North Idaho College Hosting Sendoff for 10 Wrestlers Heading to NJCAA Nationals

Coeur d’Alene residents and members of the North Idaho College campus community will gather in front of Christianson Gymnasium at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 for a public sendoff honoring 10 wrestlers who qualified for the NJCAA national competition. The event is scheduled to take place on NIC’s campus outside Christianson Gym (Christianson Gymnasium) and is intended to celebrate the athletes before the national-level meet.

The college’s athletics department posted the announcement on its website, writing: “North Idaho College will be hosting a sendoff for the ten wrestlers who qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament. NIC would like to invite students, faculty and staff, as well as community members to come celebrate this achievement. This will take place in front of Christianson Gymnasium on NIC’s campus Tuesday, March 3 at 4:45 p.m. Please join us to congratulate and wish the wrestling team and coaches good luck as they will be representing North Idaho at the national tournament.”

Local media corroborated the announcement in its Northwest Notes column. The Coeur d’Alene Press posted a notice in “Northwest Notes March 3, 2026,” saying, “North Idaho College will host a sendoff for the 10 wrestlers who qualified for the NJCAA National Championships today at 4:45 p.m. outside of Christianson Gym on the NIC campus.” The Press listing appears on the paper’s March 3 page and includes the outlet’s contact information at 215 N. 2nd St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, and phone number 208-664-8176.

Social channels for NIC also amplified the invitation; an Instagram post mirrored the athletics copy with the visible fragment, “This will take place in front of Christianson Gymnasium on NIC's campus Tuesday, March 3 at 4:45 p.m. Please join us to congratulate and wish,” though the captured post was truncated. The NIC Athletics web posting includes site privacy and cookie language visible on the page, indicating the announcement was published on the college athletics site.

Publicly available announcements do not list the 10 wrestlers’ names, weight classes, coaches’ names, travel plans or the NJCAA tournament schedule; those specific roster and logistics details were not provided in the March 3 notices. Follow-up items for the college’s communications or athletics office would include a full roster of the ten qualifiers, coach and athlete remarks, departure timing, and the exact NJCAA event location and dates.

The sendoff, as framed by NIC Athletics and reported in Northwest Notes, is a community moment on NIC’s campus Tuesday at 4:45 p.m., inviting students, faculty, staff and community members to “come celebrate this achievement” and to “wish the wrestling team and coaches good luck as they will be representing North Idaho at the national tournament.”