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Sooners in Illinois for Midlands Championships

Sooners in Illinois for Midlands Championships

December 28, 2015 | Wrestling

Oklahoma at Midlands Championships
Dec. 29-30 | Evanston, Ill. | Welsh-Ryan Arena
Oklahoma Participants
Weight  (with InterMat ranking)
141 Trae Blackwell, So.
141 Noah Teaney, RFr.
157 Brock Wingbermuehle, RFr.
157 Noah Teaney, RFr.
165 No. 13 Clark Glass, RJr.
174 No. 16 Matt Reed, RJr.
184 Lance Dixon, RFr.
197 Brad Johnson, RJr.
HWT No. 11 Ross Larson, RJr.
HWT Mike Brown, RSr.

NORMAN – The No. 12 University of Oklahoma wrestling team (5-2, 1-0 Big 12) travels to Evanston, Ill., this Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec. 29-30) for the 53rd-annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The two-day event will be held inside the Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern University.

The Sooners will join 50 teams from across the country, including five top-10 squads in No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 NC State, No. 8 Rutgers, No. 9 Nebraska and No. 10 Lehigh.

RANKED COMPETITORS
Three Sooners competing in the Midlands Championships are ranked in the latest Intermat polls, including No. 13 Clark Glass (165 pounds), No. 16 Matt Reed (174 pounds) and No. 11 Ross Larson (285 pounds).

SCHEDULE (Central Time)
Tuesday, Dec. 29
9:30 a.m. – Session One
7 p.m. – Session Two

Wednesday, Dec. 30
Noon – Session Three (Semifinals, Consolation and Seventh Place)
8 p.m. – Session Four (First, Third and Fifth Place)

LIVE COVERAGE
Live results and match-by-match coverage can be found at TrackWrestling.com. Tournament action will be broadcast live on BTN2Go (for a fee), with Wednesday evenings' finals matches airing live at 8 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network.

UP NEXT
The Sooners will travel to Laramie, Wyo., on Jan. 9 for a dual with new Big 12 Conference-opponent Wyoming, slated for 8 p.m. CT. 

Thursday, March 19
Saturday, March 07
Friday, March 06
Sunday, February 08