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Big Ten Releases Pre-Seeds For 2023 Conference Tournament

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland wrestling landed four individuals as top-nine pre-seeds in the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, the league office announced on Monday afternoon.

The complete tournament brackets and official seeds will be released Friday afternoon following the Big Ten Conference coaches meeting. For more information on the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships visit bigten.org.
The Terps' pre-seeds are highlighted by a trio of redshirt freshman in Jaxon Smith (No. 6 at 197), Braxton Brown (No. 8 at 125) and Ethen Miller (No. 8 at 149) who are all set to make their Big Ten Championship debuts. Veteran Jaron Smith, wrestling at heavyweight for the first time, is seeded No. 9. 

The conference championship gets underway Saturday, March 4 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan and will run through Sunday, March 5.

All 14 conference schools will participate in the championships with the first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and wrestleback matches taking place during Sessions I and II Saturday. Action continues Sunday with consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches getting underway during Session III and the first-, third- and fifth-place matches highlighting Session IV.

The Big Ten Network and B1G+ will offer live linear and streaming coverage of all four sessions at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. Linear coverage on the Big Ten Network is also available on the FOX Sports app.

Maryland Pre-Seeds | 2023 Big Ten Championships
125 #8 Braxton Brown
133 #14 Jackson Cockrell
141 #14 Kal Miller
149 #8 Ethen Miller
157 #14 Michael North
165 #14 John Martin Best
174 #12 Dominic Solis
184 #14 Kevin Makosy
197 #6 Jaxon Smith
285 #9 Jaron Smith
 
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Players Mentioned

John Martin Best

John Martin Best

165 lbs
Redshirt Freshman
Braxton Brown

Braxton Brown

125 lbs
Redshirt Freshman
Kevin Makosy

Kevin Makosy

184 lbs.
Redshirt Junior
Ethen Miller

Ethen Miller

149 lbs
Redshirt Freshman
Michael North

Michael North

149 lbs.
Redshirt Junior
Jaron Smith

Jaron Smith

HWT
Graduate Student
Jaxon Smith

Jaxon Smith

197 lbs
Redshirt Freshman
Dominic Solis

Dominic Solis

174/184 lbs
Sophomore
Kal Miller

Kal Miller

141 lbs
Freshman

Players Mentioned

John Martin Best

John Martin Best

Redshirt Freshman
165 lbs
Braxton Brown

Braxton Brown

Redshirt Freshman
125 lbs
Kevin Makosy

Kevin Makosy

Redshirt Junior
184 lbs.
Ethen Miller

Ethen Miller

Redshirt Freshman
149 lbs
Michael North

Michael North

Redshirt Junior
149 lbs.
Jaron Smith

Jaron Smith

Graduate Student
HWT
Jaxon Smith

Jaxon Smith

Redshirt Freshman
197 lbs
Dominic Solis

Dominic Solis

Sophomore
174/184 lbs
Kal Miller

Kal Miller

Freshman
141 lbs