Iowa’s Lee and Woods, ISU’s Carr, UNI’s Keckeisen claim top seeds

After profitable his match, Iowa’s Spencer Lee holds his arms out in victory after pinning his opponent Oklahoma State’s Reece Witcraft in 51 second at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment in Iowa Metropolis, Iowa on Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The brackets for the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships had been launched Wednesday evening.

All three D-I packages within the state boasted not less than one high seed for the upcoming nationwide event March 16-18 at BOK Heart in Tulsa, Okla.

College of Iowa duo Spencer Lee and Actual Woods, Iowa State’s David Carr and College of Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen earned No. 1 seeds for the NCAA event. See the NCAA Division I brackets right here.

Lee and Woods every received Massive Ten titles final weekend, main the second-ranked Hawkeyes to a runner-up crew end. Lee (125) and Woods (141) are each 16-0.

Lee, the two-time Hodge Trophy and AAU James E. Sullivan award winner, was named Excellent Wrestler on the Massive Ten Championships and was convention Wrestler of the Yr. He’s trying to change into the primary Hawkeye and simply the fifth all-time to win 4 NCAA titles.

Iowa’s Actual Woods factors to the gang after profitable by main choice in his 144 pound match at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment in Iowa Metropolis, Iowa on Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Woods is a three-time NCAA qualifier, inserting sixth final season for Stanford. He’s certainly one of 10 Iowa qualifiers. Solely 5, nevertheless, are projected to succeed in All-American standing. Heavyweight Tony Cassioppi (21-3) is seeded fourth, whereas Massive Ten finalist Patrick Kennedy (19-3) is sixth at 165. Senior Max Murin (19-4) is seeded eighth at 149.

Iowa State’s David Carr has his arm raised after his match in opposition to Nebraska’s Peyton Robb in a 157-pound third place match throughout the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Little Caesers Enviornment in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Carr received by choice 7-2. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Carr is a two-time All-American and 2021 NCAA champion. Carr is unbeaten, proudly owning a 22-0 mark at 165. He’s coming off a Massive 12 title, incomes Excellent Wrestler honors on the event. Carr has crushed Missouri 2022 NCAA champion Keegan O’Toole of their final two conferences with a pin in sudden victory within the Massive 12 finals.

Carr was the lone Cyclone within the high 5 of their weights. Fellow Massive 12 champion Paniro Johnson (149) and convention finalist Marcus Coleman (184) are No. 5 seeds. Johnson is 17-4 and Coleman is 19-3.

Iowa State heavyweight Sam Schuyler (17-3) is seeded eighth, whereas returning All-American Yonger Bastida (16-7) is thirteenth.

UNI’s Parker Keckeisen wrestles Nebraska’s Taylor Venz throughout the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Little Caesers Enviornment in Detroit, Michigan on Friday, March 18, 2022. Keckeisen received by choice 7-5. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Keckeisen turned the Panthers’ first three-time Massive 12 Convention titlist. He claimed the 184-pound crown on the qualifier and may change into UNI’s first No. 1 seed on the nationwide event to take the mat since Joe Colon was the highest seed at 133 in 2014. UNI’s Taylor Lujan obtained the highest seed at 184 in 2020 however that event was canceled as a result of coronavirus pandemic.

Keckeisen (22-1) shall be on the alternative facet of the bracket of Penn State NCAA champion Aaron Brooks, who’s the No. 3 seed with a 12-1 document, and North Carolina State’s second-seeded Trent Hidlay (20-1). Curiously, Keckeisen and Hidlay have crushed one another with Keckeisen profitable by pin of their newest assembly in December. Brooks misplaced to Coleman at that very same twin event. Keckeisen has crushed Coleman twice.

The Panthers’ two-time All-American positioned third every of the final two seasons.

Heavyweight Tyrell Gordon owns the following finest seed amongst Panthers. Gordon is No. 13 with an 18-11 document. Former Lisbon four-time state champion Cael Happel (16-6) obtained an at-large berth and is the No. 14 seed at 141.

UNI’s Kyle Biscoglia (19-9) and Colin Realbuto (19-6) are sixteenth seeds at 133 and 149, respectively.

South Dakota State 197-pounder and former Alburnett two-time state champion Tanner Sloan is the No. 7 seed. Sloan (23-2) was runner-up on the Massive 12 Championships on Sunday.

Under are the seeds at every weight for Iowa, Iowa State, UNI and former Iowa preps at out-of-state packages.

125 kilos – #1 Spencer Lee (Iowa, 16-0), #26 Jack Wagner (North Carolina/UNI/Iowa/Bettendorf, 22-8)

133 – #15 Zach Redding (Iowa State, 15-10), #16 Kyle Biscoglia (UNI, 19-9), #24 Brody Teske (Iowa, 9-4), #33 McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State/Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, 15-11)

141 – #1 Actual Woods (Iowa, 16-0), #14 Cael Happel (UNI, 16-6), #24 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State, 11-10)

149 – #5 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State, 17-4), #8 Max Murin (Iowa, 19-4), #11 Michael Blockhus (Minnesota/UNI/Crestwood/New Hampton, 17-5), #16 Colin Realbuto (UNI, 19-6)

157 – #14 Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa, 13-6), #22 Derek Holschlag (UNI, 15-7), #25 Jason Kraisser (Iowa State, 17-13)

165 – #1 David Carr (Iowa State, 22-0), #6 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa, 19-3), #17 Austin Yant (UNI, 18-6)

174 – #11 Nelson Manufacturers (Iowa, 10-6), #13 Cade DeVos (South Dakota State/Southeast Polk, 25-7)

184 – #1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI, 22-1), #5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State, 19-3), #12 Abe Assad (Iowa, 18-4)

197 – #7 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State/Alburnett, 23-2), #13 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State, 16-7), #14 Jacob Warner (Iowa, 15-6)

Hwt. – #4 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa, 21-3), #8 Sam Schuyler (Iowa State, 17-3), #13 Tyrell Gordon (UNI, 18-11), #24 Boone McDermott (Rutgers/Iowa Central/Dubuque Wahlert, 16-5)