Final Results

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Saint John's junior Connor Krueger (Superior, Wis.) qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships at 133 pounds and three other Johnnies placed on the final day of the NCAA Regional held Saturday, Feb. 28, at Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

The top-three finishers in each of the 10 weight classes advanced to the 2026 NCAA Division III Championships, which are scheduled for March 13-14 at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

As a team, SJU finished 10th out of 16 teams. 

Krueger (KREE-grr) finished second overall and punched his ticket to nationals with a 7-3 win over Wisconsin-La Crosse's Wyatt Magolski in the semifinals. Magolski struck first with a takedown in the opening minute, but Krueger escaped and scored a takedown of his own with a minute left in the first period and added a two-point near fall for a 6-3 lead. He started the second period down and escaped eight seconds in for what proved to be the match's final point. The victory avenged a pair of losses – in the quarterfinals (7-3) and third-place match (5-1) – to Magolski at last year's regional.

Despite a furious rally to tie the championship match at 5-5, Krueger fell to Augsburg's Chance Suddeth 8-5 in sudden victory. Suddeth recorded a takedown 17 seconds into the match and, after a scoreless second period, chose down to start the third period. He escaped early for a 4-1 lead, but Krueger was awarded a point for stalling and recorded a takedown in the closing seconds to send the match to overtime. Suddeth, however, scored a takedown with 25 seconds left in overtime for the title.

Krueger, who is now 20-2 this season and just missed a trip to the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish last season, is SJU's first national entrant since Noah Becker '20 – also at 133 pounds – in 2019-20.

Freshman Carson Gellerman (Becker, Minn./Big Lake) was one win away from the national tournament but finished sixth at 184 pounds. He fell to Wisconsin-Stevens Point's Easton Hull via technical fall, 19-4, in the semifinals. Gellerman scored a takedown 47 seconds into the match, but Hull escaped and tallied a takedown of his own. The Johnnie freshman escaped to tie the match at 4-4, but Hull rattled off 15-straight points for the tech fall in 6:09.

Gellerman medical forfeited his remaining two matches for sixth place and end the season with a 19-5 record.

Sophomore Thomas Holmquist (Mendota Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) led the Johnnies with three wins (3-3 record) to place sixth at 125 pounds and end the season with a 25-7 record. He started the day with a 10-8 victory over Wisconsin-Platteville's Chris Karbash. With the match deadlocked at 6-6 entering the third period, Holmquist started down and escaped, and then scored a takedown with 28 seconds left. He was issued a harmless stalling penalty with five ticks left.

Holmquist entered the third period of his consolation semifinal against Chris Kish of Carthage (Wis.) with a 4-1 lead, but Kish escaped and posted a takedown with 45 seconds remaining for a 5-4 loss. Linfield's (Ore.) Jacob Moore then defeated Holmquist via fall in 2:59 for fifth place.

Junior Aidan Wayne (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) dropped both of his matches Saturday for eighth place at 197 pounds. He fell to the Pointers' Logan Neitzel 3-0, of which the match's scoring consisted of two stalling points and nearly four minutes (3:59) of riding time, and suffered a 4-1 loss to Concordia-Moorhead's William Freking in the seventh-place bout. Wayne ended the season with a team-best 31-7 record.

125
-Thomas Holmquist (Sixth, 3-3)

133
-Connor Krueger (Second, 2-1)

141
-Dallas Sibbet (1-2)

149
-Dominic Smith (1-2)

157
-Josiah Solliday (0-2)

174
-Isaac Hunter (1-2)

184
-Carson Gellerman (Sixth, 2-2)

197
-Aidan Wayne (Eighth, 1-3)

285
-Zeke Conner (0-2)