Indiana University Athletics
Big Ten Pre-seeds Announced
2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Feb. 26, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The preliminary seeds for the 2007 Big Ten Wrestling Championships were announced today by conference officials. Nine of the 10 Hoosier starters earned top-eight pre-seeds, with 157-pound Brandon Becker being seeded second. The pre-seeds are determined by a vote amongst the conference's head wrestling coaches after consideration of regular-season results.
Angel Escobedo (125) was picked as the third seed in his class, behind Minnesota's Jayson Ness and Iowa's Charlie Falck. Trevor Perry (174) and Marc Bennett (184) were each seeded fifth in their respective weight classes, while Andrae Hernandez (133) and Josh Buuck (HWT) each were seeded sixth. Matt Coughlin (149), Max Dean (165) and Nathan Everhart (197) were each seeded eighth in their classes, while Scott Kelly (141) is the only Hoosier who is not seeded.
The 2007 Big Ten Wrestling Championships will take place on Saturday, March 3, and Sunday, March 4, at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The official Big Ten Championships bracket will be set on Friday, March 2.
The Hoosiers finished the 2006-07 season at 13-5-0 with a 4-4-0 mark in Big Ten action. Indiana finished 10th at the 2006 Big Ten Championships with 43.5 points.
125 lbs.
1. Jayson Ness, Minnesota
2. Charlie Falck, Iowa
3. Angel Escobedo, Indiana
4. Franklin Gomez, Michigan State
5. Gabriel Flores, Illinois
6. Brandon Precin, Northwestern
7. Mark McKnight, Penn State
8. Brandon Tucker, Purdue
133 lbs.
1. Nick Simmons, Michigan State
2. James Kennedy, Illinois
3. Mack Reiter, Minnesota
4. Zach Tanelli, Wisconsin
5. Jake Strayer, Penn State
6. Andrae Hernandez, Indiana
7. Mario Galanakis, Iowa
8. T.J. Enright, Ohio State
141 lbs.
1. Manuel Rivera, Minnesota
2. Ryan Lang, Northwestern
3. Andy Simmons, Michigan State
4. Cassio Pero, Illinois
5. Kyle Ruschell, Wisconsin
6. Alex Tsirtsis, Iowa
7. J Jaggers, Ohio State
8. Justin Chrzanowski, Michigan
149 lbs.
1. Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota
2. Joshua Churella, Michigan
3. Lance Palmer, Ohio State
4. Jake Patacsil, Purdue
5. Tyler Turner, Wisconsin
6. Dan Vallimont, Penn State
7. Troy Tirapelle, Illinois
8. Matt Coughlin, Indiana
157 lbs.
1. Michael Poeta, Illinois
2. Brandon Becker, Indiana
T3. C.P. Schlatter, Minnesota
T3. Craig Henning, Wisconsin
5. Ryan Morningstar, Iowa
6. Bubba Jenkins, Penn State
7. Jacob Murphy, Purdue
8. Jeff Marsh, Michigan
165 lbs.
1. Eric Tannenbaum, Michigan
2. Mark Perry, Iowa
3. Tyler Safratowich, Minnesota
4. Roger Smith-Bergsrud, Illinois
5. Chris Vondruska, Ohio State
6. Justin Fraga, Purdue
7. Dave Rella, Penn State
8. Max Dean, Indiana
174 lbs.
1. James Yonushonis, Penn State
2. Eric Luedke, Iowa
3. Steve Luke, Michigan
4. Gabriel Dretsch, Minnesota
5. Trevor Perry, Indiana
6. Nick Hayes, Northwestern
7. Matthew Winterhalter, Illinois
8. Matthew Maciag, Wisconsin
184 lbs.
1. Jake Herbert, Northwestern
2. Roger Kish, Minnesota
3. Mike Pucillo, Ohio State
4. Tyrel Todd, Michigan
5. Marc Bennett, Indiana
6. Joseph Williams, Michigan State
7. John Dergo, Illinois
8. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin
197 lbs.
1. Phil Davis, Penn State
2. Mike Tamillow, Northwestern
3. Patrick Bond, Illinois
4. James Bergman, Ohio State
5. Dallas Herbst, Wisconsin
6. Nathan Moore, Purdue
7. Nick Roy, Michigan
8. Nathan Everhart, Indiana
HWT
1. Cole Konrad, Minnesota
2. Aaron Anspach, Penn State
3. Dustin Fox, Northwestern
4. Matt Fields, Iowa
5. Kyle Massey, Wisconsin
6. Josh Buuck, Indiana
7. John Wise, Illinois
8. Corey Morrison, Ohio State
