It’s tournament time wrestling fans. The Iowa Hawkeyes will be competing at the 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Evanston, Illinois on Saturday and Sunday March 8-9.
For this blog I am previewing 165-Hwt with a listing of ranked wrestlers from the Tuesday, February 25 InterMat Rankings and the number of allocations per weight for Nationals.
Welsh-Ryan Arena has been renovated and should be a great venue for Big Tens. Home of Midlands Hawkeye fans are familiar with this arena.
The Big Ten is by far the most dominant conference in the country. The matchups in the first round at some weights will find both wrestlers ranked in the top 33 in the country.
Big Tens is an intense two-day tournament that will prepare wrestlers for Nationals unlike any other conference tournament.
Michael Calliendo will definitely be the #2 seed at 165. We should see a Caliendo-Mesinbrink finals.
I believe Patrick Kennedy will get the #4 seed at 174. We will see the nationally ranked #2-4-8-10 with Kennedy being #10.
A typical Big Ten weight at 184 with the nationally ranked #1-4-7-8 with Gabe Arnold at #8. I am looking forward to seeing Arnold compete at Big Tens.
Stephen Buchanan will have the top seed at a loaded weight. 197 has the nationally ranked #1-2-3-8.
You can always count on Hwt to be really good in the Big Ten. We will have the nationally ranked #1-2-7-8-9-10-11-12-18-24. Kueter is #11 in the country and will have a high ranked opponent in the quarterfinals.
Pre-Seeds for Big Tens should be released on Monday.
I will keep you up to date right here on my Iowa Wrestling Fan Blog.
Let’s get ‘em in the middle.
InterMat Rankings from February 25
Big Ten
165
Allocation for Nationals: 9
1. Mitchell Mesenbrink – Penn State
2. Michael Caliendo – Iowa
8. Christopher Minto – Nebraska
9. Paddy Gallagher – Ohio State
10. Beau Mantanona – Michigan
11. Andrew Sparks – Minnesota
14. Braeden Scoles – Illinois
18. Maxx Mayfield – Northwestern
19. Tyler Lillard – Indiana
22. Tony White – Rutgers
174
Allocation for Nationals: 8
2. Levi Haines – Penn State
4. Carson Kharchla – Ohio State
8. Lenny Pinto – Nebraska
10. Patrick Kennedy – Iowa
23. Clayton Whiting – Minnesota
24. Jackson Turley – Rutgers
25. Danny Braunegel – Illinois
26. Brody Baumann – Purdue
30. Joseph Walker – Michigan
31. Derek Gilcher – Indiana
184
Allocation for Nationals: 8
1. Carter Starocci – Penn State
4. Max McEnelly – Minnesota
7. Silas Allred – Nebraska
8. Gabe Arnold – Iowa
11. Jaxson Smith – Maryland
12. Edmond Ruth – Illinois
16. Shane Cartagena-Walsh – Rutgers
18. Ryder Rogotzke – Ohio State
24. DJ Washington – Indiana
26. Jaden Bullock- Michigan
197
Allocation for Nationals: 10
1. Stephan Buchanan – Iowa
2. Josh Barr – Penn State
3. Jacob Cardenas – Michigan
8. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota
13. Evan Bates – Northwestern
18. Zac Braunagel – Illinois
20. Camden McDanel – Nebraska
21. Gabe Sollars – Indiana
22. John Poznanski – Rutgers
23. Seth Shumate – Ohio State
26. Remy Cotton – Michigan State
27. Ben Vanadia – Purdue
Hwt.
Allocation for Nationals: 10
1. Gable Steveson – Minnesota
2. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State
7. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers
8. Josh Heindselman – Michigan
9. Nick Feldman – Ohio State
10. Luke Luffman – Illinois
11. Ben Kueter – Iowa
12. Seth Nevills – Maryland
18. Jacob Bullock – Indiana
24. Harley Andrews – Nebraska
2025 Big Ten Championships
Northwestern – Evanston, Illinois
Welsh-Ryan Arena
Saturday, March 8
Session I – 10 AM
Session 2 through Semifinals – 5 PM
Sunday, March 9
Session 3 Consolations – Noon
Session 4 Finals – 4:30 PM
*Times listed are CST
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
