Pre-ranking seeds for Junior National Duals and 14U Girl’s National Duals released
by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
With the 2023 Junior National Duals and 14U Girl’s National Dualscompetition starting on Wednesday morning in Tulsa, Okla., USA Wrestling releases the pre-ranking seeds of the teams that are registered to compete.
These rankings reflect the combined point totals for all the individual athletes on each team roster, with points given for past achievements at the national and regional levels.
Illinois holds a slight edge on the No. 1 seed in the Junior Men’s Greco-Roman division heading into tonight’s weigh-in at 31 pre-ranking seed points. Idaho sits in second with 30 points, followed by California 1 at 27 points, Iowa at 24 points and Oklahoma Outlaws Red at 22 points. Iowa is the defending champion in this division.
Iowa leads the pack in the Junior women’s freestyle pre-ranking seed points at 27. California Red is a close second at 25 points. Pennsylvania Blue and Colorado sit tied in third place with 24 points each, while Utah and Arizona Black are tied for fifth at 21 points. California is the defending champion in the Junior women’s freestyle division.
In the 14U girls freestyle division, Washington and Texas Red are tied for the most points at 24 each. Wisconsin and Kansas are deadlocked in third place with 17 points apiece. Michigan Blue rounds out the top five at 13 points. Pennsylvania, which won the event in 2022, is tied with Illinois for the No. 6 seed at 11 points.
These point totals will be used to break the tournament into the initial pools. For teams tied with the same number of points, their draw at weigh-in will be used to place them in pools.
Brackets for the 2023 Junior National Duals and 14U Girl’s National Dualswill be available on Trackwrestling.com, and the live stream can be accessed through FloWrestling.com.
Junior National Duals Men’s Greco-Roman Pre-Ranking Seeds
1. Illinois, 31
2. Idaho, 30
3. California 1, 27
4. Iowa, 24
5. Oklahoma Outlaws Red, 22
T-6. Pennsylvania, 21
T-6. Minnesota Blue, 21
7. Colorado, 16
8. Ohio Scarlet, 15
T-9. Wisconsin, 13
T-9. Oklahoma Outlaws Blue, 13
11. Oregon, 11
T-12. Montana, 9
T-12. Florida, 9
T-14. Washington, 8
T-14. Tennessee, 8
T-14. Georgia Red, 8
T-14. Virginia, 8
T-18. Alabama, 6
T-18. Utah, 6
T-20. Texas A, 5
T-20. North Dakota Blue, 5
T-22. Indiana, 4
T-22. Missouri, 4
T-22. North Dakota Red, 4
T-25. Kansas Red, 3
T-25. Kansas Blue, 3
T-25. South Carolina, 3
T-28. Minnesota Red, 2
T-28. Michigan Blue, 2
T-28. Nebraska, 2
T-28. Texas B, 2
T-32. Georgia Blue, 0
T-32. Arkansas, 0
T-32. North Carolina, 0
T-32. California 2, 0
Junior National Duals Women’s Freestyle Pre-Ranking Seeds
1. Iowa, 27
2. California Red, 25
T-3. Pennsylvania Blue, 24
T-3. Colorado, 24
T-5. Utah, 21
T-5, Arizona Black, 21
7. Wisconsin, 20
8. Minnesota Blue, 19
9. Ohio Red, 18
T-10. Indiana, 17
T-10. Kansas, 17
T-10. Missouri Fire, 17
T-10. Michigan Blue, 17
14. Illinois, 16
15. Florida, 15
16. Washington, 14
17. Missouri Ice, 13
18. Texas A, 12
T-19. Tennessee Red, 10
T-19. Oklahoma Outlaws Red, 10
T-21. Montana, 9
T-21. Georgia Blue, 9
T-21. Nebraska, 9
T-21. Virginia Blue, 9
T-21. North Dakota Blue, 9
26. Pennsylvania Red, 8
27. Idaho, 7
28. Arkansas Gold, 6
T-29. South Dakota Blue, 5
T-29. South Carolina, 5
T-31. Tennessee Blue, 4
T-31. Ohio Blue, 4
33. North Carolina, 3
34. Alabama, 2
T-35. Minnesota Red, 1
T-35. Georgia Red, 1.
T-35. Texas B, 1
T-35. North Dakota Red, 1
T-39. Arkansas Silver, 0
T-39. Michigan Red, 0
T-39. California Blue, 0
T-39. Virginia Red, 0
14U National Duals Girl’s Freestyle Pre-Ranking Seeds
T-1. Washington, 24
T-1. Texas Red, 24
T-3. Wisconsin, 17
T-3. Kansas, 17
5. Michigan Blue, 13
T-6. Pennsylvania, 11
T-6. Illinois, 11
8. Oklahoma Outlaws Blue, 10
9. Minnesota Blue, 8
T-10. Tennessee, 7
T-10. South Carolina, 7
T-12. Ohio, 6
T-12. North Dakota, 6
T-15. Missouri, 5
T-15. Arizona Black, 5
T-15. Virginia, 5
18. Indiana, 4
T-19. Florida, 3
T-19. North Carolina, 3
20. Arkansas, 1