Morton College will be well-represented at the NJCAA national wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

A pair of Panthers qualified for the NJCAA men's nationals, while three will be wearing the Morton College singlets in the NJCAA women's invitational.

Men's
149 - Angel Nava faces Joey Wilczak of Minnesota West
165 – Khaled Alkelane faces #15 seed Cole Stuchal of Garrett

Both Nava and Alkelane finished fifth at the Great Lakes District to reach nationals. Nava registered a fall in 1:16 over Mott's Jacob Boudreau, while Alkelane scored a 17-1 technical fall win over Triton's Keygan Jennings.
It is Nava's second trip to nationals. He was 0-2 at 149 a year ago in Council Bluffs.

Women's
117 – Journey Wickert-Harris faces #3 seed Taryn Evans of Umpqua
124 – Jimena Serna faces #7 seed Myra Pressnell of Umpqua
138 – Alima Toheeb-Lawal faces #5 seed Kammie Schanz of Iowa Central

For Serna and Toheeb-Lawal, this marks their second time participating in the NJCAA national invitational. Both were 1-2 a year ago with Serna's victory coming in the round of 32 and Toheeb-Lawal's win in the consolation round of 16.