NCAA Releases Seeds for 2026 Wrestling Championships

PHILADELPHIA – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released the seeds and brackets for the 2025 Wrestling Championships on Wednesday night.

Sophomore

Cross Wasilewski leads the charge for Penn, earning the #3 seed at 149.

Jude Swisher followed Wasilewski with #6 at 157, while senior

CJ Composto earned the #11 seed at 141 and junior

Evan Mougalian earned #12 at 133 to even out the Red and Blue with top-15 seeds.

Two other Quakers received bids to NCAAs, with

Davis Motyka earning #22 at 125 and

Sean Seefeldt grabbing #24 at 165.

Penn opens the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Thursday, March 19, at the Rocket Arena. First-round bouts for the Quakers can be found below.

Penn's First Round Matchups

125: #22

Davis Motyka vs. #11 Tyler Klinsky (Rider)

133: #12

Evan Mougalian vs. #21 Sean Spidle (Northwestern)

141: #11

CJ Composto vs. #22 Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia)

149: #3

Cross Wasilewski vs. #30 Dylan Layton (Rider)

157: #6

Jude Swisher vs #27 Dylan Evans (Pitt)

165: #24

Sean Seefeldt vs. #9 Bryce Hepner (North Carolina)

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