On Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced its preliminary seeding for the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, with eight Scarlet Knights ranking in the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
The Big Ten Championship is scheduled for March 9-10 in College Park, Maryland, and Rutgers wrestling will have a heavy footprint within the tournament.
Rutgers junior Dylan Shawver earned the highest pre-seed for the Scarlet Knights, ranking No. 2 in the 133 weight class. Shawver is 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.
We earn six top-eight pre-seeds, including No. 2 seed Dylan Shawver (133) & No. 4 Yaraslau Slavikouski (HWT)!#RelentlessPursuit | #GoRU https://t.co/WZfndkgzhl
— Rutgers Wrestling (@RUWrestling) March 5, 2024
Rutgers Yaralsau Slavikouski in the heavyweight division follows behind Shawver, ranking No. 4. Along with Shawver and Slavikouski, 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.
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Junior Dean Peterson received the No. 9 seed in the 125 weight class, and junior Michael Cetta received the No. 10 seed in the 149 division. Also, juniors Al DeSantis and Anthony White received the lowest rankings for Rutgers wrestling, ranking No. 11 and No. 13 in the 157 and 165 weight classes.
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