WICHITA, Kan. -- The 2026 NAIA Men's Wrestling Championships are underway in Wichita, Kansas. Round 1 saw some upsets, including Southeastern's Bryce Wheatley knocking off fifth-ranked Nico Rodriguez of Eastern Oregon in sudden victory at 285 pounds. View the Round 1 results.

Brackets & Team Standings | Schedule

Note: The Open Mat rankings are referenced, not tournament seeds.

Round 1 Results

125:
No. 1 Ray Ray Harris (Doane) pinned No. 20 Kyle Sieminski (Southern Oregon), 2:57
No. 14 Chase Walker (Cumberland) dec. Boden Banta (Providence), 9-4
No. 10 Kobi Johnson (Providence) pinned Wyatt Engwicht (Dickinson State), 0:49
No. 19 Braden Ledford (Friends) dec. No. 9 Matteo Vargo (Cumberlands), 8-5
No. 5 Anthony Hughes (Marian) maj. dec. Jaren Kimura (Embry-Riddle), 14-5
No. 13 Jesse Lewis (Wayland Baptist) dec. No. 18 Saoul Prado (Baker), 11-4
No. 8 Tyler Hisey (Indiana Tech) dec. Malachi Aispuro (Waldorf), 9-7
No. 4 Elijah Cater (Grand View) tech. fall Julio Gonzales (Arizona Christian), 17-2
No. 3 Haden Hernandez (Missouri Valley) dec. Christopher Calderon (Westcliff), 13-11
Jordan Rodriguez (Cleary) pinned No. 15 Robert Albert (Missouri Valley), 2:01
Kane Bryson (Montreat) pinned No. 12 Cash Donnell (Oklahoma City), 0:32
No. 7 Isaac Hampton (Southern Oregon) dec. No. 16 Isaac Gibbs (Doane), 8-1
No. 6 Landon Smith (Embry-Riddle) pinned Aiden Woods (Marian), 4:07
No. 11 Braydon Pacheco (Friends) pinned Tyler Ramos (Truett McConnell), 0:44
Trevor Hisey (Indiana Tech) maj. dec. No. 17 Patrick Jones (Keiser), 12-2
No. 2 Brody Gee (Saint Mary) pinned Owen Lindstrom (Bismarck State), 0:53

133:
No. 1 Aaron Lucio (Southeastern) maj. dec. Josiah Fernandez (Keiser), 14-4
No. 15 Tuvshinjargal Zuunbayan (Missouri Valley) maj. dec. Blake Woolsey (Providence), 11-3
No. 19 Justin Rodriguez (Hastings) dec. No. 8 Riley Bettich (Cumberlands), 5-2
No. 6 Paul Ruff (Concordia) tech. fall John Davis (Missouri Baptist), 17-0
No. 4 Nick Alayan (Rochester Christian) pinned Leland Camp (Reinhardt), 2:36
No. 18 Jarrod Gilliam (Briar Cliff) maj. dec. No. 12 Braden Werdehausen (William Woods), 14-1
No. 11 Alex Tabor (Lindsey Wilson) dec. No. 17 Kipp Cordes (Dakota Wesleyan), 5-3
No. 9 Vincent Citrano (Oklahoma City) tech. fall No. 16 Kai Carson (Eastern Oregon), 19-4
No. 3 Matthew Terrence (Doane) dec. No. 20 Dante Rigal (Briar Cliff), 7-5
No. 14 Roman De La Cruz (Saint Mary) maj. dec. Leland Reeves (Georgetown), 13-4
No. 13 Braden Carson (Eastern Oregon) dec. Aurelio Mendez (Cornerstone), 6-3
No. 5 Luke Rioux (Indiana Tech) tech. fall Kolten Powers (Montana State-Northern), 18-2
No. 7 Jason Ramirez (Arizona Christian) maj. dec. Landon Bertsch (Marian), 13-2
No. 10 Izaeah Beavers (Campbellsville) dec. Randy Frailey (Sienna Heights), 10-4
Zac Bosken (Reinhardt) dec. Lane Scorpil (William Penn), 10-3
No. 2 Gabe Gonzales (Grand View) tech. fall Davion Wilson (Graceland), 18-1

141:
No. 3 Adrian Ayala (Lindsey Wilson) tech. fall Anthony Santos (Keiser), 15-0
No. 14 Drew Jones (Southeastern) dec. Adam Stanley (Embry-Riddle), 6-4
No. 18 Eli Peyton (Cumberlands) dec. No. 12 Noah Parmelee (Northwestern), 9-3
No. 8 Logan Wagner (Marian) pinned Lucas Hall (Midway), 0:52
No. 9 Marckis Branford (Grand View) dec. Channing Porter (Arizona Christian), 14-11
No. 15 Arojae Hart (Central Methodist) dec. No. 16 Daryl Mills (Missouri Baptist), 4-0
Tyler Rhue (Southern Oregon) pinned No. 17 Guiseppe Guerra (St. Ambrose), 6:16
No. 2 Andrew Voiles (Southeastern) maj. dec. No. 20 Conner Kimbrough (Indiana Tech), 12-1
No. 4 Sammy Shires (Cumberland) dec. No. 19 Jace Province (Oklahoma City), 15-10
Horacio Godinez (Evergreen ) dec. Dylan Clark (Southern Oregon), 13-6
No. 11 Yoshiya Funakoshi (Embry-Riddle) tech. fall Kameron Stiffler (Bismarck State), 17-0
No. 5 Jared Dinh (Cumberland) dec. Cole McKinley (Lourdes), 13-8
No. 7 Reese Courtney (Grand View) maj. dec. Tyler Johnson (Avila), 17-3
No. 10 Mauro Michel (Life) pinned Steven Barnes (Concordia), 2:23
No. 13 Michael Trujillo (Arizona Christian) tech. fall Wyatt Gardner (Friends), 15-0
No. 1 Caden McCrary (Reinhardt) dec. Blake Runion (Corban), 5-0

149:
No. 1 Kaden Fetterolf (Oklahoma City) tech. fall Brayden Eikermann (Missouri Baptist), 19-2
No. 19 J.R. Downing (Corban) maj. dec. Joshua Zeman (St. Ambrose), 10-2
No. 8 Jaden Two Lance (Wayland Baptist) tech. fall No. 14 Kolton Malone (Southern Oregon), 17-0
No. 9 Carlos Stanton (Arizona Christian) tech. fall No. 12 Tiernan Boots (Marian), 18-3
No. 4 Victor Guzman (Cumberland) pinned Cal Price (Concordia), 1:36
Caden Eggleston (Morningside) dec. Boedi Kirkland (Montreat), 5-4
No. 15 Ty Lehman (Cumberlands) pinned Arthur Reed (Brewton-Parker), 6:54
No. 5 Elvis Solis (Life) tech. fall Marlone Kirksy (Indiana Tech), 20-4
No. 3 Nik Yancey (Campbellsville) tech. fall No. 17 Brody Brisker (William Penn), 20-4
No. 18 Kris Arrey (Missouri Valley) dec. Cade White (Providence), 2-1
No. 20 Rico Robles (Arizona Christian) dec. No. 11 Cole Karasinski (Cornerstone), 10-4
No. 6 Mario De La Torre (Southeastern) tech. fall Christian Lopez (Embry-Riddle), 15-0
No. 7 Nikolas Slatoff (Baker) dec. Garrett Pace (Reinhardt), 10-7
No. 10 Grayson Sonntag (Cleary) maj. dec. Brady Duling (Friends), 11-1
Georgino Moraga (St. Ambrose) dec. No. 16 Cole Cross (Eastern Oregon), 10-5
No. 2 Elijah Larsen (Grand View) pinned No. 13 Mike Loney (Indiana Tech), 4:24

157:
No. 1 John Wiley (Oklahoma City) pinned No. 20 Willard Sprenger (Bismarck State), 3:35
No. 16 Vinnie Abbey (Indiana Tech) tech. fall Elijah Griffin (Cumberland), 17-2
Cole Zoller (Southern Oregon) dec. No. 9 Jake Moon (Oklahoma City), 4-3
No. 8 Hunter Hobbs (Providence) pinned Jordan Tobias (Hastings), 1:34
No. 4 Bryce Boumans (Grand View) maj. dec. Marc Le Gaspe (Cumberlands), 11-2
No. 12 Cayleb Atkins (Friends) maj. dec. Bode Wilson (Cornerstone), 11-0
No. 19 Drake Jenkins (Central Methodist) dec. No. 13 Antwaun Burns (Campbellsville), 9-6
No. 5 Hagen Heistand (Concordia) tech. fall Emmanuel Celestine (Lindsey Wilson), 22-5
No. 3 Douglas Terry (Life) maj. dec. No. 17 Irish Furthmyre (Providence), 8-0
No. 14 Brice Coleman (Cumberlands) dec. No. 18 Ryan Graves (Montana State-Northern), 8-4
No. 11 Easton Larson (Grand View) dec. Brandon Bollinger (Missouri Baptist), 6-1
No. 6 Ben Miller (Doane) pinned Antonio Parker (Cumberland), 1:55
No. 7 Avant Stepherson (Southern Oregon) tech. fall Carlos Valdez (Eastern Oregon), 17-1
No. 10 Josey Jernegan (Saint Mary) dec. Mackandle Freeman (Rio Grande), 7-1
No. 15 Christian Arberry (Marian) maj. dec. Francis Morrissey (Missouri Valley), 15-3
No. 2 Fabian Padilla (Life) tech. fall Joabe Araujo (Reinhardt), 18-0

165:
No. 1 Cam Robinson (Grand View) pinned No. 16 Dayton Hill (Missouri Valley), 0:41
No. 18 Nathan Napolitano (Truett McConnell) pinned No. 13 Kevin Olavarria (Central Methodist), 2:53
No. 9 Malachia Harris (Cumberlands) dec. Joel Campbell (Missouri Baptist), 12-9
No. 7 Jovon Mitchell (Southeastern) dec. Blaze Sumiye (Providence), 7-6
No. 4 Alexander Couto (Life) tech. fall Jeff Dunasky (Marian), 17-1
No. 12 Dylan Whitt (Grand View) maj. dec. No. 20 Carson Turnis (Morningside), 12-1
No. 15 Jordan Lomeli (Oklahoma City) tech. fall Graham Kilpper (Saint Mary), 19-4
No. 3 Jasitin Kubwimana (Campbellsville) tech. fall Cole Price (Concordia), 24-9
No. 8 Zander Ernst (Morningside) maj. dec. No. 14 Hayden Brown (Oklahoma City), 11-0
No. 17 Jalen Vladic (Providence) pinned Hayden Santora (Reinhardt), 4:33
No. 11 Justin Windauer (Montana State-Northern) maj. dec. Benjamen Mitchell (Simpson), 14-4
No. 5 Anthony Federico (Southeastern) tech. fall No. 19 Eric Hodge (Central Methodist), 19-1
No. 6 Rocky Raby (Life) pinned Alexander Sederburg (William Woods), 0:49
Derrick Bannister (Cumberlands) pinned No. 10 Jayden Luttrell (Embry-Riddle), 1:57
Brayden Shelton (Missouri Valley) maj. dec. Ethan Gomez (Cumberland), 12-2
No. 2 Jonathan Kervin (Indiana Tech) tech. fall Braden Getz (Marian), 25-9

174:
No. 1 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma City) maj. dec. No. 18 Jackson Potts (Southern Oregon), 12-4
No. 12 Konlin Weaver (Life) tech. fall Michael Durham (Indiana Tech), 16-1
No. 6 Leonardo Galasso (Arizona Christian) maj. dec. No. 19 Brady Ellison (Providence), 13-4
No. 8 Shadrick Slone (Campbellsville) by medical forfeit over Ronald Butler (Keiser)
No. 5 Reese Jones (Life) dec. Michael Ager (Saint Mary), 7-5
No. 15 Jagger Tyler (Dakota Wesleyan) maj. dec. Jeivan Ross (Marian), 11-2
Benedict Holthaus (Friends) dec. No. 14 Husam Mustafa (Southeastern), 9-4
No. 4 Daniil Gorshkov (Embry-Riddle) tech. fall Jeraimiah Nyberg (Graceland), 17-2
No. 3 Kris Ketchum (Grand View) pinned Jacob Gonzales (Rochester Christian), 5:00
No. 17 Orion Thivierge (Montana State-Northern) dec. No. 13 Sean Houston (Brewton-Parker) SV-1 4-1
No. 11 Anthony Rinehart (Marian) dec. Hunter Weimer (Concordia), 9-2
No. 9 Ty Rodriguez (Southeastern) maj. dec. No. 20 Jake Prudek (Doane), 17-7
No. 7 Weston Melvin (Cumberlands) dec. Teagan Foreman (Dakota Wesleyan), 2-1
No. 10 Braylin Ruchti (Southern Oregon) maj. dec. Joseph Lashuay (Cornerstone), 14-3
No. 16 Nate Bukovich (Reinhardt) dec. Anthony Pyron (Cumberland), 8-2
No. 2 Roman Garcia (Central Methodist) pinned Landon Buchanan (Indiana Tech), 3:59

184:
No. 1 Tyson Beauperthuy (Doane) tech. fall No. 15 Lane Kiser (Cumberlands), 20-5
Justin Bartee (Rio Grande) dec. No. 14 Brice Parks (Campbellsville), 8-1
No. 9 Ashton Habeil (Lindsey Wilson) tech. fall Dayne Stormer (Wayland Baptist), 17-0
No. 8 Cory Cannan (Lindsey Wilson) maj. dec. Cade Gubler (Montana State-Northern), 11-2
No. 5 Isaiah Twait (Corban) dec. Noah Hollendonner (Marian), 4-1
Doug Dittmer (Georgetown) dec. No. 10 Rocco Horvath (Cumberland), 7-2
No. 13 Barret Brandt (Concordia) tech. fall Matthew Russell (Williams Baptist), 21-2
No. 4 Adrian Chavez-Morales (Southern Oregon) maj. dec. Chris Wohrley (Graceland), 13-0
No. 3 Tre Morrisette (Life) tech. fall No. 19 Cole Olguin (Oklahoma City), 19-4
Kolton Kammeyer (Doane) maj. dec. No. 16 Jason Bowers (Friends), 10-1
No. 12 Austen Wetzel (William Woods) pinned Jeremiah Voliva (Avila), 5:55
No. 6 Sam Libby (Keiser) pinned Griffin Ray (Central Methodist), 2:18
No. 7 Navarro Nanpuya (Georgetown) pinned Zahquel Davis (Brewton-Parker), 3:31
No. 11 August Batson (Southeastern) dec. Jackson King (Dickinson State), 12-9
No. 18 Nate McDonald (Midland) tech. fall No. 20 Logan Heckert (Cumberland), 15-0
No. 2 Kendall Norfleet (Life) tech. fall Noah Poe-Hatten (Providence), 23-6

197:
No. 1 Garavous Kouekabakilaho (Grand View) pinned Kevin Lund (Baker), 3:39
No. 15 Gabe Chesbro (Saint Mary) dec. Aaron Riner (Reinhardt), 7-5
No. 8 Kasten Grape (Southeastern) dec. Cameron Cornman (Central Methodist), 7-4
No. 7 Ghee Rachal (St. Thomas) dec. Chase Stieb (Doane), 11-5
No. 3 Gentry Smith (Southeastern) dec. Ty Cobb (Lourdes), 7-2
Jett McCauley (Keiser) maj. dec. No. 10 Marcus James (Georgetown), 14-6
No. 17 Omari Smith (Oklahoma City) dec. No. 13 Tyler Rowland (Cumberland), 9-2
No. 4 Elijah Hynes (Missouri Valley) dec. Donivan Giangregorio (Dickinson State), 8-7
No. 6 Asher Ruchti (Southern Oregon) maj. dec. No. 20 K.J. Fry (Graceland), 14-1
No. 19 Elias Corona (Southern Oregon) dec. Hunter Hall (Baker), 4-0
No. 9 Efren Arizmendez (Life) pinned Torrance Keehn (Concordia), 6:21
No. 5 Nathan Critchfield (Indiana Tech) tech. fall Mekhi Bovee (Morningside), 17-1
No. 11 Trenton Blomquist (Embry-Riddle) tech. fall No. 18 Rodney Trotter (Avila), 19-2
No. 12 Jaren Jackson (Doane) pinned David Rapp (Simpson), 0:44
No. 14 Ashton Boswell (Campbellsville) dec. Asaiah Kamplain (Corban), 10-4
No. 2 Gio Jackson (Life) dec. No. 16 Logan Davidson (Friends), 6-3

285:
No. 2 Zeph Sivels (Midland) maj. dec. Kazz Hyson (Graceland), 12-0
No. 17 Randy Gonzalez (Missouri Valley) dec. Treyshawn White (Cumberlands), 1-0
No. 12 Bruce Wagers (Rio Grande) pinned No. 10 Luke Cox (Georgetown), 0:52
No. 9 Shane Mattson (Montana State-Northern) maj. dec. Miguel Perez (Lindsey Wilson), 9-1
Bryce Wheatley (Southeastern) dec. No. 5 Nico Rodriguez (Eastern Oregon), 7-1 SV1
No. 19 Jordan Sommers (Keiser) maj. dec. Kaiden Cisneros (Arizona Christian), 11-1
No. 14 Koen Mattern (Hastings) pinned Amad Soufi (Missouri Baptist), 4:32
No. 4 Shane Cook (Grand View) maj. dec. Steven Elwell (Ottawa), 12-1
No. 3 Austin Foye (Central Methodist) dec. Phillip Terrell (Truett McConnell), 7-2
No. 7 Ethan DeRoche (Providence) dec. Caleb Pruitt (Reinhardt), 4-2
Daguy Massillon (Keiser) dec. No. 18 Gage Cook (St. Thomas), 4-1 TB1
No. 6 Antonio Garcia (Corban) maj. dec. Ian Clifford (Indiana Tech), 8-0
No. 8 Garine Gibson (Central Methodist) dec. No. 20 Collin Sullivan (Lourdes), 5-1
No. 11 Austin Silva (Cumberlands) pinned Wilbert Martin (Texas Wesleyan), 6:04
No. 16 Seth Suvak (Dickinson State) pinned No. 13 Emmett Bivens (Wayland Baptist), 5:00
No. 1 Kenneth Copley (Embry-Riddle) dec. No. 15 Gabe Kant (Concordia), 2-1