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Seeking three-peats at NJCAA Championships are Western Wyoming (men), Indian Hills (women)

The NJCAA National Wrestling Championships takes place in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on March 7^th and 8^th, 2025, in the Mid-America Center.  Included are the Men’s National Championships and the Women’s National Invitational.
Men’s National Championships Preview
Western Wyoming, under the direction of coach Art Castillo guided the Mustangs to the school’s first NJCAA title in any sport for the college back in 2023, and then repeated the feat in 2024 for back-to-back titles.  Now the Mustangs are poised to three-peat.
Last season, the 2023-24 Mustangs won their second straight NJCAA National Championship with 161 points, which is the fifth highest point total in   championship history. They also won their 7th straight Region 9/Plains District Championship.  The Mustangs placed seven All-Americans including three National Finalists, including national champion Cody Phelps at 133 pounds. Phelps was named the NJCAA Most Outstanding wrestler, 
The Mustangs graduated an astounding six two-time All-Americans from last year’s squad. The Mustangs return two starters from last year in Council Bluffs. Dmarian Lopez, who finished third at 285 lbs. and Tristan Stafford, who was a Region 9 Champ and a National Qualifier at 149 pounds. 
The 2024-25 recruiting class has many new faces and has wealth of talent.  A new stables of Mustangs include 25 state titles and five Fargo placings and they are a highly decorated class.  A few of the newcomers for the Mustangs are 4x Colorado State Champ and Colorado wrestler of the year, D’Mitri Alarcon. Green River Wyoming’s first ever 4x State Champ, Kale Knezovich. 2X Wyoming Champ Jake Hammer. 2X Colorado Champ Jake Glade. 2X UT State Champ Luke Schroeder. 2X Iowa State Champion, Blake Allen, 2x Idaho Champ Ryker Gibson, … more at … https://www.themat.com/Seeking-three-peats-at-NJCAA-Championships-are-Western-Wyoming-(men),-Indian-Hills-(women)

March 7, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized