Illinois Prepared for 58th Annual Midlands Championship

Thursday, December 29

Hoffman Estates, Ill.

9:30 AM CT

University of Illinois

Midlands Championships

Illinois Prepared for 58th Annual Midlands Championship

December 26, 2022 | Wrestling

Preview

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini wrestling team is set to travel to Hoffman Estates, Ill. for the 58th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championship on Dec. 29-30. There will be 35 men's programs competing this year, eight of them are from the Big Ten.

	Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
When	Thursday, Dec. 29 // Friday, Dec. 30
Where	NOW Arena
Brackets	Live Stats
Watch	Day 1 // Day 2
Social Media	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| YouTube

Three Illini have already been crowned individual champions at tournaments this season. First redshirt-junior Zac Braunagel (197 lbs.) won at the MSU Open, the first meet of the season, on Nov. 5. The following week, Nov. 12, both redshirt-sophomores Lucas Byrd (133 lbs.) and Edmond Ruth (174 lbs.) topped their podiums at the Tiger-Style Invite.

SCHEDULES:

Wednesday, Dec. 29

9:30 a.m. – First Session (10 mats. Championship Rounds 1 and 2, Wrestlebacks)
7 p.m. – Second Session (10 mats. Quarterfinals and Wrestlebacks)

Thursday, Dec. 30

11 a.m. – Third Session (10 mats. Semi-Finals, Consolation, seventh place match)
6 p.m. – Fourth Session (4 mats. First, third and fifth place matches)
- Awards ceremonies to follow.

NOTES:

This is Illinois first meet since the home opener at the State Farm Center on Dec. 3.
Redshirt-junior Danny Braunagel went 2-0 in the last meet, one of two Illini to do so (Edmond Ruth).
Sophomores Maximo Renteria and Danny Pucino both recorded their first falls of the season against Chattanooga.