Team Iowa entered into the Junior Greco-Roman tournament with 37 wrestlers and after today’s first session, 29 of them will go on to wrestle in the night session.
Former lightweight Greco All-Americans Drew and Bryce West (113 and 120), and Brenden Baker (113) are all off to strong starts. Both West brothers were Cadet runner-ups a year ago, and have each won both of their matches by technical fall. Baker has a technical fall, but even more impressive is how he started off the tournament with a six second fall.
Ryan Leisure (126) who was also a Cadet All-American in 2014 has won two dominating matches 13-1 and 10-0 so far.
Southeast Polk’s Aaron Meyer (138) has been dubbed a contender of his weight in Greco is off to a fast 3-0 start with three technical falls.
At 152 pounds, Iowa has four wrestlers undefeated and are led by 2014 Junior Greco All-American Chase Straw. Joining Straw is Colton Clingenpeel, Matthew Malcom, and Dan Kelly.
Both Salvator Arzani and Jake Juhl remain undefeated at 170 pounds for Iowa, each with a pair of wins. Deion Clayborne (182) and Carter Isley (285) each notched decisions at their weights.
Neither Cameron Tolander (182), nor Donovan Doyle (195) have wrestled a match yet, as both received first round byes.
Juniors will be back on the mat at 5:00 PM following the conslusion of the medal matches for the Cadets, which starts at 2:00.
Junior Greco 106 – Jarret Orr’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Koontz (Wisconsin) won by tech fall over Jarret Orr (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 113 – Drew West’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Drew West (Iowa) won by tech fall over Justin Phillips (California) (TF 14-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Drew West (Iowa) won by tech fall over Alec Opsal (Connecticut) (TF 13-2)
Junior Greco 113 – Will Portis’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Will Portis (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Danny Vega (Arizona) won by tech fall over Will Portis (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 113 – Brenden Baker’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brenden Baker (Iowa) won by fall over Jarrod De La Torre (California) (Fall 0:06)
Champ. Round 2 – Brenden Baker (Iowa) won by tech fall over Henry Cox (Oregon) (TF 10-0)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 120 – Dante Tacchia’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Deion Anderson (Washington) won by fall over Dante Tacchia (Iowa) (Fall 2:29)
Cons. Round 1 – Gage Hollingsworth (Florida) won by tech fall over Dante Tacchia (Iowa) (TF 15-1)
Junior Greco 120 – Bryce West’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Bryce West (Iowa) won by tech fall over Emmanuel Browne (Kansas) (TF 12-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Bryce West (Iowa) won by tech fall over Denzel Tovar (New Jersey) (TF 12-2)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 120 – Zachary Thompson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Quinten Foster (Washington) won by fall over Zachary Thompson (Iowa) (Fall 0:58)
Cons. Round 1 – Bryar Edwards (California) won by tech fall over Zachary Thompson (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 126 – Ryan Leisure’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Ryan Leisure (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jon Martin (Michigan) (TF 13-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Ryan Leisure (Iowa) won by tech fall over Seth Hutchison (Alaska) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 126 – Triston Lara’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Triston Lara (Iowa) won by decision over Gerimie Meir (Colorado) (Dec 27-24)
Champ. Round 2 – Dalton Young (Washington) won by tech fall over Triston Lara (Iowa) (TF 12-0)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 132 – Brock Massey’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brock Massey (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Ben Freeman (Michigan) won by tech fall over Brock Massey (Iowa) (TF 12-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Brock Massey (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Wyatt Long (Pennsylvania) won by decision over Brock Massey (Iowa) (Dec 5-1)
Junior Greco 138 – Aaron Meyer’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Aaron Meyer (Iowa) won by tech fall over Kristopher Freeman (Arkansas) (TF 12-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Aaron Meyer (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jacob Franek (North Dakota) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 – Aaron Meyer (Iowa) won by tech fall over Tanner Coleman (Illinois) (TF 10-0)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 138 – Ryan Roth’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Timothy Wofford (Idaho) won by fall over Ryan Roth (Iowa) (Fall 0:53)
Cons. Round 1 – Ryan Roth (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Nate Cooper (Idaho) won by tech fall over Ryan Roth (Iowa) (TF 13-2)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 138 – Nickolas Madsen’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jarrett Degen (Montana) won by fall over Nickolas Madsen (Iowa) (Fall 2:29)
Cons. Round 1 – Nickolas Madsen (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Wolfgang Clapper (Missouri) won by decision over Nickolas Madsen (Iowa) (Dec 6-0)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 138 – Zachary Owens’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Michael Ordonez (Illinois) won by tech fall over Zachary Owens (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Zachary Owens (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Marc Farina (Arizona) won by tech fall over Zachary Owens (Iowa) (TF 11-0)
Junior Greco 145 – Aj Geers’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Aj Geers (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Aj Geers (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jordan Baker (Connecticut) (TF 12-1)
Champ. Round 3 – Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Illinois) won by tech fall over Aj Geers (Iowa) (TF 18-8)
Junior Greco 145 – Keegan Shaw’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Keegan Shaw (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jared Sunram (Minnesota) (TF 11-0)
Champ. Round 3 – Thomas Lisher (Kansas) won by tech fall over Keegan Shaw (Iowa) (TF 17-6)
Junior Greco 152 – Tanner Hocker’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Hocker (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Tanner Hocker (Iowa) won by decision over Ethan Schumaker (Alaska) (Dec 12-10)
Champ. Round 3 – Anthony Wokasch (Arizona) won by tech fall over Tanner Hocker (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 152 – Chase Straw’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Chase Straw (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Chase Straw (Iowa) won by tech fall over Solomon Duncan (North Carolina) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 3 – Chase Straw (Iowa) won by tech fall over Drew Nicholson (Tennessee) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 152 – Matthew Malcom’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Matthew Malcom (Iowa) won by tech fall over Reid Singles (Alabama) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Matthew Malcom (Iowa) won by decision over Georgio Poullas (Ohio) (Dec 5-4)
Champ. Round 3 – Matthew Malcom (Iowa) won by decision over Thomas Fretwell (Florida) (Dec 10-9)
Junior Greco 152 – Colton Clingenpeel’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Colton Clingenpeel (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Colton Clingenpeel (Iowa) won by tech fall over Chase De Maille (Maryland) (TF 15-5)
Champ. Round 3 – Colton Clingenpeel (Iowa) won by tech fall over Dalton Beaver (North Carolina) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 152 – Logen Rodriguez’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Logen Rodriguez (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Logen Rodriguez (Iowa) won by fall over Jordan Girard (Kansas) (Fall 1:53)
Champ. Round 3 – Zemua Baptista (Nebraska) won by decision over Logen Rodriguez (Iowa) (Dec 23-14)
Junior Greco 152 – Dan Kelly’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dan Kelly (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Dan Kelly (Iowa) won by decision over Emmett Licastri (Connecticut) (Dec 14-13)
Champ. Round 3 – Dan Kelly (Iowa) won by tech fall over Andrew Null (Nebraska) (TF 12-2)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 152 – Tristan Johnson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Tristan Johnson (Iowa) won by fall over David Sniffen (Virginia) (Fall 2:41)
Champ. Round 2 – Ryan Violette (Florida) won by tech fall over Tristan Johnson (Iowa) (TF 11-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Tristan Johnson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Austin Purtle (Missouri) (TF 12-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Nicholas Knutson (Minnesota) won by decision over Tristan Johnson (Iowa) (Dec 7-6)
Eliminated: Junior Greco 160 – Taylan Entriken’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dan Mitchell (Pennsylvania) won by tech fall over Taylan Entriken (Iowa) (TF 11-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Taylan Entriken (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Taylan Entriken (Iowa) won by tech fall over Braxton Blevins (North Carolina) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Gary Jantzer (Oregon) won by tech fall over Taylan Entriken (Iowa) (TF 11-0)
Junior Greco 160 – Carter Rohweder’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Carter Rohweder (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Carter Rohweder (Iowa) won by fall over Danny Minihan (West Virginia) (Fall 0:53)
Champ. Round 3 – Alex Miller (Virginia) won by fall over Carter Rohweder (Iowa) (Fall 0:44)
Junior Greco 170 – Dale Hilleman’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dale Hilleman (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Adam Blees (North Dakota) won by tech fall over Dale Hilleman (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 170 – Bailey Chyma’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Chyma (Iowa) won by tech fall over Ben Bolingbroke (Utah) (TF 11-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Sergio Chavez (Arizona) won by fall over Bailey Chyma (Iowa) (Fall 4:29)
Junior Greco 170 – Christopher Paulsen’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Christopher Paulsen (Iowa) won by tech fall over Braxton Cody (Texas) (TF 11-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Tyler Selemaea (Missouri) won by tech fall over Christopher Paulsen (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Junior Greco 170 – Jake Juhl’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jake Juhl (Iowa) won by decision over Idan Peek (Colorado) (Dec 14-11)
Champ. Round 2 – Jake Juhl (Iowa) won by fall over Jacob Rader (North Dakota) (Fall 4:56)
Junior Greco 170 – Salvator Arzani’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Salvator Arzani (Iowa) won by tech fall over Joseph Scott (Maryland) (TF 10-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Salvator Arzani (Iowa) won by fall over Jordan Perino (Montana) (Fall 2:06)
Junior Greco 182 – Deion Clayborne’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Deion Clayborne (Iowa) won by decision over Alexander Kauffman (Oklahoma) (Dec 10-7)
Junior Greco 182 – Cameron Tolander’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Cameron Tolander (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Junior Greco 195 – Donovan Doyle’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Donovan Doyle (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Junior Greco 195 – Kevin Pape’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Zane Black (Pennsylvania) won by tech fall over Kevin Pape (Iowa) (TF 10-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Kevin Pape (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Junior Greco 285 – Carter Isley’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Carter Isley (Iowa) won by decision over Tyler Hall (New York) (Dec 4-1)
Junior Greco 285 – Alexander Silberstein’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kasey Feyh (Kansas) won by decision over Alexander Silberstein (Iowa) (Dec 11-8)
Junior Greco 285 – Harrison Townsend’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Mansur Abdul-Malik (Maryland) won by fall over Harrison Townsend (Iowa) (Fall 1:42)
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