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33. WRESTLING
Section 1. Tournament Dates
National Tournament dates shall be determined jointly by the host and the NJCAA.
April 23-24, 2021 at Mid-America Center; Council Bluffs, IA
March 3-4, 2022 at Mid-America Center; Council Bluffs, IA
March 1-2, 2023 at Mid-America Center, Council Bluffs, IA
Section 2. Host Pre-Tournament Responsibilities
A. The host will send official certifying blanks to the director of each district qualifying for the tournament.
B. The host will send pre-tournament information to all wrestling colleges by January 31, 2021
Section 3. Competition in Open Meets
A. Any open competition in which students enter as representatives of a member college shall be listed on the published schedule of
the college and the students must satisfy the NJCAA Rules of Eligibility. These students must have a Weight Certification form on
file with the NJCAA National Office.
B. Students not representing an NJCAA member college may participate unattached in "open" or "exhibition" competition without
NJCAA approval. A college shall not furnish any assistance (equipment, transportation, lodging or meals) for athletes to participate
in such events. A coach may not be in the mat area during a match to provide any coaching, advice or assistance.
C. Violation of this section shall result in the offending college being placed on probation for a period of one year. The member college
may not participate in any competition sponsored by the NJCAA during the probationary period.
Section 4. Participation Requirements
A. No contestant shall be permitted to enter the NJCAA Championship Wrestling Tournament unless accompanied by (1) a coach or
faculty member of the sending institution or (2) a designated supervisory coach or faculty member from an NJCAA member
college. Designation of a supervisory person in (2) above must be in writing. It shall bear the seal of the college and signatures of
the Athletic Director and President or Dean of the sending institution. It shall be sent by certified mail to the Tournament Director. All
contestants must remain under the supervision of their coach or the designated supervisory person throughout the tournament and
until departure from the site.
B. Ineligible wrestlers or recruits may not attend the NJCAA Championship Wrestling Tournament at the expense of the
college, tournament hosts, president of the college or athletic director.
C. Free passes will be made available for the president of the college, athletic director, three coaches, one trainer and qualifying
wrestlers. All individuals representing each college must be identified to the Tournament Host 72 hours prior to the check-in
deadline. All others must pay tournament fees.
Section 5. Qualification of Teams for Competition
A. There shall be eight NJCAA Wrestling Districts as established each year by the NJCAA Board of Directors.
B. District Tournaments shall be completed by Sunday, April 11, 2021.
C. The eight districts are as follows:

2020-2021 NJCAA WRESTLING DISTRICTS

DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S)
South
West 1, 18 Central 2, 6, 14, 16, Northeast 3, 15, 21 Great Lakes 4, 7, 12, 24 Plains 5, 9
23
8, 10, 17,
Gulf Atlantic 19, 20, 22 North Central 11 North Plains 13

D. District Directors shall:
1. Where more than one region is included in a Wrestling District one of the District's Regional Directors shall supervise and
coordinate the qualification procedure in cooperation with the other Regional Director or Directors.
2. District Directors Shall:
i. Verify that all participants meet current NJCAA eligibility rules through the NJCAA National Office.
ii. Require that all individual season record forms are brought to the district qualifier by providing an up-to-date printout from
trackwrestling.com.
iii. Verify that all participants have Weight Certification forms on file by providing a current official weigh-in form from
trackwrestling.com.
iv. Send a completed Weight Certification form to the NJCAA Tournament Director as soon as qualifiers are determined.
E. Entry to the NJCAA Championship Wrestling Tournament will be by certification of the District Tournament Director.
1. Weight Certification forms must be submitted to the NJCAA Tournament Director by the District Director within 24 hours after
the conclusion of the qualifiers.
2. Any or all substitutions must be submitted by the District Director to the NJCAA Tournament Director 72 hours prior to the
check-in deadline.
3. Deadline for qualifying participant information to the Tournament Director due by Monday, February 27, 2020.
F. Each district shall qualify no greater than 70% of the total participants within that specific district. There can only be a maximum of
nine wildcards within any district. All percentages shall be rounded down to the next lower number (ex: 39.9 wildcards = 39). Each
district, before the district seeding meeting ends, will determine whether they will be using the traditional qualifying standards or pre-
determined qualifying standards which will be final once the seeding meeting ends and no changes can be made after that. The
District Director will make a note of this and include this with the national qualifiers submitted from the district.
1. Following each District competition, coaches can nominate wildcards to be considered for National Tournament qualification.
Coaches in that District will then vote on the nominated wildcard qualifiers.
2. Qualifying Standard Definitions:
i. Traditional - The district divides the qualifiers up evenly amongst the 10 weight classes until they can no longer be divided
evenly.
ii. Predetermined - The district determines the number of qualifiers at each weight class prior to the start of the district
championships. Following the district championship, district representatives vote/determine the wildcards.
G. The host district for the NJCAA Tournament may add one additional wrestler for each weight class above the 70% rule.
H. In the event one of the district qualifiers cannot wrestle, then the next alternate as determined by the district involved, may be
designated as the substitute at the weight class in which the replacement is needed. In no other circumstance can a district qualifier
and/or wildcard selection be replaced.