Ryder Downey
NCAA championship record, 2024–2026. Regular-season results are not included.
Ryder Downey wrestled for Northern Iowa at three NCAA championships, 2024–2026, and went 8–6. Downey lost in consolation round 4 in 2024 and 2026, and in consolation round 3 in 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northern Iowa | 165 | 11 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2025 | Northern Iowa | 157 | 6 | Lost consolation round 3 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2024 | Northern Iowa | 157 | 5 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 14
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 165 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Matthew Olguin · Oregon State | 11 | 22 | Dec 10–4 |
| Round of 16 | L | EJ Parco · Stanford (CA) | 11 | 27 | Dec 3–4 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Cody Goebel · Wisconsin | 11 | 28 | TF 18–3 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Noah Mulvaney · Bucknell (PA) | 11 | 19 | TF 18–2 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Bryce Hepner · North Carolina | 11 | 9 | Dec 0–1 |
| 2025 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Grigor Cholakyan · Stanford (CA) | 6 | 27 | MD 12–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | 6 | 11 | Dec 4–5 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Logan Rozynski · Lehigh (PA) | 6 | 21 | Dec 1–0 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Jude Swisher · Pennsylvania | 6 | 14 | Dec 2–4 |
| 2024 · 157 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jared Hill · Oklahoma | 5 | 28 | Dec 4–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Bryce Andonian · Virginia Tech | 5 | 12 | Dec 6–9 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Damon 'DJ' McGee Jr. · George Mason (VA) | 5 | 22 | TF 15–0 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Michael Blockhus · Minnesota | 5 | 13 | MD 11–3 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Jared Franek · Iowa | 5 | 10 | Dec 2–4 |
Scoring · 2024 to 2026
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 | ||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Olguin · Oregon State | Round of 32 | W Decision | 10–4 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Sheet |
| EJ Parco · Stanford (CA) | Round of 16 | L Decision | 3–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Sheet |
| Cody Goebel · Wisconsin | Consolation round 2 | W Technical fall | 18–3 | 2:51 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | Sheet |
| Noah Mulvaney · Bucknell (PA) | Consolation round 3 | W Technical fall | 18–2 | 5:37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | Sheet |
| Bryce Hepner · North Carolina | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 0–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Grigor Cholakyan · Stanford (CA) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 12–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | Sheet |
| Matty Bianchi · Arkansas-Little Rock | Round of 16 | L Decision | 4–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Sheet |
| Logan Rozynski · Lehigh (PA) | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 1–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Jude Swisher · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 3 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jared Hill · Oklahoma | Round of 32 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Bryce Andonian · Virginia Tech | Round of 16 | L Decision | 6–9 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | Sheet |
| Damon 'DJ' McGee Jr. · George Mason (VA) | Consolation round 2 | W Technical fall | 15–0 | 6:35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Sheet |
| Michael Blockhus · Minnesota | Consolation round 3 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Jared Franek · Iowa | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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: “Ryder Downey”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_ypvjqe5gqs7iuowf/ryder-downey