Oregon State
NCAA Championships
March 19, 2024 | Wrestling
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State wrestling team will look to complete the 2023-24 season on a high note as they will send five wrestlers to the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., this week.
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Five wrestlers will represent the Beavers in the competition at the T-Mobile Center as they will vie for national championships in their respective classes.
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Date     Time (PT)              Event                             Location                                          TV/Video
3/21        9 a.m.                 NCAA Session 1               Kansas City, Mo.                            ESPNU/ESPN+
3/21        5 p.m.                NCAA Session 2               Kansas City, Mo.                               ESPN/ESPN+
3/22       9 a.m.                 NCAA Session 3               Kansas City, Mo.                             ESPNU/ESPN+
3/22       5 p.m.                NCAA Session 4               Kansas City, Mo.                               ESPN/ESPN+
3/23       8 a.m.                 NCAA Session 5               Kansas City, Mo.                             ESPNU/ESPN+
3/23        3 p.m.                 NCAA Session 6           Kansas City, Mo.                              ESPN/ESPN+
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Oregon State Lineup
Wt.    Wrestler                           Year                                     Seed                          Hometown
125     Brandon Kaylor                       RSr.                                           21               Bonney Lake, Wash.
141      Cleveland Belton                     RJr.                                           26                           Corona, Calif.
184     Trey Muñoz                            RSo.                                             4                 Mission Viejo, Calif.
197     Justin Rademacher                   Fr.                                           29                        West Linn, Ore.
HWT   Boone McDermott                   RSr.                                          14                            Dubuque, Iowa
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This Week
• Oregon State competes in the NCAA Championships in Kansas, City, Mo. at the T-Mobile Center.
• The Beavers will send five to the Championships.
• Oregon State has sent at least five in each season of the Pendleton era (2020/21-present).
First Rounds
• No. 21 Brandon Kaylor (125) vs. Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
• No. 26 Cleveland Belton (141) vs. Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)
• No. 4 Trey Muñoz (184) vs. Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb)
• No. 29 Justin Rademacher (197) vs. Michael Bear (Lehigh)
• No. 14 Boone McDermott (HWT) vs. Dorian Crosby (Bucknell)
Make it Four!
• Two Beavs will be making their fourth appearance in the NCAA Championships: Brandon Kaylor and Trey Muñoz
• Kaylor tuned in an eighth-place finish in the 2022 Championships, clinching All-American honors.
• Muñoz finished last season's competition as a national semifinalist, taking sixth place and was named an All-American.
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New School, Same Result
• Boone McDermott (HWT) is making his first trip to the NCAAs as a Beaver but accomplished the feat last season with Rutgers.
Back-to-Back for Belton
• Cleveland Belton (141) is making his second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships
• The 2023 Pac-12 champ and two-time league wrestler of the week has made it to the NCAAs in both of his seasons as a Beav.
Just the Start for Rademacher
• Quick to making the lineup, Justin Rademacher (197) showed the league his presence early.
• Notching 12 wins in his debut season, he's making his first appearance in the NCAA Championships.
• The Beaver State product had four ranked wins in the regular season, including one by major decision over Stanford's Nick Stemmet in the season finale.
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