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Wednesday marked the first day of the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifier and Greco-Roman took center stage. At the 2023 World Championships, the United States did not qualify any Greco weights for the Olympics, so they needed all six wrestlers on the day to advance to the finals. A semifinals win earned a quota for that wrestler’s country. When it was all said and done, half of the American contingent was able to win in the semifinals and earn the United States a spot in the Paris Games. The final three wrestlers in the American lineup were the ones who clinched the quotes, Spencer Woods (87 kg), Alan Vera (97 kg), and Cohlton Schultz (130 kg). While the United States is guaranteed a spot in the Olympic Games at those weights, the actual wrestler who represents the country will be determined at the Olympic Team Trials in April. For the weights that were not qualified, there will be a Last Chance Qualifying event in early-May. 60 kg Quarterfinals - Kevin DeArmas Rodriguez (Cuba) over Ildar Hafizov 7-3 67 kg Semifinals - Nestor Almanza Evian (Chile) over Alex Sancho Fall Quarterfinals - Alex Sancho over Luis Centeno Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) 4-0 77 kg Semifinals - Jair Cuero Munoz (Colombia) over Kamal Bey 6-4 Quarterfinals - Kamal Bey over Arsen Julfalakyan (Argentina) 4-2 87 kg Semifinals - Spencer Woods over Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba) 6-3 Quarterfinals - Spencer Woods over Ariel Alfonso (Honduras) Fall 97 kg Semifinals - Alan Vera over Luillys Perez Mora (Venezuela) 7-1 Quarterfinals - Alan Vera over Max Madrid De Leon (Panama) 10-0 130 kg Semifinals - Cohlton Schultz over Moises Perez Hellburg (Venezuela) 2-1 Round Two - Cohlton Schultz over Eduard Soghomonyan (Brazil) Fall Round One - Cohlton Schultz over Jorawar Dhinsa (Canada) Fall Quotas Earned 60 kg: Venezuela, Cuba 67 kg: Chile, Ecuador 77 kg: Colombia, Cuba 87 kg: USA, Colombia 97 kg: USA, Honduras 130 kg: USA, Chile

After a day’s worth of Greco-Roman action, the attention at the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifier turned to women’s freestyle. It was an excellent day for the American women as they went undefeated and qualified all three of the previously unqualified weights for the 2024 Olympics. With their performance at the 2023 World Championships combined with today’s results, the United States will send six women to the upcoming Olympic Games. Of course, the actual women who will represent the United States will be determined at the Olympic Team Trials in April. Of the American’s who competed today, the lone returning Olympian of this group was Kayla Miracle, a two-time world medalist. Miracle earned her spot in the semifinals with a fall over Cuba’s Maria Santana Garcia in the quarters. She locked up the quota by shutting out two-time age group world medalist Astrid Montero Chirinos of Venezuela. The first American to clinch an Olympic berth was 2022 World Champion Dom Parrish at 53 kg. After a tech in the quarterfinals, Parrish got down early in her semifinal bout against Lauren Herin Avila of Cuba. Parrish grabbed a hold of the lead with a four-point throw, followed by two points from a challenge and another from a lost challenge. Late in the match, with Parrish holding onto a one-point lead, Herin Avila was pushing for the winning score. Parrish was able to counter as the final seconds ticked off the clock to win, 9-6, and lock up the quota for the United States. Finally, two-time Senior World Champion Amit Elor made her debut at 68 kg. In a rare turn of events, Elor was down early as she was thrown to her back for four points in the semifinal bout. That was all of the offense that Thamires Martins Machado (Brazil) could muster. Elor reeled off ten straight points to win 10-4. 53 kg Semifinals: Dom Parrish over Laura Herin Avila (Cuba) 9-6 Quarterfinals: Dom Parrish over Antonia Valdes Arriagada (Chile) 10-0 62 kg Semifinals: Kayla Miracle over Astrid Montero Chirinos (Venezuela) 3-0 Quarterfinals: Kayla Miracle over Maria Santana Garcia (Cuba) Fall 68 kg Semifinals: Amit Elor over Thamires Martins Machado (Brazil) 10-4 Quarterfinals: Amit Elor over Brenda Sterling Martinez (Cuba) 12-1 Quotas Earned 50 kg - Colombia, Cuba 53 kg - USA, Venezuela 57 kg - Canada, Ecuador 62 kg - Canada, USA 68 kg - USA, Venezuela 76 kg - Canada, Ecuador

NCAA DI Conference allocations have been released! As soon as they were posted by the NCAA wrestling coaches, fans, media members and everyone else in between frantically scrolled through them to see which weight classes had earned “how many” allocations for the 2024 NCAA Championships. The way that these were generated, there will always be room left over for at-large bids. All ten weight classes had between four and six berths reserved for at-larges. Some basic math skills will show that there will always be a few ranked wrestlers who do not earn automatic qualifying bids for their respective conference. So who are they? We’ve gone through and noted the wrestlers who are currently in InterMat’s top-33, yet did not earn bids for their conference. This doesn’t mean they can’t wrestle in Kansas City, they just need to place within the number of berths given to their weight class - or rely on a at-large. For each weight class, we’ve noted the at-large’s available, as well. For some weights, the at-large number matches the number of ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. Other weights are where it gets dicey. For example, 133 lbs has five at-large berths available, but six ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. That means, in a best case scenario, one ranked wrestler will miss out on the trip to Kansas City. That is only if everything goes as expected. What’s more likely is there will be some unranked wrestlers that steal slots at the national tournament and push even more ranked wrestlers out. 133, 141, 149, 157, 174, and 184 all have negative deficits between the at-larges and ranked wrestlers. If you’re looking for the wrestlers who actually did earn allocations, the Seton Hall Pirate has made an Allocation List , which is extremely helpful for these exercises. 125 lbs At-Large: 6 125: ACC (2) - #28 Spencer Moore: (North Carolina) 125: Big 12 (6) - #26 Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa), #27 Kysen Terukina: (Iowa State), #32 Eli Griffin (California Baptist) 125: Big Ten (9) 125: EIWA (5) 125: MAC (2) 125: Pac-12 (2) - #19 Richie Figueroa (Arizona State), #29 Dominic Mendez (Cal Poly) 125: SoCon (1) - #25 Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) 133 lbs At-Large: 5 133: ACC (3) - #27 Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia) 133: Big 12 (6) 133: Big Ten (7) - #20 Schriever/Teske (Iowa), #23 Tony Madrigal (Illinois), 133: EIWA (5) - #21 Angelo Rini (Columbia), #32 Braden Basile (Army West Point), #33 Micah Roes (Binghamton) 133: MAC (1) 133: Pac-12 (3) 133: SoCon (3) 141 lbs At-Large: 6 141: ACC (3) - #14 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh), #16 Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) 141: Big 12 (5) - #28 Josh Edmond (Missouri), #29 Haiden Drury (Utah Valley), #30 Cole Brooks (Wyoming), #31 Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) 141: Big Ten (11) - #25 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) 141: EIWA (4) 141: MAC (1) 141: Pac-12 (2) 141: SoCon (1) 149 lbs At-Large: 4 149: ACC (2) - #32 Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 149: Big 12 (6) - #26 Logan Gioffre (Missouri), #31 Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State) 149: Big Ten (9) - #24 Michael Cetta (Rutgers) 149: EIWA (4) - #29 Eligh Rivera (Princeton) 149: MAC (3) 149: Pac-12 (3) 149: SoCon (2) 157 lbs At-Large: 4 157: ACC (2) - #27 Dylan Cedeno (Virginia), #32 Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 157: Big 12 (6) - #30 Jared Hill (Oklahoma) 157: Big Ten (9) - #29 Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 157: EIWA (3) 157: MAC (5) 157: Pac-12 (3) - #33 Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 157: SoCon (1) 165 lbs At-Large: 5 165: ACC (2) - #14 Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 165: Big 12 (6) 165: Big Ten (10) - #31 Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) 165: EIWA (5) - #28 Cody Walsh (Drexel), #32 Joshua Kim (Harvard) 165: MAC (1) 165: Pac-12 (2) - #33 Chance McLane (Arizona State) 165: SoCon (2) 174 lbs At-Large: 4 174: ACC (4) 174: Big 12 (6) - #22 Jared Simma (Northern Iowa), #31 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) 174: Big Ten (8) - #30 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota), #32 Brody Baumann (Purdue) 174: EIWA (6) 174: MAC (2) 174: Pac-12 (2) - #33 Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) 174: SoCon (1) 184 lbs At-Large: 5 184: ACC (4) 184: Big 12 (5) - #13 Clayton Whiting (Missouri), #28 Dennis Robin (West Virginia), #33 Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) 184: Big Ten (8) - #31 Troy Fisher (Virginia Tech) 184: EIWA (7) 184: MAC (2) 184: Pac-12 (1) - #32 Tony Negron (Arizona State) 184: SoCon (1) - #29 Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) 197 lbs At-Large: 4 197: ACC (4) 197: Big 12 (6) - #16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 197: Big Ten (7) - #30 Kael Wisler (Michigan State), #33 Gabe Sollars (Indiana) 197: EIWA (6) - #28 Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 197: MAC (2) 197: Pac-12 (3) 197: SoCon (1) 285 lbs At-Large: 4 285: ACC (2) - #13 Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh), #33 Ryan Catka (Virginia) 285: Big 12 (5) - #15 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 285: Big Ten (7) 285: EIWA (8) 285: MAC (3) 285: Pac-12 (3) - #21 Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 285: SoCon (1)

Regionals for NCAA Women’s Wrestling capped off this weekend where athletes competed across six regional tournaments to secure their spots in the national tournament happening March 8-9. The top four wrestlers at each weight at regionals earned a bid to compete, and teams are able to send up to 15 athletes per team. Regional champ teams King (Region II), North Central (Region IV), and Iowa (Region V) were the three teams to qualify the maximum 15 athletes. Sacred Heart won Region I with 13 qualifiers, Tiffin took first place at Region III and is sending 5 wrestlers to nationals, and Colorado Mesa was the top team at Region VI and will be sending 11. Takeaways from Regional competition: 1. King wins big at Region II #3 King was a favorite to take the top team spot at Region II hosted by Emmanuel College, but the Tornado did so in dominant fashion, with eight individual champions and qualifying all 15 possible wrestlers for nationals. In fact, four of the finals matches were between King teammates. Jessica Corredor reclaimed her regional title, as did Montana Delawder and Cheyenne Bowman. Other champs for King were Samara Chavez, Maria Victoria Baez Dilone, Claire DiCugno, Aine Drury, and Alexa Garcia. King finished second at NCWWC last year with one individual champion. While there is a lot of tough competition outside of Region II, they are in good position to get a team trophy as one of the 3 teams with 15 wrestlers headed to nationals. 2. Iowa vs McKendree: The Battle at Region V Iowa defeated McKendree by a margin of 27 points, with 6 individual champs to McKendree’s 3. Iowa continued to show their dominance at 101 lbs with teammates Emilie Gonzalez and Sterling Dias competing for the top spot, with Gonzalez getting the 7-0 decision win. At 109 lbs, Ava Bayless of Iowa took out Pauline Granados of McKendree by a close 4-2 decision. 116 lbs, was again all Iowa in the finals with Brianna Gonzalez getting the win over Felicity Taylor. However, things switched over back into Bearcat territory when Shelby Moore took on teammate Nichole Moore and won at 123 lbs. 3x National Champ Cam Guerin of McKendree took no prisoners on her rise to the top of the podium with a pin, and two tech falls. McKendree struck again at 136 lbs when Viktorya Torres took out Iowa’s Lilly Luft with a pin. 143 lbs was probably the most surprising result as Reese Larramendy of Iowa won a 4-2 decision in the finals to 2x NCWWC Champ Emma Bruntil who had just returned to college competition at regionals for the Bearcats. Two more Hawkeyes faced off at 155 lbs with Marlynne Deede taking down Bella Mir 8-4, quickly followed by a Kylie Welker tech fall at 170 lbs over Tristan Kelly of McKendree. These two teams represent real threats to every weight at nationals, and I would not be surprised to see many rematches in the finals from these wrestlers if the brackets line up. 3. North Central sends 13 to the finals to claim 9 individual champs Every finals matchup at Region IV featured a wrestler from the North Central squad including several finals between Cardinal teammates. North Central are the reigning NCWWC champs with 4 returning individual champs as well, more than any other team. 3x Champ Yelena Makoyed got a 1st period tech fall over her opponent in the finals. 2023 champs Maddie Avila and Jaslynn Gallegos both made it to the finals with Avila getting the decision win and Gallegos going no contest against her teammate. Alara Boyd, who was the champ in 2021, got a pin in her first 3 matches, wrestling just under 3.5 minutes total before the finals where she got an 8-2 decision. 4. Colorado Mesa came ready to compete Colorado Mesa finished 4th at Nationals last season, and came to Region VI ready to dominate. With 5 individual champions and 11 qualifiers, they have set themselves up for success at NCWWCs when it comes to claiming a team title. Returning champion Jennesis Martinez, who continues to be undefeated on the season got two quick tech falls to claim the top spot at 101 lbs. At such a volatile weight class, she’ll be one to watch. In another exciting match, Colorado Mesa wrestler #4 Holly Beaudoin competed for a third time against #2 Jade Trolland of Simon Fraser and finally got the win after two close losses. These two keep it close and have such a good answer for each other’s styles. I am curious if we will see them again at nationals, but matches like this made the difference in the Mavericks 221-point final team score over Simon Fraser’s 207-point runner-up finish. The Mavericks have a pretty even mix of returning All-Americans and first-timers headed to NCWWC’s so we will see if they can hang on to a top-team spot this season. 5. Women’s college wrestling boom It is clear from several elements of this upcoming national tournament how much this sport is growing right now. From the addition of the sixth regional tournament that puts 24 wrestlers at each weight for nationals instead of 20, to the fact that 50 different schools have qualifiers competing, it is clear why wrestling is pointed to as an emerging and fast-growing sport for women and girls. Here is an outline of all the national qualifiers by weight and their schools:

This week, the Pan-American Olympic Qualifier takes place in Acapulco, Mexico. Wrestlers who advance to the finals at each weight will earn an Olympic quota for their home country. With a day of Greco-Roman competition in the books, we've updated our 2024 Olympic Quota Tracker to reflect this week's results. This tracker will be updated over each of the next three days. Men’s Freestyle 57 kg 2023 World Championships: Albania, Armenia, Japan, Russia*, Serbia Pan-American Qualifier: Mexico, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Guinea-Bissau 65 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Hungary, Iran, Puerto Rico, Russia* Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Mexico African and Oceania Qualifier: Australia, Samoa 74 kg 2023 World Championships: Greece, Japan, Russia*, Serbia, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Guinea-Bissau 86 kg 2023 World Championships: Iran, Kazakhstan, San Marino, United States, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Australia 97 kg 2023 World Championships: Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Dominican Republic African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, South Africa 125 kg 2023 World Championships: Georgia, Iran, Russia*, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Puerto Rico African and Oceania Qualifier: Egypt, Nigeria Women's Freestyle 50 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Japan, Mongolia, Turkey, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, Cuba African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 53 kg 2023 World Championships: Belarus*, Ecuador, India, Japan, Sweden Pan-American Qualifier: United States, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Guam, Nigeria 57 kg 2023 World Championships: Japan, Moldova, Nigeria, Poland, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Guam 62 kg 2023 World Championships: Germany, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Ukraine Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Nigeria, Tunisia 68 kg 2023 World Championships: France, Japan, Moldova, Mongolia, Turkey Pan-American Qualifier: United States, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: New Zealand, Nigeria 76 kg 2023 World Championships: Colombia, Cuba, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, United States Pan-American Qualifier: Canada, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Nigeria, Tunisia Greco-Roman 60 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Iran, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Cuba, Venezuela African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 67 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Serbia Pan-American Qualifier: Chile, Ecuador African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Tunisia 77 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, Cuba African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 87 kg 2023 World Championships: Bulgaria, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Ukraine Pan-American Qualifier: Colombia, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 97 kg 2023 World Championships: Armenia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Iran, Lithuania Pan-American Qualifier: Honduras, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Algeria, Egypt 130 kg 2023 World Championships: China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Turkey Pan-American Qualifier: Chile, United States African and Oceania Qualifier: Morocco, Tunisia *At this time it's unclear how UWW and the Olympic Committee will handle Belarusian/Russian participation at the 2024 Olympics. Until further notice, we will have this spot awarded to Belarus/Russia.