Lloren & Parco to compete at NCAA Championships

ST. LOUIS - Fresno State wrestlers DJ Lloren and Kyle Parco are set to compete at the 2021 NCAA Championships starting Thursday at the Enterprise Center.

2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships
March 18-20, 2021 • Enterprise Center • St. Louis, Mo.
TV: ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU
Live Results: Trackwrestling
Twitter: @FresnoStateWRES
Dowload the NCAA Wrestling Championships App

2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Schedule

Date	Time (PT)	Session	Network/ ESPN3 Link	Number of ESPN3 Mat Feeds
Thu, March 18	8 a.m	Session IA - 125 -157 lbs.	ESPNU/ESPN3/es.pn/3bTh5YM	Eight Mats
	3 p.m	Session IIA - 125 - 157 lbs.	ESPN2/ESPN3/es.pn/3bTh5YM	Eight Mats
Fri, March 19	8 a.m.	Session III	ESPNU/ESPN3/es.pn/3bV0HHf	Eight Mats
	12 p.m.	Session IV	ESPNU/ESPN3/es.pn/3bV0HHf	Eight Mats
	5 p.m.	Session V - Semifinals	ESPN/ESPN3/es.pn/3bV0HHf	Eight Mats
Sat, March 20	8 a.m.	Session VI - Medal Round	ESPN2/ESPN3/es.pn/3qZVges	Four Mats
	4 p.m.	Session VII - Finals	ESPN	One Mat

ESPN Airs Second Round and Semifinals in Prime Time; ESPNU Presents First Round and Quarterfinals
Primetime coverage begins with the second round on ESPN2 on Thursday at 3 p.m. PT and continues with the semifinals on ESPN on Friday at 5 p.m. PT. On Thursday and Friday, ESPNU will also air the first round and quarterfinals at 8 a.m. PT each day.

Championship Saturday Night
ESPN's Championship Saturday night coverage will conclude the three-day event, with the network airing each national championship match beginning at 4 p.m. ET. Earlier in the day, ESPN2 and ESPN3 will begin the final day of competition with coverage of the Medal Round at 8 a.m. PT.

Coverage highlights

One Screen, Multiple Mats: TV coverage will often show multiple mats at one time, with a scroll of both individual results and team standings continuously updating in real time
Robotic cameras will be stationed around the arena for the first time, including two on towers in the center to allow for a 360-degree view of all adjacent mats – providing a new and unique view
ESPN3 will offer individual feeds of each mat for all sessions, including all eight mats for the first round, second round, quarterfinals and semifinals, and all four mats in the medal round
Join the Conversation: Fans can follow the action on Twitter through @NCAAWrestling and join the conversation by tagging their tweets #NCAAWrestling

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Fresno State 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships competitors
141 lbs. - No. 13 seed DJ Lloren, RSr. (11-1 overall record)
First Round: vs. No. 20 seed Brian Courtney (Virginia) - 9-4 overall record

149 lbs. - No. 17 seed Kyle Parco, RFr. (14-1 overall record)
First Round: vs. No. 16 seed PJ Ogunsanya (Army) - 9-0 overall record
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Bulldog Headlines

Fresno State Wrestling will have two wrestlers in the 2021 NCAA Championships with redshirt senior DJ Lloren being the No. 13 seed at 141 lbs. & redshirt freshman Kyle Parco earning the No. 17 seed at 149 lbs.
Lloren enters with an 11-1 overall record while Parco is 14-1.
Both Lloren and Parco are coming off third place finishes at the Big 12 Championship in their respective weight classes.
Lloren qualified for the NCAA Championships a year ago at 141 lbs. before they were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic while Parco will make his NCAA Championship debut.

Fresno State has three place winners at Big 12 Championship
Lloren earned his second trip to the NCAA Championships in as many years with a third-place finish at 141 pounds at Big 12 Championship. A year after being an at-large qualifier at the weight, Lloren earned an automatic berth this year and enters the NCAA Championships with a 11-1 overall record.

Parco joins Lloren as an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships after he placed third at 149 pounds. Parco went 4-1 in the tournament and sits 14-1 overall on the season as the redshirt freshman's only loss came at the Big 12 Championship to Northern Iowa's Triston Lara, 9-4.

Finally, freshman Haiden Drury made it three 'Dogs among the place winners taking sixth at 133 pounds going 2-3 in the tournament.

Bulldogs against the field
Lloren: 1-1; picked up a 6-4 win over No. 15 seed Clay Carlson (SDSU) & fell 6-2 to No. 7 seed Ian Parker (ISU)
Parco: 2-1; earned two wins over No. 18 seed Jarrett Degen (ISU), 4-3 & 9-4 & fell 9-4 to No. 23 seed Triston Lara (UNI)

Fresno State NCAA Wrestling Championships History
The Bulldogs have had 22 individuals earn 35 All-American honors in program history as eight have earned multiple honors, including Gerry Abas (1992-95) and Stephen Abas (1998-99, 2001-02) who are the 'Dogs ony two four-time All-Americans.

Fresno State sent a pair of wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in 2018, five in 2019 and five more in 2020 before they were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last four seasons, 10 individuals have qualified 14 times with Lloren joining Khristian Olivas (2018 & '19), AJ Nevills (2018 & '19) and Josh Hokit (2019 & '20) as each qualifying two times apiece.

Hokit went on to become a two-time All-American placing fifth at 197 pounds in 2019 and earned second-team NWCA All-American honors in 2020 after the NCAA Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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