EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Rutgers wrestling team will close out 2009 at the 47th Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill. at the Welsh-Ryan Arena from Dec. 29-30. The tournament will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Nusports.cstv.com will serve as the official Web site of the Midlands Championships and will have complete session-by-session scheduling, a weight-by-weight preview and up-to-date tournament brackets throughout the two-day affair.
Competitors from 31 schools, including 11 top-25 ranked teams, will be in the mix at the event, highlighted by the No. 1 and 2-ranked teams in the country in Iowa and Iowa State.
Redshirt junior Dominick Russo (Netcong, N.J.) is the seventh seeded wrestler in the 285-pound bracket. Russo earned a No. 8 billing in the latest InterMat heavyweight rankings and owns an 11-1 record this season.
