KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (
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Qualifiers by Conference) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the qualifiers for the 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championship, hosted at Harold Newman Arena in Jamestown, N.D. The second annual championship event features four sessions and runs from March 8-9.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference led all conferences with 53 student-athletes, Including 43 automatic, eight wild cards, and two at-large qualifiers. Menlo College, University of Providence, and Southern Oregon University are all bringing a full roster of 12 wrestlers to the tournament.
Each conference tournament awards 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 amount of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go 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 16 an allocation will be granted to ensure each conference is represented at each weight class at the National Championships.
After the conference tournaments concluded, a 10-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining national at-large qualifiers. The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, March 1st.
For additional information on the 2024 NAIA Women's Wrestling National Championships, click
HERE.