CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University wrestling closes out the 2025 calendar year at the 61^st annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships at Ryan Fieldhouse in Evanston, Illinois from Monday, Dec. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 30 with competition set to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. CT (B1G+) on Monday and 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. CT (B1G+) on Tuesday.

What to Know

• Harvard's group of wrestlers competing at Midlands is set to include Logan Brzozowski (125 pounds), Sidney Tildsley (141), Jaden Pepe (141), Dante Frinzi (141), Jack Crook (149), Wyatt Hepner (157), Joseph Cangro (165), Haden Bottiglieri (174), Ben Smith (174), Robert Kucharczk (184), Hudson Skove (197), Mason Pellegri (197), Dylan Greenstein (197), Daniel Bittner (285), and Logan Marissal (285).
• On Monday, session one will include the first and second rounds of the championship brackets alongside the wrestlebacks beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET (9:30 a.m. CT). The day will conclude with the second session featuring the quarterfinals and wrestlebacks starting at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. CT).
• On Tuesday, session three will start at 10:30 a.m. ET (9:30 a.m. CT) with the semifinals and consolation semifinals. The tournament will finish with session four featuring the placement rounds beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. CT).
• The event is set to feature 30 teams, including Bloomsburg, Bucknell, Buffalo, Cal Poly, Central Michigan, Chattanooga, Cornell, Edinboro, Franklin & Marshall, George Mason, Harvard, Hofstra, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Kent State, Lehigh, Long Island, Michigan State, Michigan, North Carolina State, North Carolina, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio State, Ohio, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, and Presbyterian.
• In the college rankings, senior 157-pounder Jimmy Harrington ranks at No. 23 in WrestleStat, No. 23 in Wrestling Report, No. 22 in FloWrestling, and No. 23 in Intermat.
• Senior Jimmy Harrington paced Harvard at the 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, finishing in eighth place in 157-pound weight class. Harrington won each of his first two matches on day one on Friday and added a win in the blood round in his final bout of the opening day to capture a spot on the podium.
• At the 2025 Keystone Classic, the Crimson tallied four placers, including Jimmy Harrington (second at 157 pounds), Joseph Cangro (fourth at 165 pounds), Matthew Walsh (sixth at 184 pounds), and Dante Frinzi (seventh at 141 pounds) at The Palestra in Philadelphia on Nov. 23.
• Senior Jimmy Harrington earned Ivy League Wrestler of the Week honors on Nov. 11 after winning the 157-pound title at the Journeymen Classic behind a 3-0 record. He opened competition with a 13-1 major decision over Owen O'Connor of Army before topping Binghamton's Fin Nadeau, 12-7. In the finals, Harrington beat Penn State's Joe Sealey with a 10-9 decision.
• At the Crimson's season-opening event senior Jimmy Harrington won the 157-pound weight class, first-year Sidney Tildsley took the blue pool at 141 pounds, and sophomore Logan Brzozowski finished as the runner-up at 125 pounds as Harvard opened its 2025-26 season at the 2025 Journeymen Collegiate Classic on Nov. 9 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• The Crimson's captains for the 2025-26 season will include senior 157-pounder Jimmy Harrington, junior 149-pounder Jack Crook, and junior 133-pounder Coleman Nogle.
• Harvard welcomes six first-years to the program in the Class of 2029. The group includes 165-pounder Robby De Haven, heavyweight Dylan Greenstein, 157-pounder Wyatt Hepner, 184-pounder Robert Kucharczk, 174-pounder Ben Smith, and 141-pounder Sidney Tildsley.
• The tournament portion of Harvard's 2025-26 schedule includes the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 9), Keystone Classic (Nov. 23), Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 5-6), and the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30).
• The Crimson will open its dual season with the NWCA Multi-Division National Duals (Jan. 9-10) in Cedar Falls, Iowa before facing off in seven duals against Northeast opponents from Jan. 25 to Feb. 22, including five Ivy League opponents.
• The 2026 Ivy League Championship will take place in New York, New York on Mar. 8 ahead of the 2026 NCAA Championships from Mar. 19-21 in Cleveland, Ohio.
• Closing out the 2024-25 season, Jimmy Harrington represented the Crimson at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, competing in the 157-pound weight class and earning a victory to advance to day two of the championships.
• In 2024-25, Harvard finished in fourth place in Division I for the NWCA Team GPA Award as part of the organization's annual recognition of scholastic achievement across the sport.
• Jay Weiss, The David G. Bunning '88 Head Coach for Harvard Wrestling, enters his 32^nd season as the leader of the Crimson after beginning his tenure at Harvard in 1994-95. 

Next Up

Harvard competes at the NWCA Multi-Division National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa from January 9-10 (FloWrestling).