2026 NCAA Division II Super Region VI Championship [FloSports] [Live Results] [Tickets]
Saturday - 10 a.m. - Lockridge Arena - Golden, Colo. 
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MINES SET TO HOST NCAA REGIONAL MEET
For the first time since 2017, Colorado School of Mines will host the NCAA Division II Super Region VI Championship, coming up Saturday at Lockridge Arena with a 10 a.m. start. The one-day tournament, four-mat tournament will qualify wrestlers for the NCAA Division II Championships, with the top three finishers at each weight class moving on to nationals. The regional features Mines' familiar RMAC foes, plus Nebraska-Kearney, Fort Hays State, Simon Fraser, Cal Poly Humboldt, and Vanguard; the region features six teams ranked in the latest NWCA poll with #1 UNK, #15 Adams State, #17 Chadron State, #18 San Francisco State, #21 Colorado Mesa, and #24 Western Colorado, plus Mines, CSU Pueblo, New Mexico Highlands, and Vanguard receiving votes.

FAN INFO & LIVE COVERAGE
Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m., and the finals session is anticipated to start around 5 p.m. on Saturday.

The ticket office at Lockridge Arena will open at 9 a.m., and doors to the arena also open at 9. Tickets for the meet are available online at tickets.minesathletics.com, and fans are strongly encouraged to purchase them online in advance to avoid the line. 

The meet will stream live on FloSports (subscription required) with brackets and results also on FloSports. 

The entrance to Lockridge Arena is located at 1650 Elm Street, and parking is available across the street in Lot D or in the McNeil garage at Elm and West Campus Drive; campus parking on Saturday is free.

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE
Mines won a share of their second consecutive RMAC title earlier this month, beating CSU Pueblo 42-3 to improve to 5-1 in the league. The Orediggers ultimately split the championship with Adams State (who they beat 26-20) after the Grizzlies also finished 5-1 with a win on Feb. 11. It marks the fourth RMAC championship for Mines since 2019, all coming under Head Coach Austin DeVoe. 

FIVE OREDIGGERS EARN ALL-RMAC
Five members of the conference-champion Mines team earned all-RMAC honors on Feb. 19 in the annual year-end awards from the league. Cody Thompson (149 pounds), Jakob Smith (174 pounds), and Laith Ibrahim (285 pounds) were voted First-Team All-RMAC by the league's coaches, while Wyatt Reisz (184 pounds) and Mason Diel (197 pounds) earned spots on the second team.

LAST YEAR AT REGIONALS
Mines finished sixth at the 2025 NCAA Regional championships held at Western Colorado, with Wyatt Reisz qualifying for nationals on his third-place finish at 174 pounds. Mines had five placewinners on the day as Grayston DiBlasi and Jakob Smith were fourth, Christian Lopez was fifth, and Ryan Cody finished sixth.

IN THE RANKINGS
The NWCA released its latest rankings last week and Mines fell to the first spot receiving votes outside of the top-25. Individually, Cody Thompson is #7 at 149 pounds. In this week's OpenMat rankings, Thompson is #7 in his weight class along with Jakob Smith (#14 at 174), Wyatt Reisz (#17 at 184), and Mason Diel (#19 at 197) also appearing.

THE 50-WIN CLUB
Cody Thompson is Mines' active career leader in wins at 60-18, and Wyatt Reisz joined him in the 50-win club with his victory at Colorado Mesa, putting him at 52-17 in his third season at Mines. 

AT THE HELM
Head Coach Austin DeVoe is in his 12th season in charge of the Mines Wrestling program, having rebuilt the Orediggers into a national contender with three RMAC titles, eight all-Americans, and eight Academic All-Americans in his tenure. With 96 dual wins under his belt, Mines has had seven consecutive winning dual seasons including the only three double-digit win seasons in program history, including tying the program wins record in 2022-23 with an 11-2 record and surpassing it with 13 in 2024-25. On the national stage, Mines has had team success as well including an 11th-place finish in 2022 which was the program's best finish since the 1990s. 

LOOKING AHEAD
Qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Championships will head to Sioux Falls for that tournament starting March 13.
 

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MINES LINEUP - NCAA Super Region VI Championships
125 - Jake Goodin (Fr., 8-6)
True freshman making regionals debut … Has six pins in eight wins this season
133 - Izaiah Padilla (R-So., 4-2)
Making regionals debut … Went 4-2 with two falls in duals this season
141 - Ryan Espiritu (Fr., 4-3)
True freshman making regionals debut … Has one fall
149 - Cody Thompson (R-Sr., 12-1)
2024 SR6 champion and NCAA runner-up at 149 … 2026 First-Team All-RMAC … Likely top seed at 149
157 - Brandon Cody (R-Fr., 11-5)
Making regionals debut … Has three falls in eight wins over D-II opponents
165 - Marcus Caro (So., 13-9)
Was in Mines' regionals squad as a freshman at 157 … Has three falls this season
174 - Jakob Smith (R-Jr., 11-2)
2026 First-Team All-RMAC … Finished fourth at the 2024 and 2025 regional meets … Has nine bonus-point wins in 13 matches this season
184 - Wyatt Reisz (Jr., 9-3)
2026 Second-Team All-RMAC … 2025 SR6 third-place finisher at 174, qualifying for nationals … Also fifth at the 2024 meet
197 - Mason Diel (R-Sr., 11-1)
2026 Second-Team All-RMAC … Making third regionals appearance, finishing a best of sixth at 184 in 2024
285 - Laith Ibrahim (Jr., 8-3)
2026 First-Team All-RMAC … Was fourth at the 2024 NCAA regional meet as a freshman … Is 7-3 vs. D-II this season