As with 197 as a fan I have enjoyed following our young Heavyweights for Iowa this season. Brad Hill (redshirt freshman) and Ben Kueter (true freshman) have done a real good job.
As far as who will take the mat for Iowa at Big Tens between Kueter and Hill it looks to be Hill with the #7 Pre-Seed.
Hill, ranked #29 in the country, is 26-5 with three pins, four tech falls, and five major decisions and is 0-3 vs. ranked opponents.
At Hwt the Big Ten has the #1,6 and 7 ranked wrestlers in the country and seven of the top thirty wrestlers. The Big Ten has seven automatic qualifiers at Hwt.
I really like the way that Hill has progressed throughout the season and I look for him to qualify for Nationals.
InterMat Rankings at Hwt in the Big Ten
1.Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)
6.Lucas Davison (Michigan)
7.Nick Feldman (Ohio State)
12.Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers)
24.Seth Nevills (Maryland)
29.Brad Hill (Iowa)
30.Bennett Tabor (Minnesota)
2023-24 Season – Brad Hill (Hwt)
Max Acciardi (Cal Baptist) W-MD 16-4 1-0
Luther Open – 2nd Place
Maximo Ruiz (Stevens Tech) W-Pin 1:20 2-0
Garner Simmons (Wisconsin-Whitewater) W-Pin 0:48 3-0
Tanner Gaffey (Minnesota State Mankato) W-TF 22-5 4-0
Walter West (Luther) W-MD 16-5 5-0
Tyler Kim (Augsburg) L-D 2-1 5-1
#22 Boone McDermott (Oregon State) L-D 4-1 5-2
#7 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) L-MD 17-6 5-3
Cole Urbas (Penn) W-D 8-3 6-3
Billy McChesney (Columbia) W-TF 19-4 7-3
Soldier Salute – 3rd Place
Billy McChesney (Columbia) W-TF 21-6 8-3
Seth Nitzel (Missouri) L-D 5-4 8-4
Vincent Mueller (Columbia) W-MD 10-1 9-4
Tyler Mousaw (VMI) W-MD 11-1 10-4
Bowen McConnville (SDSU) W-D 7-4 11-4
Nathan Schon (Unattached) W-D 6-4 12-4
Nash Hutchmacher (Nebraska) W-D 4-1 13-4
Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) W-TF 19-4 14-4
Peter Marinopolous (Illinois) W-Pin 5:41 15-4
#6 Lucas Davidson (Michigan) L-MD 11-2 15-5
Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) W-MD 11-3 16-5
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!
