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Iowa's Ramos earns top pre-seed for Big Ten Championships
Mar. 3, 2014 11:59 am
The Big Ten Conference has released the pre-seeds for this weekend's conference tournament.
University of Iowa's Tony Ramos received the only No. 1 pre-seed and all Hawkeyes are listed fifth or better, according to the listings announced Monday by the Big Ten. The conference tournament will be held March 8-9 at University of Wisconsin's Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
Ramos is the top pre-seed at 133 pounds. Former Iowa City West prep Nick Moore is pre-seeded second at 165 for the Hawkeyes.
Red-shirt freshman Cory Clark appears to have received the nod at 125 pounds. The unbeaten freshman is the third pre-seed for Iowa behind Penn State's two-time NCAA finalist top pre-seed Nico Megaludis and defending NCAA and Big Ten champion Jesse Delgado, of Illinois, who is listed second.
Iowa senior and two-time All-American Ethen Lofthouse is third in the pre-seeds at 184. All-American Mike Evans is pre-seeded third at 174.
NCAA champion Derek St. John (157), Brody Grothus (149) and heavyweight Bobby Telford are fourth for Iowa. The Hawkeyes' Josh Dziewa (141) and 197-pounder Nathan Burak are both fifth.
If each of the Hawkeyes wrestle to or above their seeds, according to the preliminary ones, Iowa will send all 10 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships March 20-22 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Iowa 133-pound wrester Tony Ramos makes his way down the line of wrestling coaches (from right) Terry Brands, Ryan Morningstar and Tom Brands as the team's seniors are recognized at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Iowa City. He earned the No. 1 pre-seed for the 2014 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, held March 8-9 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
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