Heading into Nationals Zach Glazier has had an amazing season. As I stated in my Big Tens preview I cannot remember an Iowa Wrestler coming out of nowhere to have a season like Glazier has had this season.
Glazier is 24-2 with two pins, seven tech falls, and five major decisions. He is the #7 seed at 197 and was ranked #5 in the InterMat rankings last week.
In the first round at Nationals Glazier will have Andy Smith of Virginia Tech. In the Round of 16 we have a potential matchup with #10 seed Silas Allred of Nebraska. Glazier defeated Allred in the dual meet in January, 11-2. Regardless of the previous meeting this will be a tough match.
A potential Quarterfinal match would be against #2 seed Trent Hidlay of North Carolina State.
As a fan I want to see Zach Glazier on the award stand as an All American as much as anything else in the tournament.
Finish strong Zach Glazier.
Brackets for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships:
https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/images/2024/03/13/2024NCAAd1Wrestlingbrackets.pdf
Zach Glazier (197)
Eli Sheeran (Cal Baptist) W-MD 11-2 1-0
Luther Open – 1st Place
Seth Butler (Wartburg) W-Pin 2:21 2-0
Maxim Ryner (Quincy) W-Pin 2:09 3-0
Jacob Steenhoek (Luther) W-TF 21-6 4-0
Parker Venz (Augsburg) W-TF 19-4 5-0
#31 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) W-D 14-6 6-0
#24 Julian Broderson (Iowa State) W-D 7-3 7-0
#26 Martin Cosgrove (Penn) W-D 9-5 8-0
Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) W-MD 14-2 9-0
Soldier Salute – 1st Place
Brett Mower (Oregon State) W-TF 21-6 10-0
Adam Haselius (Columbia) W-TF 21-4 11-0
Garrett Joles (Minnesota) W-D 5-4 12-0
A.J. Ferrari (Unattached) W (D.Q.) 13-0
#11 Silas Allred (Nebraska) W-MD 11-2 14-0
#24 Garrett Joles (Minnesota) W-D 4-2 15-0
Ben Vanadia (Purdue) W-TF 19-4 16-0
Joey Braunagel (Illinois) W-TF 18-3 17-0
Evan Bates (Northwestern) W-MD 11-2 18-0
Bobby Striggow (Michigan) W-TF 19-4 19-0
#1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) L-D 5-1 19-1
Josh Otto (Wisconsin) W-MD 13-4 20-1
#16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) W-D 4-1 21-1
Big Ten Championships – 2nd Place
Josh Otto (Wisconsin) W-MD 14-3 22-1
#21 Luke Geog (Ohio State) W-D 8-2 23-1
#4 Jaxon Smith (Maryland) W-D 4-1 SV1 24-1
#1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) L-TF 19-3 24-2
Schedule for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships
***All time listed are CST
Thursday, March 21
Session 1: Championship First Round 11 AM ESPNU/ESPNt
Session 2: Championship Second Round and Consolations 6 PM ESPN/ESPNt
Friday, March 22
Session 3: Quarterfinals and Consolations 11 AM ESPN/ESPNt
Session 4: Semifinals and Blood Round 7 PM ESPN/ESPNt
Saturday, March 23
Session 5: Consolation Medal Round 10 AM ESPNU/ESPNt
Session 6: Finals 6 PM ESPN/ESPNt
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
