COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Indian Hills secured the team title at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championships inside Mid-America Arena on Saturday night. The team totaled 182 points with nine earning All-America honors.
This is the first team title for the Indian Hills Warriors in history. The program has existed for just five years. The team entered the tournament ranked second in the nation behind No. 1 Western Wyoming.
Gavyn Whitehead (141) and Andrew Marquez (197) were the two individual champions for Indian Hills. Whitehead, seeded No. 4 in the 133lb bracket, defeated Dmitri Alarcon of Western Wyoming in sudden victory in the finals on Saturday night. Marquez, seeded No. 2, bested Coen Grimm of Iowa Central in the championship match.
Clackamas placed second with 141.5 points, as Ane'e Vigil (125) and Gavin Bauder (133) won individual titles.
Western Wyoming, the defending NJCAA National Champions, finished in third place with 137.5 points. Dmarian Lopez won the title at 285 pounds in sudden victory over Jeisser Sampson-Sanchez of Fort Hays Tech. Lopez finished third in last year’s tournament.
Rounding out the top five in the team race was Fort Hays Tech with 125.5 points, and Iowa Central with 116.5 points. Fort Hays Tech was backed by three individual champions: Job Lee (157), Otgonbayar Batsuuri (174) and Lazaro Crespo (184).
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2025 NJCAA Men’s National Championships
At Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 7-8
Team Standings
1 Indian Hills-D1, 182 points
2 Clackamas-D1, 141.5 points
3 Western Wyoming-D1, 137.5 points
4 Fort Hays Tech-D1, 125.5 points
5 Iowa Central-D1, 116.5 points
6 Southeast Neb.-D1, 104 points
7 Northwest-D1, 103 points
8 North Idaho-D1, 96 points
9 Pratt-D1, 75.5 points
10 Rochester-D3, 68 points
Final Results
125 pounds
1st – Ane'e Vigil (Clackamas-D1) dec. Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming-D1), 4-1 SV
3rd – Elijah Cater (North Idaho-D1) dec. Riley Bettich (Indian Hills-D1), 4-3
5th – Logan Crawford (Northeastern Oklahoma-D1) dec. Tyson Wilson (Rochester-D3), 6-3
7th – Jaydale Whitlock (Iowa Central-D1) F Jack Guerrero (Muskegon-D1), 2:28
133 pounds
1st – Gavin Bauder (Clackamas-D1) dec. Drew Cooper (Iowa Central-D1), 11-4
3rd – Tegan Sherk (Ridgewater-D3) dec. Amantee Mills (Andrew-D1), 1-0
5th – Sean-Michael Gonzalez (Carl Albert State-D1) dec. Lance Olberding (Southeast Neb.-D1), 11-9
7th – Zach Marrero (Western Wyoming-D1) dec. Karim Allal (Northeastern Oklahoma-D1), 10-3
141 pounds
1st – Gavyn Whitehead (Indian Hills-D1) dec. Dmitri Alarcon (Western Wyoming-D1), 7-4 SV
3rd – Cesar Avelar (Clackamas-D1) tech. fall Colby Klinger (Southwestern Michigan-D1), 20-5 6:45
5th – Evan Rodriguez (Cowley-D1) dec. Kaiden Rubash (Northwest-D1), 15-11
7th – Jordan Cullors (Labette-D1) dec. Matthew Roche (Iowa Central-D1), 8-5
149 pounds
1st – Keith Smith (Southeast Neb.-D1) dec. Tommy Dalton (Western Wyoming-D1), 8-6
3rd – Sam Silveria (North Idaho-D1) dec. Ashton Hayhurst (Triton-D1), 12-5
5th – Shehabeldin Mohamed (Indian Hills-D1) dec. Teshawn Matthew (Niagara-D3), 8-4
7th – Silas Thompson (Northeastern JC-D1) dec. William Penn (Iowa Lakes-D1), 7-2
157 pounds
1st – Job Lee (Fort Hays Tech-D1) dec. Henry Dillingham (Clackamas-D1), 5-3
3rd – Brice Coleman (Indian Hills-D1) tech. fall Ayson Rice (Southeast Neb.-D1), 15-0 5:58
5th – Davion King (Labette-D1) dec. Hixon Canto (Western Wyoming-D1), 8-6
7th – Johnny Thomas (Pratt-D1) tech. fall Jacen Jackson (Cowley-D1), 18-2 4:15
165 pounds
1st – Melton Powe (Pratt-D1) dec. Asadbek Fayzullaev (Northwest-D1), 4-1 SV
3rd – Kaden King (Iowa Central-D1) dec. Cinsere Clark (Indian Hills-D1), 5-1
5th – Emmanuel Celestin (Niacc-d1) dec. Paul Kadlec (Joliet-D3), 10-3
7th – Caleb Marx (Snow-D1) dec. Cah'mari Johnson (Colby-D1), 2-1
174 pounds
1st – Otgonbayar Batsuuri (Fort Hays Tech-D1) maj. dec. Mohamed Tarek Abdelhady (Indian Hills-D1), 14-1
3rd – Leo Tukhlynovych (Rochester-D3) dec. Deontre Buttram (Carl Albert State-D1), 4-2
5th – Lawrence Rosario (Iowa Central-D1) FMC Mustafa Salimi (Triton-D1)
7th – Sam Rock (Minnesota West-D3-D3) dec. Matteo Nikolov (Iowa Western-D1), 5-4
184 pounds
1st – Lazaro Crespo (Fort Hays Tech-D1) dec. Jaquan East (Indian Hills-D1), 8-2
3rd – Isaac White (Southeast Neb.-D1) maj. dec. Chandler Thompson (Snow-D1), 11-0
5th – Julian Gorring (Clackamas-D1) dec. Banks Love (Western Wyoming-D1), 15-11
7th – Nathan Andrian (Southwestern Michigan-D1) med. forf. Ethan Day (Carl Albert State-D1)
197 pounds
1st – Andrew-d1 Marquez (Indian Hills-D1) dec. Coen Grimm (Iowa Central-D1), 4-1 SV
3rd – Austin Richens (Northwest-D1) maj. dec. Matthew Marcum (Labette-D1), 14-4
5th – Ghee Rachal (Triton-D1) dec. Ali Adel (Harper-D3), 4-2
7th – Corey Hyatt (Southeast Neb.-D1) maj. dec. Nate Ronan (Clackamas-D1), 16-4
285 pounds
1st – Dmarian Lopez (Western Wyoming-D1) dec. Jeisser Sampson-sanchez (Fort Hays Tech-D1), 5-2 SV
3rd – Jett Swain (Northwest-D1) dec. Ray Griffin (North Idaho-D1), 5-2
5th – Ryan Boersma (Triton-D1) def. Naasir Edmonds (Indian Hills-D1), 0-0 0:20
7th – James Bankston (Pratt-D1) tech. fall Cito Tuttle (Rochester-D3), 18-3 6:55
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