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March 6, 2002

Big Ten Championships pre-seeds

Three University of Minnesota wrestlers have earned No. 1 pre-tournament seedings for the 2002 Big Ten Championships, held this weekend at Assembly Hall on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill. Leroy Vega (125 pounds), Ryan Lewis (133) and Luke Becker (157) lead the list of Golden Gophers with their top seeds. All 10 Maroon and Gold grapplers are listed in the pre-tournament seedings.

The final seeds and brackets will be determined Friday, March 8, in a coaches meeting in Champaign. Competition at the conference tournament begins Saturday, March 9 at noon and concludes Sunday, March 10 at 3 p.m. The top-ranked Golden Gophers look to repeat as Big Ten champions and qualify all ten wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, held March 21-23 in Albany, N.Y.

Following are the Minnesota and top-ranked pre-tournament seedings for the 2002 Big Ten Championships.

2002 Big Ten Pre-Seeds

 

125

1. Leroy Vega (Minnesota)

2. Chris Fleeger (Purdue)

3. A.J. Grant (Michigan)

4. Chris Williams (Michigan State)

5. Twan Pham (Illinois)

6. Luke Eustice (Iowa)

7. Greg Schaefer (Indiana)

8. Jesse Leng (Ohio State)

 

Tony Black (Wisconsin)

Adam Smith (Penn State)

Rob Potashnick (Northwestern)

Justin Kast (Penn State)

 

133

1. Ryan Lewis (Minnesota)

2. Kevin Black (Wisconsin)

3. Foley Dowd (Michigan)

4. Cliff Moore (Iowa)

5. Marat Tomaev (Penn State)

6. Chad Hay (Illinois)

7. Jeff Ratliff (Ohio State)

8. Ryan L'Amoreaux (Michigan State)

 

Brian Smiley (Indiana)

Tommy Vargas (Northwestern)

Rene Hernandez (Purdue)

 

141

1. Scott Moore (Penn State)

2. Robert Sessley (Ohio State)

3. Grant Hoerr (Wisconsin)

4. Chad Erikson (Minnesota)

5. Coyote Cooper (Indiana)

6. Luke Moffitt (Iowa)

7. John Giacche (Northwestern)

 

Erik Novak (Illinois)

Nick Velissaris (Michigan)

Charlie Sageman (Michigan State)

Randy Pursley (Purdue)

Mark Jayne (Illinois)

 

149

1. Mike Zadick (Iowa)

2. Jared Lawrence (Minnesota)

3. Mike Kulczycki (Michigan)

4. Keaton Anderson (Ohio State)

5. Karl Nadolsky (Michigan State)

6. Ryan Berger (Illinois)

7. Nate Wachter (Penn State)

8. Steve Amy (Indiana)

 

Josh Ballard (Northwestern)

Dan Jankowski (Purdue)

 

157

1. Luke Becker (Minnesota)

2. Ryan Bertin (Michigan)

3. Griff Powell (Illinois)

4. Josh Janson (Ohio State)

5. Matt Anderson (Iowa)

6. Gray Maynard (Michigan State)

7. James Woodall (Penn State)

8. Brad Harper (Purdue)

 

Mike Kimberlin (Northwestern)

Adam Turner (Wisconsin)

Jason Bader (Indiana)

Rocky Mantella (Indiana)

Chris Borchart (Wisconsin)

 

165

1. Matt Lackey (Illinois)

2. Johnny Clark (Ohio State)

3. Chris Vecchio (Penn State)

4. Ryan Kane (Northwestern)

5. Oscar Santiago (Purdue)

6. Anton Hall (Michigan State)

7. Charles Martelli (Michigan)

8. Nate Baker (Minnesota)

 

Ben Shirk (Iowa)

Alex LaPointe (Indiana)

Ryan Lewis (Wisconsin)

 

174

1. Otto Olson (Michigan)

2. Tyler Nixt (Iowa)

3. Jacob Volkmann (Minnesota)

4. Ryan Lange (Purdue)

5. Rashaad Evans (Michigan State)

6. Brady Reinke (Wisconsin)

7. Brian Glynn (Illinois)

8. Jason Erwinski (Northwestern)

 

Andrew Wolfe (Indiana)

Jack Barnhisel (Indiana)

Phillip Freeman (Ohio State)

Todd Brennan (Penn State)

 

184

1. Andrew Hrovat (Michigan)

2. Viktor Sveda (Indiana)

3. Damion Hahn (Minnesota)

4. Jessman Smith (Iowa)

5. Jason Potter (Illinois)

6. Ralph DeNisco (Wisconsin)

7. Mark Becks (Penn State)

8. Anton Talamantes (Ohio State)

 

Nate Mesyn (Michigan State)

Andrew Curran (Northwestern)

Jon Fitch (Purdue)

 

197

1. Nick Preston (Ohio State)

2. Owen Elzen (Minnesota)

3. Kyle Smith (Michigan)

4. Jon Bush (Purdue)

5. Pat DeGain (Indiana)

6. Trey Clark (Iowa)

7. Jareck Horton (Wisconsin)

8. Pete Mielnik (Penn State)

 

Tyrone Byrd (Illinois)

John Wechter (Michigan State)

Brendan Curran (Northwestern)

 

285

1. Steve Mocco (Iowa)

2. Tommy Rowlands (Ohio State)

3. Garrett Lowney (Minnesota)

4. Jake Vercelli (Purdue)

5. John Lockhart (Illinois)

6. Matt Brink (Michigan)

7. Pat Cummins (Penn State)

8. Justin Staebler (Wisconsin)

 

Ty Matthews (Indiana)

Mike Keenan (Michigan State)

D.J. Radnovich (Indiana)

Mike Little (Northwestern)