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    Pre-seeds released for Big Ten Championships

    ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference announced the preliminary seeds for the 2015 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, which are set for March 7-8 at Ohio State. Six schools boast at least one top-seeded wrestler, with Iowa and Ohio State leading the way with three each. Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State will bring a seeded wrestler in each of the 10 weight classes, while Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue, Rutgers and Wisconsin each boast a seeded grappler in nine classes.

    The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference’s coaches, rank the top eight wrestlers in two weight classes, along with all 14 starters in eight weight classes due to the Big Ten receiving eight or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocations in those classes.

    Iowa holds three No. 1 seeds, with 125-pounder Thomas Gilman, 149-pounder Brandon Sorensen and 184-pounder Sam Brooks earning top billing in their weight classes. Ohio State boasts three top-seeded grapplers in Logan Stieber (141), Bo Jordan (165) and Kyle Snyder (197). The Illini’s Isaiah Martinez (157), Gophers’ Chris Dardanes (133), Huskers’ Robert Kokesh (174) and Badgers’ Connor Medbery (285) round out the group of top-ranked grapplers.

    Two of this year’s top seeds claimed titles at last year’s Big Ten Championships, with Kokesh (174) and Stieber (141) earning conference crowns last season. This season, four freshmen earned No. 1 seeds entering the championships, including Martinez, Sorensen, Jordan and Snyder.

    For more information on the 2015 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page on Ohio State’s website HERE. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.

    125:
    1. Thomas Gilman, IOWA
    2. Jesse Delgado, ILL
    3. Nathan Tomasello, OSU
    4. Tim Lambert, NEB
    5. Jordan Conaway, PSU
    6. Conor Youtsey, MICH
    7. Garrison White, NU
    8. Luke Welch, PUR

    133:
    1. Chris Dardanes, MINN
    2. Ryan Taylor, WIS
    3. Jimmy Gulibon, PSU
    4. Johnni DiJulius, OSU
    5. Cory Clark, IOWA
    6. Zane Richards, ILL
    7. Danny Sabatello, PUR
    8. Rossi Bruno, MICH
    9. Eric Montoya, NEB
    10. Scott Delvecchio, RU
    11. Geoff Alexander, MD
    12. Dom Malone, NU
    13. Garth Yenter, MSU
    14. Alonzo Shepherd, IND

    141:
    1. Logan Stieber, OSU
    2. Nick Dardanes, MINN
    3. Anthony Abidin, NEB
    4. Steven Rodrigues, ILL
    5. Anthony Ashnault, RU
    6. Josh Dziewa, IOWA
    7. Jameson Oster, NU
    8. Nick Lawrence, PUR
    9. Kade Moss, PSU
    10. George Fisher, MICH
    11. Javier Gasca III, MSU
    12. Shyhiem Brown, MD
    13. Jessie Thielke, WIS
    14. Sean Brown, IND

    149:
    1. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA
    2. Jason Tsirtsis, NU
    3. Hunter Stieber, OSU
    4. Ken Theobold, RU
    5. Alec Pantaleo, MICH
    6. Zack Beitz, PSU
    7. Justin Arthur, NEB
    8. Rylan Lubeck, WIS

    157:
    1. Isaiah Martinez, ILL
    2. Dylan Ness, MINN
    3. James Green, NEB
    4. Brian Murphy, MICH
    5. Doug Welch, PUR
    6. Josh Demas, OSU
    7. Mike Kelly, IOWA
    8. Anthony Perrotti, RU
    9. Luke Frey, PSU
    10. Louis Mascola, MD
    11. Luke Blanton, IND
    12. TJ Ruschell, WIS
    13. Ben Sullivan, NU
    14. Travis Curley, MSU

    165:
    1. Bo Jordan, OSU
    2. Isaac Jordan, WIS
    3. Taylor Walsh, IND
    4. Pierce Harger, NU
    5. Jackson Morse, ILL
    6. Garett Hammond, PSU
    7. Nick Moore, IOWA
    8. Nick Wanzek, MINN
    9. Austin Wilson, NEB
    10. Pat Robinson, PUR
    11. Nick Visicaro, RU
    12. Garrett Sutton, MICH
    13. Roger Wildmo, MSU
    14. Justin Alexander, MD

    174:
    1. Robert Kokesh, NEB
    2. Matt Brown, PSU
    3. Mike Evans, IOWA
    4. Logan Storley, MINN
    5. Zach Brunson, ILL
    6. Mark Martin, OSU
    7. Chad Welch, PUR
    8. Frank Cousins, WIS
    9. Taylor Massa, MICH
    10. Nathan Jackson, IND
    11. Josh Snook, MD
    12.Phil Bakuckas, RU
    13. Nick Proctor, MSU

    184:
    1. Sam Brooks, IOWA
    2. Dom Abounader, MICH
    3. Ricky Robertson, WIS
    4. Brett Pfarr, MINN
    5. Kenny Courts, OSU
    6. TJ Dudley, NEB
    7. Nikko Reyes, ILL
    8. Matt McCutcheon, PSU
    9. John Rizqallah, MSU
    10. Patrick Kissel, PUR
    11. Anthony Pafumi, RU
    12. Mitch Sliga, NU
    13. Matt Irick, IND
    14. Tony Gardner, MD

    197:
    1. Kyle Snyder, OSU
    2. Morgan McIntosh, PSU
    3. Scott Schiller, MINN
    4. Nathan Burak, IOWA
    5. Aaron Studebaker, NEB
    6. Max Huntley, MICH
    7. Alex Polizzi, NU
    8. Timmy McCall, WIS
    9. Braden Atwood, PUR
    10. Nick McDiarmid, MSU
    11. Jeff Koepke, ILL
    12. Hayden Hrymack, RU
    13. Rob Fitzgerald, MD
    14. Luke Sheridan, IND

    285:
    1. Connor Medbery, WIS
    2. Adam Coon, MICH
    3. Mike McMullan, NU
    4. Bobby Telford, IOWA
    5. Jimmy Lawson, PSU
    6. Michael Kroells, MINN
    7. Spencer Myers, MD
    8. Billy Smith, RU
    9. Nick Tavanello, OSU
    10. Brooks Black, ILL
    11. Collin Jensen, NEB
    12. Chris Nash, MSU
    13. Garret Goldman, IND
    14. Gelen Robinson, PUR
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