Hawkeyes Have Three Top Seeds at Midlands

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Eleven University of Iowa wrestlers are listed among the top contenders at the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The tournament committee announced the top contenders field today. Nine of Iowa's tournament-best 11 top contenders are among the top eight seeds, including No. 1 seeds Tony Ramos (133), Montell Marion (141) and Derek St. John (157).


The Midlands Championships are hosted by Northwestern University Dec. 29-30 inside Welsh-Ryan Arena. Iowa has won 21 team titles at the Midlands Championships, more than any other team in the 48-year history of the event.

Final brackets for the event will be released the morning of Thursday, Dec. 29. A complete list of tournament contenders is as follows:

125:

1. Jesse Delgado, Illinois

2. Matt McDonough, Iowa

3. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma

4. Levi Mele, Northwestern

5. Ryak Finch, Iowa State

6. Trent Sprenkle, North Dakota State

7. Joe Roth, Central Michigan

8. Jared Germaine, Eastern Michigan





Other Contenders:

Shane Gentry, Maryland

Garrett Frey, Princeton

Nick Smith, Northern Illinois

Tyler Iwamura, Cal State Bakersfield





133:

1. Tony Ramos, Iowa

2. Devin Carter, Virginia Tech

3. AJ Schopp, Edinboro

4. BJ Futrell, Illinois

5. Cashe' Quiroga, Purdue

6. Brian Ortenzio, Penn

7. Steven Keith, Harvard

8. Ryan Mango, Stanford





Other Contenders:

Tyler Clark, Iowa

Jordan Keller, Oklahoma

Geoffrey Alexander, Maryland

Tom Kelliher, Wisconsin





141:

1. Montell Marion, Iowa

2. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly

3. Zach Kemmerer, Penn

4. Kendric Maple, Oklahoma

5. Stephen Dutton, Lehigh

6. Matt Mariarcher, American

7. Zach Neibert, Virginia Tech

8. Mitchell Port, Edinboro





Other Contenders:

Frank Goodwin, Maryland

Jimmy Kircher, Rider

Billy Ashnault, Rutgers

Bebeto Yewah, UW Lacrosse

Adam Krop, Princeton

Scott Mattingly, Central Michigan





149:

1. Mario Mason, Rutgers

2. Jake Patacsil, Notre Dame WC

3. Eric Terrazas, Illinois

4. Ivan Lopouchanski, Purdue

5. Nick Lester, Oklahoma

6. David Habat, Edinboro

7. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin

8. Josh Wilson, Utah Valley





Other Contenders:

Derek Valenti, Virginia (Unattached)

Stephen Robertson, Penn

Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern

Kevin Tao, American

Zac Cibula, Rider





157:

1. Derek St. John, Iowa

2. Jason Welch, Northwestern

3. Ganbayar Sanjaa, American

4. James Fleming, Clarion

5. Matt Lester, Oklahoma

6. Steve Monk, North Dakota State

7. Kyle John, Maryland

8. Donnie Corby, Central Michigan





Other Contenders:

Joey Napoli, Lehigh

Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan

David Bonin, Northern Iowa

John Gresheimer, Edinboro

Dillon Bera, Wisconsin Parkside





165:

1. Steve Fittery, DCAC

2. Josh Asper, Maryland

3. Scott Winston, Rutgers

4. Andrew Sorenson, Iowa State

5. Bekzod Abdurakhmanov, Clarion

6. Brandon Hatchett, Lehigh

7. Peter Yates, Virginia Tech

8. Mike Evans, Iowa





Other Contenders:

Luke Manuel, DCAC

Ben Jordan, Wisconsin

Pat Smith, Minnesota (Unattached)

Lester France, Eastern Michigan





174:

1. Ryan DeRoches, Cal Poly

2. Chris Spangler, Iowa State

3. Ethen Lofthouse, Iowa

4. Jordan Blanton, Illinois

5. Greg Zannetti, Rutgers

6. Jim Resnick, Rider

7. Lee Munster, Northwestern

8. Jimmy Sheptock, Maryland





Other Contenders:

John Martin-Cannon, Buffalo

Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michigan

Chase Nelson, Oklahoma

Luke Rynish, Wisconsin Parkside





184:

1. Robert Hamlin, Lehigh

2. Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa

3. Ben Bennett, Central Michigan

4. Boaz Beard, Iowa State

5. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma

6. Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois

7. Braden Atwood, Purdue

8. Tony Dallago, Illinois





Other Contenders:

John Dickson, Virginia Tech

Vinny Wagner, Iowa

Cameron Croy, Harvard





197:

1. Chris Honeycutt, Edinboro

2. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh

3. Micah Burak, Penn

4. Christian Boley, Maryland

5. Byron Tate, Wartburg

6. Daniel Mitchell, American

7. Grant Gambrall, Iowa

8. Mario Gonzalez, Illinois





Other Contenders:

Ryan Smith, Cal Poly

Alex Thomas, Clarion

Nick Vetterlein, Virginia Tech

Dan Rinaldi, Rutgers

AJ Kissel, Purdue





285:

1. Ryan Flores, American

2. Jarod Trice, Central Michigan (Unattached)

3. Zach Rey, Lehigh

4. Peter Sturgeon, Central Michigan

5. Bobby Telford, Iowa

6. Spencer Myers, Maryland

7. Ernest James, Edinboro

8. Blake Raising, Iowa





Other Contenders:

John Helgerson, Wartburg WC

Quintas McCorkle, Clarion

Mike McMullan, Northwestern

Atticus Disney, Cal Poly