Iowa earns 4 top seeds for NCAA Wrestling Championships

Iowa will attempt to win its first national team title since 2010.

The Hawkeyes will have four top seeds to lead the way.

The brackets for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were released Wednesday. Iowa quartet Spencer Lee, Jaydin Eierman, Alex Marinelli and Michael Kemerer earned No. 1 seeds at their respective weights. Iowa State 157-pounder David Carr was third and Northern Iowa's Parker Keckeisen was fourth at 184.

The Hawkeyes had eight wrestlers seeded fifth or better and all 10 in the top 12. Kaleb Young (157), Jacob Warner at 197 and heavyweight Tony Cassioppi were all fifth, while Nelson Brands (184) and 149-pounder Max Murin were both 12th.

The Cyclones qualified eight wrestlers. In addition to Carr, Iowa State had three more seeded in the top half of their weight class. Heavyweight Gannon Gremmel was sixth and Ian Parker was seventh at 141. Zach Redding (133) was 13th.

Fifth-seeded Brody Teske joined Keckeisen as Big 12 Conference champions and a high seed. Heavyweight Carter Isley is the 15th seed for the Panthers.

Here are the opening pairings for each wrestlers and former state preps:

125 pounds

No. 33 Kysen Terukina, Iowa State (8-5) vs. No. 32 Patrick McCormick, Virginia (8-5)

No. 1 Spencer Lee, Iowa (7-0) vs. Terukina/McCormick winner

No. 5 Brody Teske, UNI (12-1) vs. No. 28 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State (9-5)

133

No. 33 Bryce West, Northern Illinois/Highland/Solon (10-5) vs. No. 32 Cole Rhone, Bloomsburg (5-2)

No. 4 Austin DeSanto, Iowa (7-1) vs. No. 29 Paul Bianchi, Arkansas-Little Rock (10-4)

No. 14 Zach Price, South Dakota State/Johnston (14-4) vs. No. 19 Chance Rich, CSU-Bakersfield (5-2)

No. 13 Zach Redding, Iowa State (10-5) vs. No. 20 Ryan Sullivan, West Virginia (7-3)

141

No. 1 Jaydin Eierman, Iowa (8-0) vs. No. 32 Cayden Rooks, Indiana (5-9)/No. 33 Vinny Vespa, Hofstra (4-5) winner

No. 7 Ian Parker, Iowa State (13-2) vs. No. 26 Colin Valdiviez, Northwestern (4-8)

149

No. 12 Max Murin, Iowa (4-3) vs. No. 21 Graham Rooks, Indiana (4-5)

No. 14 Michael Blockhus, Minnesota/Crestwood/New Hampton (8-6) vs. No. 19 Casey Cobb, Navy (8-1)

No. 18 Jarrett Degen, Iowa State (6-3) vs. No. 15 Griffin Parriott, Purdue (7-2)

No. 23 Triston Lara, UNI (6-6) vs. No. 10 Mike VanBrill, Rutgers (5-4)

157

No. 5 Kaleb Young, Iowa (5-1) vs. No. 28 Connor Brady, Virginia Tech (7-5)

No. 3 David Carr, Iowa State (15-0) vs. No. 30 Joshua McClure, North Carolina (5-5)

No. 18 Cade DeVos, South Dakota State/SE Polk (13-9) vs. No. 15 Chase Saldate, Michigan State (8-5)

165

No. 33 Austin Yant, UNI (4-2) vs. No. 33 Ricky Stamm, Hofstra (7-2)

No. 1 Alex Marinelli, Iowa (5-0) vs. Yant/Stamm winner

174

No. 1 Michael Kemerer, Iowa (7-0) vs. No. 32 Drew Hughes, Michigan State (3-7)/No. 33 Jacob Nolan, Binghamton (6-2) winner

No. 29 Lance Runyon, UNI (7-5) vs. No. 4 Mikey Labriola, Nebraska (11-1)

184

No. 16 Max Lyon, Purdue/Western Dubuque (7-6) vs. No. 17 Owen Webster, Minnesota (7-5)

No. 12 Nelson Brands, Iowa (7-4) vs. No. 21 Dominic Ducharme, CSU-Bakersfield (5-0)

No. 4 Parker Keckeisen, UNI (15-0) vs. No. 29 Sam Colbray, Iowa State (6-3)

197

No. 5 Jacob Warner, Iowa (8-2) vs. No. 28 Nick Reenan, North Carolina State (7-3)

No. 13 Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State/Alburnett (14-2) vs. No. 20 Max Shaw, North Carolina (8-4)

No. 21 Marcus Coleman, Iowa State (7-4) vs. No. 12 Lucas Davison, Northwestern (7-3)

Hwt.

No. 5 Tony Cassioppi, Iowa (8-2) vs. No. 28 Zachary Knighton-Ward, Hofstra (7-3)

No. 6 Gannon Gremmel, Iowa State (15-1) vs. No. 27 Sam Schuyler, Buffalo (8-2)

No. 15 Carter Isley, UNI (9-5) vs. No. 18 Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech (9-2)

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