Register here Hawkeye Wrestling Club Okoboji Golf Outing Featuring HWC athletes and Coaches. Four Person Best Shot Hole Prizes Lunch All proceeds go to support Hawkeye Wrestling Club athletes to pursue World and Olympic Championships. When: Friday Aug 2, 2019 Where: Emerald Hills Golf Club Schedule: 10:30am –…
Seven wrestlers with ties to Iowa earned All-American performances this weekend in Akron, Ohio at the UWW U23 World Team Trials. Three wrestlers earned top eight finishes in the freestyle division, and four wrestlers accomplished the same feat earlier this weekend in the Greco-Roman competition. The highest placing individual this weekend was heavyweight wrestler Tony…
Ryan Sokol has just made a World Team. The Minnesota native blew through his bracket in Akron, Ohio to make USA Wrestling Cadet World Team at 65 kg. Earlier this weekend Sokol managed a third place finish in the Greco-Roman competition with the only points he surrendered in the entire tournament being his 12-0 loss…
Some great news for fans of UNI and New Hampton alike as middleweight Keaton Geerts has been approved for a medical hardship waiver, restoring one year of eligibility. The two-time Iowa high schools state champion was a top 100 recruit in the class of 2017. Geerts came into UNI projecting as a 141/149-pound wrestler, but…
Sam Stoll is staying in Iowa City. Yesterday, in an article published by the Quad City Time’s sports writer Steve Batterson Tom Brands was quoted as saying that the All-American heavyweight will stay in Iowa City to continue training with the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. While this may not be earth shattering news that another former…
What: USA Wrestling’s Cadet World Team Trials Where: Akron, Ohio When: May 31st – June 2nd Friday, May 31st Session 1: Greco-Roman: U23 GR & UWW Cadet GR Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, & Consolations 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM Session 2: Greco-Roman: U23 GR & UWW Cadet GR Semifinals, Consolations, All Medal Matches, and Best 2 out…
Cover Photo by Tony Rotundo – Wrestlers Are Warriors What: USA Wrestling’s U23 World Team Trials Where: Akron, Ohio When: May 31st – June 2nd Friday, May 31st Session 1: Greco-Roman: U23 GR & UWW Cadet GR Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, & Consolations 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM Session 2: Greco-Roman: U23 GR & UWW Cadet GR…
Former Iowa State All-American Pat Downey has made his first World Team as David Taylor announced tonight on social media that he would not be participating in Final X. The 2018 World Champion Taylor sustained a knee injury to Drew Foster at Beat the Streets earlier this month. Downey earns his spot by winning both…
Register here Featuring HWC athletes and Coaches. Four Person Best Shot Hole Prizes Lunch All proceeds go to support Hawkeye Wrestling Club athletes to pursue World and Olympic Championships. When: Monday July 1, 2019 Where: Blue Top Ridge Golf: Riverside Casino & Golf Resort® – …
10U 56 Shay Lundvall’s place is 5th and has scored 0.0 team points. Round 2 – Jordan Heindl (Minnesota) won by decision over Shay Lundvall (Iowa) (Dec 5-4) Round 3 – Owen Parish (Minnesota) won by tech fall over Shay Lundvall (Iowa) (TF 14-2) Round 4 – Michael Elsmore (Minnesota) won by tech fall over…
USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials concluded today in Raleigh, North Carolina and five wrestlers with a tie to the state of Iowa came out on top of the challenge tournament, punching their tickets to next months Final X. The Final X phase of the Team USA qualification process is the final stop for athletes seeking…
Three wrestlers from the Iowa City based Hawkeye Wrestling Club have advanced to the finals of the World Team Trials tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina. Reaching the finals for the HWC were Thomas Gilman, Lauren Louive, and Michaela Beck. The trio joins former Cyclone All-Americans Pat Downey and Kyven Gadson, who both qualified for the…
Another year, another opportunity for World Team success as two wrestlers with Iowa ties have once again battled through USA Wrestling’s qualification process and find themselves a top the podium. Both David Carr and Tanner Sloan will each have an opportunity to represent our country later this summer at the Junior World Tournament. This is…
2019 Northern Plains Regional Freestyle Results for Iowa 8U Festival 49 Alec Johnson’s place is 4th and has scored 2.5 team points. Round 1 – Colton Hamill (Wisconsin) won by fall over Alec Johnson (Iowa) (Fall 0:35) Round 2 – Zeke Mikolyzk (Minnesota) won by tech fall over Alec Johnson (Iowa) (TF 12-2) Round 3…
NCAA champion and former World Team representative Tony Ramos announced his retirement from the sport of wrestling as a competitor at today’s World Team Trials. Below is a sample of some of the best reactions to news on social media. Chills. pic.twitter.com/9YMf4uZRLb — FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) May 18, 2019 Congratulations to @T_Ram133 on an awesome career!…
For Hawkeye fans, last year’s home schedule was brutal. I am not referring to the level of competition, but rather the big name draws were noticeably lacking from the home schedule. This is no disrespect to any of Iowa’s competition, but as far as the conference slate goes Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, and Indiana don’t typically…
See what Iowa kids are entered in Northern Plains Regional this weekend
University of Iowa Press Release: Hawkeye Wrestling Club members Michaela Beck, Sammy Brooks, Cory Clark, Thomas Gilman, Lauren Louive, Kayla Miracle, and Brandon Sorensen compete this weekend at the 2019 World Team Trials in Raleigh, North Carolina. Miracle won the U.S. Open last month and has a bye to Sunday’s best-of-three finals. The other six…
In a move that’s not exactly surprising, the Panther Wrestling Club announced Tuesday that Drew Foster would officially be added to the club. Foster, the 2019 NCAA National Champion at 184 pounds, competed for the PWC in New York earlier this month at the annual Beat the Streets fundraiser. He wrestled a short time, as…
Three wrestlers with ties to the state of Iowa made a World Team this weekend as USA Wrestling concluded their age level trials process for Cadets, Juniors, and U23 levels in Irving, Texas. Iowa native Felicity Taylor claimed a spot on USA’s U23 team, as did the Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Kayla Miracle. Additionally, the HWC…
