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FloWrestling.com released its preseason team rankings on Tuesday and Wisconsin found itself at No.13 to open up the season.
The Badgers will face seven squads that are featured in the first ranking of the season.
Flo also released its heavyweight preseason rankings recently and tabbed UW’s Connor Medbery as the No.2 wrestler in the nation at that weight. Meanwhile, teammate Isaac Jordan was ranked 10th in the Pound-for-Pound rankings.
Wisconsin trio ranked by Open Mat
Theopenmat.com also released its individual preseason rankings this week.
Jordan was selected as the No.2 wrestler at 165 pounds, while Ricky Robertson was No.20 at 184. Medbery will begin the season as the No.5 heavyweight.
Official practices begin
UW officially kicked off the 2016-17 campaign with its first organized practice on Monday morning.
“We worked on some top-bottom stuff just to get the skills going again and then got some conditioning in too,” Medbery told UWbadgers.com. “It’s exciting to be back with the team and I’m looking forward to the season.”
Medbery and Jordan open their seasons at the NWCA All-Star Classic in Cleveland on November 5. The Badgers begin their year in earnest when they travel to New York for the Journeyman Classic on Nov.13.
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