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St. Ambrose will compete in the 2025 Heart Men's Wrestling Conference Championships Friday and Saturday at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Action gets underway Friday at 1 p.m. and will begin again Saturday at 10 a.m.

The Bees are sending 12 wrestlers to the league championship, highlighted by 2024 NAIA National Qualifier Diego Machado. Machado earned true-second place at last year's Heart Championships to earn a bid to Nationals. He will be one of two SAU grapplers competing at 157 pounds this year, joined by Slade Dias.

Jayden Terronez, a two-time Heart runner-up and National Qualifier at 165 pounds in 2022 and 2023, will look to qualify in the same weight class for a third time.

Mick Chagnon, who also competed at Nationals in 2022, is entered the 125-pound bracket along with teammate Riece Graham.

With a team-best 23 wins this season, Guiseppe Guerra will compete at 141 pounds. Tate O'Shea and Josh Zeman will wrestle at 149 pounds. Anthony Sartori (174 pounds), Colin O'Grady (184 pounds), Dylan Meiners (197 pounds) and Tyler Casey (heavyweight) round out the St. Ambrose competitors.

A total of nine teams are entered in the conference tournament, including No. 1 Grand View, No. 15 Missouri Valley, No. 16 Central Methodist, No. 22 Dickinson State and No. 24 Graceland. St. Ambrose, Baker and William Penn are all receiving votes in the NAIA poll.

The Heart will earn 42 automatic qualifiers to the 2025 NAIA Championships based on the following weight classes:
125 pounds - 5
133 pounds - 6
141 pounds - 3
149 pounds - 4
157 pounds - 3
165 pounds - 5
174 pounds - 4
184 pounds - 5
197 pounds - 4
285 pounds - 3

On Saturday, the Heart will also award the Heart Coach of the Year, the Heart Conference Tournament Outstanding Wrestler, the Heart Assistant Coach of the Year, the Wrestler of the Year, the Newcomer of the Year and the Freshman of the Year.