KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (
Qualifiers by Weight Class |
Qualifiers by School |
Qualifiers by Conference) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the qualifiers for the 2024 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship, hosted by Visit Wichita at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas. The 67th edition of the annual event will see a format change where six sessions will be held across three days. The action begins on Thursday, February 29th and concludes on Saturday, March 2nd.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference led all conferences with 65 individuals, Including 59 automatic and six at-large qualifiers. Menlo College, the recent back-to-back Cascade Conference Champions, and University of Providence led all CCC teams, each with 11 wrestlers competing.
Each conference tournament was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season rating, which can be seen
HERE. Each conference is awarded automatic berths based on the number of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Every conference receives a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will be awarded to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season rating. If a conference does not have an individual ranked in the final top 25, an allocation will be deducted from the original 25 to ensure that each conference is represented at each weight class at the National Championships.
After the conference tournaments concluded, a 16-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining national at-large qualifiers. In total, 36 student-athletes were selected by at-large classification. The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on
NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, February 23.
For additional information on the 2024 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click
HERE.