Less than a year after moving to Ames, Iowa to join the Cyclone Wrestling Club it sounds as if 2017 U.S. National Team member, Dom Bradley, will be parting ways with the Cyclones. Bradley originally joined the Iowa State affiliated senior level club a few months after the 2016 Olympic Trials, and has been a…
Iowa State All-American Pat Downey joins Tony Hager on another episode of Potentially Dangerous. The podcast is broadcast live on Facebook Monday nights at 8 PM. Downey joins the program to talk about what he went through finding out (through Twitter) that he was no longer a part of the Iowa State team, how he dealt…
Since his dismissal from the Iowa State team last year, Pat Downey’s future has been a big topic of discussion. Specifically what school will Downey be competing for when the 2018 NCAA Championships roll around. “I have a few options. Iowa, I’d like to consider them. I’d like to consider Rutgers. Some smaller schools like…
97 KG Quarters – Kyven Gadson (Sunkist Kids) vs. Hayden Zillmer (Minnesota Storm)
BY GARY ABBOT – USA WRESTLING Olympic champion, two-time World champion and respected coach Kevin Jackson has been named National Freestyle Developmental Coach for USA Wrestling, the national governing body for wrestling in the United States. He will work within USA Wrestling’s National Teams Department, and on the staff of USA Wrestling’s National Freestyle Coach…
60 Round 3 – Mitchell Mckee (Minnesota Storm) vs. Austin Gomez (Gomez Wrestling Academy)
Cyclone Athletics Press Release LINCOLN, Neb. – Kyven Gadson finished runner up at the 2017 World Team Trials and earned a spot on the United State’s National Team. The 2015 NCAA Champion won the 97 kg challenge tournament, sending him to a best-of-three series with 2016 Olympic gold medalist, Kyle Snyder, with a World Team…
Cedar Rapids Jefferson alum Brenden Baker has decided to transfer from Iowa State to Wartburg College. The three-time Iowa High School State place-winner, (3rd, 4th, 3rd) went 9-9 in his redshirt season at Iowa State. Baker competed unattached for the Cyclones picking up a third place finish at the UNK Holiday Inn Open and fifth…
By Jake Torkelson The Iowa State signee, Ryan Leisure is looking forward to getting to Iowa State after after winning greco and freestyle titles at the Southeast Regionals. The three-time Iowa high school state champion is part of a nationally ranked recruiting class for the Iowa State Cyclones. “Working out with all the hammers around…
Where he fits in: 174 pounds What you need to know – In April Mac Southard became the first official commit of the Kevin Dresser era at Iowa State following his runner-up finish to Joel Shapiro in the 3A 160-pound state finals. The loss in the finals was actually Southard’s first instate loss of the…
Iowa State’s Dante Rodriguez will be coming home from Akron, Ohio with at least one medal, after he racked up three technical falls to reach the 66 kg finals of the UWW University Nationals Greco-Roman tournament. It’s the first time we’ve seen Rodriguez take the mat since near the end of the 2016 season. After…
Ranking: #95 overall, #13 at 145 pounds Where he fits in: 149 What you need to know – Shortly after winning his second state title Ryan Leisure knew exactly where he wanted to continue his wrestling career, committing to the Cyclones in April of his junior year. At the time Leisure stated that the coaching…
Kevin Dresser joined CyCast to discuss the program’s summer plans, schedule updates as well as a CRTC update.
Ranking: #78 overall, #7 at 170 pounds Where he fits in: 174..maybe 184 pounds What you need to know – If Iowa State is lacking in anything, it’s depth in their upperweights, specifically the 174 and 184-pound weight-classes. It is for that reason that the Cyclones landing Marcus Coleman so much more important than the…
You read that correctly, in addition to Travis Paulson taking a position with the University of Virginia, former Iowa State assistant coach Trent Paulson will be joining his brother in Charlottesville, Virginia. The move comes after former Virginia assistant coach, Jordan Leen, left to take a job with the Pittsburgh wrestling program. Travis and I…
Ranking: #11 overall, #3 at 138 pounds Where he fits in: 133 What you need to know – When Kevin Dresser took over as head coach of the Iowa State program one of the first things he did was drive to Illinois to reaffirm the commitment of Austin Gomez, which tells you everything you need…
Athletics Director Jamie Pollard brought his wrestling gear and is ready for a battle. Here is Cyclone Feud Round 1.
Kevin Dresser added another upper-weight this evening with NJCAA All-American Danny Bush announcing his commitment to the Cyclones on Twitter. Bush was one of the top wrestlers in the country for Iowa Central this past season, holding the #1 ranking at 184 pounds before taking eighth at the national tournament. After winning the state a…
In Kevin Dresser’s latest monthly newsletter a tentative home schedule was released which includes a dual against Rider at CY Stepens Sunday, Novemeber 26th. The auditorium holds a capacity of 2,747. Dresser brought wrestling inside the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech in front of multiple sold out crowds. Season tickets will go on sale later…
