The 50th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Tournament start Saturday at Northwestern and wrap up Sunday with the finals airing live on BTN/BTN2Go. The event is open to Division I, II, and III wrestling teams as well as a number of post-graduate competitors. According to the latest collegiate wrestling rankings, the Big Ten currently has 10 teams ranked in the Top 25.

NUsports.com posted the latest Olympic update from Wildcats head wrestling coach Drew Pariano and we’ll share it here as part of our Big Ten Olympic coverage. Pariano and associate head coach Tim Cysewski head to London to support Northwestern graduate and U.S. wrestler Jake Herbert as he competes in the the 84 kg freestyle division. In this entry, Pariano looks at Herbert’s Olympic competition.

Just as we’re running Olympic Journals from our Big Ten names like our U.S. swimmers, our Team Burundi long-distance runner, and our French swimmer, our friends at NUsports.com are publishing posts from Wildcats head wrestling coach Drew Pariano, and we’ll be sharing those here, too. Pariano and associate head coach Tim Cysewski head to London to support Northwestern graduate and U.S. wrestler Jake Herbert as he competes in the the 84 kg freestyle division. In Pariano’s first entry, he explains how Northwestern helped Herbert prepare.

Northwestern head wrestling coach Drew Pariano and associate head coach Tim Cysewski are headed to London to support two-time NCAA champion and 2009 Hodge Trophy winner Jake Herbert who is wrestling for the U.S.. Pariano will provide blog updates to NUsports.com while BTN.com will also publish the updates. Get more details at NUsports.com and find all of BTN.com’s Big Ten Olympic Journals from all of our Big Ten Olympians over here. Our full BTN.com Olympic section with update and links is available, too.

Penn State was simply dominant en route to winning its second consecutive Big Ten Wrestling Championship on Sunday, crowning three repeat champions in a memorable title match run at Mackey Arena. The Nittany Lions were nearly perfect throughout Sunday’s session and ran away from both Minnesota and Iowa in the team title race. Penn State also has qualified nine wrestlers for NCAAs, with a 10th alive for an at-large bid.