SEEDING CRITERIA for
Walsh Jesuit ASICS/IRONMAN 2007
Seeding info must be entered by
a coach from each team onto www.walshironman.com
on MONDAY prior to the Ironman, using each teams
private password. On Tuesday seeding will be
done live & on line, so NO changes can be
made until weigh-in Friday.
The Seeding Director will be Bob
Preusse, who is the high school writer for Amateur
Wrestling News. All challenges must be lodged
with the Director prior to the start of wrestling.
The Ironman may allow a head coach to change
his lineup at the first weigh-in. Since this
could result in the re-seed of certain weights,
the head coach MUST DIRECTLY INFORM tournament
personnel at weigh-in. The following criteria
are in effect for the Ironman 2007:
Each wrestler will be seeded by TOTAL POINTS accumulated during his high school career in FOUR categories. Varsity won & lost records are helpful info; also list other major tournaments placed in. These can determine a seed where point totals are close. List only STATE placing, do NOT list his sectional, district, or regional placing--- its just clutter that won’t count.
For PREP Schools, only placing at the National Prep tourn at Lehigh U counts the same as State placing does for public schools. Prep school State tournaments do NOT count -- so do NOT include that info, it is just confusing.
Category ONE:
Any prior year Junior National (Fargo N.D.)
champion freestyle or Greco is 16 points, runnerup
is 15 points, thru EIGHT places. Eighth place
is worth 9 points.
Category TWO:
Any prior year Ironman champion is 12 points,
runnerup 11 points, etc.
Category THREE:
Any prior year State high school champion--all
states and all classes/divisons are considered
equal-- or National Prep school champion is
10 points, runnerup is 9 points-- in cases where
eight are placed 8th place is worth 3 points.
State placing prior to 9th grade does NOT count,
do not include it in point totals.
Category FOUR:
Any prior year Cadet National (Fargo N.D.) champion
Freestyle or Greco is 8 points, runnerup is
7 points, thru eight places. Eighth place is
worth 1 point. Cadet national accomplishments
listed can be prior to entering 9th grade.
The Director will seed at least
12 wrestlers per weight in a 32 or 64-man bracket,
whatever fits the number of wrestlers in a wt
class. If 12 wrestlers per weight have not been
seeded through the point system, then we will
seed the wrestler(s) who was a state qualifier
last season or had the best Varsity won-lost
record or who placed at another major tournament.
Freshmen can be seeded, even if
not a Cadet placer, but usually only if needed
to get 12 seeds and then usually only at the
very lowest weights. There must be evidence
of proficiency, e.g. Junior High state champion
or top 3 at an elite national schoolboy event
such as “Tulsa Nationals”.
Normally point totals dictate seeding, but if two or more wrestlers’ point totals are “fairly close”, factors such as last years head-to-head results will be considered, if known. Byes will be randomly & evenly distributed between half brackets by computer. Once seeded wrestlers & Byes are assigned, then the remaining wrestlers will be randomly drawn in the bracket by computer program. We will try to separate same states (other than Ohio) in the first round..
Contact Bob Preusse with questions at:
Phone: 216-941-7956
E-mail: Ohiobobp@aol.com