Below is a list of the wrestlers who are committed to a DI Iowa wrestling program. The wrestlers are separated by school (Iowa, UNI, and ISU) and by state in which their tournament is held. I have also included national rankings from Intermat. If not nationally ranked the “*” denotes IA Wrestle’s high school rankings. Taylor Lujan won his 4th GA state title, and there was a lot of positives that came out of the Iowa and Illinois tournaments (among others). Paden Moore was able to keep the UNI recruiting class perfect with his state title in Minnesota, and Markus Simmons added a title to wrap up the ISU recruits to be the fourth recruit to win a title.
Mike Kemerer was finally able to get the job done out east as he captured his first Pennsylvania state title in his fourth attempt. Much like capturing his first Ironman title, this was something that was on the future Hawkeye’s bucket list, so it was great to see his finally get his win. Kemerer had to defeat the #5 nationally ranked Hayden Hidlay in the quarterfinals, and then defeated #4 Patrick Duggan in the finals – in short it was no easy path to win said title. Kaleb Young took fourth in a pretty brutal bracket, losing 13-3 to #2 nationally ranked Joseph in the semifinals, and then lost his consolation finals match in the ultimate tiebreaks.
Justin Mejia continued his quest to join California history as the sophomore captured his second title at 113 with a 1-0 win in the finals. Mejia’s team Clovis also won it’s 5th straight team title, another impressive feat for a state with no separate classes for schools.
This weekend Iowa recruit Alex Marinelli will look to go for his third straight Ohio state title, and wrap recruiting state tournaments for all committed DI recruits.
Ohio: Friday- Semifinals: 5:30 PM, Saturday- Finals: 4:45 PM
IOWA
OH – 3/12 : 3/14
#1 Alex Marinelli (JR) 160 Graham – Division II
Prelims: Alex Marinelli, St. Paris Graham Local tech. fall Evan Schenk, Perry 22-7
Quarters: Alex Marinelli, St. Paris Graham Local pin Shawn Livingston, Steubenville 4:21
Semifinals: Alex Marinelli, St. Paris Graham Local tech. fall Richard Jackson, Tol. Central 22-7
Finals:
IA – 2/19 : 2/21
#7 Cash Wilcke 1ST 195 1A Ida Grove
#2* Keegan Shaw 4TH 138 3A SEP
#2* Cole Erickson 3RD 160 2A Media
#1* Paul Glynn 2ND 132 3A Bett
#3* Jake Woodard 4TH 152 3A Bett
#2* Jeren Glosser 3RD 138 1A Eddyville
#2* Aaron Meyer 2ND 145 3A SEP
PA – 3/5 : 3/7
#9 Kaleb Young (JR) 4TH 152 Pux
#1 Mike Kemerer 1ST 145 Franklin Regional – AAA
CO – 2/19 : 2/21
Danny Murphy 1ST 145
IL – 2/19 : 2/21
#2 (IL) Joey Gunther 2ND 160 Libertyville
#9 Vince Turk 1ST 145 Montini
#4 Jason Renteria (SO) 2ND 113 OPRF
CA – 3/6 : 3/7
#2 Justin Mejia (SO) 1ST 113 Clovis – (All one class)
UNI
IA – 2/19 : 2/21
#3 Max Thomsen 1ST 145 2A Union
#4 Bryce Steiert 1ST 160 3A WSR
#20 Jacob Schwarn 1ST 120 3A Bett
#11 Jacob Holschlag 1ST 170 2A Union
#14 Isaiah Patton 1ST 170 3A Dowling Catholic
MN – 2/27 : 2/28
#19 Paden Moore 1ST 160 Jackson County
GA – 2/12 : 2/14
#4 Taylor Lujan 1ST 182 Carrollton
ISU
IA – 2/19 : 2/21
#1* Chase Straw 1ST 152 2A Indee
#1* Brady Jennings 1ST 138 2A Osage
MO– 2/19 : 2/21
#13 Colston DiBlasi 1ST 170 Park Hill
NE– 2/19 : 2/21
Andrew Stowe 4TH 285 Norfolk
OK – 2/27 : 2/28
#11 Marcus Simmons 1ST 126 Broken Arrow
