Midlands Championships Pre-seeds

The Tournament Committee of Northwestern University's Midlands Championships has released the pre-seeds for the tournament set for Dec. 29-30. The field includes 97 ranked competitors and four No. 1 ranked wrestlers, according to the release on the Northwestern athletics website. See the posting here.

The University of Iowa Hawkeyes have wrestlers pre-seeded in the top 8 in all but three weight classes - 149, 174 and heavyweight - but Ethen Lofthouse (174) and Blake Rasing (Hwt.) are listed as "Other contenders" and could be seeded if their brackets are expanded beyond eight seeds.

Matt McDonough and Grant Gambrall are seeded No. 1 for the Hawkeyes at 125 and 184, respectively. Iowa State's Jon Reader is the top pre-seed at 174.

Arizona State has the Midlands on its schedule, but Anthony Robles isn't listed at 125. It appears Robles will not be competing in Evanston, Ill., according to the final graph of the article of that link. 

1. Matt McDonough, Iowa

2. Brandon Precin, Northwestern

3. James Nicholson, Old Dominion

4. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma

5. Alan Waters, Missouri

6. Ryan Mango, Stanford

7. Joe Langel, Rutgers

8. Frank Lomas, Cal-Bakersfield

--Other Contenders--

Anthony Zanetta, Pittsburgh

Ryak Finch, Iowa State (Unattached)

Thomas Williams, American

Derek Reber, Bucknell

1. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin

2. BJ Futrell, Illinois

3. Filip Novachkov, Cal Poly

4. Tony Ramos, Iowa

5. Kyle Hutter, Old Dominion

6. Scotti Sentes, Central Michigan

7. Levi Mele, Northwestern

8. Justin Paulsen, Stanford

--Other Contenders--

Frank Cagnina, Lehigh

Jose Mendoza, Cal State Bakersfield

Jordan Keller, Oklahoma

Nate Moore, Iowa

Jimmy Kirchner, Rider

Cashé Quiroga, Purdue

1. Jimmy Kennedy, Illinois

2. Zack Bailey, Oklahoma

3. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly

4. Tyler Nauman, Pittsburgh

5. Mark Ballweg, Iowa

6. Chris Drouin, Iowa State

7. Todd Schravrien, Missouri

8. Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern

--Other Contenders--

Elijah Nacita, Cal State Bakersfield

Mike Koehnlein, Nebraska

John Kohler, Maryland

Matt Mariacher, American

Tristen DeShazer, Northern Illinois

Trevor Melde, Rutgers

Jon Kohler, Maryland

Kenny Jordan, Adams State

1. Kevin LeValley, Bucknell

2. Andrew Nadhir, Northwestern

3. Corey Jantzen, Harvard

4. Ganbayar Sanjaa, American

5. Mario Mason, Rutgers

6. Eric Terrazas, Illinois

7. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin

8. Nate Carr Jr, Iowa State

--Other Contenders--

Joey Napoli, Lehigh

Nick Fisher, Cal-Poly

Zac Cibula, Rider

Dan Osterman, Michigan State

Nick Lester, Oklahoma

Kyle Bradley, Missouri

1. Steve Fittery, American

2. Jake Patacsil, Central WC

3. Jason Welch, Northwestern

4. Derek St. John, Iowa

5. Walter Peppelman, Harvard

6. Matt Lester, Oklahoma

7. James Fleming, Clarion

8. Bryan Deutsch, Northern Illinois

--Other Contenders--

David Cheza, Michigan State

Darrel Cocozzo, Rutgers

Barrett Abel, Cal Poly

Kyle John, Maryland

Trent Weatherman, Iowa State

Andrew Balch, Cal State Bakersfield

1. Andrew Howe, Wisconsin

2. Jordan Burroughs, Nebraska

3. Josh Asper, Maryland

4. Scott Winston, Rutgers

5. Zach Toal, Missouri

6. Andrew Sorenson, Iowa State

7. Jake Kerr, Iowa

8. Ryan DesRoches, Cal Poly

--Other Contenders--

Brandon Hatchett, Lehigh

Trevor Hall, Cal State Bakersfield

Mike Miller, Central Michigan

Brian Cobb, RoadRunner WC

Jim Resnick, Rider

Chase Nelson, Oklahoma

Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh

Conrad Polz, Illinois

1. Jon Reader, Iowa State

2. Nick Amuchastegui, Stanford

3. Ben Bennett, Central Michigan

4. Tyler Caldwell, Oklahoma

5. Mike Letts, Maryland

6. Jordan Blanton, Illinois

7. Dorian Henderson, Missouri

8. Alex Caruso, Rutgers

­--Other Contenders--

Austin Meys, Lehigh

Rob Morrison, Rider

Ben Jordan, Wisconsin

Ethan Lofthouse, Iowa

Caleb Kolb, Nebraska

Brian Roddy, Northwestern

1. Grant Gambrall, Iowa

2. Robert Hamlin, Lehigh

3. Travis Rutt, Wisconsin

4. Josh Ihnen, Nebraska

5. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma

6. Tony Dallago, Illinois

7. Ian Hinton, Michigan State

8. Aaron Jones, Northwestern

--Other Contenders--

Mike Larson, Missouri

Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa

Max Thomusseit, Pittsburgh

Corey Peltier, Maryland

Lee Munster, Northwestern (Unattached)

1. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin

2. Zac Thomusseit, Pittsburgh

3. Jerome Ward, Iowa State

4. Luke Lofthouse, Iowa

5. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh

6. Riley Orozco, Cal State Bakersfield

7. Daniel Mitchell, American

8. Brent Haynes, Missouri

--Other Contenders­--

Alex Thomas, Clarion

Mario Gonzalez, Illinois

John Schoen, Northwestern

Jay Hahn, Bucknell

Ryan Smith, Cal-Poly

Keldrick Hall, Oklahoma

Andy Johnson, Nebraska

Tyler Smith, Rider

1. Zach Rey, Lehigh

2. Ryan Tomei, Pittsburgh

3. D.J. Russo, Rutgers

4. Ryan Flores, American

5. Dom Bradley, Missouri

6. Tucker Lane, Nebraska

7. Jarod Trice, Central Michigan

8. Nathan Fernandez, Oklahoma

--Other Contenders--­

Eric Bugenhagen, Wisconsin

Christian Brantley, Northern Iowa

Mike McClure, Michigan State

Blake Rasing, Iowa

Kyle Simonson, Iowa State

Atticus Disney, Cal Poly

Mike McMullan, Northwestern (Unattached)

David Morgan, Cal State Bakersfield

David Wade, Eastern Michigan