The Nebraska wrestling program will send eight wrestlers to the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships, which are set to begin on Thursday in St. Louis. The Huskers qualified at eight weight classes for the first time since 2008 and hope to improve on back-to-back 12th-place finishes at the NCAA tournament in 2010 and 2011. The eight Husker wrestlers to qualify for the tournament include Ridge Kiley at 133 pounds, Jake Sueflohn at 141, James Green at 157, Robert Kokesh at 165, Tyler Koehn at 174, Josh Ihnen at 184, James Nakashima at 197 and heavyweight Tucker Lane. The tournament begins on Thursday morning.