Final Pre-seed Rankings in PDF Format
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Dec. 20, 2004
EVANSTON, Ill. - With the 2004 Midlands Championships less than two weeks away, a seeding committee has compiled a list of final rankings for the 10 weight classes going into the tournament. Northwestern's John Velez (Kings Mills, Ohio/Kings) and Jake Herbert (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) earned top-10 nods in their respective weight classes.
Following is the list of rankings by weight class, with the wrestler's name followed by his affiliation.
125 lbs.
1. Luke Eustice/Hawkeye WC
2. Kyle Ott/Illinois
2. Nick Simmons/Michigan State
3. Joe Dubuque/Indiana
4. Efren Ceballos/Cal-Bakersfield
6. John Velez/Northwestern
7. Christian Staylor/Old Dominion
8. Adam Smith/Penn State
9. Mark McKnight/Buffalo
10. Grant Nakamura/Iowa State
133 lbs.
1. Mark Jayne/Illinois
2. Matt Sanchez/Cal-Bakersfield
3. Sam Hiatt/Northern Illinois
4. Scott Jorgenson/Boise State
5. David Hoffman/Virginia Tech
6. TJ Enright/Ohio State
7. Josh Keefe/Tennessee-Chattanooga
8. Seth Lisa/West Virginia
9. Jason Borrelli/Central Michigan
10. Mario Galanakis/Iowa
141 lbs.
1. Nate Gallick/Iowa State
2. Andy Simmons/Michigan State.
3. Brandon Lauer/West Virginia
4. Max Meltzer/Harvard
5. Donald Lockett/San Francisco State
6. Alex Tsirtsis/Iowa
7. Doug McGraw/Pennsylvania
8. Mike Simpson/Indiana
9. Rene Hernandez/Purdue
10. Don Fisch/Rider
149 lbs.
1. Ty Eustice/Iowa
2. Mark DiSalvo/Central Michigan
3. James Woodall/Penn State
4. Ben Cherrington/Boise State
5. Darren McKnight/Michigan State
6. Mike Torriero/West Virginia
7. Anthony Baza/Cal-Bakersfield
8. Rayes Gonzales/Boston University
9. Mike French/Tennessee-Chattanooga
10. Anton Dietzen/Illinois
157 lbs.
1. Matt Gentry/Stanford
2. Alex Tirapelle/Illinois
3. Muzaffaf Abdurakhmanov
4. Jake Percival/Ohio University
5. Scott Owen/New York AC
6. Trent Paulson/Iowa State
7. Joe Johnston/Iowa
8. Matt Lebe/West Virginia
9. Brian Cobb/Shultz WC
10. Nate Galloway/Penn State
165 lbs.
1. David Bolyard/Central Michigan
2. Mark Perry/Iowa
3. Travis Paulson/Iowa State
4. Jon Sioredas/Tennessee-Chattanooga
5. Matt Ellis/Oregon State
6. Nick Baima/Northern Iowa
7. Chris Stith/Virginia Tech
8. Luke Larwin/Oregon
9. Donny Reynolds/Illinois
10. Johnny Galloway/Northern Illinois
174 lbs.
1. Tyler Nixt/Hawkeye WC
2. Eric Hauan/Northern Iowa
3. Pete Friedl/Illinois
4. Shane Webster/Oregon
5. Andrew Roy/Rutgers/Wall, N.J.
6. Mitch Hancock/Central Michigan
7. Nick Passolano/Iowa State
8. Jake Herbert/Northwestern
9. J.J Holmes/Eastern Michigan
10. Brady Richardson/Indiana
184 lbs.
1. Greg Jones/West Virginia
2. Paul Bradley/Iowa
3. Brian Glynn/Illinois
4. Kurt Backes/Iowa St.
5. Eric Bradley/Penn State
6. Dan Pitsch/Oregon State
7. Joe Williams/Michigan State
8. Andy Rios/Indiana
9. Josh Glenn/American University
10. Adam Wright/Old Dominion
197 lbs.
1. Jon Trenge/Lehigh
2. J.D. Bergman/Ohio State
3. Sean Stender/Northern Iowa
4. Scott Barker/Oregon
5. Marcus Schontube/Pennsylvania
6. Joel Flaggert/Oklahoma
7. Matt Monteiro/unattached
8. Trevor Smith/Iowa State
8. K.C. Walsh/Boise State
9. Tyrone Byrd/Illinois
10. Joel Weimer/Ohio University
285 lbs.
1. Matt Feast/Pennsylvania
2. Scott Coleman/Iowa State
3. Matt Fields/Iowa
4. Bill Stouffer/Central Michigan
5. Pat DeGain/Indiana
6. Brent Miller/West Virginia
7. Mike Benke/Illinois/Villa Park, Ill.
8. Ty Watterson/Oregon State
9. Bode Ogunwole/Harvard
10. Mike Faust/Virginia Tech