NCAA Wrestling Championships: Live updates, analysis for Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa

KANSAS CITY — Mat Madness has officially arrived.

Apologies for the slow start on the live blog, wi-fiat the T-Mobile Center is limiting everyone a bit here, so we appreciate your patience. Session one is underway here in Kansas City, already with some significant upsets to note and some up and down results from the Iowa programs.

Let's get you caught up on everything that's happened so far in session one.

Updated brackets can be found on trackwrestling.com

12:40: Iowa State's Casey Swiderski gets chippy, Iowa suffers first loss

After rolling in the previous bouts, Iowa suffered its first loss of the afternoon versus Oklahoma State's Jordan Williams. Tied at five, Rathjen looked like he was certain for a takedown via ankle pick, but Williams brought into a scramble and won the bout with a takedown into near-fall to advance in a 12-5 decision.

Swiderski advanced at 149 pounds for Iowa State, winning a 2-1 decision over Army's Matthew Williams. Swiderski was the aggressor in the match, firing away for the full seven minutes as he promised. It was to the point where after Williams was dinged for a stalling point and Swiderski shoved Williams in an effort seemingly to rile him Williams up to wrestle.

An ongoing development here is a rocky start for Penn State by its standard. Aaron Nagao (133 pounds) and Tyler Kasak (149 pounds)m each suffered upsets, dropping Penn State to 3-2 in the first round. It's hammers in No. 1 seeded Braeden Davis (8-1 decision) and Levi Haines (technical fall, 17-2) rolled to wins to keep the Nittany Lions in a decent spot as expected.

12:00: Real Woods keeps it rolling for Iowa, Cael Happel suffers upset

This is about as good as a start as you could have drawn up for the Hawkeyes, with Woods rolling to a 15-0 technical fall. He had a pair of four-point near falls in the match, showing a bit more of that control he's been looking for in matches rather than rapid-fire shots we've seen from him in the past.

As a result, Iowa led the team race after the first three weight classes of the first round concluded with 6.5 points. How long will that stay? Stats and the prowess of Penn State say not long, but these bonus points will help a ton down the line regardless of position.

In a surprise, Northern Iowa's Cael Happel fell in sudden defeat fashion to Minnesota's No. 26 Vince Vombaur (8-5 sudden defeat). On the day, the Panthers are 1-2 going into the 149-pound class. Iowa State's Anthony Echemendia rolled to a 20-4 technical fall of his own, taking the Cyclones to 2-1 thus far on the afternoon.

11:30: Iowa's Brody Teske starts with a bang, Evan Frost skates by for ISU

Bonus points are going to big, as always, in this tournament. However, perhaps nobody more than Iowa needs them with how tight this team race for second should be.

Teske did that for the Hawkeyes, with a 12-4 major decision over South Dakota State's Derrick Cardinal with a trio of takedowns. Next, he'll get Lehigh's Ryan Crookham, the No. 2 seed and widely considered by many to be one of three guys who can win the class alongside Oklahoma State's Daton Fix and Cornell's Vito Arujau.

Frost had a shaky start in his bout by conceding a takedown to Army's Braeden Basile to trail 3-0. He railed for an 8-5 decision to survive and advance, which is what the tournament is all about. He'll get the No. 24 seed Julian Chlebove of Arizona State, who upset No. 9 Dominick Serrano in a 4-1 decision.

UNI's Julian Farber also dropped his match, losing to Nebraska's Jacob Van Dee for the first time this season win a 5-1 decision. Van Dee had perviously lost to Farber twice this year.

11:15: Results from 125-pound class from Iowa schools

Two Iowa schools got rolling here, with Iowa's Drake Ayala and Iowa State's Kysen Terukina. Ayala had a battle initially with Cal Baptist's Elijah Griffin, but heated up late in the match with a pair of takedowns to open up the match for a 10-2 major decision. He'll get Stanford's Nico Provo later tonight, a wrestler who spent some time ranked No. 1 for a short time this season.

Terukina had a tough bout with Minnesota's Patrick McKee, but McKee's ability to win scrambles saw him advance to the next round with a 9-4 decision.

In a shocker across the weight class, Wyoming's Jore Volk (No. 5, Big 12 Champion) fell to Harvard's Diego Sotelo. Of the 16 bouts, there were actually only three upsets in the wild 125-pound class through the season.

11:00: Wrestling is underway with pigtail bouts

Northern Iowa's Jack Thomsen was the first wrestlers from the state of Iowa to get things rolling at 165 pounds in the No. 32 vs. No. 33 matchup. Thomsen came through for the Panthers, with a 13-3 major decision over a Lehigh wrestler.

His gift? Reigning champion Keegan O'Toole of Missouri.

Welcome to March.

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.

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