Mason Parris of Michigan as of right now is the clear #2 man in the country and until proven otherwise, he'll remain. He owns two wins over Tony Cassioppi of Iowa, who should be the #2 seed to his #1 & he is 3-0 Vs Trent Hillger of Wisconsin, who I would imagine will be the #3 seed. Cassioppi is 4-0, in some very convincing victories over Hillger.
The monkey wrench here is Matt Stencel of Central Michigan. His greatest opponent this season has been injury. Health has been an issue for him and health is the only reason he isn't being taken more seriously as a threat to the Midlands title. He's three time place-winner & finalist, plus he owns victories over Parris, Cassioppi and Hillger. Considering that he was recently hurt in a match with Cassioppi, I highly doubt he'll be 100% at the Midlands. He may not even be wrestling. What I'm saying is, if he were 100%, he'd be one to watch out for.
As to our other place-winners, I think that this bracket will be tougher than the 197 lbs bracket that Lucas Davison placed in a few years back, but nevertheless the Wildcat has been doing pretty well since moving up to HWT. One of his only losses thus far this season has been to Harvard's Yaraslau Slavilouski who is another likely candidate for a Midlands medal.
Others include...
#19 Luke Luffman of Illinois
#22 Joe Doyle of Binghamton
#25 Taye Ghadiali of Campbell
#26 Boone McDermott of Rutgers
#29 Quinn Miller of Virginia
#30 Jake Slinger of Pittsburgh
#32 Riley Smith of Navy
Ben Sullivan of Army
Colton McKiernan of SIUE
Jack DeGarbino of Princeton
The monkey wrench here is Matt Stencel of Central Michigan. His greatest opponent this season has been injury. Health has been an issue for him and health is the only reason he isn't being taken more seriously as a threat to the Midlands title. He's three time place-winner & finalist, plus he owns victories over Parris, Cassioppi and Hillger. Considering that he was recently hurt in a match with Cassioppi, I highly doubt he'll be 100% at the Midlands. He may not even be wrestling. What I'm saying is, if he were 100%, he'd be one to watch out for.
As to our other place-winners, I think that this bracket will be tougher than the 197 lbs bracket that Lucas Davison placed in a few years back, but nevertheless the Wildcat has been doing pretty well since moving up to HWT. One of his only losses thus far this season has been to Harvard's Yaraslau Slavilouski who is another likely candidate for a Midlands medal.
Others include...
#19 Luke Luffman of Illinois
#22 Joe Doyle of Binghamton
#25 Taye Ghadiali of Campbell
#26 Boone McDermott of Rutgers
#29 Quinn Miller of Virginia
#30 Jake Slinger of Pittsburgh
#32 Riley Smith of Navy
Ben Sullivan of Army
Colton McKiernan of SIUE
Jack DeGarbino of Princeton
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