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by Brian Reinhardt

Gabe Arnold (Iowa) celebrates a blood round win at the 2026 NCAA Championships.

Gabe Arnold (Iowa) celebrates a blood round win at the 2026 NCAA Championships.

Session 5 begins at 11 a.m. (ET), TV coverage on ESPNU.

Starts with the consolation semifinals - two in each weight class, then followed by the placement matches (3rd, 5th and 7th).

12:20 PM - Onto our 5th place matches.

12:18 PM - What a story for Iowa's Gabe Arnold, the ultimate team guy! He has competed in three different weight classes this year - 174, 184 and 197. Was thrown up at 197 pounds late and was given the #27 seed due to inactivity at the weight. He comes back from Cleveland with All-American honors and a 7th place finish.

12:10 PM - 2025 national champion and four-time All-American Lucas Byrd of Illinois finishes his career with an 8th place finish at 133 pounds.

12:06 PM - Going out in style at 125 pounds, two-time All-American Jore Volk of Minnesota with a 14-1 major decision in his final collegiate match to place 7th.

12:02 PM - Capping his collegiate career with a FALL, three-time All-American CJ Composto of Penn captures 7th place at 141 pounds.

11:57 AM - We will have all the 7th place matches, then all the 5th place matches, then all the 3rd place matches.

11:55 AM - 4rd place bout at heavyweight: #3 Ghadiali (Michigan) vs. #7 Doucet (Oklahoma State). Doucet received a MFF over Nebraska's Ferrari.

11:54 AM - 3rd Place bout at 197 pounds: #3 Little (Little Rock) vs. #5 Novak (Wyoming).

11:48 AM - 3rd Place bout at 184 pounds: #2 Sinclair (Missouri) vs. #10 Campos (American). Campos received a MFF over #7 Ferrari (Iowa).

11:46 AM - 3rd Place bout at 174: Feel like we have seen this All-Big Ten affair before, #4 Kharchla (Ohio State) vs. #5 Kennedy (Iowa). In fact, Kennedy won in ride outs in the quartefinals.

11:40 AM - 3rd Place bout at 157 pounds: All-Big Ten affair with #1 Duke (Penn State) vs. #8 Cannon (Ohio State).

11:38 AM - 3rd Place bout at 165 pounds: #4 Ruiz (Arizona State) vs. #12 Alvan (Columbia).

11:31 AM - 3rd Place bout at 141 pounds: #3 Hardy (Nebraska) vs. #5 Stanich (Lehigh). Hardy received a MFF over Iowa State's Echemendia, while Nogle (Air Force) took a loss after 5 straight wins in the consolations after losing his first round match.

11:26 AM - 3rd Place bout at 149 pounds: All-Big Ten affair with #11 McNeil (Michigan) vs. #20 Lamer (Nebraska). McNeil is four-time All-American, while Lamer earned AA honors for the first time after being a four-time qualifier, and his at his third school.

11:22 AM - 3rd Place bout at 125 pounds: All-ACC affair with #7 Provo (Stanford) vs. #12 Robinson (NC State) - 2025 NCAA finals rematch for the 2nd time this tournament between Robinson and Spratley (OK State).

11:13 AM - 3rd Place bout at 133 pounds: #3 Blaze (Penn State) vs. #4 Seidel (Virginia Tech) - both went for bonus in their first bouts today.

10:50 AM - Wrestlers, clear the mats!