Dec. 22, 2012

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EVANSTON, Ill. – The Midlands Tournament Committee has announced the top contenders for the 50th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The contenders list does not represent the final seeds and are subject to change.

Final brackets for the event will be released the morning of Saturday, Dec. 29.

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A complete list of tournament contenders is as follows. Rankings in parentheses reflect Amateur Wrestling News ranking:

125:
1  Cory Clark, Iowa, Unattached
2. Jesse Delgado, Illinois (#5)                                      
3. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma, Unattached
4. Trent Sprenkle, North Dakota State (#4)             
5. Jarrod Garnett, Virginia Tech (#7)                               
6. Anthony Zanetta, Pittsburgh, Unattached
7. Nathan Kraisser, North Carolina (#9)
8. Christian Cullinan, Central Michigan (#12)
9. Shane Gentry, Maryland (#17)
10. Dominick Malone, Northwestern (#14)   
11. Mark Rappo, Penn (#13)
12. Steve Bonnano, Hofstra (#18)
 
Other Contenders:
Sean Boyle, Michigan           
Jared Germaine, Eastern Michigan                                                                        
Joe Roth, Central Michigan
Thomas Gilman, Iowa , Unattached
Joey Palmer, Oregon State
Patrick Rollins, Oregon State
Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa
Tyler Iwamura, Cal St. Bakersfield
Evan Silver, Stanford

133:
1. Scott Sentes, Central Michigan (#3)                                 
2. Dan Dennis, Hawkeye WC
3. AJ Schopp, Edinboro (#4)
4. Ryan Mango, Stanford, Unattached                                                                               
5. Mason Beckman, Lehigh, Unattached                
6. Cody Brewer, Oklahoma (#8)                            
7. Levi Wolfensperger, Northern Iowa (#12)
8. Shelton Mack, Pittsburgh (#11)
9. Levi Mele, Northwestern (#9)
10. Daryl Thomas, Illinois (#16)
11. Geoffrey Alexander, Maryland (#10)
12. Cashe’ Quiroga, Purdue (#17)
 
Other Contenders:                                                   
Tom Kelliher, Wisconsin                                                                                                                     
Val Rauser, Utah Valley (#19)                                                                                                       
John Meeks, Iowa State                                                                                                             
Joey Ward, North Carolina                                                                           
 
141:
1. Kendric Maple, Oklahoma (#1)
2. BJ Futrell, Illinois (#3)
3. Devin Carter, Virginia Tech, Unattached
4. Michael Mangrum, Oregon State (#8)                              
5. Mitchell Port, Edinboro (#4)                               
6. Zach Neibert, Virginia Tech  (#9)                                  
7. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin (#5)
8. Evan Henderson, North Carolina (#6)
9. Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern, Unattached
10. CJ Cobb, Penn (#16)
11. Camryn Jackson, Michigan
12. Luke Goettl, Iowa State
               
Other Contenders:
Tyler Small, Kent State, Unattached (#17)
Luke Vaith, Hofstra (#15)
 
149:
1. Montell Marion, Unattached
2. Donnie Vinson, Binghamton (#1)
3. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State (#7)
4. Ivan Lopouchanski, Purdue (#11)          
5. Nick Lester, Oklahoma (#10)    
6. Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech (#9)                   
7. Steve Santos, Columbia (#8)
8. Eric Grajales, Michigan (#12)
9. David Habat, Edinboro (#14)
10. Justin Accordino, Hofstra
11. Shane Welsh, Lehigh
12. Tanner Hiatt, Northern Iowa

Other Contenders:
Josh Wilson, Utah Valley
Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin
Donnie Corby, Central Michigan
 
157:
1. Jason Welch, Northwestern (#2)
2. James Fleming, Clarion (#3)              
3. Joey Napoli, Lehigh (#4)                                            
4. Walter Peppelman, Harvard                   
5. RJ Pena, Oregon State (#9)              
6. Jesse Dong, Virginia Tech (#7)        
7. Matt Lester, Oklahoma (#14)
8. Jake O’Hara, Columbia (#17)
9. David Bonin, Northern Iowa (#18)
10. Taylor Walsh, Indiana
11. Tommy Churchard, Purdue (#20)
12. Dillon Bera, Wisconsin Parkside
 
Other Contenders:
Ian Miller, Kent State, Unattached
Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan
Lucas Smith, Central Michigan

165:
1. Peter Yates, Virginia Tech (#3)
2. Bekzod Abdurakhmonov  Golden Eagle WC
3. Bubby Graham, Oklahoma (#5)               
4. Steve Monk, North Dakota State (#6)
5. Conrad Polz, Illinois (#8)
6. Pierce Harger, Northwestern (#12)
7. Mark Lewandowski, Buffalo (#11)
8. John Gresheimer, Edinboro (#20)
9. Tyler Wilps, Pittsburgh (#10)
10.  Ryan LeBlanc, Indiana
11. Taylor Massa, Michigan (#13)
12. Jackson Morse, Illinois, Unattached
 
Other Contenders:
Mike Ottinger, Central Michigan
Mike Moreno, Iowa State
Ramon Santiago, Rider
 
174:
1. Jordan Blanton, Illinois (#4)               
2. Josh Asper, Maryland (#5)       
3. Robert Kokesh, Nebraska (#6)                     
4. Lee Munster, Northwestern (#8)                          
5. Dan Yates, Michigan (#10)             
6. Stephen West, Columbia (#12)
7. Nathaniel Brown, Lehigh
8 John Martin-Cannon, Buffalo (#17)
9. Bryce Hammond, CSU-Bakersfield (#18)
10. Cody Caldwell, Northern Iowa (#19)
11. Nick Bonaccorsi. Pittsburgh
12. James Brundage, Rider
 
Other Contenders:
Kyle Kwiatt, Ohio Northern
Tanner Weatherman. Iowa State
Austin Gabel, Virginia Tech
Kurtis Julson, North Dakota State
 
184:
1.  Robert Hamlin, Lehigh (#3)      
2.  Ben Bennett, Central Michigan (#5)             
3.  Jimmy Sheptock, Maryland (#6)  
4.  Travis Rutt, Oklahoma, Unattached
5.  Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa (#9)
6.  Josh Ihnen, Nebraska (#7)                        
7.  Max Thomuseitt, Pittsburgh (#14)                    
8.  Tony Dallago, Illinois (#11)
9.  Joe Rau, Elmhurst College
10. Boaz Beard, Iowa State (#15)
11. Lorenzo Thomas, Penn, Unattached
12. Alex Utley, North Carolina (#19)
                            
Other Contenders:
Mac Stoll, North Dakota State (#18)
Ty Vinson, Oregon State
 
197:
1. Dustin Kilgore, Kent State (#1)
2. Matt Wilps, Pittsburgh (#2)
3. Hudson Taylor, Lions WC                                     
4. Mario Gonzalez, Illinois (#5)
5. Nate Schiedel, Binghamton (#6)
6. Taylor Meeks, Oregon State (#9)
7. Braden Atwood, Purdue (#12)
8. Christian Boley, Maryland (#13)                                                   
9. Max Huntley, Michigan (#15)
10. Kyven Gadsen, Iowa State (#18)
11. Alex Polizzi, Northwestern
                       
Other Contenders:              
Derrick Borlie, Virginia Tech
Jackson Hein, Wisconsin
Antonio Giorgio, North Carolina
Caleb Kolb, Nebraska
Angelo Malvestuto, Buffalo                               
 
285:
1. Jarod Trice, Central Michigan (#2)
2. Adam Chalfant, Indiana (#10)
3. Mike McMullan, Northwestern (#6)
4. Chad Hanke, Oregon State (#9)                                  
5. Zach Thomusseit, Pittsburgh (#7)
6. Connor Medbery, Wisconsin (#13)                            
7. Pat Walker, Illinois (#19)
8. Ernest James, Edinboro (#17)                       
9. Matt Meuleners, Northern State
10. Matt Gibson, Iowa State
11. Eric Thompson, Grandview
12. Ben Apland, Michigan
 
Other Contenders:
Spencer Myers, Maryland, Unattached
Dan Scherer, Stanford
David Marone, Virginia Tech                                  

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