The NCAA DI championships are upon us! Each weight has qualified a certain number of wrestlers, and each weight class has a certain number of spots left.
Here at 125 lbs, there are four available spots. As far as JT#1 is concerned, there are six eligible wrestlers for those four spots. So in other words, four of these talents will call themselves 2025 NCAA DI qualifiers & unfortunately two of them will be staying home.
Here are the candidates....
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| #10 Spencer Moore North Carolina |
The Tar Heel is looking to qualify for his first NCAA DI championship & he's got quite a bit going for him in the idea that he'll be selected as a wildcard. A runner-up finish at this year's Southern Scuffle, he owns an 11-2 major decision over BIG 12 champion Jett Strickenberger, as well as a 4-1 sudden victory over Eddie Ventresca & a 6-4 win over Nick Babin.
The Cyclone is a three-time NCAA DI qualifier already. He was 4th in last year's BIG 12 championships but came up a match short of placing this year. A higher ranking will help him as the selection committee makes its decisions.
You know good and well that the Hawkeyes are wanting the selection committee to choose Joey Cruz. In contention for a top four trophy finish, when it comes to the NCAA DI championships, you need every hand on deck. A 6-5 win over Brendan McCrone & a 7-4 s.v. over Cooper Flynn side with the Hawkeye, as does his respectable ranking.
23-8 on the season & 8th in the DI nation last year, I find it very hard to believe that the selection committee would leave Tanner Jordan at home. I'm pretty sure out of the four that will be going to the NCAA DI championships, the Jackrabbit will be one of them. He finished one match shy of qualification this year, placing 8th in a BIG 12 bracket that took the top 7. It also helps that he earned his third medal at CKLV (which I consider to be DI's toughest in-season tournament). 6th-8th-7th in Vegas.
The odd man out, I'm afraid. It really pains me to say this as Anthony Molton was a hair short of NCAA DI qualification last year as well. This kid has been through so much. Wrestled for two different programs that were discontinued. I was really hoping he'd win the SOCON title this year & go out with a bang. The 8-2 semi-final loss to Tyston Lane I think is the mark that may seal his fate. What could help him out though is an 8-5 decision over Charlie Farmer & a runner-up finish at the Southern Scuffle.
I've been on the bandwagon to once again see Crimson wrestling rise to the levels that it was when I first started following NCAA DI wrestling. They've had some really good kids on their roster & Diego Sotelo has been one of them. A two time NCAA DI qualifier, it has been the Midlands where this talent has shined the past three seasons. 3rd-5th-3rd in Chicago. Unfortunately, though, I think a 4-2 loss to Marcello Milani at the Ivy League's is going to be the strike against him that keeps him out.
The top 33 per weight class get to call themselves NCAA DI qualifiers. I believe that four of the six I mentioned will be in that group & the other two, easily #34 & #35, if it is worth any consolation.
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| #14 Kysen Terukina Iowa State |
The Cyclone is a three-time NCAA DI qualifier already. He was 4th in last year's BIG 12 championships but came up a match short of placing this year. A higher ranking will help him as the selection committee makes its decisions.
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| #15 Joey Cruz Iowa |
You know good and well that the Hawkeyes are wanting the selection committee to choose Joey Cruz. In contention for a top four trophy finish, when it comes to the NCAA DI championships, you need every hand on deck. A 6-5 win over Brendan McCrone & a 7-4 s.v. over Cooper Flynn side with the Hawkeye, as does his respectable ranking.
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| #18 Tanner Jordan South Dakota State |
23-8 on the season & 8th in the DI nation last year, I find it very hard to believe that the selection committee would leave Tanner Jordan at home. I'm pretty sure out of the four that will be going to the NCAA DI championships, the Jackrabbit will be one of them. He finished one match shy of qualification this year, placing 8th in a BIG 12 bracket that took the top 7. It also helps that he earned his third medal at CKLV (which I consider to be DI's toughest in-season tournament). 6th-8th-7th in Vegas.
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| #24 Anthony Molton Campbell |
The odd man out, I'm afraid. It really pains me to say this as Anthony Molton was a hair short of NCAA DI qualification last year as well. This kid has been through so much. Wrestled for two different programs that were discontinued. I was really hoping he'd win the SOCON title this year & go out with a bang. The 8-2 semi-final loss to Tyston Lane I think is the mark that may seal his fate. What could help him out though is an 8-5 decision over Charlie Farmer & a runner-up finish at the Southern Scuffle.
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| #27 Diego Sotelo Harvard |
I've been on the bandwagon to once again see Crimson wrestling rise to the levels that it was when I first started following NCAA DI wrestling. They've had some really good kids on their roster & Diego Sotelo has been one of them. A two time NCAA DI qualifier, it has been the Midlands where this talent has shined the past three seasons. 3rd-5th-3rd in Chicago. Unfortunately, though, I think a 4-2 loss to Marcello Milani at the Ivy League's is going to be the strike against him that keeps him out.
The top 33 per weight class get to call themselves NCAA DI qualifiers. I believe that four of the six I mentioned will be in that group & the other two, easily #34 & #35, if it is worth any consolation.
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