Michael Caliendo III
NCAA championship record, 2023–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Michael Caliendo III wrestled for North Dakota State and Iowa at three NCAA championships, 2023–2025, and went 13–5. Caliendo placed seventh at 165 lb in 2023, fourth at 165 lb in 2024 and second at 165 lb in 2025.
NCAA career
Every NCAA bout · 18
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Aiden Riggins · Iowa State | 3 | 30 | MD 11–3 |
| Round of 16 | W | Jack Thomsen · Northern Iowa | 3 | 19 | MD 15–3 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Beau Mantanona · Michigan | 3 | 6 | Dec 7–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Peyton Hall · West Virginia | 3 | 2 | Dec 14–10 |
| Final | L | Mitchell Mesenbrink · Penn State | 3 | 1 | Dec 2–8 |
| 2024 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Blaine Brenner · Minnesota | 6 | 27 | MD 11–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Noah Mulvaney · Bucknell (PA) | 6 | 22 | TF 26–10 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Julian Ramirez · Cornell (NY) | 6 | 3 | Dec 9–4 |
| Semifinal | L | Mitchell Mesenbrink · Penn State | 6 | 2 | MD 9–17 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Izzak Olejnik · Oklahoma State | 6 | 7 | Dec 9–8 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Keegan O'Toole · Missouri | 6 | 1 | Dec 8–12 |
| 2023 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Brevin Cassella · Binghamton (NY) | 7 | 26 | Dec 6–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Carson Kharchla · Ohio State | 7 | 10 | Dec 3–8 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Matthew Olguin · Oregon State | 7 | 8 | Dec 9–8 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Justin McCoy · Virginia | 7 | 15 | Dec 7–4 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Caleb Fish · Michigan State | 7 | 29 | Dec 12–6 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Shane Griffith · Stanford (CA) | 7 | 9 | Dec 2–3 |
| 7th-place bout | W | Izzak Olejnik · Northern Illinois | 7 | 12 | Dec 6–2 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aiden Riggins · Iowa State | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Jack Thomsen · Northern Iowa | Round of 16 | W Major decision | 15–3 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | Sheet |
| Beau Mantanona · Michigan | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| Peyton Hall · West Virginia | Semifinal | W Decision | 14–10 | 7:00 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | Sheet |
| Mitchell Mesenbrink · Penn State | Final | L Decision | 2–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blaine Brenner · Minnesota | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 11–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | Sheet |
| Noah Mulvaney · Bucknell (PA) | Round of 16 | W Technical fall | 26–10 | 6:23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | Sheet |
| Julian Ramirez · Cornell (NY) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 9–4 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | Sheet |
| Mitchell Mesenbrink · Penn State | Semifinal | L Major decision | 9–17 | 7:00 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | Sheet |
| Izzak Olejnik · Oklahoma State | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 9–8 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | Sheet |
| Keegan O'Toole · Missouri | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 8–12 | 7:00 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brevin Cassella · Binghamton (NY) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 6–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Sheet |
| Carson Kharchla · Ohio State | Round of 16 | L Decision | 3–8 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Sheet |
| Matthew Olguin · Oregon State | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 9–8 | 7:00 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | Sheet |
| Justin McCoy · Virginia | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| Caleb Fish · Michigan State | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 12–6 | 7:00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | Sheet |
| Shane Griffith · Stanford (CA) | Consolation round 5 | L Decision | 2–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Sheet |
| Izzak Olejnik · Northern Illinois | 7th-place bout | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 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: “Michael Caliendo III”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_i7mjy5mumpabniur/michael-caliendo-iii