U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase Heads to West Des Moines, Iowa; Register Today
by David Gerhart, USA Wrestling
Alexander Hall competing in the finals of the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D.
The 2026 U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase heads to West Des Moines, Iowa, October 29-November 1. The MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex serves as the host venue for this year’s tournament.
This will be the first national event of the 2026-27 USA Wrestling season. Competition will be held in the folkstyle discipline. The festivities in Iowa feature boys and girls competition from first grade all the way up through the high school level. The event also serves as the first step of the USA Wrestling Triple Crown for the girls competing in the 1st-8th Grade divisions.
The U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase are expected to draw the top youth and high school wrestlers in the nation to prove themselves on the national stage. To date, over 1,600 wrestlers have already entered.
This event has sold out in previous years, so sign up early to guarantee your spot. Registration caps for each division are:
- Boys High School National Recruiting Showcase: 350
- 11th-12th Grade Boys: 975
- 9th-10th-Grade Boys: 975
- 9th-12th Grade Girls: 650
- 7th-8th Grade Boys: 640
- 5th-6th Grade Boys, 3rd-4th Grade Boys and 6th-8th Grade Girls: 975 (combined)
- 1st-2nd Grade Boys, 1st-2nd Grade Girls and 3rd-5th Grade Girls: 250 (combined)
Athletes looking to compete in the Boys National High School Recruiting Showcase must be prequalified. To view the full list of automatic qualifiers for the showcase, please visit usawrestlingevents.com.
The U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals is named in honor of Brian Keck as a tribute to his lasting legacy in the sport of wrestling. Before his passing in 2019, Keck worked tirelessly for 12 years to make the USA Wrestling Preseason Nationals a great success and provide athletes with the opportunity to compete against the best in the nation.
After a long stint at the Iowa Events Center, the event is moving to the MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex, which has hosted the USA Wrestling 16U & Junior Folkstyle National Championships in 2025 and 2026.
Competition gets underway on Thursday, October 29, and runs through Sunday, November 1. The current event schedule is listed below.
Brackets and live results for the event will be hosted on USA Bracketing. Live stream and archived matches will be provided by FloWrestling.
For more information on the 2026 U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase, please visit usawrestlingevents.com.
2026 U.S. Marine Corps Brian Keck Memorial Preseason Nationals & Boys National Recruiting Showcase
At West Des Moines, Iowa, October 29-November 1
Reference Links
Event Schedule
Thursday, October 29
2 p.m. – Session I: 11th-12th Grade Boys
Friday, October 30
9 a.m. – Session II: 11th-12th Grade Boys, 9th-10th Grade Boys
3 p.m. – Session III: 11th-12th Grade Boys, 9th-10th Grade Boys, High School Boys Showcase
Saturday, October 31
9 a.m. – Session IV: 9th-10th Grade Boys, High School Boys Showcase, 9th-12th Grade Girls
3:30 p.m. – Session V: High School Boys Showcase, 9th-12th Grade Girls, 7th-8th Grade Boys, 5th-6th Grade Boys
Sunday, November 1
9 a.m. – Session VI: 9th-12th Grade Girls, 7th-8th Grade Boys, 5th-6th Grade Boys, 3rd-4th Grade Boys, 6th-8th Grade Girls
2 p.m. – Session VII: 3rd-4th Grade Boys, 6th-8th Grade Girls, 1st-2nd Grade Girls, 3rd-5th Grade Girls, 1st-2nd Grade Boys
2025 Boys National Recruiting Showcase Champions
106 pounds – Wyatt Dannegger (Collum Trained School of Wrestling)
113 pounds – Chase Karenbauer (Bad Karma Wrestling Club)
120 pounds – Samuel Sanchez (Esperanza High School Wrestling)
126 pounds – Isaiah Jones (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma)
132 pounds – Bryar Hooks (Cowboy Wrestling Club)
138 pounds – Griff Powell (Izzy Style Wrestling)
144 pounds – Michael Lopez (Mile High Wrestling Club)
150 pounds – Donovan Rosauer (Yorkville Wrestling Club)
157 pounds – Jake Miller (Broken Arrow Wrestling Club)
165 pounds – Jordan Fincher (BullTrained Wrestling)
175 pounds – Ryder Schulte (Reddot Wrestling Club)
190 pounds – Dylan Reel (Compound Wrestling)
215 pounds – Carter Brown (Missouri)
285 pounds – Ashton Honnold (Moen Wrestling Academy)
2025 Brian Keck Preseason Memorial Preseason Nationals Champions
11th-12th Grade Boys
106 pounds – Cruz Gannon (Sebolt Wrestling Academy)
113 pounds – Cason Craft (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma)
120 pounds – Cruzer Dominguez (MWC Wrestling Academy)
126 pounds – Ryan McConaghy (New Jersey)
132 pounds – Creighten Lassen (MWC Wrestling Academy)
138 pounds – Calan Manley (Stillwater High School Wrestling)
144 pounds – Toby Shipman (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma)
150 pounds – Ryan Richie (Southern Illinois Regional Training Center)
157 pounds – Garon Kaiser (D3 Wrestling Club)
165 pounds – JD Minder-Broeckaert (Victory School of Wrestling)
175 pounds – Zandon Hopson (Reddot Wrestling Club)
190 pounds – Mateo Martinez (Florida)
215 pounds – Colton Tupper (CRWC)
285 pounds – Ryan Schneider (South Side Wrestling Club)
9th-10th Grade Boys
100 pounds – Ty Martin (Immortal Athletics WC)
106 pounds – Alexander Hall (Greater Heights Wrestling)
113 pounds – Dylan Nieuwenhuis (Michigan Premier WC)
120 pounds – Oliver Pulliam (Best Trained Wrestling)
126 pounds – Lewis Davis (Threestyle Wrestling Of Oklahoma)
132 pounds – Vinny Ferrari (Cardinal Wrestling Club)
138 pounds – Illia Kyrianenko (South Broward High School Wrestling)
144 pounds – Quincey Crawford (BullTrained Wrestling)
150 pounds – Diesel Pedersen (Broken Arrow Wrestling Club)
157 pounds – Thunder Page (South Central Punisher Wrestling)
165 pounds – Cole Sackett (Angry Fish Wrestling)
175 pounds – Easton Kammerud (Sarbacker Wrestling Academy)
190 pounds – Maximus Purdy (Big Game Wrestling Club)
215 pounds – Kade Splinter (Team Nazar Training Center)
285 pounds – Sawyer Schendel (Minnesota)
7th-8th Grade Boys
75 pounds – Jacob Graber (Summit Wrestling Academy)
80 pounds – Beckett Moyer (Moyer Elite Wrestling)
84 pounds – D Angelo Chavez (Choose Hard Wrestling Academy)
88 pounds – Cameron Rodgers (MN Elite Wrestling Club)
92 pounds – Kai McDonald (Sebolt Wrestling Academy)
96 pounds – Nelson Villafane (Mat Assassins Wrestling Club)
100 pounds – Fernando Jimeno (KT 3 Style Wrestling Club)
105 pounds – Beau Abbott (Roundtree Wrestling Academy)
110 pounds – Jaxon Sanchez (Reign Wrestling Club)
115 pounds – Brian An (Lubbock Wrestling Club)
120 pounds – Nash Denison (Cowboy Wrestling Club)
126 pounds – Kasin Noordyk (Ringers Wrestling Club)
132 pounds – Quint Copeland (Bennett Wrestling Club)
140 pounds – Adam Rea (Open Mats Wrestling Club)
155 pounds – Stetson Gabel (Bear Cave Wrestling Club)
175 pounds – Elias Green (Askren Wrestling Academy)
225 pounds – Tanner Singleton (Purler Wrestling Academy)
5th-6th Grade Boys
58 pounds – Cooper Corbett (Roundtree Wrestling Academy)
63 pounds – Louden Moon (Louisiana Muggers Wrestling)
67 pounds – Nathan Beckham (Orange County RTC)
70 pounds – John Cambra (Steller Trained Wrestling)
74 pounds – Bennett Dawson (Raw Wrestling Club)
78 pounds – Grant Lottmann (Greater Heights Wrestling Club)
82 pounds – Gabriel Jasso (Pursuit Wrestling Minnesota)
86 pounds – Macklen Marksbury (Michigan Premier WC)
92 pounds – Benjamin Ahedo (Pursuit Wrestling Minnesota)
98 pounds – Bode Hutchinson (Scoring Edge Wrestling Center)
108 pounds – Eli Anderson (Berge Elite Wrestling Academy)
117 pounds – Mercer Hamilton (Mat Demon Wrestling Club)
135 pounds – Dominic Englese (ISI Wrestling Club)
160 pounds – Slade McNamara (Big Game Wrestling Club)
3rd-4th Grade Boys
49 pounds – Hudson Lemaire (Jflo Trained)
53 pounds – Nelson Zwanziger (Immortal Athletics WC)
56 pounds – Javier Larson (Summit Wrestling Academy)
59 pounds – Jack Sanders (Pennsylvania)
63 pounds – Jude Varela (New Mexico)
67 pounds – Graham Dyson (Pennsylvania)
71 pounds – Joshua Brockway (Summit Wrestling Academy)
77 pounds – Hayden Soloman (Wichita Training Center)
84 pounds – Henry Seidl (MN Elite Wrestling Club)
93 pounds – Braxten Sombke (Wolves Wrestling Club)
105 pounds – Anthony Quiroz (Region Wrestling Academy)
120 pounds – Axel Rodas (Minnesota)
1st-2nd Grade Boys
43 pounds – Mason Morton (Perry Meridian Wrestling Club)
45 pounds – Attikus Tucker (Ohio)
49 pounds – Asher Montoya (Top Rank)
53 pounds – Zane Montoya (New Mexico)
56 pounds – Oakley Newby (Westlake Wrestling Club)
62 pounds – Thomas Delich (Greater Heights Wrestling)
70 pounds – Elias Andronic (Rochelle Wrestling Club)
85 pounds – Connor Sweat (Kalispell Wrestling Club)
9th-12th Grade Girls
100 pounds – Peggy Susan Dean (Betterman Elite Wrestling)
105 pounds – Renee Hudson (Betterman Elite Wrestling)
110 pounds – Mabel Rogers (Rogue Warrior Wrestling)
115 pounds – Isabel Kaplan (Central Indiana Academy Of Wrestling)
120 pounds – Angelina Gochis (SPAR Wrestling Academy)
125 pounds – Caley Graber (Summit Wrestling Academy)
130 pounds – Lilyana Balderas (Surfside X Wrestling)
135 pounds – Naima Ghaffar (M3 Wrestling Academy)
140 pounds – Landri Von Gonten (Boneyard Wrestling Academy)
145 pounds – Hayden Bratland (Iowa)
155 pounds – Leolyn Karnowski (Wamego Wrestling Club)
170 pounds – Anastasia Simon (Northeast Iowa Wrestling Club)
190 pounds – Blake Baker (Spartan Mat Club)
235 pounds – Isabella Lorenzana (Surfside X Wrestling)
250 pounds (Exb.) – Jeralyn Spear (Missouri)
6th-8th Grade Girls
65 pounds – Kona Hughes (Big Game Wrestling Club)
75 pounds – Julie Fleming (Pennsylvania)
80 pounds – Freyda Nelson (Pinnacle Wrestling Club)
85 pounds – Jessica Dean (Betterman Elite Wrestling)
90 pounds – Regan Kinneman (Grindhouse Wrestling Club - East)
95 pounds – Peyton Eklund (Nebraska)
100 pounds – Iliyah Sailas-Lara (Pomona Wrestling Club Colorado)
105 pounds – Daphney Gomez (Arizona Girls Wrestling)
110 pounds – Melissa Gallo (Gladiator Wrestling)
115 pounds – Adriana Kunz (Summit Wrestling Academy)
120 pounds – Madelyn Medrano (Springdale Elite Wrestling Club)
125 pounds – Carleigh Clark (BullTrained Wrestling)
130 pounds – Rachel Garcia (Husky Wrestling Club)
135 pounds – Mollie Blades (Ubasa Wrestling Academy)
140 pounds – Katie Davidson (Team Nazar Training Center)
150 pounds – Yamilett Cortez (Valiant Wrestling Club)
165-180 pounds – Kylie Williams (Askren Wrestling Academy)
3rd-5th Grade Girls
46.3-50.2 pounds – Kendall Henry (Oklahoma)
51-55.7 pounds – Amia Lopez (Savage House Wrestling Club)
56.1-59.3 pounds – Oakley Waitkus (Team Tulsa Wrestling Club)
59.4-64 pounds – Cameron Mahoney (DC Elite Wrestling)
63.2-69.3 pounds – Tyanna Evans (The Orchard South Wrestling Club)
69.7-75.4 pounds – Maddyn Siefert (Sarbacker Wrestling Academy)
75.9-83 pounds – Alaina Chambers (Eternal Wrestling)
79-83.6 pounds – Bristol Pope (Ohio)
84.7-92.1 pounds – Adison Schlotfeld (Nebraska Wrestling Academy)
96.5-106.1 pounds – Heavyn Woods (El Paso Wildcats Wrestling Club)
110.5-118.9 pounds – Kamiah Chantha (Surfside X Wrestling)
120.1-132 pounds – Addyson Bass (Empire Academy)
160.2 pounds – Alexa Nunn (Beat the Streets Chicago-Oak Park)
1st-2nd Grade Girls
39.5-45.8 pounds – Emmy Lashaway (Ohio)
47.2-50.1 pounds – Everly Heitz (Iowa)
50.8-54.8 pounds – Alaina Saavedra (Top Rank)
57-60.6 pounds – Samantha Ham (Nebraska Wrestling Academy)
62.4-66.7 pounds – Mariella Masso (Summit Wrestling Academy)