Photos from the first day of the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

Brown's Mike Joyce paces as wrestlers are introduced during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Missouri’s Keegan O`Toole is declared the winner after wrestling Northern Iowa's Jack Thomsen at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Ryder Downey is declared the winner after wrestling Oklahoma’s Jared Hill at 157 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

South Dakota State's Tanner Sloan looks on during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Real Woods looks on during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Real Woods is declared the winner during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Real Woods takes the mat during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

South Dakota State's Tanner Sloan wrestles Buffalo’s Sam Mitchell at 197 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Michael Caliendo wrestles Minnesota’s Blaine Brenner at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Evan Frost wrestles Army West Point's Braden Basile at 133 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Jack Thomsen wrestles Missouri’s Keegan O`Toole at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Minnesota’s Vance Vombaur celebrates after defeating Northern Iowa's Cael Happel at 141 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Kysen Terukina wrestles Minnesota’s Patrick McKee at 125 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Drake Ayala wrestles California Baptist's Elijah Griffin at 125 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Brody Teske wrestles South Dakota State's Derrick Cardinal at 133 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Will Feldkamp wrestles Princeton’s Nate Dugan at 184 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Real Woods wrestles North Carolina State's Ryan Jack at 141 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Ryder Downey wrestles Oklahoma’s Jared Hill at 157 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Anthony Echemendia wrestles Purdue’s Greyson Clark at 141 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Jared Franek wrestles Purdue’s Joey Blaze at 157 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Parker Keckeisen wrestles Long Island’s Anthony D’Alesio during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Casey Swiderski wrestles Army West Point's Matthew Williams at 149 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Cael Happel wrestles Minnesota’s Vance Vombaur at 141 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Patrick Kennedy wrestles North Carolina's Tyler Eischens at 174 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Wyatt Voelker wrestles Rutgers John Poznanski at 197 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's Will Feldkamp celebrates after defeating Princeton’s Nate Dugan at 184 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Bradley Hill wrestles North Carolina State's Owen Trephan at heavyweight during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Stanford’s Hunter Garvin wrestles George Mason's Evan Maag at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Zach Glazier wresltes Virginia Tech's Andy Smith at 197 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Jack Thomsen wrestles Lehigh’s Jake Logan at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa’s Caleb Rathjen wrestles Oklahoma State's Jordan Williams at 149 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa State's David Carr wrestles George Mason's Evan Maag at 165 pounds during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Northern Iowa's Jared Simma wrestles Harvard's Philip Conigliaro during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Brown's Mike Joyce paces before his match during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Brown's Mike Joyce takes the mat during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Stanford’s Hunter Garvin looks on during the 2024 NCAA Men’s Wrestling National Championships at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)