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Oklahoma State's Boo Lewallen has established himself as the forerunner for this year's title. With a major decision over Northern Iowa's Max Thomsen, that should make South Dakota State's Henry Pohlmeyer the #2 seed. Thomsen having defeated Jarrett Degen twice this season by scores of 12-7 & 3-1 s.v. should be our #3. I say should be because Degen has a history of being seeded higher than wrestlers despite losing to them.
The weight class takes the top five to the NCAA's & our fifth seed should be Northern Colorado's Andrew Alirez.
As to the rest of the weight class at least on paper it seems a clear distance between the top five & everyone else. Fresno State's Greg Gaxiola looks to be the forerunner for the sixth place slot but imagining fifth or higher would take at least one major upset. And that is of course, if he can avoid getting upset himself.
Seth Houge of West Virginia & Jacob Butler of Oklahoma who owns a win over Gaxiola should fight for spots on the award stand but I don't see either of them qualifying.
How I would seed?
#1 Boo Lewallen junior Oklahoma State
#2 Henry Pohlmeyer senior South Dakota State
#3 Max Thomsen senior Northern Iowa
#4 Jarrett Degen junior Iowa State
#5 Andrew Alirez freshman Northern Colorado
#6 Greg Gaxiola junior Fresno State
#7 Jaron Jensen junior Wyoming
#8 Jaden Van Maanen sophomore North Dakota State
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