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Big 12 Releases Seedings, Brackets for 2026 Big 12 Championships
March 02, 2026 03:05 PM | Wrestling
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Big 12 Conference released the brackets and seeds for the 2026 Big 12 Wrestling Championships presented by Allstate on Monday.
Six Mountaineers earned a seed, with graduate student Jett Strickenberger leading the team as the No. 3 seed at 125 pounds.
The following are the Mountaineers who were seeded:
The following are matchups for the Mountaineers:
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUWrestling on X, Instagram and Facebook.
Six Mountaineers earned a seed, with graduate student Jett Strickenberger leading the team as the No. 3 seed at 125 pounds.
The following are the Mountaineers who were seeded:
- No. 3 seed Jett Strickenberger (125)
- No. 5 seed Gunner Andrick (133)
- No. 4 seed Ty Watters (157)
- No. 7 seed Brody Conley (174)
- No. 4 seed Ian Bush (184)
- No. 7 seed Rune Lawrence (197)
- 125: No. 3 Jett Strickenberger vs. Bryson Valdez (Northern Colorado)
- 133: No. 5 Gunner Andrick vs. Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma State)
- 141: Jordan Titus vs. No. 8 Jesse Vasquez (California Baptist)
- 149: Willie McDougald vs. No. 1 Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State)
- 157: No. 4 Ty Watters vs. Drayden Morton (California Baptist)
- 165: Sasha Gavronsky vs. No. 2 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
- 174: No. 7 Brody Conley vs. Max Magayna (NDSU)
- 184: No. 4 Ian Bush vs. No. 5 Nick Fox (UNI) OR Mahroni Rushton (Northern Colorado)
- 197: No. 7 Rune Lawrence vs. No. 2 Joey Novak (Wyoming) OR Eli Sheeren (CBU)
- HWT: Brock Kehler vs. No. 1 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State)
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVUWrestling on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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