Wagner, a senior, won the Iowa Conference Decathlon and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with 6,754 points. He surpassed the automatic qualifying standard by 204 points and won the event by 771 points over teammate Tanner Whipple. Wagner recorded the top mark in three of the 10 events including the long jump (6.81 meters), pole vault (4.43 meters) and the 110-meter hurdles (15.07 seconds). He finished second in six events including the 100-meter dash (11.74 seconds), 400-meter dash (49.97 seconds), 1,500-meter run (4:53.06), high jump (1.91 meters), shot put (11.33 meters) and javelin (45.05 meters). Wagner finished third in discus (30.80 meters).