INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – For the second year in a row, South Dakota State will send a program-record eight wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Of SDSU’s eight qualifiers, five are making at least their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships, including five-time qualifier and 2023 runner-up at 197 pounds, Tanner Sloan, and two-time All-American at 141 pounds, Clay Carlson. Tanner Jordan (125 pounds), Cael Swensen (157 pounds) and Cade DeVos (174 pounds) also return to national competition.
Earning nationals berths for the first time were Derrick Cardinal (133 pounds), Alek Martin (149 pounds) and Bennett Berge (184 pounds). Redshirt freshman heavyweight Luke Rasmussen has been selected as an alternate. The 2024 edition of the national tournament runs Thursday through Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Video coverage of the entire tournament will be available through the ESPN family of networks.
Courtesy gojacks.com
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