Former University of Iowa standout and current Hawkeye Wrestling Club team member Bobby Telford capped off a fifth place finish at 125kg in his first appearance at the prestigious Ivan Yarygin tournament. Telford is one of four HWC wrestlers that represented the United States at the tournament, with Tony Ramos and Dan Dennis each competing…
It was a first day of mixed results at Russia’s Ivan Yarygin, with 57kg wrestlers Tony Ramos and Dan Dennis of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club both taking to the mat, and neither was able to come home with hardware. Dennis had the more successful tournament, opening with a 8-0 decision against Russia’s Solbon Tumenbayar, but…
Scott Casber and Tony Hager took a moment to have a interview World Team member Brent Metcalf after his two medal performance overseas. Metcalf brought home silver at the Ivan Yarygin and put together a bronze medal performance at the Paris Grand Prix. Here is also a video from the Yarygin Grand Prix, in which Metcalf…
Hawkeye Wrestling Club member Phil Keddy took 5th place today at the Yarygin freestyle tournament at 86 KG, wrapping up the weekend for the former Iowa wrestlers. Keddy was 3-2 on the day, with one of his losses coming to the eventual champion Anzor Urishev of Russia. Keddy opened his tournament with a 9-8 victory…
