Kaleb Romero
NCAA championship record, 2021–2023. Regular-season results are not included.
Kaleb Romero wrestled for Ohio State at three NCAA championships, 2021–2023, and went 12–6. Romero placed sixth at 184 lb in 2022 and third at 184 lb in 2023.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ohio State | 184 | 6 | 3rd | 6–1 | 7 bouts |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 184 | 7 | 6th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 174 | 7 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 18
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Caleb Hopkins · Campbell (NC) | 6 | 27 | MD 10–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Colton Hawks · Missouri | 6 | 22 | Dec 5–3 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Aaron Brooks · Penn State | 6 | 3 | Dec 1–4 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Brian Bonino · Drexel (PA) | 6 | 25 | MD 15–6 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Gavin Kane · North Carolina | 6 | 11 | MD 11–3 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Trenton 'Trey' Munoz · Oregon State | 6 | 4 | Medical forfeit |
| 3rd-place bout | W | Trent Hidlay · North Carolina State | 6 | 2 | Dec 3–1 |
| 2022 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | 7 | 26 | MD 13–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Taylor Venz · Nebraska | 7 | 10 | Dec 5–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Aaron Brooks · Penn State | 7 | 2 | MD 2–13 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Max Lyon · Purdue (IN) | 7 | 30 | MD 15–6 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Marcus Coleman · Iowa State | 7 | 8 | MD 13–4 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Bernie Truax · California-Poly | 7 | 5 | Dec 1–3 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Trent Hidlay · North Carolina State | 7 | 3 | Dec 2–3 |
| 2021 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jackson Turley · Rutgers (NJ) | 7 | 26 | Dec 7–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Peyton Mocco · Missouri | 7 | 10 | Dec 5–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Demetrius Romero · Utah Valley | 7 | 2 | Dec 0–6 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Logan Massa · Michigan | 7 | 5 | Dec 1–6 |
Scoring · 2021 to 2023
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Caleb Hopkins · Campbell (NC) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 10–2 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Colton Hawks · Missouri | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Sheet |
| Aaron Brooks · Penn State | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 1–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| Brian Bonino · Drexel (PA) | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 15–6 | 7:00 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | Sheet |
| Gavin Kane · North Carolina | Consolation round 5 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Trenton 'Trey' Munoz · Oregon State | Consolation semifinal | W Medical forfeit | – | – | No wrestling | Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Trent Hidlay · North Carolina State | 3rd-place bout | W Decision | 3–1 | 8:59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Donnell Washington · Indiana (IN) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 13–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | Sheet |
| Taylor Venz · Nebraska | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| Aaron Brooks · Penn State | Quarterfinal | L Major decision | 2–13 | 7:00 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | Sheet |
| Max Lyon · Purdue (IN) | Consolation round 4 | W Major decision | 15–6 | 7:00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | Sheet |
| Marcus Coleman · Iowa State | Consolation round 5 | W Major decision | 13–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | Sheet |
| Bernie Truax · California-Poly | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 1–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
| Trent Hidlay · North Carolina State | 5th-place bout | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson Turley · Rutgers (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| Peyton Mocco · Missouri | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| Demetrius Romero · Utah Valley | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 0–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Sheet |
| Logan Massa · Michigan | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 1–6 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Kaleb Romero”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_a6pxiocpnr74odyj/kaleb-romero