CLEVELAND, Ga. (March 1, 2022) - The preliminary brackets for the 2022 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships have been released by the National Office, and your Truett McConnell University wresting team has two athletes who will be featured competing for a national title. The action for all 10 weight classes gets underway inside the Hartman Arena in Wichita, Kansas on Friday, March 4th. The two day tournament will conclude on Saturday, March 5, with the Championship Round at 7:00 p.m. CST.

Redshirt junior Leonel Silvestre will compete for the Bears in the 149 weight class. Silvestre is currently sitting at an individual record of 10-11 on the season. The redshirt junior received a bye in the first two rounds and is set to face No. 5 Andreus Bond from Southeastern University in his first official match of the tournament. Junior Ethan Powell will compete for the Bears in the 285 weight class. The junior is currently sitting at an individual record of 5-2 on the season. Powell is set to face William Mason from Bethany College in his first offical match of the tournmanet. 

All matches at the national championships will be stream live via FloWrestling. Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling. Additionally, the championship session on Saturday will also be distributed on ESPN3 (www.watchespn.com).

See full bracket above.