At 184 the Big Ten has the #1,3,and 7 ranked wrestlers in the country and nine of the top thirty-one. With all of that the Big Ten only has eight automatic qualifiers at 184.
Aiden Riggins started off the season at 174 and then bumped up to 184. I appreciate the effort that Riggins has shown this season especially considering his natural weight would have him at 165. That is a lot to ask of anyone especially a freshman.
Riggins is unranked with a record of 11-11 with four tech falls and is 1-4 vs. ranked opponents this season.
Riggins is #13 at 184 in the Big Tens Pre-Seeds.
InterMat Rankings at 184 in the Big Ten
3.Lenny Pinto (Nebraska)
5.Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota)
6. Bernie Truax (Penn State)
17.Layne Malczewski (Michigan State)
18.Shane Liegel (Wisconsin)
19.Jaden Bullock (Michigan)
22.Brian Soldano (Rutgers)
31.Troy Fisher (Northwestern)
2023-24 Season – Aiden Riggins (174/184)
174
Peter Acciardi (Cal Baptist) W-MD 15-4 1-0
Luther Open – 5th Place
Eddie Simes (Wisconsin-La Crosse) W-D 4-1 2-0
Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) W-D 4-2 3-0
James Burke (St. Cloud State) L-Pin 0:48 3-1
Colton Berg (Wartburg) W-TF 18-2 4-1
Cael Meyer (Upper Iowa) W-MFF 5-1
Will Carano (Iowa) W-TF 21-5 6-1
184
#32 Maximus Hale (Penn) L-Pin 1:55 6-2
Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) L-D 4-2 6-3
Soldier Salute
Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) L-TF 16-0 6-4
Jared Thiry (SDSU) W-TF 16-1 7-4
Evan Grazzini (Bellarmine) W-TF 21-6 8-4
Tyce Raddon (Wyoming) W-D 7-3 9-4
Colton Hawks (Missouri) L-D 8-6 9-5
Nicholas Fine (Unattached) L-TF 17-0 9-6
#3 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) L-MD 18-5 9-7
#10 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) L-D 7-0 9-8
James Rowley (Purdue) L-D 5-1 9-9
#29 Dylan Connell (Illinois) L-D 4-1 SV1 9-10
#24 Troy Fisher (Northwestern) W-D 4-2 10-10
Joseph Walker (Michigan) W-D 6-5 11-10
#6 Bernie Truax (Penn State) L-MD 8-0 11-11
Sat and Sun March 9-10 – at Big Ten Championships (College Park, Maryland)
Thurs-Sat March 21-23 – at NCAA Championships (Kansas City, MO)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
