Appalachian State Has Five Wrestlers Nationally Ranked Appalachian State Has Five Wrestlers Nationally Ranked February 12, 2021 * Codi Russell, No. 17 at 125 pounds * Jonathan Millner, No. 14 at 149 pounds * Cody Bond, No. 30 at 157 pounds * Will Formato, No. 16 at 165 pounds * Thomas Flitz, No. 13 at 174 pounds The rankings are relevant when determining at-large berths within the 33-wrestler brackets for each weight class at the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 18-20 in St. Louis. Each champion in the 10 weight classes at the SoCon Championships on Feb. 28 in Boone will qualify automatically for the NCAAs. The SoCon’s second-place finishers at 149 pounds, 184 pounds and 285 pounds have also been pre-allocated to qualify automatically, with the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee switching its process for evaluating the strength of weight classes within each conference to a five-year historical average instead of a single-year formula measuring wrestlers’ Division I winning percentage, ratings percentage index and coaches ranking.