The Cyclone wrestling team sent nine wrestlers to this year’s Kaye Young Open and they placed five in the finals with two of those wrestlers capturing titles. Former Independence, Iowa standout Chase Straw took home top honors at 157 pounds in his first collegiate competition by picking up a technical fall and a pair of falls on the way to his title. Heavyweight Quean Smith was able to capture his title with a 20-6 major decision over freshman teammate Andrew Stowe in the finals. In addition to those three making the finals for the Cyclones, Christian Lopez made the finals at 141 pounds, and freshman Joe Teague reached the finals at 184. For more information on the Kaye Young Open, view the Trackwrestling brackets.
College 141 – Cristian Lopez’s place is 2nd and has scored 13.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Cristian Lopez (Unattached – Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Cristian Lopez (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Zelijko Caculovic (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Dec 8-3)
Semifinal – Cristian Lopez (Unattached – Iowa State) won in sudden victory – 2 over Chase Seaney (unattached, Upper Iowa) (SV-2 8-6)
1st Place Match – Bobby Alexander (Ellsworth Community College) won by fall over Cristian Lopez (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 3:48)
College 141 – Anthony Wesley’s place is 6th and has scored 7.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Anthony Wesley (Unattached – Iowa State) won by major decision over Taylor Lehman (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Maj 13-3)
Quarterfinal – Anthony Wesley (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Marky Felix (Ellsworth Community College) (Dec 8-3)
Semifinal – Bobby Alexander (Ellsworth Community College) won by fall over Anthony Wesley (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 0:32)
Cons. Semi – Taylor Lehman (North Iowa Area Comm College) won by decision over Anthony Wesley (Unattached – Iowa State) (Dec 8-2)
5th Place Match – Hunter Slifka (Upper Iowa) won by fall over Anthony Wesley (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 1:46)
College 149 – Joseph Dominguez’s place is 3rd and has scored 15.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Bradly Irwin (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Dec 5-2)
Quarterfinal – Alex Mitchell (Upper Iowa) won by fall over Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 6:18)
Cons. Round 2 – Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Marcus Thompson (Ellsworth Community College) (Fall 0:59)
Cons. Semi – Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Jake Niichel (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Fall 2:09)
3rd Place Match – Joseph Dominguez (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Brandon Schissel (Upper Iowa) (Dec 4-2)
College 157 – Chase Straw’s place is 1st and has scored 19.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Chase Straw (Unattached – Iowa State) won by tech fall over Seth Niichel (North Iowa Area Comm College) (TF 17-1)
Semifinal – Chase Straw (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Cody Nelson (Upper Iowa) (Fall 4:49)
1st Place Match – Chase Straw (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Quincy Kalkbrenner (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Fall 6:27)
College 174 – Luke Entzel’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Dalton Westerlund (Upper Iowa) won by fall over Luke Entzel (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 3:42)
Cons. Round 1 – Tristin Luther (unattached, NIACC) won by fall over Luke Entzel (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 1:27)
College 184 – Joe Teague’s place is 2nd and has scored 15.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Joe Teague (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Terry Mooty (Ellsworth Community College) (Fall 0:34)
Semifinal – Joe Teague (Unattached – Iowa State) won by major decision over Tyler Demoss (North Iowa Area Comm College) (Maj 14-6)
1st Place Match – Wesley Schultz (Iowa Lakes Community College) won by decision over Joe Teague (Unattached – Iowa State) (Dec 10-8)
College 285 – Quean Smith’s place is 1st and has scored 20.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Quean Smith (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Avery Jacobs (Upper Iowa) (Dec 6-0)
Quarterfinal – Quean Smith (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Alex Hermes (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Fall 4:27)
Semifinal – Quean Smith (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Jacob Pinedo (unattached, Waldorf (Iowa)) (Fall 1:13)
1st Place Match – Quean Smith (Unattached – Iowa State) won by major decision over Andrew Stowe (Unattached – Iowa State) (Maj 20-6)
College 285 – Andrew Stowe’s place is 2nd and has scored 15.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Andrew Stowe (Unattached – Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal – Andrew Stowe (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Guy Henson (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Dec 3-2)
Semifinal – Andrew Stowe (Unattached – Iowa State) won by disqualification over Lawrence Phillips (North Iowa Area Comm College) (DQ)
1st Place Match – Quean Smith (Unattached – Iowa State) won by major decision over Andrew Stowe (Unattached – Iowa State) (Maj 20-6)
College 285 – Alex Silberstein’s place is unknown and has scored 3.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Alex Silberstein (Unattached – Iowa State) won by fall over Donald Johnson (Iowa Lakes Community College) (Fall 3:00)
Quarterfinal – Lawrence Phillips (North Iowa Area Comm College) won by fall over Alex Silberstein (Unattached – Iowa State) (Fall 0:54)
Cons. Round 2 – Alex Silberstein (Unattached – Iowa State) won by decision over Avery Jacobs (Upper Iowa) (Dec 2-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Guy Henson (Iowa Lakes Community College) and Alex Silberstein (Unattached – Iowa State) (DFF)