Six wrestlers from the University of Northern Iowa are registered to compete in Las Vegas at USA Wrestling’s U.S. Open’s Junior freestyle division next weekend. All six wrestlers recently competed their true freshman campaign for the Panthers and all but one of those wrestlers spent the season in redshirt. This is first leg in qualifying…
The Hawkeyes are sending four of their freshman to Las Vegas to compete in the Junior U.S. Open in freestyle. This tournament is first leg in qualifying for the Junior World Team, with the team Trials held next month in North Carolina. The winner of the U.S. Open receives an automatic berth to a best-of-three…
Information provided via USA Wrestling. Wrestlers with an Iowa tie designated in bold. Men’s Freestyle 57 kg 2018 Senior Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Thomas Gilman (Titan Mercury/Hawkeye WC) 2018 U23 Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Jack Mueller (Titan Mercury/Cavalier WC) 2018 Junior Men’s Freestyle World Team member – Daton Fix (Titan Mercury/Cowboy…
Former Iowa high school preps Joe Colon and Colton McCrystal will head to Argentina to compete for Team USA at the Senior Pan American Championships in freestyle. Colon is a defending World medalist at 61 kg while McCrystal was also a U.S. representative last fall at the U23 World Championships. Full Press release from USA…
Rankings via Flowrestling Ranking Wrestler Name High School College Year P4P #12 Patrick Kennedy Kasson-Mantorville, MN Iowa Jr 106 #19 Trevor Anderson Ankeny Fr #20 Carter Fousek Crestwood Fr 113 #5 Drake Ayala Fort Dodge So 126 #8 Caleb Rathjen Ankeny So #12 Cullan Schriever Mason City Iowa Jr 132 #6 Cael Happel Lisbon UNI…
Hawkeyes Lead Nation in Attendance for 13th straight year IOWA CITY, Iowa — Official numbers released Tuesday showed the University of Iowa wrestling program led the nation in average and total attendance for the 13th straight season. The Hawkeyes averaged an NCAA-best 8,526 fans in seven home duals, and saw 59,684 fans enter the…
Press Release from Beat the Streets: New York: NEW YORK–The depth of world-class-level matches on the 10th annual “Grapple at the Garden” Beat the Streets (BTS) benefit lineup was increased today as the organization announced a bout between current NCAA champion Nick Suriano (Paramus, N.J. / Rutgers Univ.) and 2018 World bronze medalist Joe Colon…
It’s been a busy week for the Loras wrestling team as they continue to expand their 2019 recruiting class. This past week alone the program has added three wrestlers via transfer, and a fourth verbal from an Iowa prep senior. Today, IAwrestle has learned of another 2019 senior prep announcing his verbal to the Duhawks,…
Loras has added another impact transfer to their roster for the 2019-20 season as former North Scott standout Wyatt Wriedt has informed IAwrestle he will be transferring to Dubuque to finish his remaining eligibility as a Duhawk. “The coaches are amazing.” Wriedt said, “Trevor Kittleson has been my boy since freshman year of high school…
The Duhawk program continues to fill out their 2019 recruiting class as NJCAAS runner-up Travis Willers has announced he will be transferring to Loras next season. Currently a standout for Iowa Central Community College, Willers will Look to make an impact on the Duhawk’s middleweights. Willers is a former Iowa prep standout hailing from Pleasant…
This season market the second full year of Kevin Dresser leading the Iowa State program in Ames and just over two years of him leading the program its clear to see that he has made a lot of headway with the program in a short time. Prior to his arrival the program was experiencing an…
A change is coming to the Hawkeye Wrestling Club as it was announced today that 65 kg competitior Nick Dardanes will be leaving the Hawkeye Wrestling Club and returning to his home state of Illinois. Per a tweet from the Illinois-Regional Training Center, Dardanes will be heading east to continue his freestyle career. The IRTC…
Fresh off a strong NCAA finish, head coach TJ Miller is looking to strengthen his Loras Duhawk roster with several big additions to their 2019 recruiting class. The class currently features four wrestlers, including two Iowa natives and two out of state commitments. One of the biggest names is the most recent commitment, Shane Liegel…
Last week, we released our Redshirt Impact for the 2018-19 class of redshirts across the three Division I schools in the state of Iowa. While doing our report for 2019 we discovered that our first ever Redshirt Impact was four years old – which means we can look back now over the full careers of…
16U – 88 Guaranteed Places 1st Place – Drew Heethuis of Team Donahoe 2nd Place – Caleb Thoennes of Pinnacle 3rd Place – Alan Koehler of Pinnacle 4th Place – Tristan Stafford of Threestyle Wrestling 5th Place – Grigor Cholakyan of International Sport Union (ISU 6th Place – Jeremy Lee Oani of Marvel Wrestling Academy…
ATTIRE: Casual STARTS: 6:00pm Fri, May 31, 2019 Add to calendar ENDS: 10:00pm Fri, May 31, 2019 WHERE:7725 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A SILENT AUCTION, LIVE AUCTION, HEAVY APPETIZERS AND UPDATES FROM THE HWC COACHES. BUY TICKETS About the Event: The Event includes a silent auction, live auction,…
Schedule: Friday – March 29,2019 8am: Wrestling Begins Saturday – March 30, 2019 8am: Wrestling Begins 10am: Quarterfinals – All high school divisions 2pm: Semifinals – All high school divisions Sunday – March 31, 2019 8am: Medal matches – 3rd, 5th, 7th -Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior 10am: Finals- Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior Sophomore 182 Cole…
Another season is in the books which means we can already start looking ahead to next year as this crop of seniors graduate and make new openings in the lineups for Iowa, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa. In the past we have always examined the top performers across the three Division I universities and given…
Another year logged for Tom Brands and this year he adds an impressive six All-Americans honors to his coaching resume, including four new faces. Sophomores Lee and Marinelli earned their second All-American honor, with Lee’s title being Brands’ 12th national title. He’s also the fourth mulit-NCAA champion Brands has coached. The four wrestlers earning All-American…
Talk about a year for the history books. UNI closed the 2019 season with the highest finish under Doug Schwab built primarily off the backs of two All-American performances. The headliner of course is Drew Foster who closes out his UNI career with several highs. Earlier this month he became the program’s first ever two-time…
