Sunday, March 10
Corvallis, OR
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Pac-12 Championships
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Cal Poly Wrestling Heads to Corvallis for Pac-12 Championships
3/7/2024 11:55:00 AM | Wrestling
CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETS
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Automatic berths to the NCAA Championships and conference superiority will be up for grabs when Cal Poly wrestling descends upon Corvallis, Oregon, on Sunday for the 2024 Pac-12 Championships.
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The Mustangs will square off against wrestlers from the five other teams in the Pac-12 — Arizona State, Cal State Bakersfield, Little Rock, Oregon State and Stanford — for NCAA bids. Action on the mat starts at 10 a.m. Sunday inside Gill Coliseum with first-round bouts. The second session at the tournament begins at 4:45 p.m. with championship matches in each weight class scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Bouts during the first and second sessions can be watched on Oregon State's Live Stream (Mat 1 and Mat 2) and on Pac-12.com, while the first-place matches will be broadcasted live on Pac-12 Network and the Pac-12 Now App.
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Nine of the 10 weight classes feature six-man brackets, while the 174-pound bracket is made up of just five wrestlers. The top two seeds in each class will be receiving byes, while first-round matches will pit the No. 6 seed against the No. 3 seed, and the No. 5 seed against the No. 4 seed.
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Graduate student Adam Kemp is the highest seeded Mustang entering the championships, earning the No. 1 seed at 174 pounds. Kemp is ranked ninth in the nation in his weight class with a 14-3 record this season. Little Rock's Tyler Brennan, No. 19 in the country, is the No. 2 seed in Kemp's weight class. Kemp has defeated Brennan twice this season, topping him by a 3-0 decision at the Tiger Style Invite on Nov. 11 and by a 3-2 decision in a dual on Feb. 3. Kemp placed second at 174 pounds at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships, securing an automatic berth to NCAAs.
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Five other Mustangs boast national rankings heading into the Pac-12 Championships.
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Redshirt sophomore Chance Lamer checks in at No. 10 at 149 pounds with a 15-3 mark this spring. He is seeded third in his weight class behind two-time defending Pac-12 champion Kyle Parco from Arizona State (No. 1) and 2021 Pac-12 champion Jaden Abas from Stanford (No. 2). Chance qualified for NCAAs last year as a redshirt freshman while wrestling for Michigan, posting a 3-2 record at the event en route to a spot in the Round of 12.
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Redshirt freshman Zeth Romney has had an incredible season thus far and is seeded No. 2 at 133 pounds. Currently ranked 11th in the nation with a 17-6 mark, the Simi Valley, Calif. native has been named the Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week twice this season, becoming the first Mustang to receive the honor more than once. In late December at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, Romney placed third — the second-highest individual finish ever by a Cal Poly wrestler at the tournament. When Romney takes the mat Sunday, it will mark his first action since wrestling in a dual at Little Rock on Feb. 3 where he fell by a 7-1 decision to Nasir Bailey, the top seed heading into Pac-12s.
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Redshirt sophomore Trevor Tinker is also seeded No. 2 in his weight class. The 22nd-ranked heavyweight owns a 12-3 record this season. Last year, Tinker captured second at the Pac-12 Championships, falling to three-time Pac-12 champion Cohlton Schultz from Arizona State in the championship match. Despite the defeat, Tinker was able to secure an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships. Tinker finished sixth at Midlands in December and was one of three placers for the Mustangs at the tournament — a program record.
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Redshirt junior Legend Lamer (157 pounds) and redshirt freshman Dom Mendez (125 pounds) are both ranked 27th in the nation in their respective weight classes and enter Sunday as No. 4 seeds. Mendez, who will be making his first appearance at the Pac-12 Championships, will face CSU Bakersfield's Richie Sandoval in his first-round match, who he has beaten twice this season. Legend (11-7) is a two-time NCAA qualifier and has placed runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships twice (2022, 2021), both times at 149 pounds.
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Redshirt sophomore Jarad Priest (197 pounds) enters the tournament as a fourth seed, redshirt sophomores Abe Hinrichsen (141 pounds) and Kendall La Rosa (184 pounds) are both No. 5 seeds, and Michael Goldfeder is sixth at 165 pounds to round out the 10 Mustangs that will compete Sunday.
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Last year, Cal Poly claimed its first-ever Pac-12 dual meet title and went on to place third at the conference championships, the program's highest finish in the Pac-12 finals since the 2009-10 season.
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Five of the 10 weight classes at this year's Pac-12 Championships feature at least four wrestlers that are nationally ranked by InterMat or the NCAA Coaches.
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The 2024 NCAA Championships will take place March 21-23 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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125-pound seeds (InterMat Rankings/NCAA Coaches Rankings)
WATCH
LIVE RESULTS ON TRACKWRESTLING
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Automatic berths to the NCAA Championships and conference superiority will be up for grabs when Cal Poly wrestling descends upon Corvallis, Oregon, on Sunday for the 2024 Pac-12 Championships.
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The Mustangs will square off against wrestlers from the five other teams in the Pac-12 — Arizona State, Cal State Bakersfield, Little Rock, Oregon State and Stanford — for NCAA bids. Action on the mat starts at 10 a.m. Sunday inside Gill Coliseum with first-round bouts. The second session at the tournament begins at 4:45 p.m. with championship matches in each weight class scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Bouts during the first and second sessions can be watched on Oregon State's Live Stream (Mat 1 and Mat 2) and on Pac-12.com, while the first-place matches will be broadcasted live on Pac-12 Network and the Pac-12 Now App.
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Nine of the 10 weight classes feature six-man brackets, while the 174-pound bracket is made up of just five wrestlers. The top two seeds in each class will be receiving byes, while first-round matches will pit the No. 6 seed against the No. 3 seed, and the No. 5 seed against the No. 4 seed.
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Graduate student Adam Kemp is the highest seeded Mustang entering the championships, earning the No. 1 seed at 174 pounds. Kemp is ranked ninth in the nation in his weight class with a 14-3 record this season. Little Rock's Tyler Brennan, No. 19 in the country, is the No. 2 seed in Kemp's weight class. Kemp has defeated Brennan twice this season, topping him by a 3-0 decision at the Tiger Style Invite on Nov. 11 and by a 3-2 decision in a dual on Feb. 3. Kemp placed second at 174 pounds at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships, securing an automatic berth to NCAAs.
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Five other Mustangs boast national rankings heading into the Pac-12 Championships.
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Redshirt sophomore Chance Lamer checks in at No. 10 at 149 pounds with a 15-3 mark this spring. He is seeded third in his weight class behind two-time defending Pac-12 champion Kyle Parco from Arizona State (No. 1) and 2021 Pac-12 champion Jaden Abas from Stanford (No. 2). Chance qualified for NCAAs last year as a redshirt freshman while wrestling for Michigan, posting a 3-2 record at the event en route to a spot in the Round of 12.
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Redshirt freshman Zeth Romney has had an incredible season thus far and is seeded No. 2 at 133 pounds. Currently ranked 11th in the nation with a 17-6 mark, the Simi Valley, Calif. native has been named the Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week twice this season, becoming the first Mustang to receive the honor more than once. In late December at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, Romney placed third — the second-highest individual finish ever by a Cal Poly wrestler at the tournament. When Romney takes the mat Sunday, it will mark his first action since wrestling in a dual at Little Rock on Feb. 3 where he fell by a 7-1 decision to Nasir Bailey, the top seed heading into Pac-12s.
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Redshirt sophomore Trevor Tinker is also seeded No. 2 in his weight class. The 22nd-ranked heavyweight owns a 12-3 record this season. Last year, Tinker captured second at the Pac-12 Championships, falling to three-time Pac-12 champion Cohlton Schultz from Arizona State in the championship match. Despite the defeat, Tinker was able to secure an at-large berth to the NCAA Championships. Tinker finished sixth at Midlands in December and was one of three placers for the Mustangs at the tournament — a program record.
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Redshirt junior Legend Lamer (157 pounds) and redshirt freshman Dom Mendez (125 pounds) are both ranked 27th in the nation in their respective weight classes and enter Sunday as No. 4 seeds. Mendez, who will be making his first appearance at the Pac-12 Championships, will face CSU Bakersfield's Richie Sandoval in his first-round match, who he has beaten twice this season. Legend (11-7) is a two-time NCAA qualifier and has placed runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships twice (2022, 2021), both times at 149 pounds.
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Redshirt sophomore Jarad Priest (197 pounds) enters the tournament as a fourth seed, redshirt sophomores Abe Hinrichsen (141 pounds) and Kendall La Rosa (184 pounds) are both No. 5 seeds, and Michael Goldfeder is sixth at 165 pounds to round out the 10 Mustangs that will compete Sunday.
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Last year, Cal Poly claimed its first-ever Pac-12 dual meet title and went on to place third at the conference championships, the program's highest finish in the Pac-12 finals since the 2009-10 season.
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Five of the 10 weight classes at this year's Pac-12 Championships feature at least four wrestlers that are nationally ranked by InterMat or the NCAA Coaches.
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The 2024 NCAA Championships will take place March 21-23 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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125-pound seeds (InterMat Rankings/NCAA Coaches Rankings)
- Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State (17/17) - 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Nico Provo, Stanford (18/18)
- Richard Figueroa, Arizona State (19/19)
- Dom Mendez, Cal Poly (29/27)
- Richie Sandoval, Cal State Bakersfield
- Jeremiah Reno, Little Rock
- Nasir Bailey, Little Rock (6/6)
- Zeth Romney, Cal Poly (12/11)
- Julian Chleblove, Arizona State (26/21)
- Gabe Wisenhunt, Oregon State (NR/32)
- Dom Lajoie, Stanford
- Santino Sanchez, Cal State Bakersfield
- Cleveland Belton, Oregon State (20/21) - 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Jesse Vasquez, Arizona State (15/22)
- Jason Miranda, Stanford
- Cael Keck, Little Rock
- Abe Hinrichsen, Cal Poly
- Luis Ramos, Cal State Bakersfield
- Kyle Parco, Arizona State (3/3) - 2022 & 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Jaden Abas, Stanford (15/11) - 2021 Pac-12 Champion
- Chance Lamer, Cal Poly (11/10)
- Nash Singleton, Oregon State (NR/30)
- Kyle Dutton, Little Rock
- Brock Rogers, Cal State Bakersfield
- Jacori Teemer, Arizona State (3/4) - 2020, 2021, 2022 Pac-12 Champion
- Daniel Cardenas, Stanford (8/7) - 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Matthew Bianchi, Little Rock (31/26)
- Legend Lamer, Cal Poly (33/27)
- CJ Hamblin, Oregon State
- Devyn Che, Cal State Bakersfield
- Joseph Bianchi, Little Rock (23/24)
- Hunter Garvin, Stanford (24/25)
- Chance McLane, Arizona State (33/32)
- Kekana Fouret, Oregon State
- Guillermo Escobedo, Cal State Bakersfield
- Michael Goldfeder, Cal Poly
- Adam Kemp, Cal Poly (9/9)
- Tyler Brennan, Little Rock (23/19)
- Mason Reiniche, Oregon State
- Cael Valencia, Arizona State
- Thor Michaelson, Stanford
- Trey Munoz, Oregon State (4/4) - 2022 & 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Tony Negron, Arizona State (32/31)
- Jack Darrah, Stanford
- Triston Wills, Little Rock
- Kendall La Rosa, Cal Poly
- Braden Smelser, Cal State Bakersfield
- Stephen Little, Little Rock (9/10)
- Nick Stemmet, Stanford (17/16)
- Justin Rademacher, Oregon State (26/27)
- Jarad Priest, Cal Poly
- Jacob Meissner, Arizona State
- Ryan Arrington, Cal State Bakersfield
- Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State (4/4) - 2021, 2022, 2023 Pac-12 Champion
- Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly (22/23)
- Boone McDermott, Oregon State (23/20)
- Peter Ming, Stanford
- Josiah Hill, Little Rock (21/21)
- Jake Andrews, Cal State Bakersfield
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