Seth Flodeen

Seth Flodeen was a 125-pound wrestler for Augsburg College. He placed first at the 2008 National Championships. He finished second in 2007 and fourth in 2009.

2008–09 season
2008–09 season

Regionals
Flodeen competed for Augsburg at 125 pounds and drew the second seed. Flodeen faced Ian Peppel of St. Olaf in the first round and won by fall at 2:05. In the second round, Flodeen faced seventh-seeded David Copp of Lakeland and won by fall at 4:20. Flodeen advanced to the final with a pin of sixth-seeded Jimmy Schoettle of the University of Chicago. In the final, Flodeen faced top-seeded and top-ranked Jake Oster of Elmhurst, to whom he lost to earlier in the year. Flodeen fell when Oster pinned him at 2:10.

Flodeen advanced to Nationals with a true-second match decision over fourth-seeded Joe Norton of North Central College, 4-0.

Nationals
Fourth-ranked Flodeen represented Augsburg at 125 pounds and earned the fourth seed. Flodeen began the tournament with a 20-5 record. In the first round, all wrestlers at 125 pounds were given byes. In the second round, Flodeen faced Lloyd McKinney (UW LaCrosse), whom he had beaten once earlier in the season. Flodeen earned his first pin of the tournament at the 1:37 mark of the second period. In the quarter-finals, Flodden fell to fifth-seeded Seth Ecker (Ithaca), by a 7-3 decision. In the third round of the wrestlebacks, Flodeen faced Jerrad Hoxie (Heidelberg), whom he pinned at 4:27. In the quarter-finals of the wrestle-backs, Flodeen pinned eighth-seeded Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown). In the wrestleback semi-finals, Flodeen faced Coe's second-seeded Clayton Rush, whom he had pinned in the 2008 national title match. Flodeen pinned Rush at 1:41, 27 seconds quicker than he had done the previous year. In the third-place match, Flodeen faced Wartburg's Mark Kist. Despite two previous wins over Kist that season, Flodeen lost by a 5-3 decision.

The fourth-place finish was the third All-American honors in Flodeen's career. Flodeen received the most falls in the least time award with four falls in 16 minutes.