Tigers to Compete at 60th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships

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Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
Dec. 29 & 30 | Chicago, Ill.
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Closing out 2024, the Princeton wrestling team will travel to Chicago, Ill. for the 60th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championship, hosted by Northwestern University at the NOW Arena on Dec. 29 and 30. 16 Tigers will compete in the two-day prestigious tournament that features 37 men's programs in addition to 11 women's programs.

Princeton Midlands Lineup
125: #28/29 Ethan Rivera, Marc-Anthony McGowan
133: Dan Jones, Drew Heethuis
141: Eligh Rivera, Jake Mann
141: Joe Davi
149: Chris Martino
157: Cody Tavoso
165: Hudson Hightower
174: Xavier Giles
184: #31/28 Mikey Squires, Anthony Moscatello
285: NR/#33 Sebastian Garibaldi, Will Sather
Chloe Ayres

*Rankings Flo/Intermat as of 12/24

About the Tigers

#31/28 Mikey Squires enters the weekend 7-1 on the season, most recently picking up a highlight win during Princeton's dual with Rutgers over Shane Cartagena-Walsh with a 3-0 decision. In his last tournament this season, Squires claimed the 184 lb championship at the Princeton Open on November 3rd.
#33 Sebastian Garibaldi has been solid for the Tigers in the heavyweight class, going 7-3 so far on the season. Like Squires, Garibaldi won his class at the Princeton Open on Nov. 3.
Dan Jones has been making noise in the 133 class, most recently earning an MD over Rutgers' Brandon Chletsos on Dec. 8, improving the first-year's record to 4-2 this season so far.
Eligh Rivera will be making his tournament debut this season, entering Midlands with a 2-1 record that featured a big 4-2 decision victory over No. 2 Iowa's Cullan Schriever on Dec. 6.
Eligh's younger brother Ethan Rivera joins him on the squad this year, and the first-year has been making waves and garnering national recognition. #28/29 Rivera has battled out several extremely close bouts with ranked opponents this season, going toe-to-toe with each of them for a 6-5 record so far.
Chloe Ayres will represent the Tigers in the women's field after having a strong performance at the Princeton Open, which saw Ayres make the championship match in her class and take second overall.

About the Coaches

Princeton is led by Head Coach Joe Dubuque, in his second season at the helm after joining the program in 2016. Dubuque is joined by new assistant coaches Anthony Ashnault and Cody Brewer in their first seasons with the Tigers.
Dubuque, a two-time NCAA Champion at Indiana, has transferred his impressive wrestling career into an equally impressive coaching one, helping coach Princeton's first NCAA champion since 1951 and second ever (Patrick Glory) in 2023, also having the Tigers take 13th place nationally that year. He also helped Princeton take the Ivy League Title in 2020, the program's first since 1986.
Brewer joins Princeton this season after spending five years at Virginia Tech, where he helped Joey Prata ascend the national rankings and achieve a third-place finish at the 2020 ACC Championships.
Ashnault was the 2019 NCAA Champion (149 lbs), and he leads Rutgers in all-time wins with 123 victories. The Hodge Trophy finalist, four-time All-American and three-time Big Ten Champion will stay in his home state of New Jersey as he joins the Tiger bench this year.

Midlands Schedule
Sunday, December 29
9:30 a.m. – First Session (10 Mats) – (Championship Rounds 1 & 2, Wrestlebacks)
7:00 p.m. – Second Session (10 Mats) – (Quarterfinals, Wrestlebacks)

Monday, December 30
10:30 a.m. – Third Session (8 Mats) – (Semis, consolation women's division begins)
3:00 p.m. – Fourth Session (4 Mats) – (Men's 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th place matches, women's division finals)

Awards ceremony to conclude at 6:00 p.m.

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