rom: Christopher J Brewer Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 3:05:45 PM Subject: Iowa Wrestling -- Midlands Pre-Seeds Top-Heavy with Hawkeyes University of Iowa Wrestling Communications Contact: Chris Brewer Midlands Pre-Seeds Top-Heavy with Hawkeyes Evans and Burak are top seeds, Hawkeyes break top five in 10 weight classes IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Senior Mike Evans and junior Nathan Burak were ranked No. 1 at their respective weights when the 52nd annual Midlands Championships pre-seeds where announced Wednesday. Iowa is represented in all 10 weight classes, and has two wrestlers pre-seeded at 149 and 157, and three at 174 pounds. Evans, the defending champion at 174, is the top pre-seed for the second straight year. Burak placed third last season at 197. He is wrestling unattached this year. Thomas Gilman, the defending Midlands champion at 125, is the No. 2 seed behind Illinois’ Jesse Delgado, the two-time defending NCAA champion. Cory Clark is seeded second at 133, and Bobby Telford, a Midlands runner-up in 2011 and 2013, is the No. 2 seed at 285. Iowa has a top-five seed at every weight class. Brody Grothus (149), Nick Moore (165), and Sammy Brooks (184) are seeded third at their respective weights. Josh Dziewa is seeded fourth at 141, and Michael Kelly is fifth at 157. Brandon Sorensen placed third last season and is seeded No. 8 at 149. Edwin Cooper is the No. 9 seed at 157, and Alex Meyer, a seventh-place finisher in 2013, is seeded sixth at 174. Freshman Burke Paddock is the No. 9 seed at 174. Northwestern head coach Drew Pariano and tournament director Tim Cysewski announced the pre-seeds. The list is subject to change before final brackets are released Dec. 28. Northwestern hosts the annual event inside Welsh Ryan Arena on Dec. 29-30. 125 1 Jesse Delgado, Illinois 2. Thomas Gilman, Iowa 3. Joey Dance, Virginia Tech 4. Darian Cruz, Lehigh (Unattached) 5. Josh Martinez, Air Force 6. Josh Rodriguez, North Dakota State 7. Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion 8. Kory Mines, Edinboro 9. Shayne Wireman, Eastern Michigan 10. Barlow McGee, Missouri (Unattached) 11. Stevan Micic, Northwestern (Unattached) 12. Ryak Finch, Grand View Lucas Malmberg, Messiah College 133 1. AJ Schopp, Edinboro 2. Cory Clark, Iowa 3. Jarrod Garnett, Lehigh Valley Athletic Club 4. Mason Beckman, Lehigh 5. Zane Richards, Illinois 6. Geoffrey Alexander, Maryland 7. Ryan Taylor, Wisconsin 8. Danny Sabatello, Purdue 9. Kevin Norstrem, Virginia Tech 10. Robert Deutsch, Rider 11. Caleb Richardson, Penn 12. Ian Nickell, CSU Bakersfield Tyler Clark (Unattached) Dominick Malone, Northwestern Josh Alber, Northern Iowa (Unattached) 141 1. Mitchell Port, Edinboro 2. Devin Carter, Virginia Tech 3. Richard Durso, Franklin & Marshall (Unattached) 4. Josh Dziewa, Iowa 5. Chris Mecate, Old Dominion 6. Todd Preston, Harvard 7. Shyheim Brown, Maryland 8. Mitch Bengsten, North Dakota State 9. Stephen Rodriquez, Illinois 10. Alex Kocer, South Dakota State 11. Joey McKenna, Lehigh Valley Athletic Club 12. Brandon Wright, Grand View Jesse Thielke, Wisconsin Nick Lawrence, Purdue Jordan Laster, Princeton Chuck Zeisloft, Rider Jameson Oster, Northwestern Alfred Bannister, Maryland 149 1. Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern 2. David Habat, Edinboro 3. Brody Grothus, Iowa 4. Lenny Richardson, Old Dominion 5. Adam Krop, Princeton 6. CJ Cobb, Penn 7. BJ Clagon, Rider 8. Brandon Sorensen, Iowa 9. Laike Gardner, Lehigh (Unattached) 10. Ryan Lubeck, Wisconsin 11. Sal Mastriani, Virginia Tech 12. Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois Kevin Birmingham, Davidson Nick Barber, Eastern Michigan Gustavo Martinez, Grand View 157 1. Isaiah Martinez, Illinois 2. Cody Pack, South Dakota State 3. Markus Scheidel, Columbia 4. Justin Staudenmayer, Brown 5. Michael Kelly, Iowa 6. Chad Welsh, Rider 7. Brandon Zeerip, Eastern Michigan 8. Doug Welch, Purdue 9. Edwin Cooper, Iowa 10. Andrew Morse, Northern Illinois 11/12. TBD based on entries 165 1. Isaac Jordan, Wisconsin 2. Taylor Walsh, Indiana 3. Nick Moore, Iowa 4. Pierce Harger, Northwestern 5. Jackson Morse, Illinois 6. Nestor Taffur (Unattached) 7. Tristan Warner, Old Dominion 8. Adam Fierro, CSU Bakersfield 9. Jesse Stafford, Air Force 10. Jon Schleifer, Princeton 11. Connor Brennan, Rider 12. Pat Robinson, Purdue Pat Smith, Minnesota Connor McMahon, SIU-Edwardsville 174 1. Mike Evans, Iowa 2. Zac Brunson, Illinois 3. Zach Epperly, Virginia Tech 4. Bryce Hammond, CSU Bakersfield 5. Kurtis Julson, North Dakota State 6. Alex Meyer, Iowa 7. Brock Gutches, Southern Oregon 8. Nate Jackson, Indiana 9. Burke Paddock, Iowa 10. John Sebastian, Northwestern (Unattached) 11. Chad Welch, Purdue 12. Connor Lefever, Wabash 184 1. Lorenzo Thomas, Penn 2. Jack Dechow, Old Dominion 3. Sammy Brooks, Iowa 4. Hayden Zillmer, North Dakota State 5. Ophir Bernstein, Brown 6. Vic Avery, Edinboro 7. Nikko Reyes, Illinois 8. Ricky Robertson, Wisconsin 9. Austin Gabel, Virginia Tech 10. Clint Morrison, Rider 11. Brett Harner, Princeton 12. Zach Hernandez, Columbia Patrick Kissel, Purdue Riley Lefever, Wabash 197 1. Nathan Burak, Iowa (Unattached) 2. Alex Polizzi, Northwestern 3. Abram Ayala, Princeton 4. Braden Atwood, Purdue 5. Nathan Rotert, South Dakota State 6. Timmy McCall, Wisconin 7. Joe Rau, Minnesota Storm 8. Jared Haught, Virginia Tech 9. Lucas Sheridan, Indiana 10. James Fox, Harvard 11. Vince Pickett, Edinboro 12. Shawn Scott, Northern Illinois Kevin Beazley, Old Dominion Anthony Abro, Eastern Michigan Shane Siefert, UW Whitewater Frank Mattiace, Penn (Unattached) Canaan Bethea, Penn 285 1. Mike McMullan, Northwestern 2. Bobby Telford, Iowa 3. Connor Medbery, Wisconsin 4. Ty Walz, Virginia Tech 5. Evan Knutson, North Dakota State 6. Tyler Deuel, Binghamton 7. Jacob Henderson, Old Dominion 8. J.J. Everard, South Dakota State 9. Ray ODonnell, Princeton 10. David Ng, Harvard 11. Garrett Ryan, Columbia 12. Brooks Black, Illinois Marcus Malechek, Air Force
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