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60th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Set For December 29-30
12/10/2024 3:30:00 PM | Wrestling, Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
Tickets available for two-day event at NOW Arena
EVANSTON, Ill. (December 10, 2024) – The Ken Kraft Midlands Championships will return to the NOW Arena in suburban Hoffmann Estates, Ill., December 29-30. Set for its 60th iteration, the most prestigious non-conference wrestling tournament will again feature both men's and women's divisions.
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Joining the women's field will be 37 men's programs. Nine Big Ten Conference institutions will be represented, a group that includes host Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers, and Wisconsin.
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A full schedule for both days of the 60th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships can be found below:
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29
Media is welcome to attend this year's Midlands Championships. Credential requests for all reporters, videographers, and photographers can be sent to the tournament's media coordinator Ryan Haley (ryan.haley@northwestern.edu).
Full list of participating teams at #Midlands60 (as of 12/9/24):
Men's Division:
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Joining the women's field will be 37 men's programs. Nine Big Ten Conference institutions will be represented, a group that includes host Northwestern, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers, and Wisconsin.
READ MORE ON THE LEGENDARY KEN KRAFT
Wrestling - Ken Kraft on Midlands beginnings from Northwestern Athletics on Vimeo.
A full schedule for both days of the 60th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships can be found below:
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)
- 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.
Media is welcome to attend this year's Midlands Championships. Credential requests for all reporters, videographers, and photographers can be sent to the tournament's media coordinator Ryan Haley (ryan.haley@northwestern.edu).
Full list of participating teams at #Midlands60 (as of 12/9/24):
Men's Division:
- Air Force Academy
- Arizona State
- Bloomsburg
- Bucknell
- Buffalo
- California Baptist
- Cal Poly
- Central Michigan
- Cleveland State
- Columbia
- Cornell
- Edinboro
- Franklin & Marshall
- George Mason
- Harvard
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Lehigh
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Missouri
- Northern Illinois
- Northwestern
- Ohio
- Ohio State
- Oregon State
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh
- Princeton
- Purdue
- Rider
- Rutgers
- SIUE
- Stanford
- Virginia Tech
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Albion
- Aurora
- Carthage
- Frostburg State
- Jarvis Christian
- Lindenwood
- McKendree
- Morton
- Presbyterian
- St. Andrews
- UW-Stevens Point
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