PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Big Ten Conference announced its preliminary seeding for the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, scheduled for March 9-10 in College Park, Maryland. These seeds will be confirmed and finalized in bracket form on Friday, March 8 prior to the start of the tournament. The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference's coaches, rank 14 starters in all 10 weight classes.
Dylan Shawver earned the No. 2 seed at 133 pounds – the highest pre-seed for Rutgers wrestling at the Big Ten Championships since Anthony Ashnault was the No. 1 seed at 149 pounds in 2019. Along with Shawver, No. 4 seed
Yaraslau Slavikouski (HWT), No. 6 seed
Jackson Turley (174), No. 7 seed
Mitch Moore (141), No. 7 seed
John Poznanski (197) and No. 8 seed
Brian Soldano (184) all received top-eight seeds ahead of the conference tournament.
To automatically qualify for the 2024 NCAA Championships, held from March 21-23 in Kansas City, Missouri, each Scarlet Knight will have to finish within the threshold listed at his weight. The Big Ten leads the country with 85 of the total 283 automatic bids on the table, with a total conference breakdown below.
| Conference |
125 |
133 |
141 |
149 |
157 |
165 |
174 |
184 |
197 |
285 |
Total |
| Atlantic Coast Conference |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
28 |
| Big 12 Conference |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
57 |
| Big Ten Conference |
9 |
7 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
85 |
| EIWA |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
53 |
| Mid-American Conference |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
| Pacific-12 Conference |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
| Southern Conference |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
| Pre-Allocations |
27 |
28 |
27 |
29 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
29 |
283 |
| At-Large |
6 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
47 |
For more information on the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page
here. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.
125 lbs.
1. Matt Ramos (PUR)
2. Drake Ayala (IOWA)
3. Eric Barnett (WIS)
4. Patrick McKee (MINN)
5. Caleb Smith (NEB)
6. Braeden Davis (PSU)
7. Michael DeAugustino (MICH)
8. Brendan McCrone (OSU)
9. Dean Peterson (RUT)
10. Tristan Lujan (MSU)
11. Justin Cardani (ILL)
12. Massey Odiotti (NU)
13. Tommy Capul (MD)
14. Blaine Frazier (IND)
133 lbs.
1. Dylan Ragusin (MICH)
2. Dylan Shawver (RUT)
3. Nic Bouzakis (OSU)
4. Jacob Van Dee (NEB)
5. Aaron Nagao (PSU)
6. Tony Madrigal (ILL)
7. Braxton Brown (MD)
8. Tyler Wells (MINN)
9. Nicolar Rivera (WIS)
10. Cayden Rooks (IND)
11. Dustin Norris (PUR)
12. Andrew Hampton (MSU)
13. Patrick Adams (NU)
14. Brody Teske (IOWA)
141 lbs.
1. Beau Bartlett (PSU)
2. Jesse Mendez (OSU)
3. Real Woods (IOWA)
4. Brock Hardy (NEB)
5. Sergio Lemley (MICH)
6. Danny Pucino (ILL)
7. Mitch Moore (RUT)
8. Jordan Hamdan (MSU)
T9. Dan Fongaro (IND)
T9. Vance VomBaur (MINN)
11. Kal Miller (MD)
12. Greyson Clark (PUR)
13. Kolby McClain (NU)
14. Felix Lettini (WIS)
149 lbs.
1. Ridge Lovett (NEB)
2. Austin Gomez (MICH)
3. Caleb Rathjen (IOWA)
4. Tyler Kasak (PSU)
5. Dylan D'Emilio (OSU)
6. Ethen Miller (MD)
7. Joseph Zargo (WIS)
8. Graham Rooks (IND)
9. Drew Roberts (MINN)
10. Michael Cetta (RUT)
11. Marcos Polanco (PUR)
12. Braden Stauffenberg (MSU)
13. Aiden Vandenbush (NU)
14. Jake Harrier (ILL)
157 lbs.
1. Levi Haines (PSU)
2. Michael Blockhus (MINN)
3. Brayton Lee (IND)
4. Jared Franek (IOWA)
5. Peyton Robb (NEB)
6. Chase Saldate (MSU)
7. Will Lewan (MICH)
8. Joey Blaze (PUR)
9. Trevor Chumbley (NU)
10. Isaac Wilcox (OSU)
11. Al DeSantis (RUT)
12. Michael North (MD)
13. Luke Mechler (WIS)
14. Logan Swaw (ILL)
165 lbs.
1. Dean Hamiti (WIS)
2. Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)
3. Michael Caliendo (IOWA)
4. Caleb Fish (MSU)
5. Antrell Taylor (NEB)
6. Cameron Amine (MICH)
7. Stoney Buell (PUR)
8. Bryce Hepner (OSU)
9. Tyler Lillard (IND)
10. Blaine Brenner (MINN)
11. Chris Moore (ILL)
12. Maxx Mayfield (NU)
13. Anthony White (RUT)
14. AJ Rodrigues (MD)
174 lbs.
1. Carter Starocci (PSU)
2. Shane Griffith (MICH)
3. Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)
4. Edmond Ruth (ILL)
5. Rocco Welsh (OSU)
6. Jackson Turley (RUT)
7. Max Maylor (WIS)
8. DJ Washington (IND)
9. Andrew Sparks (MINN)
10. Brody Baumann (PUR)
11. Dominic Solis (MD)
12. Bubba Wilson (NEB)
13. DJ Shannon (MSU)
14. David Ferrante (NU)
184 lbs.
1. Isaiah Salazar (MINN)
2. Lenny Pinto (NEB)
3. Bernie Truax (PSU)
4. Ryder Rogotzke (OSU)
5. Jaden Bullock (MICH)
6. Layne Malczewski (MSU)
7. Shane Liegel (WIS)
8. Brian Soldano (RUT)
9. Troy Fisher (NU)
10. Roman Rogotzke (IND)
11. Dylan Connell (ILL)
12. James Rowley (PUR)
13. Aiden Riggins (IOWA)
14. Chase Mielnik (MD)
197 lbs.
1. Aaron Brooks (PSU)
2. Jaxon Smith (MD)
3. Zach Glazier (IOWA)
4. Silas Allred (NEB)
5. Garrett Joles (MINN)
6. Luke Geog (OSU)
7. John Poznanski (RUT)
8. Evan Bates (NU)
9. Ben Vanadia (PUR)
10. Gabe Sollars (IND)
11. Kael Wisler (MSU)
12. Isiah Pettigrew (ILL)
13. Bobby Striggow (MICH)
14. Josh Otto (WIS)
285 lbs.
1. Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)
2. Nick Feldman (OSU)
3. Lucas Davison (MICH)
4. Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT)
5. Seth Nevills (MD)
6. Nick Willham (IND)
7.Bradley Hill (IOWA)
8. Bennett Tabor (MINN)
9. Josh Terrill (MSU)
10. Nash Hutmacher (NEB)
11. Jack Jessen (NU)
12. Gannon Rosenfeld (WIS)
13. Peter Marinopoulus (ILL)
14. Hayden Filipovich (PUR)
