E N T R E C S A R R E A N E A S 56TH ANNUAL KEN KRAFT MIDLANDS CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE THE ELITE MEET TO COMPETE RECORD BOOK TOP PLACERS BY YEAR 2017 125 1st Nick Suriano Rutgers 184 1st Emery Parker Illinois 125 2nd Ronnie Bresser Oregon State 184 2nd Nate Jackson Princeton WC 125 3rd Sebastian Rivera Northwestern 184 3rd Jordan Ellingwood Central Michigan 125 4th Zeke Moisey West Virginia 184 4th Nino Bonaccorsi Pittsburgh 125 5th Sean Russell Edinboro 184 5th Joe Heyob Penn 125 6th Spencer Lee Iowa-unattached 184 6th Nick Gravina Rutgers 125 7th Luke Welch Purdue 184 7th Martin Mueller South Dakota State 125 8th Devin Schroder Purdue 184 8th Kayne MacCallum Eastern Michigan 133 1st Seth Gross South Dakota State 197 1st Cash Wilcke Iowa 133 2nd Bryan Lantry Buffalo 197 2nd Frank Mattiace Penn 133 3rd Scott Delvecchio Rutgers 197 3rd Christian Brunner Purdue 133 4th Micky Phillippi Pittsburgh 197 4th Nate Rotert South Dakota State 133 5th Dylan Duncan Illinois 197 5th Pat Brucki Princeton 133 6th Colin Valdiviez Northwestern 197 6th Jacob Warner Iowa-unattached 133 7th Paul Konrath Wisconsin-unattached 197 7th Jackson Striggow Michigan 133 8th Korbin Myers Edinboro 197 8th Jacob Smith West Virginia 141 1st Mason Smith Central Michigan 285 1st Sam Stoll Iowa 141 2nd Cole Weaver Indiana 285 2nd Tanner Hall Arizona State 141 3rd Tyler Smith Bucknell 285 3rd Youssif Hemida Maryland 141 4th Nate Limmex Purdue 285 4th Matt Stencel Central Michigan 141 5th Max Murin Iowa-unattached 285 5th Conan Jennings Northwestern 141 6th Carter Happel Iowa 285 6th Amar Dhesi Oregon State 141 7th Yahya Thomas Northwestern-unattached 285 7th Shawn Streck Purdue 141 8th Colton Schilling Cal Poly 285 8th Jake Gunning Buffalo 149 1st Brandon Sorensen Iowa Team Champion: Iowa 149 2nd Justin Oliver Central Michigan 149 3rd Ryan Deakin Northwestern Art Kraft Champion of Champions: Alex Marinelli (165), Iowa 149 4th Pat Lugo Iowa-unattached 149 5th Jason Tsirtsis Arizona State Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler: Seth Gross (133), South 149 6th Matthew Kolodzik Princeton Dakota State 149 7th Austin O’Connor North Carolina 149 8th Steven Bleise Minnesota-unattached Individual High Scorer: Seth Gross (133), South Dakota State (31) 157 1st Michael Kemerer Iowa Fastest Fall: Matt Stencel (285), Central Michigan (0:27) 157 2nd Joshua Shields Arizona State 157 3rd John Van Brill Rutgers Most Falls/Least Time: Michael Kemerer (157), Iowa (4 - 9:54) 157 4th Mike D’Angelo Princeton 157 5th Luke Zilverberg South Dakota State 157 6th Justin Staudenmayer Brown 157 7th Andrew Crone Wisconsin 157 8th Larry Early Old Dominion 165 1st Alex Marinelli Iowa 165 2nd Jon Schleifer Princeton 165 3rd Richie Lewis Rutgers 165 4th Anthony Valencia Arizona State 165 5th Kaleb Young Iowa 165 6th May Bethea Penn 165 7th Jacob Morrissey Purdue 165 8th Logan Peterson South Dakota State 174 1st Zahid Valencia Arizona State 174 2nd David Kocer South Dakota State 174 3rd Dylan Lydy Purdue 174 4th Mikey Labriola Nebraska-unattached 174 5th Christian Brucki Central Michigan 174 6th Garrett Sutton Michigan 174 7th Johnny Sebastian Northwestern 174 8th Devin Skatzka Indiana TOP PLACERS BY YEAR 2016 125 1st Thomas Gilman Iowa 184 1st Timothy Dudley Nebraska 125 2nd Tim Lambert Nebraska 184 2nd Jack Dechow Old Dominion 125 3rd Josh Terao American 184 3rd Sam Brooks Iowa 125 4th Sebastian Rivera Northwestern - unattached 184 4th Nathan Jackson Indiana 125 5th Shakur Laney Ohio 184 5th Pete Renda NC State - unattached 125 6th Lucas Malmberg Messiah 184 6th Nicholas Gravina Rutgers 125 7th Johnny Jimenez Wisconsin - unattached 184 7th Michael Macchiavello NC State 125 8th Christian Moody Oklahoma 184 8th Myles Martin Ohio State 133 1st Eric Montoya Nebraska 197 1st Aaron Studebaker Nebraska 133 2nd Zane Richards Illinois 197 2nd Nate Rotert South Dakota State 133 3rd Seth Gross South Dakota State 197 3rd Shawn Scott Northern Illinois 133 4th Earl Hall Iowa State 197 4th Ricky Robertson Wisconsin 133 5th Jamal Morris NC State 197 5th Ryan Wolfe Rider 133 6th Scott Delvecchio Rutgers 197 6th Kevin Beazley Old Dominion 133 7th Cameron Kelly Ohio 133 8th Eli Stickley Wisconsin 197 8th Jacob Berkowitz Northwestern 197 7th Matt Williams CSU Bakersfield 141 1st Kevin Jack NC State 285 1st Tanner Hall Arizona State 141 2nd Matthew Kolodzik Princeton 285 2nd Jordan Wood Lehigh - unattached 141 3rd Anthony Ashnault Rutgers 285 3rd Sam Stoll Iowa 141 4th Chad Red Nebraska - unattached 285 4th Gage Hutchison Eastern Michigan 141 5th Kanen Storr Iowa State - unattached 285 5th Collin Jensen Nebraska 285 6th Connor Medbery Wisconsin 141 7th Christopher Carton Iowa 285 7th Cody Crawford Oregon State 141141 8th 6th Nick Russell Zanetta Rohlfing Pittsburgh CSU Bakersfield 285 8th Conan Jennings Northwestern 149 1st Brandon Sorensen Iowa Team Champion: Iowa 149 2nd Justin Oliver Central Michigan 149 3rd Ryan Deakin Northwestern - unattached Art Kraft Champion of Champions: Thomas Gilman (125), Iowa 149 4th Davion Jeffries Oklahoma 149 5th Sam Speno NC State Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler: Thomas Gilman (125), 149 6th Joey Delgado Oregon State Iowa 149 7th Anthony Giraldo Rutgers 149 8th Alfred Bannister Maryland Individual High Scorer: Thomas Gilman (125), Iowa (28.5) 157 1st Michael Kemerer Iowa Fastest Fall: Gage Hutchison, Eastern Michigan (0:10) 157 2nd Tyler Berger Nebraska 157 3rd Joshua Shields Arizona State Gorriaran Memorial: Davion Jeffries (149), Oklahoma (3 - 5:15) 157 4th Evan Wick Wisconsin - unattached 157 5th Jason Tsirtsis Arizona State - unattached 157 6th Colin Heffernan Central Michigan 157 8th John Van Brill Rutgers 157 7th Alex Griffin Purdue 165 1st Isaiah Martinez Illinois 165 2nd Chad Walsh Rider 165 3rd Anthony Valencia Arizona State 165 4th Alex Marinelli Iowa - unattached 165 5th Kaleb Young Iowa - unattached 165 7th Clark Glass Oklahoma 165165 8th 6th Andrew Lorenzo Fogarty de la Riva North CSU Bakersfield Dakota State 174 1st Zahid Valencia Arizona State 174 2nd Lelund Weatherspoon Iowa State 174 3rd Zac Brunson Illinois 174 4th Alex Meyer Iowa 174 5th Devin Skatzka Indiana 174 6th Ryan Christensen Wisconsin 174 7th Jordan Pagano Rutgers 174 8th Josef Johnson Harvard TOP PLACERS BY YEAR 2015 125 1st Thomas Gilman Iowa 184 1st David Taylor Nittany Lion WC 125 2nd Ronnie Rios Oregon State 184 2nd Timothy Dudley Nebraska 125 3rd Tim Lambert Nebraska 184 3rd Hayden Zillmer North Dakota State 125 4th Joshua Rodriguez North Dakota State 184 4th Sammy Brooks Iowa 125 5th Kris Williams Nebraska - unattached 184 5th Pete Renda North Carolina State 125 6th Kegan Calkins Oregon State 184 6th Abram Ayala Princeton 125 7th Ben Thornton Purdue 184 7th Zahid Valencia Arizona State - unattached 125 8th Brandon Jeske Old Dominion 184 8th Nicholas Gravina Rutgers 133 1st Emilio Saavedra Old Dominion 197 1st Nathan Burak Iowa 133 2nd Josh Alber Northern Iowa 197 2nd Derek White Nebraska 133 3rd Eric Montoya Nebraska 197 3rd Brett Harner Princeton 133 4th Anthony Giraldo Rutgers 197 4th Aaron Studebaker Nebraska 133 5th Dominick Malone Northwestern 133 6th Cory Clark Iowa 197 6th Hayden Hrymack Rutgers 133 7th Earl Hall Iowa State 197197 7th 5th Nate Reuben Rotert Franklin South CSU Bakersfield Dakota State 133 8th Mason Beckman Lehigh 197 8th Ryan Wolfe Rider 141 1st Andrew Long Grand View 285 1st Nick Gwiazdowski North Carolina State 141 2nd Steve Bleise Northern Illinois 285 2nd Tanner Hall Arizona State 141 3rd Kevin Jack North Carolina State 285 3rd Sam Stoll Iowa 141 4th Anthony Ashnault Rutgers 285 4th Ross Larson Oklahoma 141 5th Matthew Kolodzik Princeton - unattached 285 5th Billy Smith Rutgers 141 6th Ronnie Perry Lock Haven - unattached 285 6th Dawson Peck Maryland 141 7th Rick Durso Franklin & Marshall 285 7th Gage Hutchison Eastern Michigan 141 8th Chris Mecate Old Dominion 285 8th Joseph Fagiano Cal Baptist 149 1st Brandon Sorensen Iowa Team Champion: Iowa 149 2nd Jason Tsirtsis Northwestern Art Kraft Champion of Champions: Andrew Long (141), 149 4th Alexander Richardson Old Dominion Grand View 149149 5th 3rd Michael Jake Kemerer Sueflohn Iowa Nebraska - unattached 149 6th Bryant Clagon Rider Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler: Andrew Long (141), 149 7th Ken Theobald Rutgers - unattached Grand View 149 8th Gabe Moreno Iowa State Individual High Scorer: Andrew Long (141), Indiana (94) 157 1st Thomas Gantt North Carolina State 157 2nd Cody Pack South Dakota State Fastest Fall: Lelund Weatherspoon (174), Iowa State (0:18) 157 3rd Chad Walsh Rider 157 4th Richie Lewis Rutgers Gorriaran Memorial: Dawson Peck (285), Maryland (4 - 20:57) 157 5th Greg Flournoy George Mason 157 6th John Boyle American 157 7th Tyler Berger Nebraska 157 8th Markus Scheidel Columbia 165 1st Chad Welch Purdue 165 2nd Tanner Weatherman Iowa State 165 3rd Connor Brennan Rider 165 4th Mitch Wightman American 165 5th Austin Wilson Nebraska 165 7th Patrick Rhoades Iowa 165165 8th 6th Tyler Adam Rill Fierro Buffalo CSU Bakersfield 174 1st Cody Walters Ohio 174 2nd Jonathan Schleifer Princeton 174 3rd Alex Meyer Iowa 174 4th Micah Barnes Nebraska 174 5th Phil Bakuckas Rutgers 174 6th David Kocer South Dakota State 174 7th Lelund Weatherspoon Iowa State 174 8th Trace Engelkes Northern Illinois TOP PLACERS BY YEAR 2014 125 1st Joey Dance Virginia Tech 184 1st Jack Dechow Old Dominion 125 2nd Thomas Gilman Iowa 184 2nd Lorenzo Thomas Penn 125 3rd Stevan Micic 184 3rd Sam Brooks Iowa 125 4th Kory Mines Edinboro 184 4th Hayden Zillmer North Dakota State 125 5th Joshua Rodriguez NorthNorthwestern Dakota - Unattached State 184 5th Vic Avery Edinboro 125 6th Billy Watterson Brown 184 6th Nikko Reyes Illinois 125 7th Ethan Lizak 184 7th Ricky Robertson Wisconsin 125 8th David White Binghamton 184 8th Brett Harner Princeton Minnesota - Unattached 133 1st Cory Clark Iowa 197 1st Nathan Burak Iowa 133 2nd Zane Richards Illinois 197 2nd Timmy McCall Wisconsin 133 3rd Ryan Taylor Wisconsin 197 3rd James Fox Harvard 133 4th A.J.