Iowa wrestling receives pre-seeds for Big Ten Championships
Ahead of the 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Championships held at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa., from March 7-8, Iowa wrestling found out its pre-seeds for the tournament.
After an up-and-down 2025-26 campaign for Iowa (12-6, 5-3 Big Ten), multiple Hawkeyes earned excellent pre-seeds for the upcoming Big Ten Championships.
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Iowa’s Michael Caliendo earned a No. 2 seed (165), Patrick Kennedy a No. 3 seed (174), Nasir Bailey a No. 4 seed (141) and Drake Ayala a No. 5 seed (133). Iowa has three No. 8 seeds in Dean Peterson (125), Ryder Block (149) and Angelo Ferrari (184).
Victor Voinovich III (157) and Ben Kueter (285) both received No. 10 seeds, while Gabe Arnold (197) is the No. 13 seed.
The pre-seeds for the 2026 Big Ten Wrestling Championships have been announced.
Check them out ➡️ https://t.co/vdm73s2lEu
The pre-seeds were produced through WrestleStat’s Tournament Seeder Program, utilizing allocation criteria approved by conference coaches, and rank 14… pic.twitter.com/sQKMwXDWdg
— Big Ten Wrestling (@B1GWrestling) March 2, 2026
Both Block and Ferrari will be making their postseason collegiate debuts, while Bailey and Voinovich are scheduled to make their Big Ten postseason debuts.
Iowa’s 37 team conference titles are more than twice as many as the next-closest school (Illinois, 17). The complete tournament brackets and official seeds for this weekend’s competition will be released on Friday afternoon, following the Big Ten Conference coaches meeting.
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