Happel to compete at Nationals

Cael Happel of Lisbon, Iowa will compete at the 2024 NCAA National Wrestling Championships in Kansas City, Missouri on March 21-23. Happel competes for 13th ranked Northern Iowa.

Happel is the #7 seed at 141 lbs. and was ranked #6 in the InterMat rankings last week.

Happel will face Cleveland Belton of Oregon State in the first round.

This will be the third time for Happel at Nationals. He was an NCAA Qualifier in 2022 and 2023 also at 141.

Cael was the 28th four-time state champion (2017-2020) in Iowa High School history for Lisbon with a 217-5 career record.

At Lisbon Happel competed for Hall of Fame coach Brad Smith. The Lions won the 1A state title in 2017 and 2018 with Happel leading the way.

Every round of Nationals will be televised on an ESPN station. You can also follow along on TrackWrestling.com for real time results and brackets.

Best of luck to Cael Happel at Nationals.

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