Oklahoma State wins Big 12 Championship with four champions; Kaleb Larkin, Ruiz shine for ASU
Updated: March 8, 2026
Photo: Nicco Ruiz of Arizona State upended Oklahoma State’s Dee Lockett in the 165-pound Big 12 title match. Photo by Mark Lundy.
Team Scores:
1. Oklahoma State 176
2. Iowa State 144
3. Arizona State 94
4. Missouri 84.5
5. West Virginia 77.5
6. South Dakota State 76.5
7. Oklahoma 73
8. Wyoming 67.5
9. North Dakota State 54.5
10. Northern Iowa 51
t11. Air Force 31.5
t11. Utah Valley 31.5
13. Cal Baptist 21.5
14. Northern Colorado 15
Placement Matches by Weight (Automatic Qualifiers)
125 (5)
- Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) 16-3, RS Jr. over Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) 14-7, Sr. (Dec 5-2)
3rd-Place Match
- Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) 22-11, RS Fr. over Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) 18-7, RS Sr. (Fall 4:28)
5th-Place Match
- Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma) 15-12, Jr. over Brady Roark (South Dakota State) 20-7, RS So. (Dec 3-1)
- Mack Mauger (Missouri) 20-14, So. over Tucker Owens (Air Force) 21-11, Sr. (Dec 6-2)
133 (8)
- Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) 13-0, Fr. over Kyler Larkin (Arizona State) 18-2, Fr. (MD 15-2)
- Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) 18-9, RS So. over Gunner Andrick (West Virginia) 25-8, Fr. (Dec 5-3)
- Gage Walker (Missouri) 13-7, So. over Garrett Grice (Iowa State) 6-4, RS Jr. (M. For.)
- Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma) 7-14, Jr. over Cale Seaton (South Dakota State) 13-11, So. (Fall 3:53)
141 (7)
- Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State) 19-0, Fr. over Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) 19-3, Sr. (TB-1 2-1)
- Carter Nogle (Air Force) 22-7, So. over Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) 16-9, RS So. (Dec 5-3)
- Jordan Titus (West Virginia) 16-14, RS Sr. over Julian Tagg (South Dakota State) 18-6, RS Sr. (M. For.)
- Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) 21-8, . over Pierson Manville (Arizona State) 16-9, . (Dec 5-4)
149 (5)
- Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State) 14-5, RS Jr. over Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa) 9-6, RS Sr. (Dec 5-3)
- David Evans (Utah Valley) 19-5, RS Sr. over Jacob Frost (Iowa State) 16-7, Jr. (Dec 12-5)
- Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) 18-8, RS Sr. over Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State) 14-8, RS Jr. (MD 14-5)
- Josh Edmond (Missouri) 20-6, RS Sr. over Willie McDougald (West Virginia) 7-11, RS Sr. (Dec 6-1)
157 (5)
- Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State) 22-2, . over Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) 16-2, Fr. (Dec 4-3)
- Ty Watters (West Virginia) 22-3, RS So. over Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) 23-7, RS Sr. (Dec 6-2)
- Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) 16-10, RS Jr. over Teague Travis (Missouri) 12-8, RS Sr. (Dec 12-8)
- Drayden Morton (California Baptist) 12-10, Jr. over Jared Hill (Wyoming) 11-12, RS Sr. (Dec 4-2)
165 (4)
- Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) 21-5, . over LaDarion Lockett (Oklahoma State) 16-2, . (TB-1 2-1)
- Connor Euton (Iowa State) 17-7, Jr. over Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) 21-5, Sr. (Dec 13-12)
- Sloan Swan (Wyoming) 15-13, Jr. over Marcus Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) 15-12, Jr. (Dec 8-1)
- Gabriel Schumm (California Baptist) 8-6, RS Jr. over Peyten Kellar (Oklahoma) 8-10, Sr. (Dec 14-9)
174 (7)
- Cam Steed (Missouri) 15-5, Sr. over Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State) 16-6, RS Jr. (Dec 10-6)
- MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) 15-6, Jr. over Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) 18-6, RS So. (SV-1 5-2)
- Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) 26-8, Jr. over Riley Davis (Wyoming) 11-9, Jr. (M. For.)
- Cael Valencia (Arizona State) 12-10, . over Hudson Rogers (Utah Valley) 12-14, So. (Dec 7-2)
184 (8)
- Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri) 25-1, So. over Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) 20-6, So. (Dec 8-1)
- Ian Bush (West Virginia) 19-10, RS Jr. over Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) 16-9, . (Dec 6-4)
- Mahonri Rushton (Northern Colorado) 17-14, RS Sr. over Isaac Dean (Iowa State) 16-7, Sr. (M. For.)
- Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) 15-14, Sr. over Zack Ryder (Oklahoma State) 12-8, RS Fr. (M. For.)
197 (8)
- Rocky Elam (Iowa State) 18-0, Sr. over Joey Novak (Wyoming) 17-3, Jr. (Dec 5-4)
- Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State) 17-4, RS Fr. over DJ Parker (Oklahoma) 19-8, RS Fr. (Dec 6-4)
- Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) 16-5, Sr. over Colton Hawks (Arizona State) 7-9, . (Dec 5-1)
- Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) 20-10, RS Jr. over Karson Tompkins (Air Force) 19-11, Fr. (Dec 2-0)
285 (6)
- Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 25-0, Sr. over Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 17-3, RS Sr. (Dec 4-1)
- David Szuba (Arizona State) 20-8, . over Juan Mora (Oklahoma) 19-7, RS Sr. (Fall 2:37)
- Jarrett Stoner (Missouri) 18-13, Jr. over Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) 10-11, Sr. (Dec 9-3)
- Rylan Kuhn (Air Force) 14-11, Fr. over Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) 9-12, RS Sr. (Dec 9-2)
184 9th-Place Match:
- Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) 2-0, . over Brian Soldano (Oklahoma) 1-1, . (Dec 4-3)
197 9th-Place Match:
- Rune Lawrence (West Virginia) 2-0, . over Kael Bennie (Utah Valley) 1-1, . (MD 11-2)






