) 2nd Place - #12 Kaley Rice (Texas Wesleyan) 3rd Place - #22 Aalyah Villarreal (Texas Wesleyan) Conference Wild Card - #15 Mahogoney Casel (Wayland Baptist) 191 pounds (2 allocations) 1st Place - #6 Samyra Thomas (Jarvis Christian) 2nd Place - #18 Tiffany Curry (Texas Wesleyan) Conference Wild Card - #15 Payton Sholander (Wayland Baptist) Conference Wild Card - #19 Ryann Rumsey (Oklahoma City) Conference Wild Card - Emma Shreiber (Missouri Baptist) Final Team Scores: Texas Wesleyan, 179.5, 11 qualifiers Missouri Baptist, 168.5, 8 qualifiers Oklahoma City, 122.5, 7 qualifiers Wayland Baptist, 92.0, 2 qualifiers Jarvis Christian, 22.0 Central Christian, 20.0 Mid-South Conference #2 Life kept their Mid-South Conference champions streak going with 187 team points, 11 qualifiers, and an impressive 5 individual champions: Anna Krejsa, Sarah Savidge, Zaynah McBryde, Jamilah McBryde and Latifah McBryde. #13 Indiana Tech finished in second with 134 team points, and 7 qualifiers and Tehani Soares as their only individual champ. #9 Cumberlands was third with 131 points, Other individual champions were Stefana Jelacic of Lourdes, Tehani Soares of Indiana Tech, Icart Galumette of Campbellsville, Chamira Cooper of Cumberlands and Maquoia Bernabe of Cumberlands, showing just how many schools in this conference have top talent on their rosters. The Mid-South Conference account for 39 NAIA National allocations. Here is a breakdown of qualifying wrestlers at each weight: 101 pounds (6 allocations) 1st Place - #2 Stefana Jelacic (Lourdes) 2nd Place - #8 Makayla Young (Indiana Tech) 3rd Place - #10 Devyn Gomez (Life) 4th Place - #14 Shanna Morris (Lourdes) 5th Place - #13 Riley Banyas (Campbellsville) 6th Place - #4 Elizabeth Dosado (Cumberlands) 109 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #8 Tehani Soares (Indiana Tech) 2nd Place - #5 Diana Gonzalez (Life) 3rd Place - #13 Gracie Elliott (Cumberlands) 4th Place - Gabrielle Medeiros (Campbellsville) Conference Wild Card - #15 Valeria Ahumada (Siena Heights) 116 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #7 Icart Galumette (Campbellsville) 2nd Place - #9 Ariana Martinez (Life) 3rd Place - Emma Jones (Indiana Tech) 4th Place - Stefany Perez (Siena Heights) 123 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #5 Anna Krejsa (Life) 2nd Place - #11 Kaitlin Castro (Cumberlands) 3rd Place- Trinity Howard (Montreat) National At-Large - #12 Josie Davis (Campbellsville) Conference Wild Card - #18 Isabelle Silva (Indiana Tech) Conference Wild Card - Cameron Ortiz (Campbellsville) 130 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place- #2 Sarah Savidge (Life) 2nd Place - #10 Ellyana Kuzma (Indiana Tech) 3rd Place - #11 Olivia Messerly (Campbellsville) 4th Place - #12 Riley Dalrymple (Life) 136 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #3 Zaynah McBryde (Life) 2nd Place - #9 Gabriella Perez (Campbellsville) 3rd Place - #10 Angie Prado (Life) National At-Large - #18 Carley Anderson (Indiana Tech) Conference Wild Card - Addison Messerly (Campbellsville) 143 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Jamilah McBryde (Life) 2nd Place - #9 Micah Fisher (Cumberlands) 3rd Place - #19 Maia Crumb (Indiana Tech) Conference Wild Card - #2 Emma Walker (Campbellsville) 155 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #2 Latifah McBryde (Life) 2nd Place - #16 Kendra Thompson (Campbellsville) 3rd Place - #20 Cydney Bassett (Indiana Tech) Conference Wild Card - #14 Ariana Pereira (Cumberlands) 170 pounds (6 allocations) 1st Place - #9 Chamira Cooper (Cumberlands) 2nd Place - #7 Bo Geibe (Siena Heights) 3rd Place - #6 Gabrielle Holloway (St. Andrews) 4th Place - #15 Saiheron Preciado-Meza (Cumberlands) 5th Place - #14 Grace Doering (Indiana Tech) 6th Place - Payton Curley (Lourdes) Conference Wild Card - #4 Maggie Graham (Life) 191 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #9 Maquoia Bernabe (Cumberlands) 2nd Place - #5 Madeline Welch (Life) 3rd Place- #14 Naomi Duenas (Cumberlands) Final Team Scores: Life, 187.0; 11 qualifiers Indiana Tech, 134.0; 7 qualifiers Cumberlands, 131.0; 8 qualifiers Campbellsville, 127.5; 6 qualifiers Siena Heights; 62.0; 2 qualifiers Lourdes, 61.0; 3 qualifiers Brewton-Parker 33.0 St. Andrews, 31.5; 1 qualifier Rochester, 18.0 Montreat, 13.0; 1 qualifier Cascade Collegiate Conference #1 Menlo wins a close conference title at the Cascade Collegiate Conference with 176.5 points, 12 qualifiers and four champs: Ajazee Zaballos, Alana Vivas, Desiree Jones, and Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson. Close behind was #4 Southern Oregon with 172.5 team points, 11 qualifiers, and individual champions Carolina Moreno, Caitlyn Davis, and Shenita Lawson. Finally, #5 University of Providence finished in 3rd with a team score of 144 points from their 10 qualifiers and 3 champs: Erin Hikiji, Paige Morals and Waipuilani Estrella-Beachamp. The Cascade Collegiate Conference represented the highest number of NAIA national allocations, with 43 awarded from this conference tournament. Here is a breakdown of qualifying wrestlers at each weight: 101 pounds (3 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Erin Hikiji (University of Providence) 2nd Place - #3 Kayla Mckinley-Johnson (Menlo College) 3rd Place - #11 Liana Ferreira (Southern Oregon University) Conference Wild Card - #19 Karly Scoot (Southern Oregon) Conference Wild Card - #20 Abbeygael Cabuag (Vanguard) 109 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #7 Paige Morales (University of Providence) 2nd Place - #3 Emma Baertlein (Southern Oregon University) 3rd Place - Nizhoni Tallman (Evergreen State) 4th Place - #16 Liv Villanueva (Southern Oregon University) Conference Wild Card - #14 Angie Dill (Vanguard) 116 pounds (6 allocations) 1st Place - #6 Ajayzee Zaballos (Menlo College) 2nd Place - #12 Marissa Kurtz (Southern Oregon University) 3rd Place - Irma Retano (Eastern Oregon University) 4th Place - #11 Arieana Arias (University of Providence) 5th Place - #15 Isabelle Asuncion (University of Providence) 6th Place - #14 Kaylee Annis (Southern Oregon University) Conference Wild Card - #14 Kaylee Annis (Southern Oregon) 123 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #6 Alana Vivas (Menlo College) 2nd Place - #9 Haley Narahara (Menlo College) 3rd Place - #8 Fernanda Lopez (Southern Oregon University) 4th Place - #19 Ellabelle Taylor (Evergreen State) 5th Place - #14 Alicia Frank (University of Providence) Conference Wild Card - #15 Loretta Lopez (Vanguard) Conference Wild Card - #20 Paige Chafin (Eastern Oregon) 130 pounds (6 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon University) 2nd Place - #3 Louisa Schwab (Menlo College) 3rd Place - #4 Alyssa Randles (University of Providence) 4th Place - #8 Lillian Avalos (Vanguard) 5th Place - Erica Grant (Evergreen State) 6th Place - #9 Paige Respicio (University of Providence) National At-Large - #14 Anna Rodriguez (Eastern Oregon) 136 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #4 Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (University of Providence) 2nd Place - #7 River Todd (Vanguard) 3rd Place - #11 Desinee Lopez (Southern Oregon University) 4th Place - #5 Stephanie Chavez (Menlo College) 5th Place - Samantha Barragan (Menlo College) Conference Wild Card - #15 Piper Hall (Vanguard) 143 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #7 Desiree Jones (Menlo College) 2nd Place - #7 Alexandra Lopez (Menlo College) 3rd Place - #3 Bella Amaro (Southern Oregon University) 4th Place - #16 Kailey Rees (University of Providence) 155 pounds (5 allocations) 1st Place - #1 Caitlyn Davis (Southern Oregon University) 2nd Place - #3 Shannon Workinger (Menlo College) 3rd Place - #6 Flor Parker Borrero (Evergreen State) 4th Place - #7 Liv Wieber (Eastern Oregon University) 5th Place - #5 Sadie Antoque (University of Providence) 170 pounds (4 allocations) 1st Place - #8 Shenita Lawson (Southern Oregon University) 2nd Place - #5 Lily El-Masri (Vanguard) 3rd Place - #3 Kalila Shrive (Menlo College) 4th Place - #19 Abena Adu (Vanguard) Conference Wild Card - #10 Katelyn Lewis (Providence) National At-Large - Kacey Lee-Pua (Providence) 191 pounds (1 allocation) 1st Place - #1 Tavia Heidelberg-Tillotson (Menlo College) National At-Large - #17 Trinity Tafoya (Eastern Oregon) Final Team Scores: Menlo, 176.5; 12 qualifiers Southern Oregon, 172.5; 11 qualifiers University of Providence, 144.0; 10 qualifiers Vanguard, 82.0; 4 qualifiers Eastern Oregon, 72.0; 2 qualifiers Evergreen State, 69.5; 4 qualifiers Simpson University, 10.5