Cael Happel
NCAA championship record, 2023–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Cael Happel wrestled for Northern Iowa at three NCAA championships, 2023–2025, and went 9–6. Happel placed fifth at 141 lb in 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Iowa | 141 | 5 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2024 | Northern Iowa | 141 | 7 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2023 | Northern Iowa | 141 | 14 | Lost consolation round 3 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 15
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Danny Pucino · Illinois | 5 | 28 | Fall 5:51 |
| Round of 16 | W | Dylan Chappell · Bucknell (PA) | 5 | 21 | Dec 5–4 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Josh Koderhandt · Navy (MD) | 5 | 4 | Dec 2–1 |
| Semifinal | L | Brock Hardy · Nebraska | 5 | 1 | Dec 4–11 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | CJ Composto · Pennsylvania | 5 | 10 | Dec 2–7 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Josh Koderhandt · Navy (MD) | 5 | 4 | Dec 7–2 |
| 2024 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | 7 | 26 | Dec 5–8 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Tagen Jamison · Oklahoma State | 7 | 10 | Dec 4–2 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Sergio Lemley · Michigan | 7 | 8 | MD 14–5 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Cole Matthews · Pittsburgh (PA) | 7 | 18 | Dec 4–2 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Real Woods · Iowa | 7 | 3 | Dec 2–5 |
| 2023 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Matt Kazimir · Columbia (NY) | 14 | 19 | Dec 4–3 |
| Round of 16 | L | Cole Matthews · Pittsburgh (PA) | 14 | 3 | Dec 0–1 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Jordan Titus · West Virginia | 14 | 29 | Dec 10–5 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Clay Carlson · South Dakota State | 14 | 11 | Dec 3–7 |
Scoring · 2023 to 2025
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 | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Pucino · Illinois | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 5:51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | Sheet |
| Dylan Chappell · Bucknell (PA) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 5–4 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Sheet |
| Josh Koderhandt · Navy (MD) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 2–1 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Brock Hardy · Nebraska | Semifinal | L Decision | 4–11 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | Sheet |
| CJ Composto · Pennsylvania | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 2–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Sheet |
| Josh Koderhandt · Navy (MD) | 5th-place bout | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vance Vombaur · Minnesota | Round of 32 | L Decision | 5–8 | 8:16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | Sheet |
| Tagen Jamison · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Sergio Lemley · Michigan | Consolation round 2 | W Major decision | 14–5 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | Sheet |
| Cole Matthews · Pittsburgh (PA) | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Real Woods · Iowa | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Matt Kazimir · Columbia (NY) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| Cole Matthews · Pittsburgh (PA) | Round of 16 | L Decision | 0–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jordan Titus · West Virginia | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 10–5 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Sheet |
| Clay Carlson · South Dakota State | Consolation round 3 | L Decision | 3–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 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: “Cael Happel”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_fxxjnjkts2g72pg5/cael-happel