FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WRESTLING                                                                                             March 4, 2013

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Big Ten Announces Wrestling Championship Seeds

Logan Storley and Tony Nelson receive No. 1 seeds

The Big Ten Conference has announced the preliminary seeds for the 2013 Big Ten Wrestling Championship Tournament, which is set to take place this weekend, March 9-10, and will be held at Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois. Minnesota is one of only four schools to boast a seeded wrestler in each of the 10 weight classes.

 

Logan Storley and Tony Nelson have each received the top spot at the 174 lbs. and heavyweight classes, respectively, after posting perfect dual records during the regular season. Three others, Nick Dardanes (141 lbs.), Dylan Ness (149 lbs.), Kevin Steinhaus (184 lbs.) and Scott Schiller (197 lbs.), were tabbed as the No. 2 pre-seed. Both David Thorn (125 lbs.) and Chris Dardanes (133 lbs.) were picked at No. 7. Cody Yohn was given the No. 5 seed at 165 lbs., while Danny Zilverberg is the No. 8 seed in the 157 lbs. division.

 

The pre-seeds are decided based on a vote by the conference coaches. Five weight classes feature the top eight of the leagueÂ’s top wrestlers, while the remaining five feature 11 or 12 due to the conference receiving more than eight NCAA qualifier allocations in each of those classes.

 

For more information on the 2013 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page on IllinoisÂ’ web site. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.

 

2013 Big Ten Championships Pre-Seeds

125 lbs.

1. Matt McDonough, IOWA

2. Nico Megaludis, PSU

3. Jesse Delgado, ILL

4. Sean Boyle, MICH

5. Nikko Triggas, OSU

6. Camden Eppert, PUR

7. David Thorn, MINN

8. Dom Malone, NU

 

133 lbs.

1. Logan Stieber, OSU

2. Tony Ramos, IOWA

3. Tyler Graff, WIS

4. Jordan Conaway, PSU

5. Daryl Thomas, ILL

6. Cashe Quiroga, PUR

7. Chris Dardanes, MINN

8. Shawn Nagel, NEB

 

141 lbs.

1. Hunter Stieber, OSU

2. Nick Dardanes, MINN

3. Mark Ballweg, IOWA

4. Bryan Pearsall, PSU

5. Brandon Nelsen, PUR

6. Ridge Kiley, NEB

7. Pat Greco, NU

8. Camryn Jackson, MICH

 

149 lbs.

1. Eric Grajales, MICH

2. Dylan Ness, MINN

3. Ivan Lopouchanski, PUR

4. Jake Sueflohn, NEB

5. Cam Tessari, OSU

6. Andrew Alton, PSU

7. Caleb Ervin, ILL

8. Dan Osterman, MSU

9. Josh Dziewa, Iowa

10. Dylan Marriott, NU

11. Preston Keiffer, IND

 

157 lbs.

1. Derek St. John, IOWA

2. Jason Welch, NU

3. Dylan Alton, PSU

4. James Green, NEB

5. Taylor Walsh, IND

6. Josh Demas, OSU

7. Ryan Watts, MSU

8. Danny Zilverberg, MINN

 

165 lbs.

1. David Taylor, PSU

2. Conrad Polz, ILL

3. Taylor Massa, MICH

4. Nick Moore, IOWA

5. Cody Yohn, MINN

6. Pierce Harger, NU

7. Ryan LeBlanc, IND

8. Austin Wilson, NEB

9. Mark Martin, OSU

10. Pat Robinson, PUR

11. Frank Cousins, WIS

12. Nick Proctor, MSU

 

 

174 lbs.

1. Logan Storley, MINN

2. Mike Evans, IOWA

3. Robert Kokesh, NEB

4. Nick Heflin, OSU

5. Matt Brown, PSU

6. Jordan Blanton, ILL

7. Lee Munster, NU

8. Dan Yates, MICH

9. Scott Liegel, WIS

10. Chad Welch, PUR

11. Jordan Wohlfert, MSU

12. Cheney Dale, IND

 

184 lbs.

1. Ed Ruth, PSU

2. Kevin Steinhaus, MINN

3. Josh Ihnen, NEB

4. John Rizqallah, MSU

5. Ethen Lofthouse, IOWA

6. Tony Dallago, ILL

7. Luke Sheridan, IND

8. Cody Magrum, OSU

 

197 lbs.

1. Quentin Wright, PSU

2. Scott Schiller, MINN

3. Mario Gonzalez, ILL

4. Andrew Campolattano, OSU

5. Braden Atwood, PUR

6. Nathan Burak, IOWA

7. Jackson Hein, WIS

8. Max Huntley, MICH

9. Alex Polizzi, NU

10. Luke Jones, MSU

11. Caleb Kolb, NEB

 

285 lbs.

1. Tony Nelson, MINN

2. Mike McMullan, NU

3. Connor Medbery, WIS

4. Bobby Telford, IOWA

5. Mike McClure, MSU

6. Adam Chalfant, IND

7. James Lawson, PSU

8. Ben Apland, MICH

9. Spencer Johnson, NEB

10. Nick Tavanello, OSU

11. Chris Lopez, ILL

12. Alex White, PUR

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