GREENSBORO, N.C. – Coming off an undefeated regular season, Virginia Tech wrestling is prominently featured in the top-half of the seeds and brackets for Sunday's ACC Championships as announced by the conference Tuesday.
Sam Latona and Hunter Bolen each earned the top seed of their respective weight classes at 125 and 184 pounds. Both are 8-0 on the year, with Bolen being the only Hokie to go 5-0 in ACC play.
Bolen is the consensus No. 1 184-pound wrestler in the country and the defending ACC 184-pound champion. In his first season starting at 125 pounds, Latona defeated reigning ACC Freshman of the Year Jakob Camacho and is ranked No. 5 nationally by InterMat.
Earning the second seed at their respective classes are Bryce Andonian, Mekhi Lewis and Korbin Myers. In his sixth year of college wrestling, Myers is an undefeated 6-0 on the season and has beaten three ranked ACC opponents by major decision. Andonian and Lewis each only have one loss on the year with both coming to the respective top seeds of the class, Austin O'Connor and Jake Wentzel.
As Top-2 seeds, the five Hokies will each have first-round byes Sunday.
Redshirt freshman Connor Brady and true freshman Hunter Catka each earn the No. 3 seed at 157 pounds and heavyweight, respectively. In his first season as a starter, Brady went 3-2 in ACC play this season and 5-3 in dual matches. Catka is 7-1 on the season with a 4-1 record in dual meets, including 2-1 in ACC duals.
Rounding out the remaining seeds for the Hokies are Dakota Howard (No. 4 at 174 pounds), Sam Hillegas (No. 5 at 141 pounds) and Andy Smith (No. 5 at 197 pounds). The full list of seeds and brackets can be found through the link on the right-hand side of the page.
The 2021 ACC Championships hosted by NC State are scheduled to start Sunday morning at 11 a.m. with the championship matches scheduled for 7 p.m.
