Iowa Hawkeyes have 4 No. 2 pre-seeds for Big Ten Championships

The Big Ten Conference released the preliminary seeds Monday for the conference tournament Saturday and Sunday.

University of Iowa will host the Big Ten Championships this weekend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes have seven wrestlers seeded third or better at their respective weights and nine overall seeded wrestlers.

Big Ten finalists Thomas Gilman (125) and 149-pounder Brandon Sorensen, NCAA runner-up Cory Clark (133) and Alex Meyer at 174 are all seeded second. Sammy Brooks (184), senior All-American 197-pounder Nathan Burak and heavyweight Sam Stoll are seeded third.

Edwin Cooper is fifth at 157, while Patrick Rhoads is eighth at 165. The lone unseeded weight for Iowa is 141.

The Big Ten earned 71 automatic NCAA berths. Nine automatic berths are at 133 and 174. Five weights — 125, 141, 157, 184 and heavyweight — will qualify seven for the NCAA tournament. The top six at 149, 165 and 197 will advance.

125

1. Nathan Tomasello, OSU

2. Thomas Gilman, IOWA

3. Nico Megaludis, PSU

4. Tim Lambert, NEB

5. Elijah Oliver, IND

6. Johnny Jimenez, WIS

7. Conor Youtsey, MICH

8. Sean McCabe, RU

133

1. Zane Richards, ILL

2. Cory Clark, IOWA

3. Jordan Conaway, PSU

4. Geoff Alexander, MD

5. Eric Montoya, NEB

6. Ryan Taylor, WIS

7. Johnni DiJulius, OSU

8. Rossi Bruno, MICH

9. Dom Malone, NU

10. Anthony Giraldo, RU

11. Luke Welch, PUR

12. Garth Yenter, MSU

13. Alonzo Shepherd, IND

14. Sam Brancale, MINN

141

1. Micah Jordan, OSU

2. Tommy Thorn, MINN

3. Anthony Ashnault, RU

4. Jameson Oster, NU

5. Javier Gasca III, MSU

6. Anthony Abidin, NEB

7. Danny Sabatello, PUR

8. Jimmy Gulibon, PSU

149

1. Zain Retherford, PSU

2. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA

3. Jake Sueflohn, NEB

4. Jason Tsirtsis, NU

5. Alec Pantaleo, MICH

6. Alex Griffin, PUR

7. Andrew Crone, WIS

8. Jake Short, MINN

157

1. Jason Nolf, PSU

2. Isaiah Martinez, ILL

3. Richie Lewis, RU

4. Jake Ryan, OSU

5. Edwin Cooper, Jr., IOWA

6. Brian Murphy, MICH

7. Tyler Berger, NEB

8. Lou Mascola, MD

165

1. Isaac Jordan, WIS

2. Bo Jordan, OSU

3. Steven Rodrigues, ILL

4. Anthony Perrotti, RU

5. Chad Welch, PUR

6. Austin Wilson, NEB

7. Geno Morelli, PSU

8. Patrick Rhoads, IOWA

174

1. Bo Nickal, PSU

2. Alex Meyer, IOWA

3. Zach Brunson, ILL

4. Myles Martin, OSU

5. Nathan Jackson, IND

6. Micah Barnes, NEB

7. Nick Wanzek, MINN

8. Ricky Robertson, WIS

9. Phil Bakuckas, RU

10. Mitch Sliga, NU

11. Aaron Calderon, MICH

12. Josh Snook, MD

13. Shane Shadaia, MSU

14. Andrew Hoselton, PUR 

184

1. Dom Abounader, MICH

2. Matt McCutcheon, PSU

3. Sam Brooks, IOWA

4. TJ Dudley, NEB

5. Nick Gravina, RU

6. Kenny Courts, OSU

7. Jeff Koepke, ILL

8. Ryan Christensen, WIS

197

1. Morgan McIntosh, PSU

2. Brett Pfarr, MINN

3. Nathan Burak, IOWA

4. Max Huntley, MICH

5. Aaron Studebaker, NEB

6. Mark Martin, OSU

7. Hayden Hrymack, RU

8. Jacob Cooper, MSU

HWT

1. Adam Coon, MICH

2. Kyle Snyder, OSU

3. Sam Stoll, IOWA

4. Billy Smith, RU

5. Michael Kroells, MINN

6. Collin Jensen, NEB

7. Brooks Black, ILL

8. Nick Nevills, PSU

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