Big Ten Pre-Seeds Announced‏

[Blair Sanderson]

3 Hawkeyes earn top pre-seeds at B1G Championships

Gilman, Sorensen, Brooks earn top seeds at respective weights

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Sophomores Thomas Gilman and Sammy Brooks, and redshirt freshman Brandon Sorensen will make their Big Ten Wrestling Championships debut as the top seeds in their respective weight classes when the conference tournament begins Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.

The Big Ten Conference announced the pre-seeds Monday. Iowa is one of two schools with three top-seeded wrestlers. Tournament host Ohio State is the other.

Gilman (125), Sorensen (149), and Brooks (184) are all competing at the Big Ten Championships for the first time.

Gilman and Sorensen both ran through the conference dual season with undefeated records. Gilman was 9-0 in the Big Ten and 24-3 overall. Sorensen was 8-0 in the Big Ten and 31-3 overall. Both wrestlers are ranked fourth nationally at their respective weights.

Brooks is ranked eighth nationally with a 23-4 overall record. He was 8-1 in Big Ten duals.

Senior Mike Evans, a three-time Big Ten runner-up, earned the No. 3 seed at 174. Evans is 24-1 overall and 7-1 in Big Ten duals. His lone loss of the season is to second-seed Matt Brown (Penn State). Defending conference champion Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) earned the top seed.

Junior Nathan Burak and senior Bobby Telford are both seeded fourth. Burak is 17-3 overall with a win against top-seeded Kyle Snyder (Ohio State). Telford is 24-2 overall with a pair of overtime losses to No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) and No. 3 Mike McMullan (Northwestern). Telford defeated McMullan and top-seeded Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) en route to the 2014 Midlands title.

Sophomore Cory Clark, who placed fourth at 125 pounds last season, is the No. 5 seed at 133. Clark is 22-4 overall and ranked seventh nationally. He has four wins, including two falls, against the tournament field.

Senior Josh Dziewa is the sixth seed at 141. Dziewa placed fifth last season and enters this year's tournament ranked seventh nationally with a 24-6 overall record.

Seniors Nick Moore and Michael Kelly are seeded seventh at their respective weights. Moore, the conference runner-up at 165 last season enters the 2015 tournament 20-7 overall. He was 6-2 in Big Ten duals. Kelly is making his first tournament appearance at 157 pounds. He did not place as a redshirt freshman in 2012 at 149. He enters this year's tournament 20-8 overall.

The Hawkeyes have no one seeded lower than seventh, and they are the only team with 10 wrestlers seeded eighth or better.

For more information on the 2015 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships page at ohiostatebuckeyes.com. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.



125 lbs.

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

Luke Welch, PUR



133 lbs.

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

Dom Malone, NU

13. Garth Yenter, MSU

14. Alonzo Shepherd, IND



141 lbs.

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 lbs.

1. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA

2. Jason Tsirtsis, NU

3. Hunter Stieber, OSU

Ken Theobold, RU

5. Alec Pantaleo, MICH

6. Zack Beitz, PSU

7. Justin Arthur, NEB

8. Rylan Lubeck, WIS



157 lbs.

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

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 lbs.

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 lbs.

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

Phil Bakuckas, RU

13. Nick Proctor, MSU



184 lbs.

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

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 lbs.

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 lbs.

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

Collin Jensen, NEB

12. Chris Nash, MSU

13. Garret Goldman, IND

14. Gelen Robinson, PUR

This post was edited on 3/2 2:07 PM by Blair Sanderson

 

[hawkiniowacity]

Only thing that could have been better was Clark getting the 6 and Dziewa getting the 5. Beyond that, it's nearly perfect.

 

[Big Fall]

None are too surprising. Would like Clark to get in that 6 spot but I don't see Illinois fighting real hard for the 5. If Clark wrestles with pace, he'll blow through DiJulius and have a shot with Dardanes. Can't stand around with Dardanes and let Dardanes push him all over the mat.

Some of these are bound to change but overall, I like most of the draws, especially for some of our lower seeded guys.

 

[TailgateTom]

I guess I dont' understand Telford as the 4.

 

[texas twister]

Originally posted by Big Fall:
Some of these are bound to change

I doubt it. Word is that there is rarely a change.

 

[TailgateTom]

Nevermind, just looked at season results

 

[Jackhawk87]

RE: Big Ten Pre-Seeds Announced

Overall, pretty good matchups for us.

Wish Clark would have got the 6 seed. Don't like his path.

Wish Harger would have got the 3 seed at 165. Nick has a tough road.

Neutral at 141, 157 and 174.

Love Burak's seed. He has trouble with Schiller and McIntosh. Hopefully he can hang with Snyder better.

Love Telford's seed. Would rather have Medbery than Coon or McMullan.

Hard to argue with a 1 seed.


This post was edited on 3/2 2:49 PM by Jackhawk87

 

[Spicolli]

Originally posted by hawkiniowacity:
Only thing that could have been better was Clark getting the 6 and Dziewa getting the 5. Beyond that, it's nearly perfect.

+1, agree.

The good news is Gilman, Sorensen, and Brooks are all #1 seeds.

125 Delgado and Tomasello on other side
149 T-Shirts and Young Schleibster on other side
184 OverUnder on other side **Brooks only B1G loss
HWT - McMullen and Coon on other side

 

[pablow]

Thank you God.

 

[clhawks00]

197 and HWT work out well for our guys. Better matchups than the alternative.

 

[HAWKMANN]

I actually like the Clark seed. I want him to get another look at Dijulius before NCAA's.

 

[Chopper25]

These are great seeds. I even like Jevas. I'd rather wrestle Abidin/Dardanes than Ashnault/Steebler.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

Originally posted by Chopper25:
These are great seeds. I even like Jevas. I'd rather wrestle Abidin/Dardanes than Ashnault/Steebler.

Agreed, these look great to me all things considered. I especially like Telford's 4 seed...he will likely face the #1 seed, someone he beat already this year, and once he wins that he IS essentially the #1 seed then.

Or at least his path is such that he was the #1.

 

[hawks_82]

Originally posted by hawkiniowacity:
Only thing that could have been better was Clark getting the 6 and Dziewa getting the 5. Beyond that, it's nearly perfect.

Why would you want Jeva to get the 5? He would get Stieber in the semis

these are near perfect for us.

 

[bravehawks1]

But we should have seven guys pissed that they are not seeded higher! I know, this is based upon how you wrestled against other conference schools, so hopefully those seven get the message this weekend. As for other three, you are the hunted, don't stand around and let them catch you, prove the last two months were the real deal.

 

[Lsanders20]

Two sophomores and a freshman leading the way.

 

[hawkiniowacity]

Hawks_82 - The QF against Abidin may be tougher than Ashinault was my reasoning...thought he might get some payback. Anyway, it'll be fun either way!

 

[so cal hawkfan]

big ten seeds

Originally posted by hawkiniowacity:
Hawks_82 - The QF against Abidin may be tougher than Ashinault was my reasoning...thought he might get some payback. Anyway, it'll be fun either way!

Does Dziewa have history against Abidin? Last year maybe? He didn't look good against Ashnault early this year, bad matchup for him.

 

[sloehawk]

Originally posted by Lsanders20:
Two sophomores and a freshman leading the way.

And our five 5th year Seniors are 6,7,7,3,4. That's why Iowa doesn't have the big shiny trophy in the building currently (though Telford and Evans have been solid, in really tough weight classes).

The underclassmen are 1,5,1,1,4, which is why we have a shot at bringing that big shiny trophy home for a change.

Let's hope the underclassmen continue on the path they're on, and the "new" underclassmen follow the lead.

 

[Chopper25]

Re: big ten seeds

Abidin has an impressive record, but hasn't wrestled anyone from the top 5. He does have wins over Martinez and Ashnault which are having good freshman seasons. I would say his wins are somewhat similar to Jeva's.

 

[HawkTitan]

Originally posted by sloehawk:

Originally posted by Lsanders20:
Two sophomores and a freshman leading the way.

And our five 5th year Seniors are 6,7,7,3,4. That's why Iowa doesn't have the big shiny trophy in the building currently (though Telford and Evans have been solid, in really tough weight classes).

The underclassmen are 1,5,1,1,4, which is why we have a shot at bringing that big shiny trophy home for a change.

Let's hope the underclassmen continue on the path they're on, and the "new" underclassmen follow the lead.

+1