Pre-seeds released for Big 12 Conference Wrestling Championships

IRVING, Texas - The pre-seeds have been announced for the 2022 Big 12 Wrestling Champions, which is set for March 5-6 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Iowa State led the Big 12 as its entire lineup received selections, highlighted by top-seeded Ian Parker (141 pounds) and David Carr (157). Missouri, North Dakota State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State each had nine seeds and Northern Iowa followed with eight.

Mizzou’s Keegan O’Toole locked in the top seed at 165 pounds while Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen will wrestle as the No. 1 in the 184 weight class. Oklahoma State rounded up three top seeds in Daton Fix (133 pounds), Kaden Gfeller (149 pounds), and Dustin Plott (174 pounds). West Virginia’s Killian Cardinale received the No. 1 selection at 125 pounds, while Wyoming’s Stephen Buchanan and Air Force’s Wyatt Hendrickson were named the top seeds in the 197 and heavyweight classes respectively.

Tickets to the Big 12 Wrestling Championship can be purchased at TicketMaster.

This is the seventh neutral-site conference championship for the sport and the sixth in Tulsa. Last year, the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners split the title, posting 124 points each.

Big 12 Now on ESPN+ will broadcast the first three sessions of the event while the championship round will air on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. Sunday.

TEAM 125 Pounds SEED
WVU Killian Cardinale 1
UVU Taylor LaMont 2
UNI Brody Teske 3
OSU Trevor Mastrogiovanni 4
MIZ Noah Surtin 5
ISU Kysen Terukina 6
OU Joey Prata 7
UNC Jace Koelzer 8
Not seeded
AF Jared Van Fleet
NDSU Lucas Rodriguez
SDSU Tanner Jordan
WYO Jake Svihel

Team 133 Pounds SEED
OSU Daton Fix 1
UNI Kyle Biscoglia 2
SDSU Gabriel Tagg 3
NDSU Kellyn March 4
ISU Ramazan Attasauov 5
UVU Haiden Drury 6
OU Tony Madrigal 7
WYO Job Greenwood 8
Not seeded
AF Sidney Flores
MIZ Connor Brown
UNC Dyson Kunz
WVU Garrett Lautzenheiser

Team 141 Pounds SEED
ISU Ian Parker 1
SDSU Clay Carlson 2
UNC Andrew Alirez 3
MIZ Allan Hart 4
OSU Carter Young 5
UNI Cael Happel 6
WYO Darren Green 7
NDSU Dylan Droegemueller 8
Not seeded
AF Cody Phippen
OU Jacob Butler
UVU Ty Smith
WVU Caleb Rea

Team 149 Pounds SEED
OSU Kaden Gfeller 1
OU Willie McDougald 2
ISU Jarrett Degen 3
MIZ Josh Edmond 4
UNI Colin Realbuto 5
WYO Jaron Jensen 6
UNC Chris Sandoval 7
NDSU Gaven Sax 8
Not seeded
AF Dylan Martinez
SDSU Daniel Kimball
UVU Cameron Hunsaker
WVU Jeffrey Boyd

Team 157 Pounds SEED
ISU David Carr 1
NDSU Jared Franek 2
OSU Wyatt Sheets 3
MIZ Jarrett Jacques 4
WYO Jacob Wright 5
OU Justin Thomas 6
UNI Derek Holschlag 7
UVU Jaxon Garoutte 8
Not seeded
AF Giano Petrucelli
UNC Nate Moore
SDSU Kenny O'Neil
WVU Alex Hornfeck

Team 165 Pounds SEED
MIZ Keegan O'Toole 1
WVU Peyton Hall 2
UNI Austin Yant 3
OSU Travis Wittlake 4
NDSU Luke Weber 5
SDSU Tanner Cook 6
ISU Isaac Judge 7
OU Joe Grello 8
Not seeded
AF Trey Brisker
UNC Nick Knutson
UVU Danny Snediker
WYO Cole Moody

Team 174 Pounds SEED
OSU Dustin Plott 1
SDSU Cade DeVos 2
OU Anthony Mantanona 3
UNI Lance Runyon 4
WYO Hayden Hastings 5
MIZ Peyton Mocco 6
ISU Joel Devine 7
NDSU Austin Brenner 8
Not seeded
AF Sam Wolf
UNC Jackson Hemauer
UVU Kekana Fouret
WVU Dennis Robin

Team 184 Pounds SEED
UNI Parker Keckeisen 1
ISU Marcus Coleman 2
WYO Tate Samuelson 3
OSU Dakota Geer 4
SDSU Cade King 5
MIZ Jeremiah Kent 6
OU Keegan Moore 7
NDSU DJ Parker 8
Not seeded
AF Jake Thompson
UNC Xavier Vasquez
UVU Jacob Armstrong
WVU Anthony Carman

Team 197 Pounds SEED
WYO Stephen Buchanan 1
SDSU Tanner Sloan 2
OU Jake Woodley 3
ISU Yonger Bastida 4
MIZ Rocky Elam 5
NDSU Owen Pentz 6
UNC Alan Clothier 7
UVU Evan Bockman 8
Not seeded
AF Kayne Hutchinson
UNI John Gunderson
OSU Gavin Stika
WVU Jackson Moomau

Team Heavyweight SEED
AF Wyatt Hendrickson 1
MIZ Zach Elam 2
ISU Sam Schuyler 3
SDSU A.J. Nevills 4
WVU Michael Wolfgram 5
NDSU Brandon Metz 6
OSU Luke Surber 7
OU Josh Heindselman 8
Not seeded
UNC Jacob Seely
UNI Isley / Gordon
UVU Chase Trussell
WYO Terren Swartz