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2011 Midlands Top Contenders Announced Today by Tournament Committee 

Final brackets released morning of Dec. 29

Dec. 21, 2011

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EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern hosts the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Dec. 29-30 at Welsh-Ryan Arena and today the tournament committee announced the top contenders for this year’s event. Although the final seeding for Midlands may extend beyond the top eight at each weight class, the pre-tournament contenders are subject to change. 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. CasheÂ’ 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

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