Iowa's Mike Evans is the top pre-seed in 174 for the Midlands.
Northwestern has released the pre-seeds and top contenders list for the 52nd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships that will be held Dec. 29-30 at Welsh Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.
Iowa's Mike Evans (174) and 197-pounder Nathan Burak, who is wrestling unattached to maintain the possibility of a red-shirt season. were list No. 1 at their weight classes. Thomas Gilman (125), Cory Clark (133) and heavyweight Bobby Telford were second pre-seeds, Brody Grothus (149), 165-pounder Nick Moore and Sammy Brooks at 184 are pre-seeded third, while Josh Dziewa is fourth at 141.
Red-shirt freshman Brandon Sorensen is eighth at 149, placing third at the tournament last year. Alex Meyer gives Iowa two seeded wrestlers at 174, owning the No. 6 spot.
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
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)
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
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
Gustavo Martinez, Grand View
157
1. Isaiah Martinez, Illinois
2. Cody Pack, South Dakota State
3. Markus Scheidel, Columbia
4. Justin Staudenmayer, Brown
5. Mike 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
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)
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
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
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 O'Donnell, Princeton
10. David Ng, Harvard
11. Garrett Ryan, Columbia
12. Brooks Black, Illinois
