IOWA CITY, Iowa – Seven University of Iowa wrestlers are seeded fifth or better in the pre-seeds for the 2024 Big Ten Championships, it was announced Monday by the league office. The tournament is set to take place Saturday and Sunday in College Park, Maryland.

The Hawkeyes have one No. 2 seed and five No. 3 seeds. Drake Ayala is the No. 2 seed at 125. Real Woods (141), Caleb Rathjen (149), Michael Caliendo (165), Patrick Kennedy (174) and Zach Glazier (197) all enter the postseason seeded third.

Jared Franek is the No. 4 seed at 157 pounds, Bradley Hill is the No. 7 seed at 285, Aiden Riggins is No. 13 seed at 184 and Brody Teske is the No. 14 seed at 133.

Rathjen, Riggins, Glazier and Hill are all making their postseason debuts, while Franek and Caliendo are making their Big Ten postseason debuts.

The Hawkeyes have won 37 team conference titles, more than twice as many as the next school (Illinois, 17). Woods is the defending Big Ten Champion at 141 pounds.

The complete tournament brackets and official seeds will be released Friday afternoon following the Big Ten Conference coaches meeting. For more information on the 2024 Big Ten Wrestling Championships visit bigten.org.

Iowa Pre-Seeds | 2024 Big Ten Championships

125 #2 Drake Ayala

133 #14 Brody Teske

141 #3 Real Woods

149 #3 Caleb Rathjen

157 #4 Jared Franek

165 #3 Michael Caliendo

174 #3 Patrick Kennedy

184 #13 Aiden Riggins

197 #3 Zach Glazier

285 #7 Bradley Hill