Appears like we made it! 4 months of the common season, one weekend of convention championships, and right here we’re, within the T-Cellular Middle in Kansas Metropolis on the brink of proceed probably the most wonderful match of the world’s oldest and best sport.
Match Notes: Session I | Session II | Session III | Session IV
We’re on the 2024 NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships, and we’ll have an account of all of the motion right here for you in actual time!
2024 NCAA Championships Watch Occasion
Have a while to kill earlier than the wrestling begins? Would possibly I like to recommend spending an hour watching the newest FloSports Unique: Spencer & Austin? I am admittedly biased however in my humble opinion it guidelines.
The place Are Brackets?
I am hoping you got here right here for the dwell weblog however when you simply need the brackets I perceive as effectively. All of us crave brackets. Right here is the hyperlink to the D1 NCAA Championship occasion web page on Trackwrestling. Brackets are very simple to seek out from there. Candy candy brackets.
What In regards to the Schedule?
Positive, proper right here.
Saturday, March 23
Session 5 – 11:00 am (Putting Matches)
Session 6 – 7:00 pm (Championship Finals)
Thanks for studying (or no less than scrolling by) the identical opening remarks that I have been utilizing for each dwell weblog in order to accommodate the fast turnaround for every session.
Developing quickly is probably the most slept on spherical of the NCAAs, the Medal Spherical! WHat would be the composition of the rostrum (save for the highest two steps)? We are going to discover out quickly!
Often one thing cool occurs on this spherical too. Final spherical of the season, doubtlessly of their careers, they usually let it fly!
We begin with a spherical of comfort semifinals, adopted by placement matches (apart from the finals, that are tonight at 7PM japanese.
Comfort Semifinals
125 Kilos
Two Lehigh Mountain Hawks are on the mat proper now, as 1 seed Crookham at 133 and three seed Stanich at 125 combat for greater placements.
Wisconsin’s wiley veteran makes use of a hellacious prime recreation to main the true freshman Stanich
Lock Haven’s Anthony Noto, the 12 seed and #23 ranked has Caleb Smith of Nebraska by the use of App State. Hopefully I did not jinx Noto by utilizing his image for this dwell weblog, although I might be equally pumped to see Smith finish his profession with a excessive placement. That is Smith’s first All-American honor in his profession. Noto will get the takedown in sudden victory and the jinx is averted!
133 Kilos
Talking of firsts, Nasir Bailey is wrestling Dylan Ragusin. Bailey is the primary ever All-American for Little Rock, astonishing for a program in it is fifth yr of existence. Bailey makes use of his gnarly tilt sequence to defeat Ragusin. The Trojan true freshman will wrestle for third!
Crookham scores the one takedown of his bout with Evan Frost of Iowa State and can wrestle for third.
141 Kilos
Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina will medical forfeit and drop to sixth place. Bock Hardy of Nebraska strikes on to the third place bout.
Actual Woods of Iowa and Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State are in a brawl. Fittingly for the 2 rival faculties they signify. And Woods will take it 4-0.
149 Kilos
Penn State’s true freshman Tyler Kasak has jumped on a 6-1 lead over Nebraska’s primary seed Ridge Lovett. Kasak misplaced within the first spherical however is trying to be an final highway warrior and wrestleback to 3rd. And Kasak cruises to victory and will get a crack at Ty Watters for third.
ASU’s four-time All-American Kyle Parco, who began his profession on the sadly shuttered Fresno State program, leads West Virginia one-time All-American true freshman Ty Watters 3-2. However Watters flips the script with and pinfall late within the third to advance!
157 Kilos
Stanford Daniel Cardenas wastes no time getting a primary interval pin over Ohio’s Peyten Kellar, Ohio’s first All-American since 2016 (I feel, will double verify shortly).
In one of many wildest bouts of the match, Bryce Andonian of VA Tech and Meyer Shapiro of Cornell commerce large strikes till Shaprio will get a defensive fall within the second interval. Nice stuff from two electrical wrestlers.
165 Kilos
One of the best weight class for my part, is 165, as proof by abilities resembling Michael Caliendo of Iowa and Izzak Olejnik of OK State wrestling within the consi semis. Caleindo is a sophomore, Olejnik is in his last yr of eligibility, having made the All-American spherical final season wrestling for Northern Illinois. And Caliendo guts out the win to advance, a lot to the delight of the Hawkeye followers who trundled into the T-Moble Middle this morning.
Mizzou’s Keegan O’Toole appears to bounce again from his semifinal loss to arch rival David Carr in his match with Stanford’s freshman Hunter Garvin. Coach Ayres not lacking a beat at Stanford as he took over this system over the summer season for Rob Koll, who left for his alma mater North Carolina. And O’Toole cruises to a 17-1 teceh fall.
174 Kilos
Mekhi Lewis trying to cap off a rare profession in Blacksburg with a 3rd place end. The primary NCAA champ in Hokie historical past has a 3-1 lead on Columbia’s first All-American since Steve Santos in 2013, Lennox Wolak. Coincidentally, Wolak is out of eligibility to compete at an Ivy League faculty however will use his last yr of NCAA eligibility at Virginia Tech, the place he’ll switch to over the summer season. So 174 can be in good arms following Mekhi’s departure. Lewis wins, getting in just a few final blast doubles and energy bombs. His profession has gone redshirt, first, redshirt, spherical of 12, runnerup, fourth, and now both third or fourth. Excellent.
One other NCAA champ from the state of New Jersey, Shane Griffith, who represents Michigan after competing for Stanford, leads South Dakota State’s Cade DeVos 4-2. DeVos is a part of a gaggle of 4 AAs that units a program document for the Jackrabbits. Griffith wins 6-2.
184 Kilos
Minnesota’s Isaiah Salazar has SDSU’s Bennet Berge, who a part of that tremendous crew of record-setting Jackrabbits. Berge wins a gutsy one 3-2.
Penn State’s Bernie Truax has Oregon State’s Trey Munoz. Truax nonetheless has an opportunity to complete fourth 4 years in a row. He’s additionally Bernie Truax IV and has an enormous IV tattoo on his arm. I’m not making that up. I am additionally positive Truax would like to complete third, however I’m duty-bound to say these different info. It’s a part of the blogger’s oath that I took. And this one I did jinx as Munoz will get rear standing place on Truax and than mat returns him to his again earlier than securing the pinfall. Munoz is pumped up!
197 Kilos
Cornell’s Jacon Cardenas has Missouri’s and Kansas Metropolis’s Rocky Elam in a rematch from a championship aspect bout that Elam gained 4-0. Cardenas was not glad on the conclusion of that bout. Cardenas leads 6-3 in his potential revenge match. Elam takes prime int he third to attempt to win with nearfall. Elam will not get any extra factors and Cardenas has his revenge with a 7-3 win.
Stephen Buchanan of Oklahoma by the use of Wyoming has SDSU’s Tanner Sloan (the fourth Jackrabbit AA, Tanner Jordan, will wrestle for seventh at 125). It is 2-1 within the third, Sloan trails and simply escaped with 59 seconds of RT in Buchanan’s favor, so that is about as shut a match as you will get at this level. And Buchanan moots the talk concerning the using time level with a late match takedown to win 6-2!
285 Kilos
Wyatt Hendrickson, the nice American heavyweight from Air Power, will get the primary takedon on Ohio State’s freshman Nick Feldman. Hendrickson widening the lead 9-3 now. Wyatt has eligibility remaining however the two-time All-American has a contract to serve his nation that does not contain NCAA wrestling so he’s carried out competing collegiately after this season. Wyatt cruises to a 14-5 win.
Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State has Zach Elam of Missoui (additionally from Kansas Metropolis, not coincidentally like his brother Rocky). Zach is closing out his storied profession with the Tigers as a two-time All-American. Elam with a tactical 0-0 lead with using time locked up within the third. 30 seconds stay within the match. Coach Dom Bradley celebrates as ELam will get the rideout to win. The using time level is all he wanted! Fittinly, Zach will outplace his youthful brother Rocky for the primary time in 4 years.
Medal Matches
The NCAA, of their infinite knowledge, are doing issues somewhat in another way this yr. As a substitute of getting every weight class wrestle their third, fifth and seventh place bouts directly, making a enjoyable 3-ring circus impact, they’ll as an alternative wrestle all of the seventh place bouts, then all of the fifth, then all of the third. This new system, to me, sucks. However nobody requested my opinion so away we go together with the brand new system!
seventh Place Bouts
125: Wyoming’s Jore Volk, a 2022 freestyle 57kg U20 champ, has a 3-0 lead over SDSU’s Tanner Jordan, or TanJo, as myself and I do not suppose anybody else calls him. Volk’s protection holding robust. He wins 4-0.
133: Rutger’s Large Ten champ Dylan Shawver races out to a 6-1 lead over NC State’s Kai Orine, who’s wrestling in his dwelling state of Missouri. Shawver extends his result in 9-3. Shawver holds on to win and provides the Scarlet Knights a seventh placer. Shawver’s teammate Slavikouski will attempt to match his placement later at heavyweight.
141: NC State’s Ryan Jack will get the primary takedown over Vance VomBaur of Minnesota. Jack wins a decent 4-3 bout to position seventh!
149: Rider’s Quinn Kinner, who needed to pull of a few upsets to get right here, is in a slugfest with Iowa State’s Casey Swiderski. Swideriski pulling forward and placing it away, he leads 13-7 after two intervals. Swiderski takes it by main, 20-8.
157: Comeback wrestler of the yr Peyton Robb having a significantly better time this yr than final yr, when he was within the hospital at this level of the match. The Husker is again on the rostrum and has a 7-1 lead on Jared Franek of Iowa by the use of North Dakota State. Robb wins and finishes his profession as a three-time All-American, 4th, sixth and now seventh in his final three seasons. Franek additionally finishes his profession however as a two-time All-American, 4th and eighth within the final two seasons.
165: Peyton Corridor, who, together with Ty Watters, are the primary pair of All-People within the Tim Flynn Period at West Virginia, has Nebraska’s freshman Antrell Taylor. Corridor defeats Taylor to complete seventh, one step greater than his earlier end. He has one yr of eligibility remaining.
174: Ben Pasiuk, Military’s first NCAA All-American since 2008, has Illinois’s Edmond Ruth, who’s now, like his brother Ed, and NCAA All-American. Ruth battles again and wins by main. Pasiuk finishes his profession as a one-time All-American.
184: VA Tech’s freshman TJ Stewart goes for broke in opposition to Navy’s David Key, the primary Midshipman All-American since 2016. Stewart cruises to a 20-4 tech-fall for a seventh place end. Key finishes his profession as a one-time All-American and can proudly serve his nation within the Navy.
197: Little Rock’s second All-American in program historical past (overwhelmed to the dignity of being first by mere minutes by his teammate Nasir Bailey) has Lehigh’s Michael Beard. Little jumps out to a 6-2 lead within the second interval. Little will take it 10-3 and Little Rock has a seventh placer and a 3/4th placer TBD in only a bit!
285: Rutgers’ Yaraslau Slavikouski leads Campbell’s second All-American in program historical past, Taye Ghadiali, 3-1 early within the first. Issues have tightened up by the third, with Slavikouski’s lead now at 4-3. Ghadiali was in on a single leg late within the third however could not end earlier than time ran out. The Harvard graduate with one yr of eligibility remaining locations seventh! Rutgers finishes with two seventh-placers.
fifth Place Bouts
125: Lehigh’s Luke Stanich will get a shot at revenge in opposition to Caleb Smith of Nebraska, who defeated Stanich within the second spherical on the Championship aspect. And with a clutch takedown briefly time of the second interval, Luke Stanich could have his revenge with a 4-1!
133: Michigan’s Dylan Ragusiin races out to a 9-2 lead, nonetheless within the first, over Evan Frost of Iowa State. Ragusin cruises to a 17-6 main.
141: Iowa State’s Anthony Echemendia will get a forfeit over UNC’s Lachlan McNeil.
149: Kyle Parco of ASU and Ridge Lovett of Nebraska duke is out. Parco is a four-time All-American with one yr of eligibility left (final of the covid years). Lovett, a runnerup in 2022, additionally has yet one more yr remaining. Lovett attempting to carry on to a 1 level lead within the third however Parco picks up a clutch takedown as time runs out to present the Solar Satan the fifth place honor!
157: VT’s Bryce Andonian in an entertaining 7-5 bout with Ohio’s Peyton Kellar (there are not any different form of Andonian matches) with Kellar within the lead after one interval. Kellar on prime i the 2nd, throws in a leg, rolls Andonian over and there is the autumn! Kellar locations fifth, Andonian finishes his stellar profession as a three-time All-American, finishes third, seventh and sixth the final three seasons.
165: Stanford’s freshman phenom Hunter Garvin has OK State’s senior Izzak Olejnik. Olejnik scores the one takedown and can end his profession with a fifth place end, three steps greater than he completed final season.
174: Cade DeVos of South Dakota State has a 3-0 lead on Columbia Lennox Wolak. DeVos will take it 5-0. DeVos has yet one more yr of eligibility to try to enhance on his fifth place end.
184: Bernie Truax of Penn State by the use of Cal Polly has Minnesota’s Isaiah Salazar. Truax will end his profession as a four-time All-American. Truax goes up early and begins pouring it on. It is 11-0 within the third. And Truax will main Salazar to cap off a superb profession with a 12-0 win and a fifth place end.
197: A pair of Jackrabbits on the mat proper now, SDSU’s Tanner Sloan has acquainted foe Rocky Elam of Mizzou. Sloan is 4-2 in his profession in opposition to the Tiger. Sloan will end his nice profession as a two-time All-American. Elam is already a four-time All-American with yet one more yr of eligibility remaining. Sloan with a pair of takedowns and he wins 7-0 to complete a legendary profession in Brookings.
285: Cohlton Schultz of ASU has Nick Feldman of Ohio State in a battle of Greco and freestyle age stage world medalists. Feldman leads 11-4 late within the third. Feldman will take it and end fifth as a freshman. Schultz is a four-time All-American (4th, 2nd, seventh, sixth) with yet one more yr of eligibility.
third Place Bouts
125: Wisconsin senior Eric Barnett has Lock Haven’s Anthony Noto. Noto is a two-time All-American with yet one more yr of eligibility. Barnett is a three-time All-American, four-time qualifier (eighth, seventh, R12, 3/4th) who’s in his final collegiate wrestling match. Noto now leads 6-3 within the third. He is additionally received precisely 60 seconds of using time however Barnett wants no less than a takedown to win within the third so that will not matter. Barnett on the assault however he cannot clear up Noto’s protection and the Bald Eagle will take it 7-3! Super profession from Barnett.
133: In a significantly anticipated bout between freshman, Little Rock’s Nasir Bailey squares up in opposition to Lehigh’s Ryan Crookham. Scoreless after 3 minutes. Crookham escapes and secures a takedown within the second to go up 4-0. Bailey takes impartial within the third. Crookham hit for stalling as soon as and Bailey will get a late takedown however Crookham will take it 4-3 and the Mountain Hawk freshman finishes in third.
141: Nebraska’s Barock Hardy has Iowa’s Actual Woods. This one begins with fireworks as they commerce takedowns within the first two minutes. They travel, Hardy with a 3rd interval takedown to steer 7-5 with 30 seconds to go, RT not an element. And Hardy holds on for victory! Woods finishes an incredible profession as a five-time qualifier and three-time AA (sixth, 2nd, 4th the final three seasons). Hardy is a two-time All-American with two-years of eligibility remaining.
149: Penn State’s Tyler Kasak scores the primary takedown on Ty Watters of West Virginia in a battle of true freshmen. Watters trailing by some extent, 3-2, within the third, using time not an element. And Kasak is the last word highway warrior! Unphased by a loss to Jaden Abas i the primary spherical he peels off 7 in a row to position third! Nice careers are absolutely forward for each of those wrestlers.
157: Cornell’s true freshman Meyer Shapiro with an early takedown on Stanford’s true sophomore Daniel Cardenas as Shapiro appears for revenge after dropping to Cardenas within the quarterfinals. Cardenas additionally beat Shapiro at this season’s CKLV.
165: Two-time nationwide Keegan O’Toole tying to get the following neatest thing after dropping to Carr within the semifinals. He is received a 6-1 lead within the first over Iowa’s sophomore Mike Caliendo. Caliendo battles again to make it attention-grabbing however O’Toole will win 12-8.
174: Two New Jersey native legends end our their collegiate careers as Michigan’s Shane Griffith and VA Tech’s Mekhi Lewis wrestle in a battle of former NCAA champs. A scoreless first interval offers technique to a 1-0 second interval in favor of Griffith. Lewis begins the third in impartial nevertheless it’s Griffith that will get the takedown late within the third to ice it, 4-0. Two legends wrap up two legendary school careers. All of the respect to each.
184: Oregon State’s lone All-American Trey Munoz has the primary takedown on certainly one of 4 South Dakota State AAs in Bennett Berge. Now 6-1 Munoz nonetheless within the first. Berge not conceding something although, it is now 7-5 as Berge will get a takedown within the 2nd. He begins the third on backside. It is 8-6 late, and Munoz holds on to a two level result in win 9-7. A stall level for Berge and a using time level for Munoz had been tacked on on the finish. And that was the ultimate bout of the spherical!
197: Oklahoma’s Stephen Buchanan has Cornell’s Jacob Cardenas for third. Buchanan has the one escape to date within the bout and leads 5-3 within the third. One other takedown late within the bout for the Sooner will ice it. Buchanan wins 9-4. Cardenas is a two-time All-American (eighth & 4th) with one yr of eligibility, although he should use it some place else as a result of Ivy League guidelines. Buchanan additionally has a yr of eligibility remaining. He is gone eighth, third and now third in his final three varsity seasons. He additionally certified for the canceled 2020 NCAAs.
285: Mizzou’s Zach Elam will tussle with Air Power’s Wyatt Hendrickson. Wyatt cracks open the match with a toes to again takedown that wrans him seven factors and a 8-1 lead within the second. Hendrickson retains his foot on the gasoline to win by main 14-2. Each superb athletes end their careers as two-time All-People.
We have reached the tip of all however 10 matches of the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships! Now we have a wholesome break till the finals. Loads of time to take a nap, refuel, chill or no matter. Apologies for the typos, we’ll see you again within the T-Cellular Middle for the finals on prime time ESPN!
FINAL PLACEMENTS
Apart from the finalists
125 Kilos
third Place – Anthony Noto of Lock Haven
4th Place – Eric Barnett of Wisconsin
fifth Place – Luke Stanich of Lehigh
sixth Place – Caleb Smith of Nebraska
seventh Place – Jore Volk of Wyoming
eighth Place – Tanner Jordan of South Dakota State
133 Kilos
third Place – Ryan Crookham of Lehigh
4th Place – Nasir Bailey of Little Rock
fifth Place – Dylan Ragusin of Michigan
sixth Place – Evan Frost of Iowa State
seventh Place – Dylan Shawver of Rutgers
eighth Place – Kai Orine of NC State
141 Kilos
third Place – Brock Hardy of Nebraska
4th Place – Actual Woods of Iowa
fifth Place – Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State
sixth Place – Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina
seventh Place – Ryan Jack of NC State
eighth Place – Vance Vombaur of Minnesota
149 Kilos
third Place – Tyler Kasak of Penn State
4th Place – Ty Watters of West Virginia
fifth Place – Kyle Parco of Arizona State
sixth Place – Ridge Lovett of Nebraska
seventh Place – Casey Swiderski of Iowa State
eighth Place – Quinn Kinner of Rider
157 Kilos
third Place – Meyer Shapiro of Cornell
4th Place – Daniel Cardenas of Stanford
fifth Place – Peyten Kellar of Ohio
sixth Place – Bryce Andonian of Virginia Tech
seventh Place – Peyton Robb of Nebraska
eighth Place – Jared Franek of Iowa
165 Kilos
third Place – Keegan O`Toole of Missouri
4th Place – Mike Caliendo of Iowa
fifth Place – Izzak Olejnik of Oklahoma State
sixth Place – Hunter Garvin of Stanford
seventh Place – Peyton Corridor of West Virginia
eighth Place – Antrell Taylor of Nebraska
174 Kilos
third Place – Shane Griffith of Michigan
4th Place – Mekhi Lewis of Virginia Tech
fifth Place – Cade DeVos of South Dakota State
sixth Place – Lennox Wolak of Columbia
seventh Place – Edmond Ruth of Illinois
eighth Place – Benjamin Pasiuk of Military West Level
184 Kilos
third Place – Trey Munoz of Oregon State
4th Place – Bennett Berge of South Dakota State
fifth Place – Bernie Truax of Penn State
sixth Place – Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota
seventh Place – Thomas Stewart Jr of Virginia Tech
eighth Place – David Key of Navy
197 Kilos
third Place – Stephen Buchanan of Oklahoma
4th Place – Jacob Cardenas of Cornell
fifth Place – Tanner Sloan of South Dakota State
sixth Place – Rocky Elam of Missouri
seventh Place – Stephen Little of Little Rock
eighth Place – Michael Beard of Lehigh
285 Kilos
third Place – Wyatt Hendrickson of Air Power
4th Place – Zach Elam of Missouri
fifth Place – Nick Feldman of Ohio State
sixth Place – Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State
seventh Place – Yaraslau Slavikouski of Rutgers
eighth Place – Taye Ghadiali of Campbell
MEDAL ROUND RESULTS
Upsets are underlined. Numbers are rankings, not seeds.
third Place Matches
125: #23 Anthony Noto, Lock Haven over #6 Eric Barnett, Wisconsin Dec 7-3
133: #1 Ryan Crookham, Lehigh over #7 Nasir Bailey, Little Rock Dec 4-3
141: #8 Brock Hardy, Nebraska over #3 Actual Woods, Iowa Dec 7-6
149: #10 Tyler Kasak, Penn State over #6 Ty Watters, West Virginia Dec 3-2
157: #3 Meyer Shapiro, Cornell over #7 Daniel Cardenas, Stanford Dec 10-4
165: #1 Keegan O’Toole, Missouri over #6 Mike Caliendo, Iowa Dec 12-8
174: #3 Shane Griffith, Michigan over #2 Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech Dec 4-0
184: #4 Trey Munoz, Oregon State over #8 Bennett Berge, South Dakota State Dec 9-7
197: #8 Stephen Buchanan, Oklahoma over #5 Jacob Cardenas, Cornell Dec 9-4
285: #3 Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Power over #5 Zach Elam, Missouri MD 14-2
fifth Place Matches
125: #3 Luke Stanich, Lehigh over #13 Caleb Smith, Nebraska Dec 5-1
133: #5 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan over #9 Evan Frost, Iowa State MD 17-6
141: #5 Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State over #10 Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina by way of medical forfeit
149: #2 Kyle Parco, Arizona State over #1 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska Dec 3-1
157: #18 Peyten Kellar, Ohio over #11 Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech Fall 3:23
165: #7 Izzak Olejnik, Oklahoma State over #22 Hunter Garvin, Stanford Dec 3-0
174: #4 Cade DeVos, South Dakota State over #8 Lennox Wolak, Columbia Dec 5-0
184: #5 Bernie Truax, Penn State over #3 Isaiah Salazar, Minnesota MD 12-0
197: #3 Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State over #7 Rocky Elam, Missouri Dec 7-0
285: #7 Nick Feldman, Ohio State over #4 Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State Dec 11-4
seventh Place Matches
125: #7 Jore Volk, Wyoming over #22 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State Dec 4-0
133: #4 Dylan Shawver, Rutgers over #6 Kai Orine, NC State Dec 10-5
141: #4 Ryan Jack, NC State over #22 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota Dec 4-3
149: #7 Casey Swiderski, Iowa State over #30 Quinn Kinner, Rider MD 19-8
157: #12 Peyton Robb, Nebraska over #6 Jared Franek, Iowa MD 11-2
165: #8 Peyton Corridor, West Virginia over #10 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska Dec 2-1
174: #5 Edmond Ruth, Illinois over #12 Benjamin Pasiuk, Military West Level MD 16-6
184: #11 Thomas Stewart, Virginia Tech over #28 David Key, Navy TF-1.5 6:50 20-4
197: #9 Stephen Little, Little Rock over #4 Michael Beard, Lehigh Dec 10-3
285: #14 Yaraslau Slavikouski, Rutgers over #9 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell Dec 4-3