CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – A pair of four-time conference champions in Virginia Tech’s Mekhi Lewis and NC State’s Trent Hidlay headlined the NCAA seedings for Atlantic Coast Conference wrestlers, as the bracket was unveiled Wednesday night for the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which will be held March 21-23 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

The ACC’s 36-wrestler contingent is led by No. 1 seed Lewis at 174 pounds and Hidlay as the No. 2 seed at 197 pounds. NC State’s Kai Orine (133) and Jackson Arrington (149) are seeded No. 3 in their respective weight classes, while teammates Ryan Jack (141) and Ed Scott (157) are the No. 4 seeds in their weight classes.
 
A total of 10 of the 36 ACC wrestlers that will represent the conference at the NCAA Championship this year have earned All-America honors at least once during their collegiate careers, highlighted by multiple honors from Lewis (2019, 2022, and 2023), Hidlay (2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), Bryce Andonian (2022 and 2023) and Sam Latona (2021 and 2023).
 
NC State, the 2024 ACC champions, and Virginia Tech both lead all ACC teams with a wrestler in each of the 10 weight classes. Pitt placed seven wrestlers in the field, followed by North Carolina with five and Virginia with four wrestlers each.
 
This marks the fifth year in which all 33 wrestlers in each of the 10 NCAA weight classes are seeded. The 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship will run as a double-elimination tournament, and the top eight finishers in each weight class will earn All-America honors. Wrestlers will also score team points for every win. 
 
Each match will last seven minutes unless it ends early with a fall or a tech fall. The tournament will run across six sessions. All individual championship matches will be held during Session 6 on Saturday, March 23. 

The complete schedule:

Thursday, March 21
Noon ET – Session 1 (First Round)
7 p.m. ET – Session 2 (Second Round, Wrestlebacks)
 
Friday, March 22
11 a.m. ET – Session 3 (Quarterfinals, Wrestlebacks)
8 p.m. ET – Session 4 (Semifinals, Round of 12)
 
Saturday, March 23
11 a.m. ET – Session 5 (Placement Matches)
7 p.m. ET – Session 6 (Championship Finals)
 
ESPN will have coverage of the entire NCAA Wrestling Championships once again this year, with every match available on Watch ESPN and the ESPN app and session coverage by ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.
 
A complete NCAA bracket featuring all 330 participating wrestlers can be found here.
 
Visit http://ncaa.com/wrestling for more information about this year’s championship.

ACC 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship Entrants 
125
7. Jakob Camacho (NC State)
11. Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech)
 
133
3. Kai Orine (NC State)
12. Sam Latona (Virginia Tech)
23. Marlon Yarbrough II (Virginia)
 
141
4. Ryan Jack (NC State)
6. Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
18. Cole Matthews (Pitt)
20. Tom Crook (Virginia Tech)
 
149
3. Jackson Arrington (NC State)
4. Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)
31. Finn Solomon (Pitt)

157
4. Ed Scott (NC State)
12. Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech)
27. Sonny Santiago (North Carolina)
 
165
18. Connor Brady (Virginia Tech)
23. Derek Fields (NC State)
25. Holden Heller (Pitt)
30. Nick Hamilton (Virginia)
 
174
1. Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)
13. Justin McCoy (Virginia)
21. Tyler Eischens (North Carolina)
23. Luca Augustine (Pitt)
29. Alex Faison (NC State)
 
184
7. Thomas Stewart, Jr. (Virginia Tech)
10. Dylan Fishback (NC State)
15. Reece Heller (Pitt)
22. Gavin Kane (North Carolina)
 
197
2. Trent Hidlay (NC State)
15. Max Shaw (North Carolina)
21. Mac Stout (Pitt)
26. Andy Smith (Virginia Tech)
31. Krystian Kinsey (Virginia)
 
285
8. Owen Trephan (NC State)
21. Dayton Pitzer (Pitt)
26. Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech)

Visit http://ncaa.com/wrestling for more information about this year’s championship.