-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla Alexis Ross of Iowa Central wrestles against Iowa Lakes Holly Garrett

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Iowa Central women bring a pack of 24 to the NJCAA Wrestling Invitational led by No. 1 seed Alexis Ross beginning here Friday.

Action starts at 9 a.m. with preliminary first round matches and continues through the crowning of champions on Saturday night.

Ross, a sophomore and former Fort Dodge Senior High state champion, is one of 10 Triton wrestlers who earned a seed for the meet. She will be the top-seed at 138 pounds with Annabelle Petsinger earning the No. 2 at 124.

Aniyah Dinwiddie, Avery Mohr and Aneth Campos are all a three-seed with Delise Villa a No. 4. Myah Rausch, Maia Esera, Breanna Salgado and Amaya Fariley Vasquez all are seeded to begin the tourney.

Iowa Central is seeking more hardware to add to the case after winning the NJCAA Coaches Association National Duals title and the ICCAC North Central District title earlier this year. Ross, Petsinger, Mohr and Villa were all crowned champions at districts.

Last year at the national invitational, the Tritons finished second as Ross was a third place medalist. Kammie Schanz, a returner, was also third while Dinwiddie placed fourth.

Briana Araujo-Batista captured the first individual national title for Iowa Central last winter.

NJCAA NATIONAL WRESTLING INVITATIONAL

(First matches for Iowa Central wrestlers)

103 – Myah Rausch vs. winner of Melanie Fragua, Trinidad State/Leila Rosas, Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa

110 – Aneth Campos vs. Halsey Salgado, Southeast

117 – Rhonda Auradou vs. Samantha DiMilia, Nassau; Lacey Reed vs. Jordan Williams, Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa

124 – Naomi Sohriakoff vs. winner of Angelica Vicente, Indian Hills/Angelica Quintana, Oficial Trinidad State; Aniyah Dinwiddie vs. Shakira Ortiz Strauss, Southwestern Oregon; Annabelle Petsinger vs. Julia Kanne, Ellsworth

131 – Hannah Brown vs. winner of Caxton Smyth, Fort Hays vs. Eden Smith, Indian Hills; Heavenly Nielsen vs. winner of Holly Garrett, Iowa Lakes vs. Porsche Kreger, Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa; Avery Mohr vs. Emily Pasillas, Snow

138 – Alexis Ross vs. Faith Torres, Fort Hays; Kammie Schanz vs. Alima Toheeb, Lawal Morton; Krystol Luna vs. winner of Ruth Jimenez, Indian Hills vs. Emily Kesterson, Iowa Western

145 – Emily Angelo vs. Genesis Gilmore, Indian Hills; Delise Villa vs. Nevaeh Leonard, Southeast; Ellie Brenneman vs. Lily Polvado, Snow

160 – Olivia Fausnaugh vs. Keyahna Phillips, Iowa Lakes; Allie Grow vs. Linlee Asbill, Carl Albert State; Amaya Fariley Vasquez vs. Carley Klein, NIACC

180 – Aaliyah Presley vs. Caroline Purcell, Fort Hays State; Brylie Schaub vs. Izzy Pack, Carl Albert State

207 – Cynthia Ellis vs. Taylor Knox, Southwestern Oregon; Maia Esera vs. Chloe Colvin, Snow

235 – Breanna Salgado vs. winner of Valerie Smith, NIACC vs. Fernanda Miranda,