Pre-seeds for the 2018 Big Ten Wrestling Championships were announced today, with Ohio State earning seeds at all 10 weight classes.
141-pounder Joey McKenna and 197-pounder Kollin Moore earned top pre-seeds for the Buckeyes, while Luke Pletcher (133), Bo Jordan (174), Miles Martin (184) and Kyle Snyder (285) were seeded second in the batch of pre-seeds released today.
Nathan Tomasello earned a pre-seed of three at 125 pounds, while Micah Jordan was slated fourth at 157 pounds.
| WT | Buckeye | Record | Seed | Top Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | NATHAN TOMASELLO | 7–1 | 3 | NICK SURIANO (RUTGERS) |
| 133 | LUKE PLETCHER | 23–1 | 2 | STEVAN MICIC (MICHIGAN) |
| 141 | JOEY McKENNA | 12–1 | 1 | – |
| 149 | KE-SHAWN HAYES | 23–4 | 5 | ZAIN RETHERFORD (PENN STATE) |
| 157 | MICAH JORDAN | 20–5 | 4 | MICHAEL KEMERER (IOWA)/JASON NOLF (PENN STATE) |
| 165 | Te'SHAN CAMPBELL | 15–8 | 9 | ISAIAH MARTINEZ (ILLINOIS) |
| 174 | BO JORDAN | 19–4 | 2 | MARK HALL (PENN STATE) |
| 184 | MYLES MARTIN | 24–1 | 2 | BO NICKAL (PENN STATE) |
| 197 | KOLLIN MOORE | 19–2 | 1 | – |
| 285 | KYLE SNYDER | 8–1 | 2 | ADAM COON (MICHIGAN) |
McKenna is fresh off an upset of No. 2 Kevin Jack of North Carolina State and is wrestling as well as he has all season.
Kyle Snyder, the reigning Olympic and World Champion for the United States at 97kg, will get a chance to avenge his only collegiate loss in three years this weekend, where he's expected to meet Michigan's Adam Coon in the finals.
Penn State was the only other team in the Big Ten to earn pre-seeds for all 10 of its starting wrestlers, with four individual Nittany Lions seeded first.
While coaches can lobby for seeding adjustments ahead of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships, the pre-seeds are typically a good guide for where each wrestler will end up seeded heading into the tournament.
The 2018 Big Ten Wrestling Championships take place Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4 in East Lansing, Michigan. You can catch the first three session on BTN Plus, while the final session, featuring championship matches will be televised by BTN at 3 p.m. Sunday.
