EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE wrestling heads to Evanston, Illinois, for the two-day Ken Kraft Midlands Championship, which begins Monday.
SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates will have wrestlers competing in every weight class at the prestigious annual event.
The field for the event annually features some of the nation's top programs. The list of teams joining SIUE includes Bloomsburg, Bucknell, Buffalo, Cal Poly, Central Michigan, Chattanooga, No. 20 Cornell, Edinboro, Franklin & Marshall, George Mason, Harvard, Hofstra, No. 10 Illinois, No. 25 Indiana, No. 3 Iowa State, Kent State, LIU, Maryland, No. 12 Michigan, Michigan State, No. 13 North Carolina, No. 9 North Carolina State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, No. 2 Ohio State, Ohio, No. 23 Oregon State, No. 14 Pittsburgh, Presbyterian, RIT, No. 24 Stanford, Virginia and No. 7 Virginia Tech.
Below are SIUE's entries, including those who are competing as unattached.
SIUE Lineup
125 - Drew Davis, Davian Guananjuato
133 - Marcel Lopez, Porter Matecki
141 - Danny Martinez, Alec Peralta
149 - Ben Lunn, Donavon Allen (Unattached)
157 - Hayden Whidden, PJ Murphy, Eric Almarinez
165 - Brock Woodcock, Tavius Hosley, Gage Murphy (Unattached), Landen Johnson (Unattached)
174 - Dominic Lopez, Bradley Gillum, Caleb Neal (Unattached)
184 - Amare Overton, Nico Ronchetti (Unattached)
197 - Nick Nosler Myron Mendez (Unattached)
285 - Bryson Buhk, Jake Fernandez
NOTE: National rankings are via the NWCA Coaches Poll. Photo courtesy of Sam Janicki/Northwestern.