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Iowa Wrestling -- McDonough named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
January 31, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa 125-pound wrestler Matt McDonough has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. The weekly honor is the second of McDonough's career.
McDonough, a junior from Marion, Iowa, upset top-ranked Zach Sanders, 7-1, to propel Iowa to a 19-17 win over No. 3 Minnesota on Sunday. He scored a pair of takedowns, one reversal and added 2:56 of riding time to hand Sanders his first loss of the season.
McDonough, currently ranked No. 1, owns a 22-1 record with a team-high nine pins. He has won 14 straight matches and owns a career record of 86-4. He is the second Hawkeye to earn the conference's weekly award this season. Tony Ramos has shared the honor on two occasions, most recently Jan. 10.
McDonough and the Hawkeyes return to the mat for their home finale Sunday at 1 p.m. The Hawkeyes host Wisconsin on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual will be televised live on Mediacom.
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 6 Hawkeyes top No. 3 Minnesota, 19-17
January 29, 2012
IOWA WRESTLING
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team defeated No. 3 Minnesota, 19-17, Sunday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes won five of the first six matches and used bonus points from redshirt freshmen Nick Moore and Mike Evans to hand Minnesota its first conference loss.
Moore scored an 11-2 major decision over Alec Ortiz at 157 to give the Hawkeyes a 13-4 lead and Evans followed with a third period pin at 165 to extend the Hawkeye lead to 19-4. The bonus-point wins proved to be the difference in the final score. Minnesota (9-3, 6-1) rallied and finished the dual with four straight wins but was unable to close the gap.
"The first thing is, this is a team win," said head coach Tom Brands. "Regardless of how pretty it is, it's 5-5, it's a team win. Sometimes you have to give credit for a team win, and I don't do a good job of giving team credit. There's a big team here and sometimes when you're in a fire fight, you have to give credit where credit is due."
Junior Matt McDonough set the stage for the dual when he scored a 7-1 decision over top-ranked Zach Sanders at 125. McDonough scored a takedown in the final minute of the first period and added a reversal to open the second frame, building a 4-0 lead. After a Sanders escape, McDonough added another takedown to build a 6-1 edge before riding out the Gopher for the entire third frame, adding a final point for riding time (2:56).
Tony Ramos and Montell Marion backed up McDonough with consecutive decisions at 133 and 141. Ramos started the scoring with a second-period escape and added a takedown with three seconds on the clock to build a 3-0 lead entering the third. Minnesota's Chris Dardanes then cut the lead to 3-2 with a reversal before Ramos escaped to extend his lead to 4-2. He finished the match with 1:03 of riding time to earn the 5-2 decision.
Marion extended the Hawkeye lead to 9-0 with a 3-2 decision over Minnesota's Nick Dardanes. Marion scored a third-period escape to tie the frame, 1-1, before scoring a takedown with 49 seconds on the clock to build a 3-1 advantage. Dardanes added an escape to make the score 3-2, but Marion held on for the victory, the 80th of his career (80-19).
Minnesota's Dylan Ness cut the team lead to 9-4 with a 15-7 major decision over Michael Kelly at 149 before the Hawkeyes answered with consecutive bonus-point wins.
Moore scored a pair of takedowns at 157 and added three nearfall points to build a 7-1 first period lead against Alec Ortiz. He then rode the Gopher the length of the second period to take a six-point advantage into the third period, where he added one escape, a point for stalling and another takedown to build a 10-1 advantage. He surrendered a late escape but piled up 3:26 of riding time to earn the final 11-2 decision.
Evans kept the Hawkeyes rolling and scored what would eventually become the difference in the match when he flattened Cody Yohn in 6:02. Evans built a 7-0 lead entering the third period before he turned a half-nelson into three nearfall points and secured his sixth pin of the season.
"When Nick went out there and got bonus points, that pushes me," said Evans. "It makes me think I've got to get bonus points too. I think we rolled well off each other."
Trailing 19-4, Minnesota mounted its rally with four straight wins starting at 174. Sophomore Ethen Lofthouse had built a 3-0 advantage before giving up a late second period takedown and surrendering a reversal 40 seconds into the third frame. Minnesota's Logan Storley then rode out the period and earned a point for stalling to finish with a 5-3 win.
Minnesota then cut the team lead to 19-11 when Kevin Steinhaus recorded a 12-4 major decision over Vinnie Wagner at 184.
Iowa's Grant Gambrall had a chance to clinch the dual when he took a 3-2 lead into the third period at 197, but Minnesota's Sonny Yohn tied the match with an early escape and secured the win with a takedown in the final 10 seconds to earn a 5-3 win and trim the Iowa lead to 19-14.
The dual ended in Iowa's favor when Tony Nelson was unable to score bonus points against Iowa's Blake Rasing at 285. Rasing had never lost to Minnesota's fourth-ranked heavyweight, but Nelson was able to score a pair of takedowns and accumulate 1:22 of riding time en route to a 7-2 victory.
The No. 6 Hawkeyes (10-3, 5-2) return to the mat Sunday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. (CT) when Wisconsin visits Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The contest will be broadcast by AM-800 KXIC and streamed online at btn.com and hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access.
NOTES: Attendance was 9,511… Iowa has won its last seven duals against Minnesota… Iowa has won 19 straight Big Ten duals inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena… Tony Ramos is undefeated in 14 matches inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
#6 University of Iowa 19, #3 University of Minnesota 17
125 - Matt McDonough (I) dec. Zach Sanders (M), 7-1; 3-0
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Chris Dardanes (M), 5-2; 6-0
141 - Montell Marion (I) vs. Nick Dardanes (M), 3-2; 9-0
149 - Dylan Ness (M) major dec. Michael Kelly (I), 15-7; 9-4
157 - Nick Moore (I) major dec. Alec Ortiz (M), 11-2; 13-4
165 - Mike Evans (I) pinned Cody Yohn (M), 6:02; 19-4
174 - Logan Storley (M) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (I), 5-3; 19-7
184 - Kevin Steinhaus (M) major dec. Vinnie Wagner (I), 12-4; 19-11
197 - Sonny Yohn (M) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 5-3; 19-14
285 - Tony Nelson (M) dec. Blake Rasing (I), 7-2; 19-17
Iowa Wrestling -- NWCA Announces National Duals Format
January 27, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team will travel to Ames, Iowa, for the opening rounds of the NWCA/Cliff Keen Division I National Duals on Feb. 12. The NWCA announced the tournament format today.
The Hawkeyes will face a regional tournament field that includes Northern Iowa, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and host Iowa State. The NWCA/Cliff Keen Division I National Duals Presented by Hibiclens and The Marines, will be held on the campuses of Cornell, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Rutgers. The 24-team field includes 15 teams ranked in the top 25.
The tournament format will be wrestled in three rounds on two mats at each facility. Teams will be seeded No. 1 through No. 6 and will wrestle according to its seed.
In the first round, seeds 1 and 2 will receive a bye with seeds 3 and 6 and 4 and 5 wrestling each other. The winners from the first round matches will move into the semifinals for round two against the top two seeds. The winners of the semifinal matches will then advance to the final round. At the same time the final round is being wrestled, the first round teams that lost will wrestle their second match.
The winner of each region will move on to compete February 19th for the National Championship. The host site for this event will be announced soon.
Below is the breakdown of the twenty-four teams broken down into four regionals (the first team listed is the host team):
- Iowa State, Iowa, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and Northern Iowa.
- Cornell, Central Michigan, Oklahoma, Purdue, Illinois, and American.
- Rutgers, Minnesota, Kent State, Michigan, Missouri, and Cal Poly.
- Oklahoma State, Boise State, Ohio State, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Chattanooga.
Rutgers will host their regional on February 11th, while the other three regional tournaments will take place at Cornell, Iowa State and Oklahoma State on February 12th. Start times and tournament seeds have not been announced.
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 2 Hawkeyes fall at No. 3 Penn State, 22-12
January 22, 2012
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The University of Iowa wrestling team fell to third-ranked Penn State, 22-12, Sunday afternoon inside Rec Hall. The No. 2 Hawkeyes won the first three matches to build a 12-0 advantage, but Penn State won the final seven decisions to rally for its first dual victory over Iowa since 2007.
Junior Matt McDonough gave the Hawkeyes an early lead with a 3-1 overtime victory over Nico Megaludis. The 125-pounders traded escapes in the second and third frames to take a 1-1 tie into the sudden victory period, where McDonough scored the winning takedown with two seconds left on the clock.
Sophomore Tony Ramos extended Iowa's lead to 9-0 with a second period fall against Frank Martellotti. Ramos built a 7-2 lead before locking up a cradle and flattening the Nittany Lion in 4:20.
Senior Montell Marion then gave the Hawkeyes a 12-0 team lead with a 7-3 decision over Bryan Pearsall at 141. Marion didn't allow an offensive point and scored a takedown in each period.
The Nittany Lions (8-1, 4-1) then started their run of seven straight wins when top-ranked Frank Molinaro scored an 11-5 decision over redshirt freshman Michael Kelly at 149. Eighth-ranked Dylan Alton then trimmed the team lead to 12-6 with 5-3 win over redshirt freshman Nick Moore at 157.
Top-ranked David Taylor earned a 9-4 win over No. 6 Mike Evans at 165 before Penn State grabbed its first lead, 13-12, when Ed Ruth scored a 10-1 major decision over sophomore Ethen Lofthouse. Penn State's Quentin Wright then extended the Nittany Lion lead to 16-12 with an 8-2 victory over senior Vinnie Wagner.
The Hawkeyes need a win at 197 to set up a decisive heavyweight bout, but junior Grant Gambrall surrendered an overtime takedown against Morgan McIntosh to fall 5-3 and give Penn State a 19-12 team lead. Heavyweight Cameron Wade then closed the dual with a 4-0 shutout against Hawkeye senior Blake Rasing.
The Hawkeyes (9-3, 4-2) return to the mat Sunday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. (CT) when No. 4 Minnesota visits Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The contest will be broadcast by AM-800 KXIC and audio streamed online at hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access. BTN will televise the dual live. Tim Johnson, Jim Gibbons and Shane Sparks will have the call.
NOTES: Attendance was 6,500.
#2 IOWA 12, #3 Penn State 22
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. Nicholas Megaludis (Penn State), 3-1
133 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. Frank Martellotti (Penn State), 4:20
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Bryan Pearsall (Penn State), 7-3
149 - Frank Molinaro (Penn State) dec. Michael Kelly (Iowa), 11-5
157 - Dylan Alton (Penn State) dec. Nick Moore (Iowa), 5-3
165 - David Taylor (Penn State) dec. Mike Evans (Iowa), 9-4
174 - Edward Ruth (Penn State) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa), 10-1
184 - Quentin Wright (Penn State) dec. Vinnie Wagner (Iowa), 8-2
197 - Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) dec. Grant Gambrall (Iowa), 5-3 (OT)
285 - Cameron Wade (Penn State) dec. Blake Rasing (Iowa), 4-0.
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 2 Hawkeyes fall at No. 7 Ohio State, 21-9
January 20, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The University of Iowa wrestling team dropped a 21-9 decision to No. 7 Ohio State tonight inside St. John Arena. Ohio State won seven of 10 matches, including five in a row, to end a 34-dual losing streak to the Hawkeyes.
"We'll take our medicine," said head coach Tom Brands. "Seven (losses) and three (wins) hasn't happened in a long time and it's a low point. They wrestled perfect and we let them wrestle perfect. We let them dictate everything. That would be a perfect summation of what happened."
The Hawkeyes got victories from junior Matt McDonough (125), sophomore Ethen Lofthouse (174) and senior Blake Rasing (285). McDonough opened the dual with a 5-2 decision over Johnnie Dijulius before Ohio State strung together five straight wins to take control.
Ohio State's fourth-ranked Logan Stieber scored a 7-0 decision over No. 2 Tony Ramos to tie the team score, 3-3, before his brother, seventh-ranked Hunter Stieber gave the Buckeyes the team lead with a 4-2 win over No. 3 Montell Marion. The losses were just the second of the season for both Ramos (19-2) and Marion (17-2).
Iowa's Mike Kelly (149), Derek St. John (157) and Mike Evans (165) then dropped consecutive decisions as Ohio State (9-2, 3-2) built a 15-3 team lead. Kelly fell to Cam Tessari, 9-4; Evans dropped a 6-5 decision to Derek Garcia; and St. John fell 7-3 to Josh Demas.
St. John was making his first appearance since suffering a knee injury Dec. 8 in a dual against Northern Iowa. The loss was the first of the season for the second-ranked 157-pounder (11-1).
Lofthouse eventually ended the Buckeyes' run with a 7-1 win over Joe Grandominico. Lofthouse, ranked No. 9 at 174 pounds, scored takedowns in the first and second periods and added an escape and a point for stalling to improve to 4-0 in Big Ten duals. He earned the final 7-1 decision with 2:32 of riding time.
The Buckeyes sandwiched together a pair of wins at 184 and 197 before Hawkeye senior Blake Rasing closed the dual with a 6-2 decision at 285. Rasing, the defending 285-pound Big Ten champion, earned his second conference win in as many appearances by scoring a pair of takedowns, adding an escape and accumulating 1:54 of riding time.
McDonough's win was his 12th straight. He allowed an escape before scoring a takedown in the second period and opening the third frame with a reversal. He then surrendered an escape before collecting a point for riding time (2:22) to improve to 20-1 overall, 10-1 in dual competition.
The Hawkeyes (9-2, 4-1) return to the mat Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) when they face No. 3 Penn State in University Park, Pa. The dual will be televised on a tape-delay on BTN at 9 p.m. (CT).
NOTES: Attendance was 5,684… Iowa's loss was its first in 50 road duals and the first against a Big Ten opponent in 39 duals.
#2 IOWA 9, #7 Ohio State 21
125 - Matt McDonough (I) dec. Johnni Dijulius (O), 5-2
133 - Logan Stieber (O) dec. Tony Ramos (I), 7-0
141 - Hunter Stieber (O) dec. Montell Marion (I), 4-2
149 - Cam Tessari (O) dec. Mike Kelly (I), 9-4
157 - Josh Demas (O) dec. Derek St. John (I), 7-3
165 - Derek Garcia (O) dec. Mike Evans (I), 6-5
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Joe Grandominico (O), 7-1
184 - Nick Heflin (O) dec. Vinnie Wagner (I), 7-4
197 - Andrew Campolattano (O) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 8-6
285 - Blake Rasing (I) dec. Peter Capone (O), 6-2
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 2 Hawkeyes top No. 17 Northwestern, 24-13
January 15, 2012
IOWA WRESTLING
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team scored four bonus-point victories en route to a 24-13 win over No. 17 Northwestern today inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes won six of 10 bouts en route to their 39th straight conference victory.
"Six out of 10 matches isn't what we're about," said head coach Tom Brands. "It's a lot more fun to steam roll opponents, work hard, and feel good about all 10 guys. We have work to do."
The Hawkeyes (9-1, 4-0) got cooking and built a 14-3 team lead with three consecutive bonus-point wins at 125, 133 and 141 pounds. Junior Matt McDonough totaled five takedowns and added a pair of nearfall points en route to an 18-4 major decision over seventh-ranked Levi Mele at 125. Sophomore Tony Ramos then followed suit with a first period pin over Jameson Oster. Ramos led 4-1 before flattening Oster with 26 seconds left in the opening frame. The pin was the fifth of the season for Ramos.
Senior Montell Marion continued the pressure with a 21-7 major decision at 141. Marion piled up nine takedowns -- three in the first, four in the second, two in the third -- en route to his team-high seventh major decision of the season.
The Hawkeyes string of wins followed the duals' opening bout between No. 19 Mike McMullan and eighth-ranked Bobby Telford. The heavyweights battled to a 5-5 tie through three periods before McMullan finished a takedown in the sudden victory period to earn the 7-5 win.
The Wildcats (5-3, 1-2) got back on the board when Kaleb Friedley won a 3-2 decision over redshirt freshman Michael Kelly at 149 pounds to pull with seven, 14-6. Northwestern then trimmed Iowa's team lead to 14-10 when No. 3 Jason Welch earned a 17-4 major decision over redshirt freshman Nick Moore.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans ended Northwestern's run with an 11-0 major decision over Pierce Harger. Evans scored a takedown in the first period and added three nearfall points as time expired to take a 5-0 advantage into the second frame. He scored two more takedowns over the final four minutes and totaled 2:50 of riding time to pick up his fourth major decision of the season.
Sophomore Ethen Lofthouse extended the Hawkeye team lead to 21-10 with a 5-2 decision over No. 9 Lee Munster. Lofthouse trailed 2-1 after the first period, but he rode Munster the entire second frame to take control of the match. He then opened the third period with an escape, scored a takedown, was awarded a point for stalling and cashed in 2:35 of riding time to earn the win.
Senior Vinnie Wager clinched the team score with an 11-4 win at 184. Wagner did not allow an offensive point and totaled four takedowns to pick up the win and extend Iowa's team lead to 24-10. Northwestern earned the final decision of the night when John Schoen took advantage of a stall call on Iowa's Grant Gambrall to hold on for a 2-1 win at 197.
The second-ranked Hawkeyes travel to Columbus, Ohio, and State College, Pa., for a pair of Big Ten road duals Jan. 20 and 22. The Buckeyes host Iowa on Friday, Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. (CT). Penn State hosts the Hawkeyes on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. (CT). Both events will be broadcast by AM-800 KXIC and streamed online at hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access. The Penn State dual will be televised by BTN.com.
Notes: Attendance was 7, 954… Iowa scored 27 takedowns and allowed just seven… the win was Iowa's 39th straight conference dual victory.
#2 University of Iowa 24, #17 Northwestern University 13
Hwt. - #19 Mike McMullan (N) dec. #8 Bobby Telford, 7-5 (SV); TS 0-3
125 - #2 Matt McDonough (I) major dec. #7 Levi Mele (N), 18-4; TS 4-3
133 - #2 Tony Ramos (I) pinned Jameson Oster (N), 2:34; TS 10-3
141 - #3 Montell Marion (I) major dec. Pat Greco (N), 21-7; TS 14-3
149 - Kaleb Friedley (N) dec. Mike Kelly (I), 3-2; TS 14-6
157 - #3 Jason Welch (N) major dec. Nick Moore (I), 17-4; TS 14-10
165 - #9 Mike Evans (I) major dec. Pierce Harger (N), 11-0; TS 18-10
174 - #11 Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. #9 Lee Munster (N), 5-2; TS 21-10
184 - Vinnie Wagner (I) dec. Robert Kellogg (N), 11-4; TS 24-10
197 - John Schoen (N) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 2-1; TS 24-13
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 2 Iowa defeats No. 7 Nebraska, 24-9, in Lincoln
January 13, 2012
LINCOLN, Neb. - The University of Iowa wrestling team won seven-of-10 bouts to top seventh-ranked Nebraska, 24-9, tonight inside NU Coliseum. The win was the 900th dual victory in school history and marked Iowa's 38th consecutive conference win. The loss was Nebraska's first of the year.
"We did some good things," said head coach Tom Brands. "You can start with the victory over a capable and confident opponent. We grabbed control of the dual, which is always important, but we need to grab control of every match and not give the opponent any opportunities."
Junior Grant Gambrall led off the dual with a 3-1 overtime victory over James Nakashima at 197 pounds. Both wrestlers traded escapes in the second and third frames before Gambrall finished a takedown 17 seconds into the sudden victory period.
Nebraska (10-1, 1-1) tied the team score, 3-3, when ninth-ranked Tucker Lane scored a third period takedown over No. 8 Bobby Telford to earn a 4-1 victory.
The Hawkeyes (8-1, 3-0) answered with consecutive wins at 125, 133, 141 and 149 pounds to build an 18-3 advantage.
Junior Matt McDonough mixed five takedowns with a reversal and two nearfall points to build a 14-3 lead before flattening Shawn Nagel with 10 seconds left in the second period (4:50). The fall was the ninth of the season for McDonough, who has won his last 10 contests.
Sophomore Tony Ramos followed McDonough with a 10-3 win at 133 pounds. Ramos opened the scoring with a takedown and escape to build a 3-0 lead heading into the third frame, where he added three more takedowns and totaled 1:16 of riding time to defeat No. 18 Ridge Kelly, 10-3.
Senior Montell Marion increased the Hawkeye lead to 15-3 with a 9-6 win over No. 6 Jake Sueflohn. Marion scored a reversal with five seconds left in the opening period before totaling three takedowns over the final two frames to earn his eighth victory in as many duals this season.
Redshirt freshman Mike Kelly captured the Hawkeyes' fifth straight match with a 7-3 decision over Brandon Wilbourn at 149 pounds. Kelly recorded back-to-back escapes between the first and second period to tie the bout, 2-2, before earning a takedown and consecutive stall calls to build a 6-2 lead. He then surrendered an escape, but added a point for riding time (1:30) to earn his first career dual victory.
Nebraska stopped the Hawkeye rally when 10th-ranked James Green scored a 12-7 win over redshirt freshman Nick Moore. Moore scored a pair of takedowns in the third period to pull within two points, 8-6, but Green withstood the rally and earned the win to trim the Iowa lead to 18-6.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans swung the momentum back toward the Hawkeyes when he scored a 7-3 upset over third-ranked Robert Kokesh. The ninth-ranked Evans scored an early takedown and a late first period reversal to build a 4-2 lead after one frame. He then added a second period takedown and a third period escape to improve to 3-0 in Big Ten duals and extend Iowa's lead, 21-6.
Sophomore Ethen Lofthouse then added to the team lead when he notched an 8-1 decision over Tyler Koehn at 174 pounds. Lofthouse didn't allow an offensive point and collected 2:36 of riding time behind three takedowns.
Nebraska won the final bout of the dual when seventh-ranked Josh Ihnen topped senior Vinnie Wagner 10-5, making the final team score, 24-9.
The Hawkeyes return to the mat Sunday at 1 p.m. when No. 17 Northwestern visits Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets to the event are $10 for adults, $5 for children and free for kids five and under.
Notes: Iowa has an all-time record of 900-215-31… only Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Oregon State have more than 900 dual victories… the win was Iowa's 38th straight in Big Ten duals… Iowa is unbeaten in its last 50 road duals… Iowa is 2-1 against ranked teams this season.
#2 University of Iowa 24, #7 Nebraska University 9
197 lbs. - #19 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. James Nakashima (N), 3-1 SV; TS 3-0
285 lbs. - #9 Tucker Lane (N) dec. #8 Bobby Telford (Iowa), 4-1; TS 3-3
125 lbs. - #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Shawn Nagel (N), 4:50; TS 9-3
133 lbs. - #2 Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. #18 Ridge Kiley (N), 10-3; TS 12-3
141 lbs. - #3 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. #6 Jake Sueflohn (N), 9-6; TS 15-3
149 lbs. - Mike Kelly (Iowa) dec. Brandon Wilbourn (N), 7-3; TS 18-3
157 lbs. - #10 James Green (N) dec. Nick Moore (Iowa), 12-7; TS 18-6
165 lbs. - #9 Mike Evans (Iowa) dec. #3 Robert Kokesh (N), 7-3: TS 21-6
174 lbs. - #11 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. Tyler Koehn (N), 8-1; TS 24-6
184 lbs. - #7 Josh Ihnen (N) dec. Vinnie Wagner (Iowa), 10-5
Iowa Wrestling -- Ramos earns Big Ten weekly honor
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Jan. 10, 2012
IOWA WRESTLING
RAMOS EARNS BIG TEN HONOR
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa 133-pound wrestler Tony Ramos has been named Big Ten Co-Wrestler of the Week. The weekly honor is the second of Ramos' career.
Ramos, a sophomore from Carol Stream, Ill., earned a second-period pin at Indiana on Friday and topped defending NCAA champion and top-ranked Jordan Oliver on Saturday. His 4-3 overtime victory over Oliver ran Ramos' career dual record to 20-0, including a perfect 12-0 mark inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Ramos, currently ranked No. 1 in the country by Amateur Wrestling News, owns a 17-1 record with four major decisions, four pins and five technical falls.
Ramos shared the weekly award with Illinois 149-pound senior Eric Terrazas, marking the second time this season he has shared the weekly conference honor. He last earned the award Dec. 6, 2011, following a pair of bonus point victories over Illinois' B.J. Futrell and Iowa State's Shayden Terukina.
Ramos and the Hawkeyes return to the mat Friday at Nebraska. The Huskers host the Hawkeyes at 7 p.m. inside the NU Coliseum. Iowa then returns to Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to host Northwestern at 1 p.m. on Mediacom Mat.
Iowa Wrestling -- Top-ranked Hawkeyes fall to No. 2 Oklahoma State, 17-16
January 7, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team split 10 matches, 16-16, with No. 2 Oklahoma State tonight, but the Cowboys outscored the Hawkeyes 54-51 in match points and earned a 17-16 victory in front of a sell-out crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Oklahoma State (6-0) victory ended the Hawkeyes' 84-dual unbeaten streak. Iowa (7-1) had not lost a dual since a 19-14 Oklahoma State decision Jan. 5, 2008.
"There are two things we need to address as a team," said head coach Tom Brands. "One is you have to put unbelievable emphasis on your wrestling. We didn't do that. In some cases we did. The other thing is rolling, falling into positions of the opponent way too much. And it bit us. I would say the same thing if we were the winner of the (tiebreak) criteria."
Oklahoma State won the tiebreak point based on the third criteria. The first was dual wins (5-5). The second was nearfalls (1-1). The third criteria, match points, favored the Cowboys, 54-51.
Oklahoma State opened the dual with a 4-0 lead when second-ranked Alan Gelogaev scored a 10-2 major decision over redshirt freshmen Bobby Telford. Gelogaev opened the heavyweight scoring with a takedown with three nearfall points in the opening period. He then scored a quick reversal to open the second frame and added a takedown and a point for riding time to earn the win. Telford managed just a pair of escapes in the match.
Iowa junior Matt McDonough ignited the crowd and tied the match with a 14-4 major decision over eighth-ranked Jon Morrison. Iowa's second-ranked 125-pounder recorded one takedown in the first, two in the second and three in the third to tie the team score, 4-4, and record his fifth major decision of the season. McDonough piled up 2:10 in riding time en route to his ninth straight win.
Sophomore Tony Ramos kept the Hawkeyes rolling with a 4-3 overtime decision over top-ranked Jordan Oliver. After a scoreless first, the 133-pound wrestlers traded escapes in the second and third periods. Ramos then scored a takedown with 22 seconds left in the third to grab a 3-1lead, but Oliver wiggled free with six seconds on the clock and used a riding-time point to force overtime. After a scoreless sudden victory period, Oliver was tagged with a caution point in the first tiebreak period and Ramos secured the win to give Iowa a 7-4 team lead.
Senior Montell Marion extended Iowa's team lead to 10-4 with a 9-7 decision over ninth-ranked Josh Kindig. Marion surrendered the first takedown of the match but put together consecutive escapes and a takedown to grab a 4-2 edge early in the second period. Kindig then escaped and scored a takedown to grab a 5-4 edge before Marion escaped to tie the score 5-5 heading to the final frame. Kindig escaped 10 seconds in the third frame and held a 6-5 lead before Marion scored a takedown with 26 seconds on the clock to grab the lead for good. Iowa's fourth-ranked 141-pounder added a pair of nearfall points with six second left before cutting Kindig and earning a 9-7 decision.
Oklahoma State then tied the team score, 10-10, with back-to-back decisions at 149 and 157. Iowa's Michael Kelly fell to No. 2 Jamal Parks, 8-3, at 149 pounds and Nick Moore lost a 7-4 decision to Albert White at 157 pounds.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans helped Iowa regain the lead, 13-10, with a 5-1 decision at 165 pounds. Following a scoreless first period, Oklahoma State's Dallas Baily escaped to start the second frame before Evans reeled off five straight points. He scored a takedown with a 1:09 left in the second and recorded a reversal with 1:09 left in the third to build a 4-1 lead. He earned a final 5-1 victory with 1:54 of riding time.
Oklahoma State's third-ranked Chris Perry forced a 13-13 tie with a 3-2 overtime win over Ethen Lofthouse at 174. Perry scored a second period escape to enter the third frame with a 1-0 lead before Lofthouse scored a takedown with 28 seconds left in the match. Perry would escape with four seconds on the clock to force overtime and, after a scoreless sudden victory period, recorded his third escape of the match during the first tiebreak to earn a 3-2 win.
Senior Vinnie Wagner led Iowa to a 16-13 advantage when he scored a third period reversal in the 184-pound match. Wagner escaped at the start of the third frame to tie the match 1-1 before taking a 2-1 lead when OSU's Chris McNeil was hit with a stall warning. McNeil then took a 3-2 lead with a takedown with 41 seconds on the clock before Wagner scored a reversal with 21 seconds left, holding on for the 4-3 win.
Trailing the team race 16-13, Oklahoma State's Blake Rosholt scored an 8-4 decision over Iowa's Grant Gambrall to tie the team score, 16-16. Rosholt didn't allow an offensive point to Gambrall and collected 2:01 of riding time while tying the team score and forcing the officials into the decisive third criteria tiebreaker.
The Hawkeyes return to the mat Friday, Jan. 13, at Nebraska. Iowa will face the Huskers at 7 p.m. (CT) inside the NU Coliseum. The Hawkeyes then host Northwestern on Sunday, Jan. 15. The Wildcats visit Carver-Hawkeye Arena at 1 p.m. To purchase tickets, contact the UI Ticket Office at 800-IA-HAWKS or online at hawkeyesports.com. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children, and free for kids five and under.
NOTES: Attendace was 15,400, a sellout and the third largest dual crowd in NCAA history and the second largest dual crowd in Carver-Hawkeye Arena history… Ramos' victory over Oliver marked the first loss of the season (10-1) for the defending NCAA champion… the loss ended Iowa's 38-dual home winning streak.
#1 University of Iowa 16, #2 Oklahoma State University 17*
Hwt. - Alan Gelogaev (OSU) major dec. Bobby Telford (I), 10-2; TS 0-4
125 - Matt McDonough (I) major dec. Jon Morrison (OSU), 14-4; TS 4-4
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Jordan Oliver (OSU), 4-3 (TB1); TS 7-4
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Josh Kindig (OSU), 9-7; 10-4
149 - Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Mike Kelly (I), 8-3; TS 10-7
157 - Albert White (OSU) dec. Nick Moore (I), 7-4; TS 10-10
165 - Mike Evans (I) dec. Dallas Bailey (OSU), 5-1; TS 13-10
174 - Chris Perry (OSU) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (I), 3-2 (TB1); TS 13-13
184 - Vinnie Wagner (I) dec. Chris McNeil (OSU), 4-3; TS 16-13
197 - Blake Rosholt (OSU) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 8-4 : TS 16-16
*Oklahoma State earns one team point on the third criteria - total match points (54-51).
#1 University of Iowa 16, #2 Oklahoma State University 17 criteria tiebreaker
Results are below, recap will follow.
#1 University of Iowa 16, #2 Oklahoma State University 17
Hwt. - Alan Gelogaev (OSU) major dec. Bobby Telford (I), 10-2; TS 0-4
125 - Matt McDonough (I) major dec. Jon Morrison (OSU), 14-4; TS 4-4
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Jordan Oliver (OSU), 4-3 (TB1); TS 7-4
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Josh Kindig (OSU), 9-7; 10-4
149 - Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Mike Kelly (I), 8-3; TS 10-7
157 - Albert White (OSU) dec. Nick Moore (I), 7-4; TS 10-10
165 - Mike Evans (I) dec. Dallas Bailey (OSU), 5-1; TS 13-10
174 - Chris Perry (OSU) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (I), 3-2 (TB1); TS 13-13
184 - Vinnie Wagner (I) dec. Chris McNeil (OSU), 4-3: TS 16-13
197 - Blake Rosholt (OSU) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 8-4 ; TS 16-16
Iowa- Second freestyle bout, Mocco vs. Matuhin, added at Iowa vs. Oklahoma State dual in Iowa City, Jan. 7
A second Olympic-caliber freestyle wrestling exhibition match has been added to the program during the No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State college dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, this Saturday, January 7 at 7:00 p.m. Central.
The first Olympic Trials promotion bout held during the intermission of the dual meet will pit former Hawkeye star Brent Metcalf (Iowa City, Iowa/New York AC/Hawkeye WC), a 2010 U.S. World Team member, against Canadian star Haislan Garcia at 66 kg/145 lbs. This was announced earlier this week.
It was announced today that in the second freestyle match during intermission, 2008 U.S. Olympian Steve Mocco (Bethlehem, Pa./New York AC/Lehigh Valley AC) will compete against Nick Matuhin of Germany at 120 kg/264.5 pounds.
Mocco holds a special place in college history, having won a NCAA title for both of the teams competing in Saturday night's big dual. He was a 2003 NCAA champion for Iowa, then won the 2005 NCAA Championships for Oklahoma State.
Mocco placed seventh in the 2008 Olympic Games. He was a 2009 U.S. Open champion, and has been a six-time U.S. Open runner-up. Mocco also has been a five-time U.S. World Team Trials runner-up. He is one of the few U.S. wrestlers to win the Ivan Yarygin Memorial in Russia, with his title in 2009. Mocco also boasts a 2006 Pan American Championships title. In college, Mocco was as four-time NCAA finalist. He won an NCAA title and runner-up finish for Iowa, then was an NCAA champion and runner-up for Oklahoma State.
Matuhin was fifth at the 2011 European Championships and competed for Germany at the 2011 World Championships. He was third in the 2009 European Championships, and fifth in the 2007 Junior World Championships. Matuhin has had a strong 2011 year, winning international tournaments in France, Romania and Spain during the season. At 21 years old, he is an emerging international talent.
Current college rankings have the Hawkeyes ranked at No. 1 and the Cowboys ranked at No. 2 in the nation. A capacity crowd is expected to attend this very important college dual meet.
Metcalf, a two-time NCAA champion and Hodge Trophy winner for the Hawkeyes, continues to train in Iowa in his quest for Olympic gold. He most recently won the Olympic Test Event in London, England, facing a number of top international competitors in the tournament.
Garcia placed a strong fifth at the 2010 World Championships, and represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic Games. He is a two-time Pan American Championships silver medalist and two-time Pan American bronze medalist. Garcia has won gold medals at the Dave Schultz Memorial International two times. He recently won the Canadian Olympic Trials at his weight.
The 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be held in Iowa City, April 21-22. With the Trials a major focus within the wrestling community, the hosts of the competition in Iowa City organized this match to promote the event in their community and around the nation.
In addition, past University of Iowa and Olympic team members will be special guests at the dual meet and will be signing autographs on the concourse prior to the dual. Among those expected to appear are Olympic champions Ed Banach and Lou Banach, Olympic medalist Lincoln McIlravy and Olympians Chuck Yagla and Joe Williams.
Tickets to the Oklahoma State dual are available for purchase through the UI Ticket Office at hawkeyesports.com or over the phone at 800-IA-HAWKS.
For more information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, visit: IowaCitytoLondon.com
INTERNATIONAL FREESTYLE MATCH BIOGRAPHIES
At Iowa City, Iowa, January 7
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Steve Mocco, Bethlehem, Pa. (New York AC/Lehigh Valley AC)
Seventh in 2008 Olympic Games… 2009 Ivan Yarygin International champion (Russia), one of toughest events in world… 2009 U.S. Open champion… Second in 2011 U.S. Open… 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011 U.S. World Team Trials runner-up… Six-time U.S. Open runner-up (2004-08, 2011)… 2009 Alexander Medved International champion (Belarus)… 2006 Pan American Championships champion… Third in 2007 U.S. Open… Third in 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials… 2005 NCAA Champion for Oklahoma State… 2003 NCAA champion for Univ. of Iowa… Two-time NCAA runner-up, once for Iowa and once for Oklahoma State… Three-time Junior Nationals champion (1999-2001)… Four-time National Prep School champion… 2001 ASICS Tiger High School Wrestler of the Year… Competed for Oklahoma State and Iowa… High Schools: Blairstown, N.J. (Blair Academy) and Newark, N.J. (St. Benedicts Prep)… Born: December 28, 1981… Age: 30
Nick Matuhin (Germany)
Fifth in 2011 European Championships… 2011 German World Team member… 2011 Henri Deglane Challenge champion (France)… 2011 Ion Corneanu Memorial champion (Romania)… 2011 Grand Prix of Spain champion… Third in 2009 European Junior Championships… Fourth in 2008 Dave Schultz Memorial (USA)… Fifth in 2008 European Junior Championships… Fifth in 2007 Junior World Championships… Second in 2007 European Cadet Championships… Fifth in 2006 European Cadet Championships… Born: April 5, 1990… Age: 21
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC/Hawkeye WC)
2010 U.S. World Team member… 2011 Olympic Test Event champion (England)… 2011 Takhti Cup runner-up (Iran)… Fifth in 2011 Ivan Yarygin Memorial Grand Prix (Russia)… Third in 2010 FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals (Azerbaijan)… Third in 2009 Pan American Championships… 2006 Junior World Team member… Third in 2011 U.S. Open… Second in 2009 U.S. Open… Fifth in 2008 U.S. Open… 2008 and 2010 NCAA champion for the Univ. of Iowa… 2009 NCAA runner-up for Iowa… 2008 Dan Hodge Trophy winner as nation's top college wrestler… Also attended Virginia Tech… Four-time Michigan state champion for Davison High School… Six-time Junior Nationals champion, tying national record… Born: July 14, 1986… Age: 25
Haislan Garcia, Canada
Fifth in 2010 World Championships… 2008 Olympian… 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials champion… 2009 and 2011 Canadian World Team member… 2010 and 2011 Dave Schultz Memorial champion… Second in 2008 and 2009 Pan American Championships… Third in 2010 and 2011 Pan American Championships… Second in 2010 Tbilisi Tournament (Georgia)… Born: March 4, 1983… Age: 28
Iowa Wrestling -- No. 1 Iowa defeats Indiana, 26-12
January 6, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The University of Iowa wrestling team defeated Indiana 26-12 tonight inside University Gym to extend its streak of unbeaten duals to 84, tying the Oklahoma State record set from 1959-66. The top-ranked Hawkeyes won seven-of-10 bouts to improve to 2-0 in conference duals, 7-0 overall.
The Hawkeyes stormed to a 13-0 team lead behind a pair of bonus-point victories from junior Matt McDonough (125) and sophomore Tony Ramos (133). McDonough opened the dual with a 13-1 major decision, his fourth major of the season, and Ramos notched his fourth pin of the year with a second period fall to give Iowa a 10-0 team lead. Sophomore Nick Trizzino then extended the Hawkeye lead to 13-0 with a 5-1 decision in the 141-pound match. Trizzino, a sophomore from Bettendorf, Iowa, was making his first dual appearance of the season.
Indiana got on the board when Taylor Walsh narrowly edged Iowa's Michael Kelly at 149 pounds, 4-3. Iowa then bounced back and extended its team lead with back-to-back victories from redshirt freshmen Nick Moore (157) and Mike Evans (165). Moore scored a 9-4 win in his first career Hawkeye dual and Evans recorded his third major decision of the season, 10-0, to give Iowa a 20-3 advantage in the team score. Evans' victory marked the ninth time this season he has either pinned or shutout his opponent.
Indiana's Ryan LeBlanc pulled the Hoosiers within 13 points, 20-7, with a 15-5 major decision over Iowa redshirt freshman Walt Gillmor in the 174-pound match. Gillmor, a Donahue, Iowa, native, was making his first career dual appearance and just his fifth career appearance at 174 pounds.
The Hawkeyes eventually closed the match with two wins in the final three bouts. Redshirt freshman Jeremy Fahler extended Iowa's team lead to 23-7 with a 3-1 decision at 184 pounds and, after Indiana's fourth-ranked Matt Powless topped sophomore Tomas Lira 22-7, senior Blake Rasing closed the dual with a 6-4 win in the heavyweight bout. Rasing, a 2011 Big Ten champion, was making his first dual appearance of the season.
Iowa's win sets up a potential record breaking dual Saturday night when Oklahoma State visits Iowa City. A win or tie over the Cowboys would run Iowa's streak of unbeaten duals to 85, breaking OSU's previous mark. A win against Oklahoma State would also be the 900th dual victory in Iowa wrestling history. Only three other NCAA programs - Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State - have at least 900 dual victories in their respective wrestling histories.
Iowa and Oklahoma State will square off beginning at 7 p.m. on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Call the UI Ticket Office at 800-IA-HAWKS to purchase tickets to the dual. Fans are encouraged to wear black for the BLACKOUT event. Fans wearing black will receive $2 off tickets purchased at the door.
Notes: Iowa wrestled with five redshirt freshmen in the lineup… the five redshirt freshmen - Kelly, Moore, Evans, Gillmor, Fahler -- combined for a 3-2 mark… Iowa is undefeated in its last 37 conference duals… the Hawkeyes have won 20 straight Big Ten road duals.
#1 University of Iowa 26, Indiana 12
125 lbs. - #1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) major dec. Zach Zimmer (IU), 1-13; Team Score: 0-4
133 lbs. - #4 Tony Ramos (Iowa) pinned Joe Duca (IU), 3:57; TS: 0-10
141 lbs. - Nick Trizzino (Iowa) dec. Matt Ortega (IU), 5-1; TS: 0-13
149 lbs. - Taylor Walsh (IU) dec. #11 Mike Kelly (Iowa), 4-3; TS: 3-13
157 lbs. - Nick Moore (Iowa) dec. Ryan Konz (IU), 9-4; TS: 3-16
165 lbs. - #10 Mike Evans (Iowa) major dec. Preston Keiffer (IU), 10-0; TS: 3-20
174 lbs. - Ryan LeBlanc (IU) major dec. Walter Gillmor (Iowa), 15-5; TS: 7-20
184 lbs. - Jeremy Fahler (Iowa) dec. Luke Sheridan (IU), 3-1; TS: 7-23
197 lbs. - #4 Matt Powless (IU) tech. fall Tomas Lira (Iowa), 22-7; TS: 12-23
285 lbs. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Adam Chalfant (IU), 6-4; TS: 12-26
Iowa/USA Wrestling -- Sales remain strong for 2012 Olympic Team Trials
Jan. 4, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Advanced all-session ticket sales for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials to be staged at the University of Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena in April have surpassed 6,000, UI and USA Wrestling officials announced today.
More than 4,800 all-session adult tickets and another 500 all-session youth tickets make up the bulk of the purchases. As expected, sales spiked during the weeks following the start of the college wrestling season, with more than 600 tickets to the Trials sold during the month of December.
"We're off to a fantastic start, the best ever in the history of this event, which is our most important and popular spectator competition," said USA Wrestling National Events Director Pete Isais. "We are very excited to see all-session ticket sales continue to pick up during the months leading up to the Trials. We encourage wrestling fans all over the nation to finalize their travel plans and make their ticket purchase to insure that they can be there in person to witness wrestling history."
"We're really encouraged by where we are today," said Josh Schamberger, president of the Iowa City Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau. "We knew fans of the Iowa wrestling program would seize the opportunity to watch the nation's very best compete for a chance to win gold in London and they've done just that. Now, our goal is to increase the number of fans of the UI wrestling program who have purchased tickets while securing commitments from wrestling fans across the Midwest and nationwide."
All-session tickets cost $70 for an adult and $40 for boys and girls high school age and younger. They gain the ticket holder admission to the two sessions of wrestling scheduled for both Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22. The Trials will determine the United States' representatives at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London next August.
Five former University of Iowa wrestlers have already qualified for participation in the Trials: Three-time All-American Phil Keddy (84 kg), three-time All-American Brent Metcalf (66 kg), two-time All-American and 2008 Olympian Steve Mocco (120 kg), two-time All-American Ryan Morningstar (74 kg), and three-time All-American and 2008 Olympian Mike Zadick (60 kg).
The aforementioned former Hawkeyes are attempting to follow in the footsteps of 17 Hawkeyes who have participated in the Olympic Games. That list includes gold medal winners Ed Banach (1984), Lou Banach (1984), Tom Brands (1996), Randy Lewis (1984), and Terry McCann (1960).
Fans can order their all-session tickets by visiting iowacitytolondon.com, the official world wide web site of the 2012 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling, or by visiting the Athletics Ticket Office inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the University of Iowa campus. All-session tickets can be purchased prior to dual featuring the No. 1 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes and No. 2 ranked Oklahoma State this Saturday at 7 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa Wrestling -- Top-ranked Hawkeyes head to Indiana Friday, host No. 2 Oklahoma State Saturday
Attaching match notes for Iowa wrestling duals at Indiana (Friday) and vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State (Saturday). Tickets still remain for Saturday's 7 p.m. dual against Oklahoma State. To purchase tickets contact the UI Ticket Office at hawkeyesports.com or call 800-IA-HAWKS.
AUDIO COVERAGE
Both weekend duals will be broadcast on AM-800 KXIC and streamed online at hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will have the call live from University Gym and Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
TELEVISION COVERAGE
The Oklahoma State dual will be televised live by IPTV. Tim Johnson and former Hawkeye head coach Dan Gable will have the matside call from Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
INTERNET COVERAGE
BTN.com will stream the Oklahoma State dual. BTN.com is a subscription service that provides quality coverage of Big Ten sports. Hawkeye All-Access subscribers will be able to stream the match at no additional charge via hawkeyesports.com.
live stats
Live stats will be available on the wrestling schedule page at hawkeyesports.com.
Iowa Wrestling -- Metcalf headlines Jan. 7 wrestling promotions
Jan. 3, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Fans attending the University of Iowa wrestling dual against Oklahoma State this Saturday will be treated to a potential Olympic preview featuring former Hawkeye Brent Metcalf. The two-time NCAA champion and former Hodge trophy winner will wrestle Canadian star Haislan Garcia during intermission of the dual. The meet begins at 7 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets are still available.
Former Iowa wrestlers and past Olympians Ed Banach, Lou Banach, Lincoln McIlravy, Randy Lewis, Joe Williams and Chuck Yagla will also be special guests at the dual. All six former Hawkeyes will be available for autographs beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concourse near the South exit doors.
The top-ranked Hawkeyes host No. 2 Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Fans are encouraged to wear black to the BLACKOUT event. Fans wearing black will receive $2 off tickets purchased at the door. Hawkeye wrestling calendars will be distributed to the first 4,000 fans in attendance. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will also receive a Hawkeye foam finger. To purchase tickets, contact the UI Ticket Office at hawkeyesports.com or call 800-IA-HAWKS.
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes, McDonough win Midlands titles
***recap with complete tournament results will follow.
Iowa won its tournament record 22nd Midlands Championships tonight inside Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern.
Matt McDonough won the 125 pound title, his second Midlands championship (2009).
Other Hawkeye place-winners include:
133 Tony Ramos, 2nd place
141 Montell Marion, 2nd place
174 Luke Lofthouse, 2nd place
Hwt. Bobby Telford, 2nd place
133 Tyler Clark, 4th place
149 Michael Kelly, 5th place
157 Nick Moore, 7th place
165 Mike Evans, 7th place
184 Vinnie Wagner, 7th place
197 Grant Gambrall, 7th place
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes go 5-for-5 in semifinals, lead Midlands team race heading into finals
***complete team standings with updated brackets are attached
Dec. 30, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
EVANSTON, Ill. - The University of Iowa wrestling team went five-for-five in semifinal matches and sits in first place at the 49th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships following Friday's afternoon session. Iowa leads the team race with 145 points. Tournament host Northwestern is in second with 97.5 points. Oklahoma (87.5), Virginia Tech (72.5) and Edinboro (68.5) round out the top five.
Matt McDonough (125), Tony Ramos (133), Montell Marion (141), Ethen Lofthouse (174) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.) earned semifinal victories to advance to tonight's finals. McDonough, the tournament's No. 2 seed, will try for his second career Midlands title against Virginia Tech's eighth-seeded Jarrod Garnett. McDonough earned a finals' berth with a 7-1 victory over Oklahoma's third-seeded Jarrod Patterson.
Ramos and Marion, both top seeds at their respective weights, will each aim for their first Midlands championship following semifinal decisions. Ramos topped fourth-seeded B.J. Futrell (Illinois), 6-2, while Marion held on for a 3-2 win over Princeton's 12th-seeded Adam Krop.
Lofthouse advanced to his first Midlands finals with an 8-6 decision over Illinois' third-seeded Jordan Blanton. Telford advanced to his first Midlands finals with a 4-2 decision over the No. 10 seed Mike McMullan. Telford scored an escape in the third frame and scored takedown in the overtime period to finish Iowa's clean sweep through the semifinals.
Tyler Clark (133) picked up a pair of wins in the wrestlebacks and will compete for third place in tonight's final session. Michael Kelly (149) advanced past the consolation quarterfinals via a medical forfeit before losing major decision in the semifinals. He will wrestle for fifth place tonight.
Nick Moore (157), Mike Evans (165), Vinnie Wagner (165) and Grant Gambrall (197) dropped decisions in the consolation quarterfinals but rebounded to win their final seventh place matches. Iowa wrestlers combined for an 18-7 record in the third session.
The final round of the Midlands Championships begins tonight at 7 p.m. inside Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern University. Steven Grace will call the action live from Welsh-Ryan Arena on AM-800 KXIC and at hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access. The finals will re-air at 9:30 p.m. on BTN.
IOWA'S MIDLANDS FINALS
125 #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) vs. #8 Jarrod Garnett (VA Tech)
133 #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa) vs. #2 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech)
141 #1 Montell Marion (Iowa) vs. #3 Kendrick Maple (Oklahoma)
174 #2 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) vs. #5 Lee Munster (Northwestern)
Hwt. #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) vs. #1 Jarod Trice (Central Michigan)
MIDLANDS SEMIFINALS RESULTS
125 #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. #3 Jarrod Patterson (Oklahoma), 7-1
133 #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. #4 B.J. Futrell (Illinois), 6-2
141 #1 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. #12 Adam Krop (Princeton), 3-2
174 #2 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. #3 Jordan Blanton (Ill.), 8-6
Hwt. #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) dec. #10 Mike McMullan (Northwestern), 4-2 (OT)
SESSION III CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) dec. A.J. Schopp (Edinboro), 5-0
149 David Habat (Edinboro) major decision Mike Kelly (Iowa), 13-1
IOWA SEVENTH PLACE RESULTS
157 Nick Moore (Iowa) dec. #12 Daniel Kolodzik (Princeton), 9-5
165 #7 Mike Evans (Iowa) won by forfeit
184 #8 Vinnie Wagner (Iowa) dec. John Dickson (Virginia Tech), 6-2
197 #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. John Schoen (Northwestern), 3-1 (OT)
SESSION III CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) dec. Joe Colon (UNI), 8-4
149 Mike Kelly (Iowa) won by forfeit
157 #5 Steve Monk (North Dakota St.) pinned Nick Moore (Iowa), 1:52
165 #5 Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Clarion) major dec. #8 Mike Evans (Iowa), 11-3
184 #4 Erich Schmidtke (Oklahoma) dec. #8 Vinnie Wagner (Iowa), 4-2
197 #6 Danny Mitchell (American) dec. #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa), 3-2
SESSION III CONSOLATION RESULTS
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) dec. Mason Beckman (Lehigh), 9-5
149 Mike Kelly (Iowa) dec. Caleb Ervin (Illinois), 9-3
157 Nick Moore (Iowa) major dec. #10 John Greisheimer (Edinboro), 14-4
165 #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) dec. Corey Lear (Bucknell), 9-4
184 #8 Vinnie Wagner dec. #6 Tony Dellago (Ill.), 9-5
184 #7 John Dickson (VA Tech) dec. Jeremy Fahler (Iowa), 4-1
197 #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. #11 Dan Rinaldi (Rutgers), 1-0
Hwt. Connor Medbery (WI) pinned #7 Blake Rasing (Iowa), 2:12
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes in First Place after opening session of 2011 Midlands
EVANSTON, Ill. - The University of Iowa wrestling program sits in first place with 38.5 points following the opening session of the 2011 Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill. Of the Hawkeyes' 10 scoring competitors, eight are still competing in the championship bracket and two are alive in the wrestlebacks. Tournament host Northwestern is in second place with 34.5 points.
Tournament scorers Matt McDonough (125), Tony Ramos (133), Tyler Clark (133), Montell Marion (141), Mike Evans (165), Ethen Lofthouse (174), Grant Gambrall (197) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.) advanced to the quarterfinal round. Mike Kelly (149) and Blake Rasing are still competing in the consolation bracket.
Ramos, the tournament's top seed at 133 pounds, and Clark, the No. 9 seed, face each other in the quarterfinals. Ramos has outscored his opponents 43-12 en route to a pair of technical falls.
Marion, the top seed at 141 pounds, advanced to the quarters with a pin and a 9-6 decision. Marion's fall 43 seconds into the match against Eastern Michigan's Corey Phillips was the fastest pin of his career.
McDonough, the tournament's No. 2 seed at 125 pounds, used an opening round pin (6:01) and an 11-5 decision to advance to the quarterfinals. Lofthouse also scored an opening round pin and added a major decision to advance to the quarters. Evans, Gambrall and Telford each recorded a major decision en route to the quarterfinal round.
Vinnie Wagner is also alive in the championship bracket. The tournament's eighth-seeded 184-pounder received an opening round bye before blanking Wisconsin's Timmy McCall with a 13-0 major decision. Mark Ballweg recorded a second-period pin in his opening bout but dropped an 18-4 decision to fall into the 141-pound consolation bracket.
Iowa totaled four falls, two major decisions and a technical fall to advance 12-of-16 wrestlers past the opening round. Brody Grothus (149), Nick Moore (157), Jeremy Fahler (184) and Tomas Lira (197) dropped their opening bouts and fell into the consolation bracket. Grothus, Moore and Fahler combined for five wins in the wrestlebacks and are still wrestling. Lira dropped his second match, 11-9, and was eliminated from competition.
Session II of the Midlands Championships begins at 7 p.m. tonight. Steven Grace will call the action live from Welsh-Ryan Arena on AM-800 KXIC and at hawkeyesports.com via Hawkeye All-Access. Updated team standings and complete tournament brackets are available throughout the tournament at nusports.com.
Through Session I --IOWA MIDLANDS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS/UPCOMING OPPONENTS - (# indicates tournament seed)
125 #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) vs. #7 Jared Germaine (E. Mich.)
125 #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. Eric Spjut (VA Tech), 11-5
125 #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Camden Eppert (PU), 6:01
133 #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa) vs. #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa)
133 #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa) tech. fall Ryan Fillingame (Adams St.), 21-6 in 6:58
133 #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa) tech. fall Jose Mendoza (Cal Bake), 22-6 in 7:00
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) vs #1 Tony Ramos (Iowa)
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) dec. #8 Jordan Keller (Oklahoma), 7-2
133 #9 Tyler Clark (Iowa) dec. Mike Dmarco (Rutgers), 2-0
141 #1 Montell Marion (Iowa) vs. Avery Garner (Utah Valley)
141 #1 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Mike Depalma (Edinboro), 9-6
141 #1 Montell Marion (Iowa) pinned Corey Phillips (E. Mich.), 0:43
141 Mark Ballweg (Iowa) vs. Colin Shober (Northwestern)
141 #3 Kendric Maple (Oklahoma) major decision Mark Ballweg (Iowa), 18-4
141 Mark Ballweg (Iowa) pinned Danny Sabatello (PU), 3:24
149 Brody Grothus (Iowa) vs. #10 Kevin Tau (American)
149 Brody Grothus (Unattached - Iowa) dec. Andrew Youngblom (S. Dakota St.), 5-1
149 Brody Grothus (Unattached - Iowa) dec. Josh Lauderdale (Stanford), 8-2
149 Ben Dorsay (Maryland) dec. Brody Grothus (Unattached - Iowa), 10-4
149 Mike Kelly (Iowa) vs. Frankie Borras (Purdue)
149 #2 Jake Patacsil (Notre Dame CC) dec. Mike Kelly (Iowa), 1-0
149 Mike Kelly (Iowa) dec. Justin Deangelis (Oklahoma), 7-3
157 Nick Moore (Iowa) vs. Ramon Santiago (Rider)
157 Nick Moore (Iowa) pinned Kyle Dooley (Illinois), 2:02
157 Nick Moore (Iowa) major dec. Ray Schlitt (Bucknell), 11-3
157 #3 James Fleming pinned Nick Moore (Iowa), 2:56
165 #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) vs. #1 Steve Fittery (DCAC)
165 #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) major dec. #9 Ben Jordan (Wisconsin), 13-3
165 #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) dec. Ethan Smith (Utah Valley), 8-1
174 #2 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) vs. #7 J.M. Cannon (Unattached - Eastern Michigan)
174 #2 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) major dec. Mikey England (Iowa State), 17-6
174 #2 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) pinned Robert Kellogg (Northwestern), 1:53
184 #8 Vinnie Wagner (Iowa) vs. #1 Roberty Hamlin (Lehigh)
184 #8 Vinnie Wagner (Iowa) major dec. #9 Timmy McCall (Wisconsin), 13-0
184 Jeremy Fahler (Iowa) vs. Dan Seidenberg (Rutgers)
184 Jeremy Fahler (Iowa) dec. Arber Bebo (N. Illinois), 4-1
184 Clint Morrison (Rider) dec. Jeremy Fahler (Iowa), 2-1 OT
197 James Fox (Harvard) dec. Tomas Lira (Iowa), 11-9
197 #12 Ryan Smith dec. Tomas Lira (Iowa), 5-3
197 #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) vs. #2 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh)
197 #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. #10 Nick Vetterlein (VA Tech.), 6-4
197 #7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) major dec. Mike Lukowski, 10-1
Hwt. #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) vs. #11 Quintas McCorkle (Clarion)
Hwt. #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) dec. Dan Scherer (Stanford), 5-2
Hwt. #3 Bobby Telford (Iowa) major dec. Cole Tobin (Wisconsin), 10-1
Hwt. #7 Blake Rasing (Iowa) vs. Blake Herrin (American)
Hwt. #10 Mike McMullan (Northwestern) dec. #7 Blake Rasing (Iowa), 4-3
Hwt. #7 Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Roger Vukobratovich, 3-2
Iowa Wrestling -- 11 Hawkeyes named among Midlands top competitors
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Eleven University of Iowa wrestlers are listed among the top contenders at the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships. The tournament committee announced the top contenders field today. Nine of Iowa's tournament-best 11 top contenders are among the top eight seeds, including No. 1 seeds Tony Ramos (133), Montell Marion (141) and Derek St. John (157).
The Midlands Championships are hosted by Northwestern University Dec. 29-30 inside Welsh-Ryan Arena. Iowa has won 21 team titles at the Midlands Championships, more than any other team in the 48-year history of the event.
Final brackets for the event will be released the morning of Thursday, Dec. 29. A complete list of tournament contenders is as follows:
125:
1. Jesse Delgado, Illinois
2. Matt McDonough, Iowa
3. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma
4. Levi Mele, Northwestern
5. Ryak Finch, Iowa State
6. Trent Sprenkle, North Dakota State
7. Joe Roth, Central Michigan
8. Jared Germaine, Eastern Michigan
Other Contenders:
Shane Gentry, Maryland
Garrett Frey, Princeton
Nick Smith, Northern Illinois
Tyler Iwamura, Cal State Bakersfield
133:
1. Tony Ramos, Iowa
2. Devin Carter, Virginia Tech
3. AJ Schopp, Edinboro
4. BJ Futrell, Illinois
5. Cashe' Quiroga, Purdue
6. Brian Ortenzio, Penn
7. Steven Keith, Harvard
8. Ryan Mango, Stanford
Other Contenders:
Tyler Clark, Iowa
Jordan Keller, Oklahoma
Geoffrey Alexander, Maryland
Tom Kelliher, Wisconsin
141:
1. Montell Marion, Iowa
2. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly
3. Zach Kemmerer, Penn
4. Kendric Maple, Oklahoma
5. Stephen Dutton, Lehigh
6. Matt Mariarcher, American
7. Zach Neibert, Virginia Tech
8. Mitchell Port, Edinboro
Other Contenders:
Frank Goodwin, Maryland
Jimmy Kircher, Rider
Billy Ashnault, Rutgers
Bebeto Yewah, UW Lacrosse
Adam Krop, Princeton
Scott Mattingly, Central Michigan
149:
1. Mario Mason, Rutgers
2. Jake Patacsil, Notre Dame WC
3. Eric Terrazas, Illinois
4. Ivan Lopouchanski, Purdue
5. Nick Lester, Oklahoma
6. David Habat, Edinboro
7. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin
8. Josh Wilson, Utah Valley
Other Contenders:
Derek Valenti, Virginia (Unattached)
Stephen Robertson, Penn
Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern
Kevin Tao, American
Zac Cibula, Rider
157:
1. Derek St. John, Iowa
2. Jason Welch, Northwestern
3. Ganbayar Sanjaa, American
4. James Fleming, Clarion
5. Matt Lester, Oklahoma
6. Steve Monk, North Dakota State
7. Kyle John, Maryland
8. Donnie Corby, Central Michigan
Other Contenders:
Joey Napoli, Lehigh
Aaron Sulzer, Eastern Michigan
David Bonin, Northern Iowa
John Gresheimer, Edinboro
Dillon Bera, Wisconsin Parkside
165:
1. Steve Fittery, DCAC
2. Josh Asper, Maryland
3. Scott Winston, Rutgers
4. Andrew Sorenson, Iowa State
5. Bekzod Abdurakhmanov, Clarion
6. Brandon Hatchett, Lehigh
7. Peter Yates, Virginia Tech
8. Mike Evans, Iowa
Other Contenders:
Luke Manuel, DCAC
Ben Jordan, Wisconsin
Pat Smith, Minnesota (Unattached)
Lester France, Eastern Michigan
174:
1. Ryan DeRoches, Cal Poly
2. Chris Spangler, Iowa State
3. Ethen Lofthouse, Iowa
4. Jordan Blanton, Illinois
5. Greg Zannetti, Rutgers
6. Jim Resnick, Rider
7. Lee Munster, Northwestern
8. Jimmy Sheptock, Maryland
Other Contenders:
John Martin-Cannon, Buffalo
Phillip Joseph, Eastern Michigan
Chase Nelson, Oklahoma
Luke Rynish, Wisconsin Parkside
184:
1. Robert Hamlin, Lehigh
2. Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa
3. Ben Bennett, Central Michigan
4. Boaz Beard, Iowa State
5. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma
6. Brad Dieckhaus, Northern Illinois
7. Braden Atwood, Purdue
8. Tony Dallago, Illinois
Other Contenders:
John Dickson, Virginia Tech
Vinny Wagner, Iowa
Cameron Croy, Harvard
197:
1. Chris Honeycutt, Edinboro
2. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh
3. Micah Burak, Penn
4. Christian Boley, Maryland
5. Byron Tate, Wartburg
6. Daniel Mitchell, American
7. Grant Gambrall, Iowa
8. Mario Gonzalez, Illinois
Other Contenders:
Ryan Smith, Cal Poly
Alex Thomas, Clarion
Nick Vetterlein, Virginia Tech
Dan Rinaldi, Rutgers
AJ Kissel, Purdue
285:
1. Ryan Flores, American
2. Jarod Trice, Central Michigan (Unattached)
3. Zach Rey, Lehigh
4. Peter Sturgeon, Central Michigan
5. Bobby Telford, Iowa
6. Spencer Myers, Maryland
7. Ernest James, Edinboro
8. Blake Raising, Iowa
Iowa Wrestling -- Registration is open for Iowa Elite Chevy Youth Wrestling Clinic
December 12, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The annual Iowa Elite Chevy Youth Wrestling Clinic will be held Jan. 15 on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena prior to the Iowa-Northwestern dual. Doors open at 10 a.m. for the clinic, which runs from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Youth ages 7-13 are eligible to participate in the clinic.
The clinic is free, but participants must pre-register at hawkeyesports.com. Enrollment is limited to the first 250 pre-registered participants. For questions regarding the clinic, please call the University of Iowa Sports Marketing office at 319-335-9431.
The Iowa-Northwestern dual begins at 1 p.m. Fans are encouraged to "Be Bold, Wear Gold" to the event.
Iowa- Metcalf wins gold, Escobedo & Howe silver, Humphrey & Kilgore bronze at Olympic Test Event
LONDON, England - Brent Metcalf (Iowa City, Iowa/New York AC) won a gold medal at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in men's freestyle at the Olympic Test Event at the ExCel Center on Sunday.
Metcalf defeated 2010 Junior World silver medalist Kotaro Tanaka of Japan in the finals, 5-0, 5-0. Metcalf was a member of the 2010 U.S. World Team, and was a 2011 World Team Trials runner-up.
Metcalf had a big semifinals win over two-time World bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan, 3-0, 0-1, 4-0. In his opening match, he defeated Gergo Woller of Hungary, 0-1, 5-0, 3-0.
Metcalf was named Outstanding Wrestler in the men's freestyle competition.
"Metcalf was a monster today. He nailed down his points and was down right stingy on defense. Huge improvements by him," said National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones.
Team USA won five medals in the competition, which included many top Olympic hopefuls from around the world.
Claiming silver medals were Angel Escobedo (Columbus, Ohio/New York AC) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Andrew Howe (Cedar Lake, Ind./New York AC) at 74 kg/163 lbs.
Escobedo was defeated by 2008 Asian Junior champion Farzad Jafari of Iran in the finals, 0-3, 3-4. Escobedo was a 2010 World Team Trials runner-up.
He opened with two victories, defeating Krasimir Krastanov of Great Britain, 3-0, 1-0 and Mude Qi of China, 0-1, 1-1, 7-0.
Howe was defeated in the finals by 2010 World Cup bronze medalist Anuar Geduev of Russia, 0-6, 0-3. Howe, who was a 2011 U.S. Open champion and 2011 World Team Trials runner-up, is taking an Olympic redshirt year from Wisconsin this year.
Howe reached the finals with two victories, stopping Chongyao Zhang of China, 1-0, 6-0 and Luca Lampis of France, 0-1, 2-0, 1-0.
Winning bronze medals were Reece Humphrey (Columbus, Ohio (New York AC) at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Dustin Kilgore (Berea, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Humphrey defeated 2010 Junior World bronze medalist Yasuhiro Suzuki of Japan, 1-0, 6-0 in the bronze-medal bout. He lost his opening match to two-time European champion Opan Sat of Russia, 0-4, 0-9. When Sat reached the gold-medal finals, Humphrey was pulled back into the bronze-medal bout.
Kilgore won his bronze-medal bout over Radoslaw Baran of Poland by default. He dropped his opening bout to 2010 University World champion Yuriy Belonovsky of Russia, 0-2, 0-3.
Kilgore was a 2011 NCAA champion for Kent State, and is taking an Olympic redshirt year. He holds a No. 3 ranking on Freestyle Team USA:
Overall, five medals were good. That's why we came here," said Jones. "I do think we were sloppy, made some mistakes and were undisciplined in some spots. We need to develop our technical skills. It will cost you your dream next year if you don't clean them up by next August."
Placing fifth was Raymond Jordan (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) at 84 kg/185 lbs. Jordan was defeated in a bronze-medal match by two-time Asian champion Eshan Lasgari of Iran, 0-3, 0-1. He finished the tournament with a 2-2 record.
The other U.S. competitor, 2008 U.S. Olympian Steve Mocco (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley AC) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs., dropped his first bout and was eliminated from medal contention.
"We stood in the arena and we felt the Olympic Games today. We won't forget it all the way through August 12," said Jones.
For results from the tournament, visit the official website at http://www.fila-official.com/sites/ultimate/
TEST EVENT FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES
At London, Great Britain, Dec. 11
Men's freestyle results
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Farzad Jafari (Iran)
Silver - Angel Escobedo (USA)
Bronze - Adrian Hajduk (Poland)
Bronze - Krasimir Krastanov (Great Britain)
5th - Mude Qui (China)
6th - Sarunas Jurcys (Lithuania)
60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Opan Sat (Russia)
Silver - Recep Aktas (Turkey)
Bronze - Reece Humphrey (USA)
Bronze - Vytas Cumakov (Lithuania)
5th - Yasuhiro Suzuki (Japan)
6th - Oleksandr Madyarchyk (Great Britain)
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Brent Metcalf (USA)
Silver - Kotaro Tanaka (Japan)
Bronze - Bec-Khan Aldamov (Great Britain)
Bronze - Jabrayil Hasanov (Azerbaijan)
5th - Batbayar Tserendalai (Mongolia)
5th - Gergo Woller (Hungary)
7th - Victor Lebedev (Russia)
8th - Mostafa Hosseinkhani (Iran)
74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold - Anuar Geduev (Russia)
Silver - Andrew Howe (USA)
Bronze - Ashraf Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze - Chongyao Zhang (China)
5th - Adam Sobieras (Poland)
5th - Luca Lampis (France)
7th - Olegk Motsalin (Greece)
8th - Philip Roberts (Great Britain)
84 kg/185 lbs.
Gold - Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan)
Silver - Soslan Ktsoev (Russia)
Bronze - Ibrahim Bolukbasi (Turkey)
Bronze - Ehsan Lashgari (Iran)
5th - Maciej Balawender (Poland)
5th - Raymond Jordan (USA)
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Gold - Yury Belonovsky (Russia)
Silver - Gergely Kiss (Hungary)
Bronze - Imants Lagodskis (Latvia)
Bronze - Dustin Kilgore (USA)
5th - Andreas Tserahidis (Greece)
5th - Radoslaw Baran (Poland)
7th - Simas Asaciovas (Lithuania)
8th - Xiaocheng Cui (China)
9th - Marcos Santos (Puerto Rico)
120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Gold - Daniel Ligeti (Hungary)
Silver - Edgardo Lopez (Puerto Rico)
Bronze - Zhiwei Deng (China)
Bronze - Taha Akgul (Turkey)
5th - Kirill Gotovtsev (Russia)
U.S. men's freestyle performance
55 kg/121 lbs. - Angel Escobedo, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC), 2nd
WIN Krasimir Krastanov (Great Britain), 3-0, 1-0
WIN Mude Qi (China), 0-1, 1-1, 7-0
LOSS Farzad Jafari (Iran), 0-3, 3-4
60 kg/132 lbs. - Reece Humphrey, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC), 3rd
LOSS Opan Sat (Russia), 0-4, 0-9
WIN Yasuhiro Suzuki (Japan), 1-0, 6-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC), 1st
WIN Gergo Woller (Hungary), 0-1, 5-0, 3-0
WIN Jabrayil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), 3-0, 0-1, 4-0
WIN Kotaro Tanaka (Japan), 5-0, 5-0
74 kg/163 lbs. - Andrew Howe, Cedar Lake, Ind. (New York AC), 2nd
WIN Chongyao Zhang (China), 1-0, 6-0
WIN Luca Lampis (France), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
LOSS Anuar Geduev (Russia), 0-6, 0-3
84 kg/185 lbs. - Raymond Jordan, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids), 5th
WIN Istvan Vereb (Hungary), 1-0, 3-0
LOSS Soslan Ktsoev (Russia), 0-1, 2-8
WIN Giedrius Morkis (Lithuania), 1-0, 5-0
LOSS Eshan Lasgari (Iran), 0-3, 0-1
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Dustin Kilgore, Berea, Ohio (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
LOSS Yuriy Belonovsky (Russia), 0-2, 0-3
WIN Radoslaw Baran (Poland), default
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Steve Mocco, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley AC), did not medal
LOSS Taha Akgul (Turkey), 0-2, 0-3
Women's freestyle results
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold - Johanna Mattson (Sweden)
Silver - Xiluozhuoma (China)
Bronze - Monika Michalik (Poland)
Bronze - Aline Focken (Germany)
5th - Inna Trazhukova (Russia)
5th - Laura Skujina (Latvia)
7th - Jin-Suk Choe (Korea)
8th - Sarah Connolly (Great Britain)
9th - Maria Dunn (Guam)
72 kg/158.5 lbs.
Gold - Ekaterina Bukina (Russia)
Silver - Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Annabel Laure Ali (Cameroon)
Bronze - Jenny Fransson (Sweden)
5th - Mae Epp (Estonia)
5th - Maja Erlandsen (Norway)
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes top Northern Iowa, 38-4
December 8, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
HAWKEYES TOP NORTHERN IOWA, 38-4
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team defeated Northern Iowa, 38-4, Friday night on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes won nine-of-10 matches to extend their streak of unbeaten duals to 83. Iowa also recorded a 29-5 edge in takedowns.
"We saw some good things and we saw some areas that need improvement," said head coach Tom Brands. "We saw some situations where the other guy is not really trying to score. We can't allow that. We're going to have to work harder and push through it."
The dual started at 184 pounds where Northern Iowa's fifth-ranked Ryan Loder scored the Panthers' lone win with a 13-2 major decision over senior Vinnie Wagner. Wagner scored the first takedown of the night 21 seconds into the bout, but Loder scored the next 13 points to give UNI a 4-0 lead.
It would take UNI six more matches to score another takedown as Iowa strung together eight straight wins and benefited from a forfeit at 174 to run off 38 unanswered team points.
Junior Grant Gambrall put the Hawkeyes on the board with a 7-3 decision over UNI's Taylor Kettman at 197. Gambrall started the scoring with a first period takedown and took the lead for good by opening the third frame with an escape. He added a pair of takedowns in the final frame to improve to 2-0 this season and cut into the Panther lead, 4-3.
Redshirt freshman Bobby Telford accumulated 4:20 of riding time to dominate Blayne Beale in the battle of heavyweights. Telford scored three takedowns and added three nearfall points to earn a 12-0 major decision and give Iowa a 7-4 advantage in the team score.
Junior Matt McDonough stretched the Hawkeye lead to 11-4 with a 10-1 major decision over Cruse Aarhus at 125. McDonough scored three takedowns, piled up 3:04 of riding time, including the entire third period, and added two nearfall points to record his eighth bonus-point win of the year.
Sophomore Tony Ramos fired six takedowns en route to a 15-5 major decision over Ryan Jauch at 133. Ramos scored one takedown in the first period, two in the second, and three in the third to wear down Jauch and extend Iowa's team lead to 15-4 at the intermission.
Senior Montell Marion, the nation's top-ranked 141-pounder, answered the intermission with eight takedowns to record an 18-8 major decision over Seth Noble. The four-point win was Marion's team-high sixth major decision of the season and extended Iowa's lead to 19-4.
Redshirt freshman Josh Dziewa, the third Hawkeye to suit up at 149 in six duals this season, electrified the crowd with two takedowns and five nearfall points while building a 9-1 first period advantage. Dziewa added a third takedown in the second frame and withstood a rally from UNI's Clay Welter to secure a 14-6 major decision in his Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut.
Sophomore Derek St. John recorded Iowa's seventh straight win with a 3-1 decision over Northern Iowa's David Bonin. St. John, the nation's second-ranked 157 pounder, scored a takedown midway through the first period before giving the crowd a scare with a medical timeout 26 seconds into the second period. St. John returned to the mat and allowed Bonin to escape and cut into his lead, 2-1. St. John then started the third period in the down position and extended his lead to 3-1 with an escape midway through the period. He eventually held on for the win to improve to 11-0 on the year and extend Iowa's lead to 26-4.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans made quick work of what turned out to be the final bout of the night. Evans put UNI's Riley Banach on his back early in the 165-pound match and recorded three nearfall points before flattening the Panther in 1:10. It was the fastest pin of Evan's career and extended Iowa's team lead to 32-4.
Northern Iowa forfeited the final match of the night against Iowa's Ethen Lofthouse at 174 to make the final team score, 38-4
The Hawkeyes return to the mat Dec. 29-30 to compete at the Midlands Championships on the campus of Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. Welsh-Ryan Arena will host the 49th annual event. The Midlands Championships will be broadcast live on AM-800 KXIC and streamed live on btn.com via Hawkeye All-Access, a subscription service committed to providing quality coverage of University of Iowa athletic events. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will have the call live from Welsch-Ryan Arena. Fans interested in tickets can call 800-GO-PURPLE.
Match Notes: Attendance was 7,078… Iowa extended its streak of unbeaten duals to 83, one shy of tying the Oklahoma State record… Iowa won at least nine matches for the third time in six duals this season… the win was Iowa's 38th in a row at home.
#1 University of Iowa 38 vs. University of Northern Iowa 4
184 - Ryan Loder (UNI) major dec. Vinnie Wagner (I), 13-2
197 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Taylor Kettman (UNI), 7-3
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) vs. Blayne Beale (UNI)
125 - Matt McDonough (I) major dec. Cruse Aarhus (UNI), 10-1
133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. Ryan Jauch (UNI), 15-5
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Seth Noble (UNI), 18-8
149 - Josh Dziewa (I) major dec. Clay Welter (UNI), 14-6
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. David Bonin (UNI), 3-1
165 - Mike Evans (I) pinned Riley Banach (UNI), 1:10
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) won by medical forfeit
Iowa Wrestling -- Ramos earns Big Ten weekly honor
Dec. 6, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa 133-pound wrestler Tony Ramos has been named Big Ten Co-Wrestler of the Week. The weekly honor is the first of Ramos' career.
Ramos, a sophomore from Carol Stream, Ill., earned a pair of bonus point victories last week against No. 7 Illinois and Iowa State. He posted a 13-5 major decision over the Illini's B.J. Futrell, then-ranked No. 2 in the country, and recorded a second period pin against Iowa State's Shayden Terukina.
Ramos, currently ranked No. 2, owns a 10-0 record with three major decisions, three technical falls and three pins.
Ramos shared the weekly award with Ohio State 133-pound freshman Logan Stieber. Iowa's Luke Lofthouse was the last Hawkeye to be named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 21, 2011).
Ramos and the Hawkeyes return to the mat Thursday when Northern Iowa visits Iowa City. Iowa hosts the Panthers at 7 p.m. on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes top Iowa State, 27-9
Dec. 4, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team won seven-of-10 matches inside Hilton Coliseum to top Iowa State, 27-9, Sunday afternoon in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. The Hawkeyes scored bonus points in three matches and extended their streak of unbeaten duals to 82.
"We've got word to do," said Iowa head coach Tom Brands. "We know when we wrestle everybody we have to be ready to go, and there are still a couple weights we have to get going."
Junior Matt McDonough battled through a scoreless first period before notching a pair of takedowns, one escape and adding a point for riding time to win the opening 125-pound match, 6-0.
Sophomore Tony Ramos answered McDonough's effort with a second period pin in the 133 pound match, extending Iowa's team lead to 9-0. Ramos surrendered an early takedown in the first period before rattling off eight takedowns to build a 14-6 lead. Ramos then put Shayden Terukina on his back with 28 seconds left in the second period to record his third pin of the season.
Senior Montell Marion used three takedowns to build a 6-2 lead in the opening period of the 141-pound match. He then added four more takedowns in the final two periods and used a stalling call and a point for riding time to top Luke Toettl, 17-5, for his team-leading fifth major decision.
Junior Mark Ballweg and Iowa State's Joe Cozart exchanged escapes en route to a 1-1 score after three periods in the 149-pound match. Ballweg then caught Cozart 22 seconds into overtime to earn the 3-1 decision and give Iowa a 16-0 lead in the team race.
Sophomore Derek St. John gave Iowa its fifth straight win of the match with a second period pin against Iowa State's Michael Moreno in the 157-pund match. St. John used three takedowns built a 6-2 lead against Moreno before putting the Cylone on his back in 4:38. The pin, St. John's first of the season, gave Iowa a 22-0 advantage at the intermission.
ISU answered the intermission with three straight decisions at 165, 174 and 184 pounds. Redshirt freshman Mike Evans dropped a 4-3 decision to fifth-ranked Andrew Sorenson at 165. Sophomore Ethen Lofthouse fell 8-5 to No. 10 Chris Spangler at 174 and senior Vinnie Wagner lost 10-9 to Iowa State's 15th ranked Boaz Beard at 184. Wagner battled back from a 8-4 deficit in the third period and appeared headed for overtime when the official's table awarded Beard an additional second of riding time to give Iowa State a one-point edge.
Sophomore Tomas Lira turned the momentum back in Iowa's favor by scoring an early takedown and adding three nearfall points to grab a 5-0 lead in the 197-pound match. Iowa State's Cole Shafer returned the favor with a takedown and three nearfall points to grab a 6-5 edge before Lira strung together a pair of escapes and a takedown to secure the 10-6 win. Lira rode Shafer the entire third period.
Redshirt freshman Bobby Telford closed the dual with two takedowns and two reversals to defeat Iowa State's Matt Gibson, 9-3, in the heavyweight match.
Iowa returns to the mat Thursday, Dec. 8, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes host Northern Iowa on Mediacom Mat at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Kids five and under are admitted free.
Match notes: Attendance was 7,216 inside Hilton Coliseum… Iowa was deducted one point from the team score for unsportsmanlike conduct following the 165-pound match… The win was Iowa's eighth straight in the series…. The Hawkeyes lead all-time series 60-16-2.
#1 University of Iowa 27, Iowa State University 9
125 - Matt McDonough (IA) dec. Ryak Finch (ISU), 6-0
133 - Tony Ramos (IA) pinned Shayden Terukina (ISU), 4:32
141 - Montell Marion (IA) major dec. Luke Toettl (ISU), 17-5
149 - Mark Ballweg (IA) dec. Joe Cozart (ISU), 3-1 (OT)
157 - Derek St. John (IA) pinned Michael Moreno (ISU), 4:38
165 -Andrew Sorenson (ISU) dec. Mike Evans (IA), 4-3
174 -Chris Spangler (ISU) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (IA), 8-5
184 - Boaz Beard (ISU) dec. Vinnie Wagner (IA), 10-9
197 - Tomas Lira (IA) dec. Cole Shafer (ISU, 10-6
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (IA) dec. Matt Gibson (ISU), 9-3
Cyclones Fall to No. 1 Hawkeyes in Hilton
Iowa 27, Iowa State 9
125: Matt McDonough (IOWA) Dec. Ryak Finch (ISU) 6-0
133: Tony Ramos (IOWA) Pinned Shayden Terukina (ISU) 4:32
141: Montell Marion (IOWA) MDec. Luke Goettl (ISU) 17-5
149: Mark Ballweg (IOWA) Dec. Joe Cozart (ISU) 3-1 (OT)
157: Derek St. John (IOWA) Pinned Michael Moreno (ISU) 4:38
165: Andrew Sorenson (ISU) Dec. Mike Evans (IOWA) 4-3
174: Chris Spangler (ISU) Dec. Ethen Lofthouse (IOWA) 8-5
184: Boaz Beard (ISU) Dec. Vinnie Wagner (IOWA) 10-9
197: Tomas Lira (IOWA) Dec. Cole Shafer (ISU) 10-6
285: Bobby Telford (IOWA) Dec. Matt Gibson (ISU) 9-3
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes top Illinois, 20-13
December 2, 2011
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team opened its Big Ten schedule with a 20-13 win over seventh-ranked Illinois tonight inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa won six-of-10 matches and scored bonus points in the final two bouts to extend its unbeaten dual streak to 81.
"We were in a battle tonight," said Iowa head coach Tom Brands, "and we saw some not-so-good things. We have to get on the offense and not let guys slow us down. We're fortunate we get to go right back into it in less the 48 hours. We need to be sharper and we need to make some strides"
Illinois grabbed the early 3-0 lead when eighth-ranked Eric Terrazas recorded an 8-4 decision over Iowa's 149-pound junior Mark Ballweg. The Hawkeyes responded with three consecutive decisions from Derek St. John (157), Mike Evans (165) and Ethen Lofthouse (174). All three wrestlers led from start to finish to help Iowa stake a 9-3 advantage. St. John scored four takedowns to earn his ninth win of the season, a 10-5 decision, while Evans recorded his second straight shutout with a 5-0 victory in his Big Ten debut.
Lofthouse scored a second period escape and takedown to build a 3-0 lead and outscored Illinois' third-ranked Jordan Blanton 3-1 in the final period to earn a 6-1 decision.
Illinois (6-1, 0-1) answered Iowa's run with a major decision at 184 to cut into the Hawkeye lead. Iowa's Jeremy Fahler battled back from an early 6-1 deficit to tie the 184-pound match, 7-7, but Illinois' Tony Dallago out-scored Fahler 9-1 in the final period to secure the bonus point and pull the Illini within two points, 9-7, heading into intermission.
Illinois's Mario Gonzalez then gave the Illini its second lead of the night with an 11-9 decision over Iowa's Tomas Lira at 197 pounds.
Trailing 10-9, Iowa redshirt freshman Bobby Telford rode Illinois' Pat Walker the entire second period and added an early third period escape to earn a 2-0 win and help Iowa reclaim the lead, 12-10.
Junior Matt McDonough looked like he would create some distance in the team race by jumping to a 6-2 lead in the 125-pound match, but a late second period reversal by Illinois' Jesse Delgado turned the momentum against McDonough and the pair eventually went into overtime tied, 7-7. Delgado scored a takedown with 40 seconds left in the extra period and added a pair of back points to earn the 11-7 win and give Illinois a 13-12 advantage heading into the final two matches of the evening.
The night's headlining match between Iowa's third-ranked Tony Ramos and Illinois' second-ranked Jesse Delgado looked good for the Hawkeyes when Ramos scored a pair of takedowns in the opening period to jump to a 4-2 lead. Futrell scored an early escape in the second frame before another Ramos takedown and an illegal holding call on Futrell helped the Hawkeye sophomore grab a 7-3 advantage. Ramos eventually used another pair of takedowns and more than two minutes of riding time to earn a major decision and return the lead back to Iowa, 16-13.
Iowa's Montell Marion then secured the Hawkeye victory with an 11-2 major decision over Illinois' Daryl Thomas. Marion scored a pair of first period takedowns and never trailed in the match, building 2:46 of riding time to earn his team-high fourth major decision of the year.
The Hawkeyes (4-0, 1-0) return to action Sunday when they travel to Ames, Iowa, to face Iowa State at 2 p.m. inside Hilton Coliseum. The dual will be broadcast live on AM-800 KXIC and Hawkeye All-Access, a subscription service committed to providing quality coverage of University of Iowa athletic events. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside with have the call live from Hilton Coliseum. The dual will also be televised live on Mediacom.
Hawkeye Notes: Iowa stretched its dual unbeaten streak to 81 duals… McDonough's loss was his first in 43 career dual matches and his first loss in 23 matches inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena… Ramos, Marion, St. John, Evans and Telford remain unbeaten in 2011-12… Iowa has won its last six Big Ten openers… Tom Brands is 6-0 in Big Ten openers… Iowa has won its last 36 Big Ten duals.
#1 University of Iowa vs. #7 University of Illinois
149 - Eric Terrazas (IL) dec. Mark Ballweg (I), 8-4
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Jackson Morse (IL), 10-5
165 - Mike Evans (I) dec. Dan Stelter (IL), 5-0
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Jordan Blanton (IL), 6-1
184 - Tony Dallago (IL) major dec. Jeremy Fahler (I), 17-8
197 - Mario Gonzalez (IL) dec. Tomas Lira (I), 11-9
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) dec. Pat Walker (IL), 2-0
125 - Jesse Delgado (IL) dec. Matt McDonough (I), 11-7 (OT)
133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. B.J. Futrell (IL), 13-5
141 - Montell Marion (I) major dec. Daryl Thomas (IL), 11-2
Iowa Wrestling tops No. 7 Illinois, 20-13
Recap will follow.
Chris
#1 University of Iowa, 20 vs. #7 University of Illinois, 13
149 - Eric Terrazas (IL) dec. Mark Ballweg (I), 8-4
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Jackson Morse (IL), 10-5
165 - Mike Evans (I) dec. Dan Stelter (IL), 5-0
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Jordan Blanton (IL), 6-1
184 - Tony Dallago (IL) major dec. Jeremy Fahler (I), 17-8
197 - Mario Gonzalez (IL) dec. Tomas Lira (I), 11-9
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) dec. Pat Walker (IL), 2-0
125 - Jesse Delgado (IL) dec. Matt McDonough (I), 11-7 (OT)
133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. B.J. Futrell (IL), 13-5
141 - Montell Marion (I) major dec. Daryl Thomas (IL), 11-2
Iowa Wrestling--Bobbleheads, t-shirts and USA Wrestling will precede Friday's dual
November 29, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
BOBBLEHEADS, T-SHIRTS AND USA WRESTLING WILL PRECEDE FRIDAY'S DUAL
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa and USA wrestling fans are encouraged to arrive early at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday. They'll be able to pick up their Olympic Trials promotional items and watch the United States women's national team perform a freestyle wrestling demonstration before Iowa's 7 p.m. dual with Illinois.
Fans that purchased 2011-12 Hawkeye wrestling season tickets AND the VIP Package for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials can pick up the limited edition Dan Gable Olympic bobblehead beginning at 5:30 p.m. near section A on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concourse. Pre-purchased USA Wrestling/Iowa Hawkeye t-shirts will also be distributed. T-shirts and will not be available for purchase on site. You must have ordered the commemorative t-shirt in advance.
The United States women's wrestling team will perform a demonstration from 6:30-6:50. Terry Steiner, head coach of the women's national team and a 1993 NCAA Champion and three-time All-American at Iowa, returned to Iowa City this week to lead the training session for the women's national team inside the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex. In addition to Friday's demonstration, the national team will also be special guests at the Iowa City and Coralville CVB annual business luncheon Thursday.
Steiner's group includes 18 athletes expected to compete at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, April 21-22. Tickets to the event can be purchased at hawkeyesports.com and iowacitytolondon.com.
Fan unable to attend the Iowa vs. Illinois dual may pick up their Dan Gable Olympic bobblehead and commemorative t-shirt at the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau beginning Monday, Dec. 5. Visit iowacitycoralville.org for CVB information.
Iowa Wrestling--Hawkeyes sweep duals, Brands earns 100th Hawkeye win
November 25, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
BRANDS EARNS 100TH HAWKEYE WIN AS IOWA SWEEPS IC DUALS
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team extended its unbeaten dual winning streak to 80 games Friday with wins over Baker (47-3), Cornell College (42-0) and Iowa Central (37-6) inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tom Brands earned his 100th win as Iowa's head wrestling coach as Iowa swept the Iowa City Duals for the fourth time in as many seasons. Brands owns a 100-6-1 record since taking over the Hawkeye program in 2006. The Hawkeyes recorded nine pins while posting a 27-3 record in the three duals.
Seven Hawkeyes recorded perfect 3-0 marks in the duals, including 125-pounder Matt McDonough, 174-pounder Ethen Lofthouse and heavyweight Bobby Telford. All three Hawkeyes recorded a pair of pins and a bonus-point victory. McDonough opened the three-dual event with a second period pin against Baker's Bo Newport and Telford sent the crowd of 8,527 home with a first period pin against Central's Lonnie Brown. McDonough added a first period pin against Jacob Colon (Central). Telford put Baker's Dylan Berg on his back in 2:17. Lofthouse recorded a fall against Baker's Clarence Brown in the opening period before pinning Cornell's Brent Hamm in 1:06, the fastest fall of the night.
Redshirt freshman Mike Evans, sophomores Tony Ramos and Derek St. John, and senior Montell Marion also posted perfect 3-0 marks. Evans, Ramos and Marion recorded one pin each. St. John added two technical falls. Twenty-two of Iowa's 27 wins earned bonus points.
Senior Vinnie Wagner made his first career appearance in front of the Carver-Hawkeye Arena crowd. The 184-pounder earned a 21-8 major decision over Cornell's Andrew Roberts.
Junior Grant Gambrall returned to the mat for the first time since winning the third-place bout at last season's NCAA Championships. Gambrall made his first career appearance at 197 pounds and used 1:35 of riding time to earn a 4-3 decision over Cornell's Alex Coolidge.
Redshirt freshman Jeremy Fahler earned a pair of major decisions in each of his 184-pound bouts. Fahler topped Baker's Parker Owen 9-1 before recording a 12-4 win over Iowa Central's Cristian Mays.
Sophomore Tomas Lira split a pair of decisions at 197 pounds. Redshirt freshman Jacob Ballweg lost two of his three decisions while competing at 149 pounds.
The Hawkeyes return to action Dec. 2 when they host sixth-ranked Illinois on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Kids five and under are admitted free to all home wrestling events. The Iowa-Illinois dual will be streamed live on btn.com via Hawkeye All-Access, a subscription service committed to providing quality coverage of University of Iowa athletic events. The Hawkeyes face in-state rival Iowa State in Ames on Dec. 4. The Cyclones host Iowa inside Hilton Coliseum at 2 p.m. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will broadcast both weekend duals on AM-800 KXIC.
Hawkeye Notes: Iowa scored bonus points in 22 of its 27 wins… Iowa is unbeaten in its last 80 duals… the Hawkeyes improved to 14-0 all-time in the Iowa City Duals… six Hawkeyes made their Carver-Hawkeye Arena debuts: Jacob Ballweg, Mike Evans, Jeremy Fahler, Tomas Lira, Vinnie Wagner and Bobby Telford… four Hawkeyes improved upon their undefeated records inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena: Matt McDonough (22-0), Tony Ramos (9-0), Derek St. John (11-0), Grant Gambrall (10-0).
#1 University of Iowa 47, Baker University 3
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Bo Newport (B), 3:51
133 - Tony Ramos (I) pinned AJ Gassman (B), 4:34
141 - Montell Marion (I) pinned Philip Henes (B), 4:28
149 - Jarrell Price (B) dec. Jacob Ballweg (I), 5-3
157 - Derek St. John (I) tech. fall Nathan Sommer (B), 20-4 in 5:13
165 - Mike Evans (I) tech. fall Jake Price (B), 19-3 in 5:10
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) pinned Clarence Jordan (B), 2:38
184 - Jeremy Fahler (I) maj. dec. Parker Owen (B), 9-1
197 - Tomas Lira (I) dec. Jake Nowak (B), 7-2
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) pinned Dylan Berg (B), 2:17
#1 University of Iowa 42, Cornell College 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Timothy Hood (C), 13-3
133 - Tony Ramos (I) tech. fall Tigue Snider (C), 26-10 in 6:41
141 - Montell Marion (I) maj. dec. Michael Buhr (C), 17-7
149 - Jacob Ballweg (I) dec. Nicholas Drendel (C), 5-2
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Nicholas Loughlin (C), 12-6
165 - Mike Evans (I) pinned Joe Hambleton (C), 2:53
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) pinned Brent Hamm (C), 1:06
184 - Vinnie Wagner (I) maj. dec Andrew Roberts (C), 21-8
197 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Alex Coolidge (C), 4-3
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) tech. fall Carl Gaul (C), 19-3 in 6:01*
#1 University of Iowa 37, Iowa Central Community College 6
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Jacob Colon (ICCC), 2:55
133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. Brandon Wright (ICCC), 17-6
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Terrel Wilbourn (ICCC), 10-4
149 - Edwin Cooper (ICCC) dec. Jacob Ballweg, 3-2
157 - Derek St. John (I) tech. fall Joe Winkler (ICCC), 18-0 in 6:17
165 - Mike Evans (I) tech. fall Colin Hewitt (ICCC), 16-0 in 6:20
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) vs. Jahwon Akui (ICCC)
184 - Jeremy Fahler (I) major dec. Cristian Mays (ICCC), 12-4
197 - Kolton Kersten (ICCC) dec. Tomas Lira, 7-6
Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) pinned Lonnie Brown (ICCC), 1:53
UI Wrestling -- Hawkeyes crown seven champions in season opener
***complete tournament bracket is attached.
November 19, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
HAWKEYES CROWN SEVEN CHAMPS IN SEASON OPENER
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team crowned seven champions Saturday at the Joe Parisi Wrestling Open in Saint Charles, Mo. The Hawkeyes added six runner-up and five third place finishes while posting an 85-25 record in their season opening event.
Junior Matt McDonough (125), sophomore Tony Ramos (133) , senior Montell Marion (141), freshman Brody Grothus (149), sophomore Derek St. John (157), redshirt freshman Mike Evans (165) and redshirt freshman Bobby Telford (HWT) earned titles for the Hawkeyes. Grothus won his title while wrestling unattached.
McDonough recorded four pins on his way to the finals, where he earned a 7-1 decision over Neosho Community College's Jeff Vesta. McDonough's efforts raised his career pin total to 27. He earned nine falls as a redshirt freshman and 14 falls last season. Redshirt freshman Matt Gurule lost to Vest in the semifinals but bounced pack with a pair of decisions in the consolation bracket to finish third.
Ramos recorded a pin, two technical falls and a major decision en route the 133 finals, where he earned a 4-1 decision over senior teammate Tyler Clark. Clark recorded a pair of major decisions, a pin and an OT victory over teammate Aldon Isenberg before falling to Ramos in the finals. Isenberg finished third with a couple bonus point victories in the consolation bracket.
Marion topped teammate Nick Trizzino 4-1 in the 141 pound finals. The Hawkeye senior finished the day 5-0 with three major decisions. Trizzino, a sophomore from Bettendorf, Iowa, picked up a major decision en route to his runner-up finish. The Hawkeyes swept the top three positions at 141 after junior Mark Ballweg bounced back from an opening round loss with six straight wins, including a pin in the consolation finals, to finish third.
Grothus, a true freshman from Davenport, Iowa, pinned Missouri's Kellen Nounous in the 149 pound finals. The pin was Grothus' third of the day. Jack Ballweg topped teammate Ethan Owens in the consolation round and recorded a 5-4 decision in the consolation finals to earn third place. Hawkeye sophomore Dylan Carew withdrew from the field following his first round decision over Illinois' Caleb Ervin.
Iowa swept the top four positions at 157 pounds. St. John posted four bonus-point wins, including a 10-1 major decision against teammate Joey Trizzino in the finals. Redshirt freshman Michael Kelly earned third place following an 8-5 decision over teammate Patrick Rhoads in the consolation finals.
Evans and teammate Nick Moore combined for five pins en route to the 165 pound final. Evans blanked Moore 3-0 to win the title and finish the day 5-0 with three pins and a major decision. Moore finished 4-1 with a pair of falls and a major decision.
Lofthouse used a pair of decisions, a technical fall and a pin to reach the 174 pounds finals, where he dropped a 3-1 decision to Missouri's Pat Wright.
Redshirt freshman Jeremy Fahler posted a 3-1 record on the day. His only defeat, a 6-3 decision, came to Missouri's Clarence Neely in the 184 pound finals.
Despite failing to capture the tournament title, sophomore Tomas Lira turned in one of Iowa's more impressive efforts, using four straight falls to earn a shot in the consolation finals. After dropping his opening match, 7-6, Lira opened the consolation bracket with a technical fall before his four straight pins berthed him into the finals, where he recorded an 11-2 major decision to earn third place.
Telford used a trio of pins and a 5-1 decision to earn a spot in the 285 pound finals, where he topped teammate Blake Rasing 1-0. Rasing opened the tournament with a pair of pins and finished with a 4-1 record en route to the runner-up finish.
The Hawkeyes return to action Friday, Nov. 25, when they host the Iowa City Duals inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa will put its 77-match unbeaten streak on the line against Baker (3 p.m.), Cornell College (5 p.m.) and Iowa Central (7 p.m.). Tickets to the event are $10 for adults, $5 for youth and free for kids five and under. Visit hawkeyesports.com for ticket information.
Iowa Wrestling -- Lindenwood Joe Parisi Open Results.
Seven Hawkeyes won tournament titles at the season opening tournament in Saint Charles, Mo.
They include Matt McDonough (125), Tony Ramos (133), Montell Marion (133), Brody Grothus (149), Derek St. John (157), Mike Evans (165) and Bobby Telford (HWT).
Ethen Lofthouse (174) and Jeremy Fahler (184) earned second place finishes. Tomas Lira earned third place at 197 pounds.
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes on top of NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling program will open the season Saturday on top of the first regular season NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Hawkeyes bumped defending NCAA Champion Penn State, who was ranked No. 1 in the preseason poll. Iowa reached the top of the coaches poll for the first time since finishing the 2010 season with its third straight national title. Iowa finished third at the 2011 NCAA tournament. The Hawkeyes return seven NCAA qualifiers and four All-Americans in 2011-12.
The Hawkeyes open the season Saturday at the Lindenwood Men's Wrestling Joe Parisi Open in Saint Charles, Mo. The day-long tournament begins at 9 a.m. inside Hyland Arena on the Lindenwood campus. Iowa returns home Nov. 25 to host the Iowa City Duals on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes will put their 77-dual unbeaten streak on the line against Baker University (3 p.m.), Cornell College (5 p.m.) and Iowa Central CC (7 p.m.).
Season and single-meet tickets are now available for purchase on hawkeyesports.com. Season tickets for nine home duals (including the Iowa City Duals) are available for $67. Single-meet tickets for the Iowa City Duals (11/25), Illinois (12/2), Northern Iowa (12/8), Northwestern (1/15) and Wisconsin (2/5) are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Single-meet tickets to Oklahoma State (1/7) and Minnesota (1/29) are $13 for adults, $7 for children. Kids under five-years old are admitted free to all home events.
NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll
Rank
School
Total
Prev. Rank
1
Iowa (6)
244
2
2
Penn State (3)
240
1
3
Oklahoma State (1)
230
3
4
Minnesota
223
4
5
Cornell
212
5
6
Michigan
194
7
7
Illinois
168
8
8
Lehigh
165
6
9
Missouri
162
9
10
Ohio State
149
13
11
Pittsburgh
140
17
12
Oklahoma
136
10
13
Maryland
125
T11
14
American
121
T11
15
Virginia Tech
113
14
16
Rutgers
108
T15
17
Northwestern
90
19
18
Oregon State
86
18
19
Wyoming
67
T15
20
Penn
49
25
21
Virginia
45
22
22
Stanford
43
21
23
Iowa State
24
20
T24
Nebraska
22
HM
T24
Central Michigan
22
23
Iowa Wrestling - Hawkeyes Conclude Wrestle-Offs
November 12, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
HAWKEYES CONCLUDE WRESTLE-OFFS
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Hawkeye wrestling fans in attendance for Saturday's final day of wrestle-off competition in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex saw some familiar performances, as well as several new faces trying to break their way into the 2011-12 lineup. Returning All-Americans Matt McDonough (125) and Derek St. John (157) each picked up bonus-point wins, while redshirt freshman Bobby Telford beat defending Big Ten Champion Blake Rasing at heavyweight.
"We saw some good things today, and we saw some things that we still need to work on," explained Head Coach Tom Brands. "We'll continue to work, and to figure out our lineup at the tournament in St. Louis next week."
McDonough kicked off the event at 125 by pinning redshirt freshman Matt Gurule in 4:26. The defending Big Ten Champion, McDonough led the Hawkeyes with 14 pins last season. At 133, senior Tyler Clark scored a 4-2 decision over sophomore and 2011 NCAA qualifier Tony Ramos. Brothers Mark Ballweg and Jake Ballweg followed with decisions at their weights, with Mark scoring a 2-0 decision over sophomore Nick Trizzino at 141, and Jake posting a 9-3 win over freshman Brody Grothus at 149. St. John scored the lone major decision of the morning, beating redshirt freshman Michael Kelly, 12-4, at 157. Redshirt freshman Mike Evans posted a 4-2 victory over redshirt freshman Nick Moore at 165. NCAA qualifier Ethen Lofthouse scored eight takedowns en route to his 22-7 technical fall at 174 over freshman Kris Klapprodt. At 184, senior Vinnie Wagner had a 2-1 lead in the second period before injury defaulting to redshirt freshman Jeremy Fahler. Sophomore Tomas Lira scored the second pin of the day, sticking freshman Josh Haug in 4:43 at 197. After a scoreless first period in the heavyweight bout, Telford rode Rasing the entire second period and added an escape in the third period to win, 2-0.
The Hawkeyes open the season Nov. 19 at the Lindenwood University Open in St. Louis. Iowa hosts its first dual of the season Nov. 25 with the Iowa City Duals. The Hawkeyes face Baker (3 p.m.), Cornell College (5 p.m.) and Iowa Central (7 p.m.) on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Season and single-meet tickets are now available for purchase on hawkeyesports.com. Season tickets for nine home duals (including the Iowa City Duals) are available for $67. Single-meet tickets for the Iowa City Duals (11/25), Illinois (12/2), Northern Iowa (12/8), Northwestern (1/15) and Wisconsin (2/5) are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Single-meet tickets to Oklahoma State (1/7) and Minnesota (1/29) are $13 for adults, $7 for children. Kids under five-years old are admitted free to all home events.
Thursday's Results
133 - Aldon Isenberg dec. Matt Gurule, 13-9
141 - Nick Trizzino pinned Charlie Joseph, 2:13
157 - Joey Trizzino maj. dec. Stew Gillmor, 14-0
157 - Joe DuCharme dec. Patrick Rhoads, 6-4 OT
Friday's Results
133 - Tony Ramos dec. Aldon Isenberg, 15-8
133 - Tyler Clark dec. J.J. Krutsinger, 8-2
141 - Nick Trizzino pinned Charlie Joseph, 1:33
141 - Mark Ballweg maj. dec. Nate Moore, 11-2
149 - Jake Ballweg maj. dec. Jake Kadel, 13-4
149 - Brody Grothus dec. Ethan Owens, 7-1
157 - Derek St. John maj. dec. Joey Trizzino, 15-2
157 - Michael Kelly dec. Joe DuCharme, 4-2
165 - Nick Moore maj. dec. Walt Gillmor, 12-3
184 - Jeremy Fahler tech. fall Josh Haug, 19-2 in 4:40
Hwt. - Blake Rasing pinned Tom Flood, 1:41
Hwt. - Bobby Telford maj. dec. Brodie Ambrose, 9-1
Saturday's Results
125 - Matt McDonough pinned Matt Gurule, 4:26
133 - Tyler Clark dec. Tony Ramos, 4-2
141 - Mark Ballweg dec. Nick Trizzino, 2-0
149 - Jake Ballweg dec. Brody Grothus, 9-3
157 - Derek St. John maj. dec. Michael Kelly, 12-4
165 - Mike Evans dec. Nick Moore, 4-2
174 - Ethen Lofthouse tech. fall Kris Klapprodt, 22-7
184 - Jeremy Fahler won by injury default over Vinnie Wagner
197 - Tomas Lira pinned Josh Haug, 4:43
Hwt. - Bobby Telford dec. Blake Rasing, 2-0
Iowa Wrestling - Hawkeyes Host Wrestle-Off Semifinals
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Hawkeye wrestling fans got a glimpse of the 2011-12 squad Friday night as the team hosted its second round of intrasquad wrestle-off competition at the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Defending Big Ten Champion Blake Rasing (Hwt.) and sophomore Nick Trizzino (141) pinned their semifinal opponents, while redshirt freshman Jeremy Fahler scored a 19-2 technical fall in 4:40 at 184. All-American Derek St. John (157), brothers Mark Ballweg (141) and Jake Ballweg (149), and redshirt freshmen Nick Moore (165) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.) each scored major decisions on the evening. Also picking up Friday night wins to advance to Saturday morning's competition were sophomore Tony Ramos (133), senior Tyler Clark (133), freshman Brody Grothus (149) and redshirt freshman Michael Kelly (157).
The Hawkeyes are scheduled to hold eight third-round wrestle-off matches Saturday at 8:45 a.m. at the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The event is open to the public, and there is no charge for admission, but parking will be limited due to Saturday's Hawkeye football game. Fans interested in attending should enter Carver-Hawkeye Arena through the north entrance of the Dale and Marilyn Howard Family Pavilion. Take the stairs or elevator to the second floor and continue down the hallway across from the practice gym and into the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex.
The Hawkeyes open the season Nov. 19 at the Lindenwood University Open. Iowa hosts its first dual of the season Nov. 25 with the Iowa City Duals. The Hawkeyes face Baker (3 p.m.), Cornell College (5 p.m.) and Iowa Central (7 p.m.) on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Season and single-meet tickets are now available for purchase on hawkeyesports.com. Season tickets for nine home duals (including the Iowa City Duals) are available for $67. Single-meet tickets for the Iowa City Duals (11/25), Illinois (12/2), Northern Iowa (12/8), Northwestern (1/15) and Wisconsin (2/5) are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Single-meet tickets to Oklahoma State (1/7) and Minnesota (1/29) are $13 for adults, $7 for children. Kids under five-years old are admitted free to all home events.
Thursday's Results
133 - Aldon Isenberg dec. Matt Gurule, 13-9
141 - Nick Trizzino pinned Charlie Joseph, 2:13
157 - Joey Trizzino maj. dec. Stew Gillmor, 14-0
157 - Joe DuCharme dec. Patrick Rhoads, 6-4 OT
Friday's Results
133 - Tony Ramos dec. Aldon Isenberg, 15-8
133 - Tyler Clark dec. J.J. Krutsinger, 8-2
141 - Nick Trizzino pinned Charlie Joseph, 1:33
141 - Mark Ballweg maj. dec. Nate Moore, 11-2
149 - Jake Ballweg maj. dec. Jake Kadel, 13-4
149 - Brody Grothus dec. Ethan Owens, 7-1
157 - Derek St. John maj. dec. Joey Trizzino, 15-2
157 - Michael Kelly dec. Joe DuCharme, 4-2
165 - Nick Moore maj. dec. Walt Gillmor, 12-3
184 - Jeremy Fahler tech. fall Josh Haug, 19-2 in 4:40
Hwt. - Blake Rasing pinned Tom Flood, 1:41
Hwt. - Bobby Telford maj. dec. Brodie Ambrose, 9-1
Saturday's Match-Ups - 8:45 a.m.
133 - Tony Ramos vs. Tyler Clark
141 - Nick Trizzino vs. Mark Ballweg
149 - Jake Ballweg vs. Brody Grothus
157 - Derek St. John vs. Michael Kelly
165 - Mike Evans vs. Nick Moore
174 - Ethen Lofthouse vs. Kris Klapprodt
184 - Vinnie Wagner vs. Jeremy Fahler
Hwt. - Blake Rasing vs. Bobby Telford
Iowa Wrestling -- Hawkeyes announce start times for wrestle-offs
November 8, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
HAWKEYES ANNOUNCE START TIMES FOR WRESTLE-OFFS
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling program has announced start times for its annual wrestle-offs. Competition will begin Thursday at 4:45 p.m., Friday at 4:15 p.m., and Saturday at 8:45 a.m. The wrestle-offs will be held inside the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The wrestle-offs are open to the public, and there is no charge for admission, but parking will be limited due to Friday's men's basketball game and Saturday's football game. The hospital parking ramp is recommended for fans attending on Friday.
Fans interested in attending should enter Carver-Hawkeye Arena through the north entrance of the Dale and Marilyn Howard Family Pavilion. Take the stairs or elevator to the second floor and continue down the hallway across from the practice gym and into the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex.
The Hawkeyes open the season Nov. 19 at the Lindenwood University Open. Iowa hosts its first dual of the season Nov. 25 with the Iowa City Duals. The Hawkeyes face Baker (3 p.m.), Cornell College (5 p.m.) and Iowa Central CC (7 p.m.) on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Season and single-meet tickets are available for purchase on hawkeyesports.com. Season tickets for nine home duals (including the Iowa City Duals) are available for $67. Single-meet tickets for the Iowa City Duals (11/25), Illinois (12/2), Northern Iowa (12/8), Northwestern (1/15) and Wisconsin (2/5) are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Single-meet tickets to Oklahoma State (1/7) and Minnesota (1/29) are $13 for adults, $7 for children. Kids under five-years old are admitted free to all home events.
University of Iowa-Nine more athletes qualify for U.S. Olympic Team Trials
74 athletes are now qualified to compete in Iowa City, April 21-22
Nine additional athletes have qualified to compete at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22.
They earned their spots in the field based upon results at the Sunkist Kids International Open, held in Mesa, Ariz., Oct. 29-30.
Seven of the new qualifiers came in men's freestyle wrestling. The top U.S. placewinner in the top four of each weight class who had not already qualified earned their trip to Iowa City. The new men's freestyle qualifiers are:
Ben Kjar (Orem, Utah/Utah Valley) at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Derek Moore (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) at 60 kg/132 lbs.
Jared Frayer (Norman, Okla./Gator WC) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Lloyd Rogers (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC) at 74 kg/163 lbs.
Raymond Jordan (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) at 84 kg/185 lbs.
Wynn Michalak (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Charles Fish (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marines) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Frayer and Jordan won Sunkist Kids International titles. Moore, Rogers, Michalak and Fish placed second at the Sunkist Kids International. Kjar placed fourth there.
Moore was a NCAA Div. I champion for Cal-Davis. Past NCAA All-Americans who qualified were Kjar (Utah Valley), Frayer (Oklahoma), Jordan (Missouri) and Michalak (Central Michigan). Rogers wrestled for UT-Chattanooga.
Two of the new qualifiers came in Greco-Roman. Champions from the Sunkist Kids International in Greco-Roman qualified for Iowa City. There were five U.S. Greco-Roman champions there, but three had already qualified. The new Greco-Roman qualifiers are:
Ellis Coleman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) at 60 kg/132 lbs.
C.P. Schlatter (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm) at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Schlatter was an NCAA All-American for Minnesota. Coleman competed for the USOEC program at Northern Michigan.
Only champions at the Sunkist Kids International in women's freestyle qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials. There was one U.S. champion there, but she had already qualified.
Since the qualification process for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials began, 74 athletes have already earned their spot in this elite field. The qualification process will continue in the months leading up to the event.
The approved Olympic Team Selection Criteria for each style can be read at:
<http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=team_criteria>http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=team_criteria
Each of the three Olympic styles of wrestling will have a different qualification process, as proposed by their individual Sports Committees, presented by USA Wrestling and approved by the USOC.
The next scheduled event to provide the opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for wrestling is the Armed Forces Greco-Roman Championships, set for Colorado Springs, Colo., November 4, where individual champions will qualify. In addition, any U.S. women's wrestler who claims a gold medal at the Hargobind International in Burnaby, Canada, Nov. 4-5 will also qualify.
This year, there will not be a U.S. Open for men's freestyle. Instead, there will be a Men's Freestyle Olympic Trials Qualifier held in Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, Nev., held alongside the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational. Three athletes in each weight class will qualify for Iowa City.
The U.S. Open for Greco-Roman and Women's Freestyle will be held in Arlington, Texas, Dec. 16-17, 2011. Seven athletes in each weight class will qualify for Iowa City from this event.
In addition to listing the athletes by weight class, USA Wrestling is also producing a list of qualifiers based upon their college affiliation, either as a current or past student-athlete, current coach or involvement with a Regional Training Center.
USA Wrestling will continue to update and publish the list of athletes who have qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling.
For more information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, visit:
IowaCitytoLondon.com
UPDATED QUALIFIERS FOR U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR WRESTLING (as of Oct. 31)
The qualification process has begun for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, April 20-21. Please note that athletes may change weights from where they qualified. Also, please note that each style has a different qualification system for their Olympic Trials field.
2012 MEN'S FREESTYLE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIERS
55 kg/121 pounds
'11 World Team Trials Champion - Nick Simmons, Corvallis, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
'11 World Team Trials second place - Sam Hazewinkel, Norman, Okla. (Sunkist Kids)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Ben Kjar, Orem, Utah (Utah Valley)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Henry Cejudo, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Danny Felix, Morgantown, W.Va. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Obe Blanc, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Nick Simmons, Corvallis, Ore. (Sunkist Kids)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
60 kg/132 pounds
'11 World Team Trials Champion - Reece Humphrey, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC)
'11 World Team Trials second place - Shawn Bunch, Columbus, Ohio (Gator WC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Coleman Scott, Stillwater, Okla. (Gator WC)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Derek Moore, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Mike Zadick, Solon, Iowa (Gator WC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Reece Humphrey, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Shawn Bunch, Columbus, Ohio (Gator WC)
Past U.S. World Team member -
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
66 kg/145.5 pounds
'11 World Team Trials Champion - Teyon Ware, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
'11 World Team Trials second place - Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Josh Churella, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Jared Frayer, Norman, Okla. (Gator WC)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Cary Kolat, Chapel Hill, N.C. (North Carolina RTC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Teyon Ware, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Brent Metcalf, Iowa City, Iowa (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member -
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
74 kg/163 pounds
'11 World Medalist in Trials Finals - Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids)
Challenge Tournament qualifiers
'11 World Team Trials second place - Andrew Howe, Cedar Lake, Ind. (New York AC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Nick Marable, Columbia, Mo. (Sunkist Kids)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Lloyd Rogers, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. World Team member - Trent Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Dustin Schlatter, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
Past U.S. World Team member - Travis Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
84 kg/185 pounds
'11 World Team Trials Champion - Cael Sanderson, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
'11 World Team Trials second place - Jake Herbert, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Keith Gavin, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley AC)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Raymond Jordan, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Cael Sanderson, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Andy Hrovat, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Jake Herbert, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member -
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
96 kg/211.5 pounds
'11 World Medalist in Trials Finals - Jake Varner, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
Challenge Tournament qualifiers
'11 World Team Trials second place - Chad Henke, Dayton, Ore. (NWRTC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Dustin Kilgore, Berea, Ohio (Golden Pride WC)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Wynn Michalak, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Kurt Angle, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Past U.S. World Team member - J. D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
120 kg/264.5 pounds
'11 World Team Trials Champion - Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
'11 World Team Trials second place - Steve Mocco, Bethlehem, Pa. (New York AC)
'11 World Team Trials, true third place - Dom Bradley, Blue Springs, Mo. (Sunkist Kids)
*Sunkist International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 - Charles Fish, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marines)
*New York AC International highest non-qualified U.S. in top 4 -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier Champion -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier runner-up -
'11 Olympic Trials Qualifier third place -
*Dave Schultz highest U.S. in top 6 -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Steve Mocco, Bethlehem, Pa. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Tommy Rowlands, Hilliard, Ohio (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Les Sigman, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
* For Sunkist, NYAC and Schultz events, this is the highest previously non-qualified U.S. athlete within the specified placement range.
2012 GRECO-ROMAN U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIERS
55 kg/121 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Spenser Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Past U.S. World Team member -
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
60 kg/132 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - Ellis Coleman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Joe Betterman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Jeremiah Davis, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Past U.S. World Team member - Joe Warren, Monument, Colo. (New York AC)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
66 kg/145.5 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - C.P. Schlatter, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Justin Lester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Past U.S. World Team member - Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
74 kg/163 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - Justin Lester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Jacob Deitchler, Ramsey, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
Past U.S. World Team member - Jake Fisher, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Andrew Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
84 kg/185 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Cheney Haight, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Jake Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Past U.S. World Team member - Chas Betts, Colorado Springs, Colo.(Minnesota Storm)
Past U.S. World Team member - Keith Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
96 kg/211.5 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Justin Ruiz, Meridian, Idaho (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - R.C. Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
120 kg/264.5 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open, seventh place -
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
'11 Interservice champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Dremiel Byers, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Rulon Gardner, Logan, Utah (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member -
Wildcard selection, if applicable -
** Pan Am/North American events from July 1, 2011 through Olympic Trials date
*** Approved international event within one year of Olympic Trials date
2012 WOMEN'S FREESTYLE U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS QUALIFIERS
48 kg/105.5 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 48 kg, seventh place -
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
'12 WCWA 48 kg No. 1 American -
'12 WCWA 48 kg No. 2 American -
'12 WCWA non-Olympic weight No. 1 American -
'12 University Nationals 48 kg champion -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member - Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Mary Kelly, Marquette, Mich. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
55 kg/121 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 55 kg, seventh place -
2011 Pan American Games champion - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (New York AC)
2011 Sunkist Kids International champion - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
'12 WCWA 55 kg No. 1 American -
'12 WCWA 55 kg No. 2 American -
'12 WCWA non-Olympic weight No. 1 American -
'12 University Nationals 55 kg champion -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (New York AC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Past U.S. World Team member - Deanna Rix, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
63 kg/138.75 pounds
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 63 kg, seventh place -
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
'12 WCWA 63 kg No. 1 American -
'12 WCWA 63 kg No. 2 American -
'12 WCWA non-Olympic weight No. 1 American -
'12 University Nationals 63 kg champion -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC)
Past U.S. World Team member - Kristie Davis, Yukon, Okla. (Gator WC/OCU)
Past U.S. World Team member - Adeline Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
72 kg/158.5 pounds
'11 World Medalist in Trials Finals - Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Gator WC)
Challenge Tournament qualifiers
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg Champion -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, second place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, third place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, fourth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, fifth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, sixth place -
Dec. '11 U.S. Open 72 kg, seventh place -
**FILA Pan Am/North American Sr. event champion -
***International tour medalist in Europe -
***International tour medalist in Asia -
***International tour medalist in Cuba -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 1 non-qualified -
'12 Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier No. 2 non-qualified -
'12 WCWA 72 kg No. 1 American -
'12 WCWA 72 kg No. 2 American -
'12 WCWA non-Olympic weight No. 1 American -
'12 University Nationals 72 kg champion -
Past U.S. Olympic Team member -
Past U.S. World Team member - Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
Past U.S. World Team member - Stephany Lee, Colo. Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
** Pan Am/North American events from July 1, 2011 through Olympic Trials date
*** Approved international event within one year of Olympic Trials date
UPDATED COLLEGE AFFILIATIONS (as athletes, or current coach/training center affiliation)
Alberta (Canada) - Ali Bernard (72kg W)
Arizona State - Danny Felix (55kg FS), Kelsey Campbell (55kg W)
Cal-Davis - Derek Moore (60kg FS)
Central Michigan - Wynn Michalak (96kg FS)
Clarion - Kurt Angle (96kg FS)
Cumberlands (Ky.) - Jessica Medina (48kg W)
Edinboro - Shawn Bunch (60kg FS)
Hudson Valley CC - Kristie Davis (63kg W)
Iowa - Mike Zadick (60kg FS), Brent Metcalf (66kg FS), Steve Mocco (120kg FS); Coach/Train: Lloyd Rogers (74kg FS)
Iowa State - Trent Paulson (74kg FS), Travis Paulson (74kg FS), Cael Sanderson (84kg FS), Jake Varner (96kg FS), Justin Lester (66kg GR),
Kent State - Dustin Kilgore (96kg FS),
Lehigh - Coach/Train: Keith Gavin (84kg FS); Coach/Train: Steve Mocco (120kg FS)
Lindenwood - Tatiana Padilla (55kg W)
Lock Haven - Obe Blanc (55kg FS), Cary Kolat (66kg FS)
MacMurray - Mary Kelly (48kg W),
Michigan - Josh Churella (66kg FS); Andy Hrovat (84kg FS), Joe Warren (60kg GR), Coach/Train: Andrew Howe (74kg FS), Jake Herbert (84kg FS),
Michigan State - Nick Simmons (55kg FS)
Minnesota - Dustin Schlatter (74kg FS), Jake Deitchler (74kg GR), Jake Clark (84kg GR), C.P. Schlatter (66kg GR)
Missouri - Nick Marable (74 kg FS), Dom Bradley (120kg FS), Raymond Jordan (84kg FS)
Missouri Baptist - Helen Maroulis (55kg W)
Missouri Valley - Clarissa Chun (48kg W), Stephany Lee (72kg W)
Nebraska - Jordan Burroughs (74kg FS), Justin Ruiz (96kg GR), Rulon Gardner (120kg GR); Coach/Train: Raymond Jordan (84kg FS)
Nebraska-Kearney: Tervel Dlagnev (120kg FS)
Nebraska-Omaha: Les Sigman (120kg FS)
Neosho County CC - Mary Kelly (48kg FS)
North Carolina - Coach/Train: Cary Kolat (66kg FS)
North Carolina A&T - Dremiel Byers (120kg GR)
Northern Michigan - Spenser Mango (55kg GR), Joe Betterman (60kg GR), Jeremiah Davis (60kg GR), Justin Lester (66kg GR), Jake Fisher (74kg GR), Andrew Bisek (74kg GR), Cheney Haight (84kg GR), Chas Betts (84kg GR), R.C. Johnson (96kg GR), Mary Kelly (48kg W), Whitney Conder (48kg W), Alyssa Lampe (48kg W); Deanna Rix (55kg W), Ellis Coleman (60kg GR)
Northwestern - Jake Herbert (84kg FS),
Ohio State: Reece Humphrey (60kg FS); J.D. Bergman (96kg FS), Tommy Rowlands (120kg FS); Coach/Train - Shawn Bunch (60kg FS), Tervel Dlagnev (120kg FS); Henry Cejudo (55kg FS)
Oklahoma - Sam Hazewinkel (55kg FS), Teyon Ware (66kg FS), Jared Frayer (66kg FS)
Oklahoma City - Kristie Davis (63kg W)
Oklahoma State: Obe Blanc (55kg FS), Coleman Scott (60kg FS), Steve Mocco (120kg FS)
Oregon State - Chad Henke (96kg FS), Coach: Nick Simmons (55kg FS)
Penn State - Cary Kolat (66kg FS), Coach/Train: Teyon Ware (66kg FS), Cael Sanderson (84kg FS), Jake Varner (96kg FS); Les Sigman (120kg FS)
Pittsburgh - Keith Gavin (84kg FS),
Regina (Canada) - Ali Bernard (72kg W)
Selcuk Univ. (Turkey) - Faruk Sahin (66kg GR)
Simon Fraser (Canada) - Helen Maroulis (55kg W)
Tennessee-Chattanooga - Lloyd Rogers (74kg FS)
Utah Valley - Ben Kjar (55kg FS); Coach/Train: Justin Ruiz (96kg GR)
Wisconsin - Andrew Howe (74kg FS)
West Virginia - Coach/train: Danny Felix (55kg FS)
UI Wrestling- Media Day reminder and request for press credential application
To: Iowa Wrestling Media
From: Chris Brewer, University of Iowa Athletic Communications
Re: University of Iowa Wrestling Media Day & Season Press Passes
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling program will host its annual media day Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2:45 p.m. Head coach Tom Brands will address the media in the Feller Club Room inside the Dale and Marilyn Howard Family Pavilion at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Following Brands' press conference, assistant coaches and student-athletes will be available in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex until 3:25 p.m. Please send a list of requested student-athletes to christopher-brewer@hawkeyesports.com so we can do our best to ensure the student-athletes are available during the allotted time.
Please submit your requests for 2011-12 season press credentials to Chris Brewer at 319-335-9267 or christopher-brewer@hawkeyesports.com. Include your name and the mailing address of your media outlet, and the names of the staff members who need credentials. The press credential will also serve as a parking pass in Lot 33 (located east of Carver-Hawkeye Arena -- commonly referred to as the dental lot). Please note this lot is different than in years past.
Iowa Wrestling Practice Open To The Public
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa wrestling fans are invited to grab a glimpse of the 2011-12 Hawkeyes as they practice in the newly renovated Dan Gable Wrestling Complex at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
Fans interested in attending should enter Carver-Hawkeye Arena through the west entrance and proceed into the Dale and Marilyn Howard Family Pavilion. Take the stairs or elevator to the second floor and continue down the hallway across from the practice gym and into the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex.
The Hawkeyes open the season Nov. 19 at the Lindenwood University Open before returning to Carver-Hawkeye Arena to host Baker, Cornell College and Iowa Central on Nov. 25 at the Iowa City Duals.
Season and single-meet tickets are now available for purchase on hawkeyesports.com. Season tickets for nine home duals (including the Iowa City Duals) are available for $67. Single-meet tickets for the Iowa City Duals (11/25), Illinois (12/2), Northern Iowa (12/8), Northwestern (1/15) and Wisconsin (2/5) are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Single-meet tickets to Oklahoma State (1/7) and Minnesota (1/29) are $13 for adults, $7 for children. Kids under five-years old are admitted free to all home events.
UI Athletics Media Accredidation Has Begun For 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The media accreditation process has begun for journalists interested in covering the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling, which will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the campus of the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22, 2012.
A media accreditation form has been developed as a pdf file, which can be downloaded and sent to the event organizers for consideration via FAX or mail. The pdf file is attached.
You can also download the accreditation form at:
hawkeyesports.com and iowacitytolondon.com
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling will feature contests in each of the 18 Olympic wrestling weight classes. This includes seven weight classes in men's freestyle, seven weight classes in Greco-Roman and four weight classes in women's freestyle.
Each individual journalist who wishes to cover the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling will have to submit an accreditation form. A media outlet may send in all of their requests at once, but one form must be completed for each applicant.
Accreditation acceptance will be done on a "rolling basis," being handled shortly after each application is received. The first set of acceptance letters are expected in November 2011.
All media outlets are encouraged to send in their applications as soon as possible in order for the event organizers and the media outlets to make the appropriate plans.
The deadline for all media accreditation is April 1, 2012.
Over 200 athletes from across the United States are expected to qualify for this event and continue their pursuit of personal Olympic dreams.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling will be a tremendous opportunity for media to cover the Olympic quest. For local media, there should be many athletes from numerous markets to cover. For national and international media, the competition will feature numerous Olympic medal hopefuls, as well as a large number of compelling personal stories.
This event has proven to be a favorite both for sports fans as well as for journalists. A large attendance is expected at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, which has set previous attendance records for college wrestling events held there.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling will be held two months earlier in the year than it has during previous Olympic cycles. This change was made to allow additional preparation time for the U.S. Olympic wrestling athletes prior to the London Games. Please note this change when making your plans for Olympic Trials coverage.
Iowa Wrestling Ben Ten to Feature Legendary Coach Tuesday At 7 PM
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable will be featured Tuesday at 7 p.m. (CT) on Big Ten Icons on BTN. The episode, presented by Discover, is the second of 12 installments of the series, hosted by Hall of Fame broadcaster Keith Jackson. The Big Ten Icon series profiles one coach from each Big Ten university.
Click <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VdsLLMjek&feature=youtu.be>HERE for a sneak peak at Gable's Icon episode.
Gable led Iowa to 15 national titles and 21 Big Ten championships in 21 seasons from 1976-1997. He compiled a career record of 355-21-5, coached 152 All-Americans, 106 Big Ten Champions, 45 national champions, and 10 Olympians -- including four gold, one silver and three bronze medalists.
During his tenure, the Hawkeyes averaged more than 17 wins and just one loss per season and posted a 95-1 record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Gable retired as Iowa's head wrestling coach in 1997. He later held the position of Assistant to the Athletic Director before retiring from that post Dec. 31, 2010. The Hawkeyes won 25 consecutive Big Ten championships from 1973-1998, 21 while Gable was a head coach and four while he was an assistant coach and administrator.
Other Big Ten Icon coaches include Lou Henson (Illinois), Bob Knight (Indiana), Bo Schembechler (Michigan), Jud Heathcote (Michigan State), Herb Brooks (Minnesota), Tom Osborne (Nebraska), Kelly Amonte-Hiller (Northwestern), Woody Hayes (Ohio State), Joe Paterno (Penn State), Gene Keady (Purdue) and Barry Alvarez (Wisconsin).
UI Wrestling -- Three former Hawkeyes among the first 65 qualifiers for U.S. Olympic Trials
October 6, 2011
UI ATHLETICS
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Three former University of Iowa wrestlers are among the first 65 athletes who have qualified to compete at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22. Mike Zadick (60kg, 132 lbs.), Brent Metcalf (66kg, 145.5 lbs.) and Steve Mocco (120kg, 264.5 lbs.) will compete for a spot on Team USA's men's freestyle team inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. USA Wrestling announced the list of men's freestyle, women's freestyle, and Greco-Roman competitors today.
Metcalf and Mocco qualified by virtue of their second place finishes at the 2011 World Team Trials. Zadick's status as a former U.S. Olympic Team member automatically qualifies him for the Olympic Team Trials.
All-session tickets to the Olympic Team Trials inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena can be purchased online at iowacitytolondon.com or over the phone at 1-800-424-2957.
The qualification process for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials is based upon the qualifying procedures approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee for wrestling. Each of the three Olympic styles of wrestling has a different qualification process, as proposed by their individual Sports Committees, presented by USA Wrestling and approved by the USOC.
Athletes who have already qualified include the following:
Past U.S. World and Olympic Team members in all three styles
The top three placewinners at the 2011 U.S. World Team Trials in men's freestyle wrestling.
The list of past U.S. World and Olympic Team members includes wrestlers who have indicated that they may try out for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team.
Based upon the approved qualification process, three athletes have already guaranteed themselves a spot in the Championship Finals Series at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City, by virtue of winning a medal at an Olympic weight class at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Those automatically in the Championship Finals Series are:
2011 World Champion Jordan Burroughs (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) at 74 kg/163 lbs. in men's freestyle
2011 World bronze medalist Ali Bernard (New Ulm, Minn./Gator WC) at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. in women's freestyle
2011 World bronze medalist Jake Varner (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's freestyle
These three athletes will only have to win a best-of-three series in Iowa City to secure a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
The approved Olympic Team Selection Criteria for each style can be read at:
<http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=team_criteria>http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/nationalteams.php?page=team_criteria
The next scheduled event which will provide the opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for wrestling is the Sunkist Kids International Open in Mesa, Ariz., October 29-30.
This year, there will not be a U.S. Open for men's freestyle. Instead, there will be a Men's Freestyle Olympic Trials Qualifier held in Las Vegas, Nev., alongside the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational. Three athletes in each weight class will qualify for Iowa City.
The U.S. Open for Greco-Roman and Women's Freestyle will be held in Arlington, Texas, Dec. 16-17, 2011. Seven athletes in each weight class will qualify for Iowa City from this event.
In addition to listing the athletes by weight class, USA Wrestling will also produce a list of qualifiers based upon their college affiliation, either as a current or past student-athlete, current coach or involvement with a Regional Training Center.
USA Wrestling will continue to update and publish the list of athletes who have qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling.
For more information on the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, visit iowacitytolondon.com.
Save the date -- UI wrestling media day
All,
Wrestling media day will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Coach Brands will address the media in the first floor press room at 3 p.m. Assistant coaches and student-athletes will be available in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex immediately afterwards.
An official press release will be sent out in the coming weeks.
Thanks,
Chris
Iowa Wrestling -- BTN announces 2011-12 television schedule
September 12, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling program will have a conference-best three matches televised by BTN in 2011-12. Big Ten Network announced its national broadcast schedule today.
Dual matches at Nebraska (Jan. 13) and Penn State (Jan. 22), and a home match against Minnesota (Jan. 29) will be televised the same day tape-delayed. All three matches will air at 9 p.m. (CT).
BTN will also televise the Big Ten Championships, live from West Lafayette, Ind., March 3-4.
Iowa opens its season Nov. 19 at the Lindenwood University Open. The Hawkeyes open at home Nov. 25 when Baker University, Cornell College and Iowa Central visit Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the Iowa City Duals.
Iowa wrestling season tickets are now available at the UI Ticket Office. Fans interested in purchasing tickets should contact the UI Ticket Office at 1-800-IA-HAWKS or (319) 335-9323 to pick out your seats and place your order.
GABLE TO BE HONORED WITH STATUE OUTSIDE CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA
CORALVILLE, Iowa -- The University of Iowa announced Saturday it will display a bronze statue of former Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable outside the main entrance to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The announcement was made by University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta at the "Gable's Gold" celebration.
The seven-foot statue is being sculpted by Larry Nowlan -- the same artist commissioned by the UI to create the Nile Kinnick statue in the Krause Family Plaza, the bronze Nile Kinnick display located in Kinnick Stadium's south concourse, and the butterfly stroke bronze relief inside the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.
The sculpture will have the same look - finish/color - as the Nile Kinnick statue and will reflect an iconic image of Gable coaching the Hawkeyes. It is expected to be in place when Carver-Hawkeye Arena hosts the 2012 USA Wrestling Olympic Trials on April 21-22, 2012.
"Coach Gable stands in a class on his own in terms of the contributions he's made to the University of Iowa and the sport of wrestling," said Barta. "Fifteen NCAA Championships and 21 Big Ten titles in 21 years is a remarkable feat, but his progressive contributions go well beyond the numbers. He produced the sport's greatest wrestling environment inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena; and we believe this statue is a fitting and well deserved tribute that honors his legacy."
As the University of Iowa's all-time winningest wrestling coach, Gable compiled a career record of 355-21-5 from 1976-1997. He coached 152 All-Americans, 106 Big Ten Champions, 45 national champions, and 10 Olympians -- including four gold, one silver and three bronze medalists.
During his tenure, the Hawkeyes averaged more than 17 wins and just one loss per season and posted a 95-1 record in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Gable retired as Iowa's head wrestling coach in 1997. He later held the position of Assistant to the Athletic Director before retiring from that post Dec. 31, 2010. The Hawkeyes won 25 consecutive Big Ten championships from 1973-1998, 21 while Gable was a head coach and four while he was an assistant coach and administrator.
Aside from assisting with Iowa athletics, Gable aids the university in its fundraising efforts to promote the sport of wrestling worldwide. He also coaches potential Olympic wrestlers in the local club sports, gives motivational and performance speeches nationwide and does color commentary for televised collegiate wrestling events.
UI Athletics: Olympic Team Trials tickets go on sale tomorrow
June 5, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ATHLETICS
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Tickets to the 2012 USA Wrestling Olympic Team Trials inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena April 21-22 go on sale tomorrow (Monday, June 6) at 9 a.m. (CT). Tickets can be purchased online at hawkeyesports.com or iowacitytolondon.com or over the phone at (800) 424-2957.
All-Session tickets can be purchased in children (under 18, $40), adult ($70) or VIP ($175) packages. The VIP package includes preferred seating, parking pass, official program, limited edition Dan Gable bobblehead, t-shirt, and access to a concierge lounge (food/drink).
A special combined ticket package for UI Wrestling season ticket holders has also been approved by the United States Olympic Committee. Hawkeye fans who order All-Session tickets when purchasing 2011-12 Iowa Wrestling season tickets will receive the limited edition Dan Gable bobblehead and an exclusive USA/Hawkeye wrestling t-shirt. Call the UI Ticket Office at (319) 335-9323 or 800-IA-HAWKS for Iowa Wrestling season ticket information.
The 2012 USA Wrestling Olympic Team Trials determine which U.S. athletes qualify to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. The event is being hosted by an organizing committee that includes officials at the University of Iowa, Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, City of Coralville, and City of Iowa City.
Telford Leads U.S. at FILA Junior Freestyle World Cup
May 31, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa freshman Bobby Telford was named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week following last weekend's performance at the FILA Junior Freestyle World Cup. Telford posted a 3-1 record to help the U.S. battle to a sixth place finish in the dual-meet event in Plauen, Germany.
Telford opened with a 2-0, 3-0 win over Aslanishvili of Georgia at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. He then dropped a decision to Oezkaradeniz of Turkey before battling back to beat Magomedabirov of Azerbaijan 1-0, 2-0 and Oka of Japan 0-1, 1-0, 1-0.
A native of Hockessin, Del., Telford redshirted this past season while wrestling at 285 lbs. He pinned 13 opponents and scored two major decisions while posting a 22-4 record in open tournaments, winning his final 16 matches.
Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level.
June 1, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The honors continue to roll in for former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable. Wrestling USA announced this week it has named Gable its 2011 Master-of-Wrestling, an award recognizing years of dedication and leadership through the sport of wrestling.
The national award has been presented to the nation's best in the sport since 1975. Gable is the second Iowa recipient of the honor. The first was Bob Siddens, who coached Gable at West High School and received the Master-of-Wrestling honor in 1979.
Gable is considered, by most, to be the best collegiate wrestling coach in history. He was Iowa's head coach for 21 years and compiled a 355-21-5 record that included 15 national and 21 Big Ten team titles.
His wrestling legacy is being honored Saturday at the Coralville Marriot and Convention Center. "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy" is sold out.
Gable is also being honored Friday, Sept. 2, at the third annual FRY Fest, "A Celebration of all that is Hawkeye." Contact the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau or visit fryfest.com for more information about the event.
Lofthouse, Hawkeyes earn NWCA academic honors
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa senior Luke Lofthouse and the University of Iowa wrestling program have received academic honors from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA). The Hawkeyes were named among the NWCA's Division I All-Academic Top 30 teams, while Lofthouse earned a spot on the 2011 NWCA Individual All-Academic Team.
The Individual All-Academic Team is determined by GPA and season record/accomplishment. Lofthouse is one of 28 All-Americans and 84 NCAA qualifiers named to the national team.
Lofthouse is an interdepartmental studies major from Avon, Utah. He completed his senior season with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships and posted a 25-7 record en route to a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships. A 2011 Academic all-Big Ten honoree, Lofthouse was awarded the John and Dorothy Sill Award for most dedicated wrestler at this year's wrestling team banquet. This is Lofthouse's first NWCA academic award. He is the 14th Hawkeye in program history to receive the honor.
For teams to be eligible for consideration, the team GPA is comprised of 12 student-athletes, including the 10 wrestlers that were the entries in the NCAA tournament conference qualifier. If teams had less than 10 entries for their respective qualifier, they may fill those spots with wrestlers that competed in at least one varsity dual during the season.
Iowa ranked No. 23 on the NWCA's All-Academic Top 30 list. The Hawkeyes finished the 2010-11 season with a record 10 Academic all-Big Ten honorees, five All-Americans and two Big Ten Champions. Iowa earned its fourth straight Big Ten regular season title with a perfect 8-0 conference record and extended its unbeaten dual winning streak to 77 by posting a 15-0-1 overall dual mark. The Hawkeyes' perfect 8-0 home record marked the program's 19th undefeated season at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS REMAIN FOR "GABLE'S GOLD"
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Time is running out for wrestling fans to purchase tickets to "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy." The retirement celebration honoring the legendary wrestling coach will be held June 4 at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The reception is open to the public, but tickets are limited and must be purchased by May 27.
Tickets for the reception and sit-down dinner are $50 per person, or $500 for a table of 10, and available through the University of Iowa Athletic Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased at <http://www.hawkeyesports.com>hawkeyesports.com, over the phone at (319) 335-9323 or (800) IA-HAWKS, or in person at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena West entrance. Ticket office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To order online, go to hawkeyesports.com and scroll over the tickets option and select "Buy Tickets" from the available options. On the next page you will want to select the group "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy". On the next page you will be able to enter in your ticket quantity and any special requests.
The reception is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and a special program scheduled to follow. Featured speakers include former college and Olympic teammate Ben Peterson; former UI Director of Athletics Bump Elliott; Hawkeye head wrestling coach Tom Brands; Minnesota head wrestling coach J Robinson; former Hawkeye wrestlers Mike DeAnna and Terry Brands; and UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta.
Gable is considered, by most, to be the best collegiate wrestling coach in history. He was Iowa's head coach for 21 years and compiled a 355-21-5 record that included 15 national and 21 Big Ten team titles.
UI Wrestling: Lofthouse, Dennis qualify for World Team Trials
May 16, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
WATERLOO, Iowa - Former University of Iowa wrestling All-Americans Daniel Dennis and Luke Lofthouse advanced to the U.S. World Team Trials after winning titles at the Northern Plains Senior Regionals Saturday in Waterloo, Iowa.
Dennis, a two-time All-American, NCAA qualifier and Big Ten place-winner, defeated 2010 Junior World Team member Ryak Finch 0-6, 3-3, 2-0 in the 55kg/121 lb. finals.
Lofthouse, a four-year UI letterwinner and 2011 NCAA All-American, defeated Kamarudeen Usman 1-1, 1-4, 1-0 in the 96kg/211.5 lb. finals.
Lofthouse and Dennis will join former Hawkeyes Dan Erekson (96kg/211.5 lbs.), Brent Metcalf (66kg/145.5 lbs.), Ryan Morningstar (74kg/163 lbs.) and Mike Zadick (60kg/132 lbs.) at the USA Wrestling World Team Trials in Oklahoma City, Okla. The two-day event will begin Friday, June 10, 2011. The presentation of the World Championship teams will conclude the event. The winners earn the right to represent the United States at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
Iowa City will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials April 21-22 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The trials will determine which athletes will represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The event will be held April 21-22, 2012, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Tickets to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials go on sale Monday, June 6, 2011 at 9 a.m. Visit iowacitytolondon.com for more information.
3 Former Iowa Hawkeyes Inducted into Glen Brand Hall of Fame of Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Former Hawkeye wrestlers Joe Scarpello, Bill Zadick and Doug Schwab were officially inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa on April 16 in Waterloo, Iowa.
Scarpello was an NCAA champion in 1947 and 1950. He also has the distinction of being the only wrestler inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa (2011) and the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2003). Both halls of fame are located in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum.
Zadick and Schwab were NCAA champions with distinguished international careers. Zadick was an NCAA champion in 1996 and a World champion in 2006. Schwab was a 1999 NCAA champion and an Olympian in 2008.
Two-time NCAA Champion Jason Smith (Iowa State) and the 1947 NCAA Championship team from Cornell College (Mt. Vernon, Iowa) were also part of the 2011 induction class.
Cornell College was recognized for its historic achievement of becoming the first team outside the state of Oklahoma, and the first in the state of Iowa, to win an NCAA team title.
"Since I have been going to the hall of fame inductions this was one of the most successful," said former Hawkeye head coach and Hall of Fame namesake Dan Gable. "There were a couple new angles, and inducting the team in addition to what we've been doing before added to the event."
Next year's class will be selected in the coming months. The 13-member selection committee includes 10 past Glen Brand Hall of Fame inductees and three members of the media. Nominations for the hall of fame will be accepted until July 31, 2011. Contact the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum at (319) 233-0745 for more information.
Tickets are also still available for the Dan Gable retirement celebration. "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy" will be held June 4 at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. Visit hawkeyesports.com or call the UI Athletics Ticket Office at (800) IA-HAWKS for ticket information.
Tickets Available for Gable Retirement BanquetWrestling Contact: Chris Brewer April 7, 2011
IOWA WRESTLING
GABLE'S GOLD CELEBRATION SET FOR JUNE 4
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A retirement celebration for Dan Gable will be held June 4 at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The affair will be called "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy". The Hall of Fame coach will be honored with a reception and banquet that is open to the public.
Tickets for the reception and sit-down dinner are $50 per person, or $500 for a table of 10, and available through the University of Iowa Athletic Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased at <http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=GABLE&linkID=uiowa&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=>hawkeyesports.com, over the phone at (319) 335-9323 or (800) IA-HAWKS, or in person at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena West entrance. Ticket office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To order online, go to hawkeyesports.com and scroll over the tickets option and select "Buy Tickets" from the available options. On the next page you will want to select the group "Gable's Gold: A Celebration of Dan Gable's Legacy". On the next page you will be able to enter in your ticket quantity and any special requests. Tickets are limited and must be purchased before May 27.
The reception is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and a special program scheduled to follow. Featured speakers include former college and Olympic teammate Ben Peterson; Hawkeye head wrestling coach Tom Brands; former Hawkeye wrestlers Mike DeAnna and Terry Brands; and UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta.
Gable is considered, by most, to be the best collegiate wrestling coach in history. He was Iowa's head coach for 21 years and compiled a 355-21-5 record that included 15 national and 21 Big Ten team titles.
EDITOR'S NOTE: If your media outlet is interested in covering this event, please contact Chris Brewer at 319-335-9411 or christopher-brewer@hawkeyesports.com.
McDonough Earns MVP Honor at Annual University of Iowa Awards Banquet
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa sophomore Matt McDonough has been named winner of the Mike Howard Most Valuable Player Award for the Iowa wrestling team. The announcement was made tonight at the team's annual awards banquet.
McDonough is a 125-pounder from Marion, Iowa. He captured his first Big Ten title this season and was runner-up at the NCAA Championships. He has advanced to the NCAA 125-pound in each of the last two years, winning the championship as a freshman in 2010. He scored bonus points in 22 of his 27 wins, leading the team in dual points scored while posting a 16-0 dual record. McDonough was also the recipient of the All-American Award and Most Pins Award. His team-high 14 falls included a streak of six consecutive pins in Big Ten dual competition. He also scored a team-best 80 points in dual competition.
McDonough was one of five winners of the All-American Award. Senior Luke Lofthouse, junior Montell Marion, sophomore Grant Gambrall and redshirt freshman Derek St. John were also recipients of the ward.
Gambrall posted a 25-8 overall mark and 14-2 dual record en route to a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships. A native of Iowa City, Iowa, the 184-pounder placed sixth at the Midlands Championships and fifth at the Big Ten Conference meet before running off six wins in seven bouts at the NCAA Championships. Gambrall owned a 7-1 mark in Big Ten duals and tied for the team lead with eight major decisions.
St. John was named the winner of the Most Improved Award. A native of Parnell, Iowa, St. John recorded a 24-6 overall record en route to a runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships. He registered a 15-1 record in dual competition at 157 lbs. and earned a No. 6 seed at the NCAA Championships, where he placed fourth. He scored 55 points in dual competition, the third-highest total on the team.
The John and Dorothy Sill Award for most dedicated wrestler went to Luke Lofthouse. A native of Avon, Utah, Lofthouse arrived on campus in 2004 and earned the Coaches Appreciation Award as a freshman. He then left the program from 2005-07 to complete a Mormon mission in Africa. He rejoined the Hawkeyes in 2007 and completed his senior season with a 25-7 record, runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships, and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. The 197-pounder posted a 13-2 dual record this season and shared the team lead with eight major decisions.
Marion, a 141-pounder from Des Moines, Iowa, was named winner of the Mike J. McGivern Award for most courageous wrestler. Marion rejoined the Hawkeye lineup in January following a seven month suspension. He returned to post a 13-5 overall record that included five major decisions and one fall. He placed fourth at the Big Ten Championships and fourth at the NCAA Championships. His NCAA finish earned him his second All-America honor is as many years.
The Coaches Appreciation Award was given to senior Aaron Janssen. A native of Emmetsburg, Iowa, Janssen led all Hawkeyes with 28 wins in 2010-11. He placed third at 165 lbs. at the Big Ten Championships and earned a No. 11 seed at the NCAA Championships. He completed his Hawkeye career with a 57-23 overall record and 9-5 mark in Big Ten duals.
Ethan Sebert was the recipient of the J. Donald McPike Senior Award, given annually to the Hawkeye senior with the highest grade-point average. A native of Clarion, Iowa, Sebert is a journalism/health sports studies major. He has competed at 141 and 149 pounds since joining the Hawkeyes in 2007.
The Hawkeyes finished the 2010-11 season with five All-Americans and two Big Ten Champions. Iowa earned its fourth straight Big Ten regular season title with a perfect 8-0 conference record and extended its unbeaten dual winning streak to 77 by posting a 15-0-1 overall dual mark. The Hawkeyes' perfect 8-0 home record marked the program's 19th undefeated season at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
2010-11 University of Iowa Wrestling Team Awards
Mike Howard Award (Most Valuable): Matt McDonough
All-American Award: Luke Lofthouse, Montell Marion, Matt McDonough, Grant Gambrall, Derek St. John.
J. Donald McPike, Sr. Award (Highest G.P.A.): Ethan Sebert
John & Dorothy Sill Award (Most Dedicated): Luke Lofthouse
Mike J. McGivern Award (Most Courageous): Montell Marion
Most Pins Award: Matt McDonough
Most Improved Award: Derek St. John
Coaches Appreciation Award: Aaron Janssen
Iowa Hawkeyes Finish Third at NCAA Championships
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Iowa wrestling team placed third and crowned five All-Americans at the 2011 NCAA Championships Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Hawkeyes scored 86.5 points to finish behind champion Penn State (107.5) and runner-up Cornell (93.5). The three-day tournament attendance total of 104,260 set a new NCAA Division I record.
Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough, who was competing in his second-straight 125-pound NCAA final, lost a 7-1 decision to top-seeded and undefeated Anthony Robles to open the final session. Robles took a 7-0 first-period lead on a takedown and five nearfall points. McDonough chose neutral to start the second period, but was unable to score. Robles chose down to start the third period, and was warned twice for stalling, resulting in a point for McDonough. The Iowa sophomore ended the season with a 27-2 record, tallying a 64-3 mark in his two-year Hawkeye career.
"You have to be more aware; know what you're getting yourself into," said McDonough. "Go out there to scrap. You can't come out in the first two minutes and feel things out when you're in that stage and take something away from every experience. You have to take something away from this. As much as it stings, you still have to take something away from it."
Iowa finished the 2010-11 season with five All-Americans and two Big Ten Champions. Iowa earned its fourth straight Big Ten regular season title with a perfect 8-0 conference record and extended its unbeaten dual winning streak to 77 by posting a 15-0-1 overall dual mark. The Hawkeyes' perfect 8-0 home record marked the program's 19th undefeated season at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
FINAL NCAA TEAM STANDINGS (Top 10 Teams)
Place Team - Points
1. Penn State - 107.5
2. Cornell - 93.5
3. Iowa - 86.5
4. Oklahoma State - 70.5
5. American - 65
6. Arizona State - 62.5
7. Minnesota - 61
8. Lehigh - 58.5
9. Boise State - 57.5
10. Wisconsin - 54.5
COMPLETE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS RESULTS (Numbers indicate tournament seed)
125 - #1 Anthony Robles (Arizona State) dec. #2 Matt McDonough (Iowa), 7-1
133 - #1 Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma State) dec. #2 Andrew Hochstrasser (Boise State), 8-4
141 - #1 Kellen Russell (Michigan) dec. #3 Borislav Novachkov (Cal Poly), 3-2
149 - #4 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. #2 Frank Molinaro (Penn State), 8-1
157 - #4 Bubba Jenkins (Arizona State) pinned #3 David Taylor (Penn State), 2:14
165 - #1 Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska) maj. dec. #3 Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma), 11-3
174 - #1 Jonathan Reader (Iowa State) dec. #7 Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford), 10-3
184 - #9 Quentin Wright (Penn State) dec. #2 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh), 5-2
197 - #4 Dustin Kilgore (Kent State) pinned #2 Clayton Foster (Oklahoma State), 4:56
285 - #1 Zachery Rey (Lehigh) dec. #3 Ryan Flores (American), 2-1
Iowa's Lofthouse Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Sunday's big victory for University of Iowa senior 197-pounder Luke Lofthouse has earned him this week's Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honors. Lofthouse, who is ranked seventh in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine, and eighth by Intermat, closed out his collegiate dual career with a 7-4 victory over Minnesota's Sonny Yohn, helping the second-ranked Hawkeyes to their fourth-straight Big Ten regular season title. Iowa also extended its unbeaten dual streak to 77 with Sunday's 19-12 win over No. 5 Minnesota, ending the regular season with a 15-0-1 record.
Iowa had a narrow 13-12 lead over the Golden Gophers, when Lofthouse, who entered the dual ranked eighth in the nation, took the mat against Yohn, who was ranked between fourth and seventh. Trailing Yohn, 3-2, at the start of the third period, the Hawkeye senior scored a quick escape to tie the score and added two takedowns in the final minute to give Iowa a 16-12 lead going into the final bout.
Lofthouse is 17-4 this season, going 13-2 in duals and 7-0 in Big Ten duals. He ends the regular season on a six-match winning streak. This is his first career Big Ten Wrestler of the Week honor. Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough (125) is the only other Iowa wrestler to earn the honor this season, picking it up Feb. 1 after wins over Northwestern and Penn State.
Up next for Iowa is a trip to the 2011 Big Ten Championships. The event will be held March 5-6 at Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Tickets are available from the Northwestern University ticket office at 888-GO-PURPLE. Iowa has won 34 conference team titles, including the last three.
Iowa Hawkeyes Win Big Ten Regular Season Title With 19-12 Victory at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won its fourth-straight Big Ten regular season title with a 19-12 victory over No. 5 Minnesota (15-4-1, 6-1-1 Big Ten) Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. The Hawkeyes closed out the 2010-11 dual meet season going 15-0-1 and posting their fourth-straight 8-0 record in Big Ten dual competition, while extending their unbeaten streak to 77 duals. Today's dual will be aired at 8:30 p.m. (CT) tonight on the Big Ten Network.
Iowa jumped out to a 9-0 lead with wins from sophomore Matt McDonough (125), redshirt freshman Tony Ramos (133) and junior Montell Marion (141). McDonough, who is ranked first or second in the nation, scored three third-period takedowns to beat No. 5 Zach Sanders, 10-3. The win was McDonough's ninth straight, giving him a 20-1 season mark and perfect records in duals (16-0) and Big Ten duals (8-0). The loss was only the third for Sanders this season. Ramos collected his 10th straight win with a 7-3 decision over Minnesota redshirt freshman David Thorn at 133. The Hawkeye redshirt freshman scored a takedown in each period and added a third-period escape to remain undefeated in dual competition (12-0) and Big Ten duals (8-0), while posting an 18-3 season record. Marion, who is ranked between third and fifth in the nation, scored an escape as time expired to beat No. 2/4 Mike Thorn, 4-3. After a scoreless first period, Marion jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second on an escape and a takedown. Thorn tied the score at 3-3 in the third period, but Marion escaped to improve to 7-1 and hand the Minnesota junior his third loss of the season.
The Golden Gophers put their first team points on the board when junior Danny Zilverberg scored a takedown in sudden victory to beat Hawkeye sophomore Mark Ballweg, 5-3, at 149. Hawkeye redshirt freshman Derek St. John responded at 157 with a 20-8 major decision over Matt Mincey, giving the Hawkeyes a 13-3 lead. St. John dominated the match, scoring eight takedowns and giving the Hawkeyes an important bonus-point victory.
Minnesota came out of the intermission with three straight wins at 165, 174 and 184 to pull within one (13-12). Golden Gopher sophomore Cody Yohn scored three nearfall points in the second period and held off a late charge by Hawkeye senior Aaron Janssen to post a 6-4 win at 165. Iowa redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse had a 3-0 lead with riding time in the third period in his 174-pound bout with Minnesota senior Scott Glasser, but Glasser scored two takedowns and two nearfall points for the 7-5 win. Golden Gopher redshirt freshman Kevin Steinhaus followed at 184, scoring two third-period takedowns to beat Hawkeye sophomore Grant Gambrall, 5-4, and hand Gambrall his first Big Ten dual loss of the season.
Iowa senior Luke Lofthouse gave the Hawkeyes some breathing room with his 7-4 win over Minnesota junior Sonny Yohn at 197. Lofthouse, who is ranked eighth or ninth in the nation with a perfect 7-0 Big Ten dual record, scored five points in the third period to give Iowa a 16-12 lead. Yohn, who is ranked between fourth and seventh, was wrestling in his second Big Ten dual of the season after missing the majority of the conference schedule due to injury.
Hawkeye junior heavyweight Blake Rasing ended Iowa's dual meet season on a positive note, knocking off eighth-ranked Tony Nelson, 4-2. Rasing, who is ranked between 15th and 18th, scored an escape to tie the dual at 1-1 early in the third period. He then followed with a takedown and a riding time point for the win.
Up next for Iowa is a trip to the 2011 Big Ten Championships. The event will be held March 5-6 at Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Tickets are available from the Northwestern Univerity ticket office at 888-GO-PURPLE. Iowa has won 34 conference team titles, including the last three.
#2 Iowa 19, #5 Minnesota 12
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. Zach Sanders (Minnesota), 10-3
133 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. David Thorn (Minnesota), 7-3
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Mike Thorn (Minnesota), 4-3
149 - Danny Zilverberg (Minnesota) dec. Mark Ballweg (Iowa), 5-3 SV
157 - Derek St. John (Iowa) maj. dec. Matt Mincey (Minnesota), 20-8
165 - Cody Yohn (Minnesota) dec. Aaron Janssen (Iowa), 6-4
174 - Scott Glasser (Minnesota) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa), 7-5
184 - Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota) dec. Grant Gambrall (Iowa), 5-4
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. Sonny Yohn (Minnesota), 7-4
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Tony Nelson (Minnesota), 4-2
Iowa Wrestling Postseason Media Opportunities
2011 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS - MARCH 4-5 - WELSH-RYAN ARENA - EVANSTON, IL
Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands will be available to discuss the 2011 Big Ten Championships Tuesday, March 1 from 2:40-3:20 p.m. at the UI Fieldhouse Practice Facility in Iowa City. The Field House is located on South Grand, just west of Rienow and Slater Residence Halls and just east of Kinnick Stadium and University Hospitals. Parking is available in Lot 6 underneath the South Gym, or in Lot 14, a parking lot southeast of the Field House. The main entrance to the Field House is Main Street, the area between the swimming pool and South Gym. The Field House can be accessed from the east or west doors leading into the Main Street area. Hawkeye wrestlers and the rest of the coaching staff will also be available for interviews during this time.
2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - MARCH 17-19 - WELLS FARGO CENTER - PHILADELPHIA, PA
Brands will meet with the media Tuesday, March 8 from 2:40-3:20 p.m. at the UI Fieldhouse Practice Facility in Iowa City discuss Iowa's performance at the 2011 Big Ten Championships, and the upcoming NCAA Championships. Hawkeye wrestlers and the rest of the coaching staff will be will also be available for interviews during this time.
Iowa Tops Michigan, 30-7, Extend Unbeaten Streak to 76
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team extended its consecutive dual unbeaten streak to 76 with a 30-7 win over Michigan Sunday afternoon on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. With the win, Iowa wrapped up its 19th undefeated season in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes posted an 8-0 record at home this year.
Seniors Aaron Janssen and Luke Lofthouse each picked up a victory in their final appearances in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Janssen used five takedowns to score an 11-4 win over 19th ranked Dan Yates. Lofthouse recorded a pair of takedowns and an escape in the final two periods to erase a 2-1 deficit and defeat 10th ranked Anthony Biondo, 7-3.
"First thing, the seniors did a good job," said Head Coach Tom Brands. "The two that were on the mat, Lofthouse and Janssen. It's a tribute to them. Lofthouse is ahead by a point at the end of the match and shoots to build his lead - good for him. That's how you build leads, that's how you win tough matches. The guy was getting to him a little bit there at the end in the third period a couple times. He took that away from him by going back to what got him four points in the first place."
Sophomore Matt McDonough opened the dual with a 3:56 fall. The defending NCAA champion scored three takedowns in the opening period before decking Michigan's Sean Boyle 54 seconds into the second frame. The pin was McDonough's sixth in a row and 11th this season. He is now perfect in 19 career matches inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Redshirt freshman Tony Ramos got the crowd of 8,790 excited with a 7-2 decision over 18th-ranked Zac Stevens at 133. After exchanging escape points at the beginning of the second and third periods, Ramos broke a 1-1 tie with a 27-second flurry in the final frame. He scored a takedown with 27 seconds left in the match and recorded a pair of nearfall points at the 15-second mark. After Stevens escaped with 11 seconds remaining, Ramos scored another takedown with seven seconds on the clock to run the final score to 7-2. The win was Ramos' ninth-straight, giving him a 11-0 dual record and a 7-0 record in Big Ten duals.
Michigan cracked into Iowa's 9-0 lead with a pair of wins at 141 and 149. Top-ranked Kellen Russell erased a 5-2 deficit against Iowa's fifth-ranked Montell Marion with an escape and takedown in the final 25 seconds of the third period to force overtime. Russell recorded a takedown and scored two nearfall points 16 seconds into the overtime period to escape with a 9-5 win.
Michigan's Eric Grajales scored a 13-3 major decision over Iowa's Mark Ballweg at 149 to pull the Wolverines within two, 9-7, before the Hawkeyes closed the meet with six consecutive victories. Freshman Derek St. John earned four takedowns to top Brandon Zeerip at 157 to start the Hawkeye rally and improve his dual record14-1 this season.
Janssen followed St. John with his team-high 22nd victory this season to stretch the Hawkeye advantage to 15-7. Iowa's 12th ranked sophomore Ethen Lofthouse followed Janssen with a 6-4 decision over Michigan's Justin Zeerip at 174. Lofthouse used a pair of takedowns and two escapes en route to his 15th win of the season.
Sophomore Grant Gambrall remained unbeaten in nine Carver-Hawkeye Arena career matches with his 9-6 win over Michigan's Hunter Collins. Gambrall scored a pair of takedowns in the opening frame and added a pair of escapes in the third period to secure the win. The 12th ranked 184-pounder is undefeated in seven conference matches this season.
After Luke Lofthouse's 7-3 decision built Iowa's lead to 24-7, Hawkeye heavyweight Blake Rasing sent the Iowa faithful home happy with a third period pin over 13th ranked Ben Apland. After Apland recorded an early takedown in the opening frame, Rasing scored consecutive escapes to knot the score 2-2 heading into the final period. Apland chose to start the final period in the down position and recorded an escape at the 1:55 mark before Rasing got his arms around the Michigan sophomore and drove him to the ground for a 4-3 lead at 0:55. Six seconds later the Hawkeye junior put Apland on his back for his second pin of the season.
The No. 2 Hawkeyes (14-0-1, 7-0 Big Ten) will face their final Big Ten opponent of the 2010-11 season when they travel to No. 5 Minnesota (15-3-1, 6-0-1 Big Ten) Feb. 20 for a 2 p.m. dual. The meet will be held at Minnesota's Williams Arena (14,625). General admission tickets are available for $15 at <http://www.gophersports.com>gophersports.com. The Big Ten Network will air a same-day taped-delay broadcast of the dual at 8:30 p.m. (CT). Announcers Tim Johnson and Jim Gibbons will provide commentary.
#2 University of Iowa 30, #10 University of Michigan 7
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Sean Boyle (M), 3:56
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Zac Stevens (M), 7-2 *
141 - Kellen Russell (M) dec. Montell Marion (I), 9-5 SV
149 - Eric Grajales (M) maj. dec. Mark Ballweg (I), 13-3
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Brandon Zeerip (M), 10-3
165 - Aaron Janssen (I) dec. Dan Yates (M), 11-4
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Justin Zeerip (M), 6-4
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Hunter Collins (M), 9-6
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. Anthony Biondo (M), 7-3
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (I) pinned Ben Apland (M), 6:11
Iowa 37, Purdue 3
MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team improved to 13-0-1 (6-0 Big Ten) with a 37-3 victory over No. 23 Purdue (6-8-1, 1-4) Friday night at Penn High School in Mishawaka, IN. The Hawkeyes won nine of 10 bouts, scored bonus points in eight of the wins, and posted a 46-3 takedown advantage to extend their unbeaten streak to 75 duals. Head Coach Tom Brands collected his 95th win at Iowa and 35th win in the Big Ten.
For the second time this season, Iowa started a dual at 184 pounds. Sophomore Grant Gambrall posted his fifth-straight win with a 12-3 major decision over Purdue back-up Patrick Kissel. Boilermaker starters A.J. Kissel, who is ranked eighth in the nation at 184, Logan Brown, who is ranked between fifth and 10th at 197, and heavyweight Roger Vukobratovich were out of the lineup due to injury. Iowa senior Luke Lofthouse followed with an eight-takedown performance for an 18-6 major decision over David Pisarcik at 197. Hawkeye junior heavyweight Blake Rasing followed with his third major decision of the season, beating Boilermaker Alex White, 12-3.
Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough collected his fifth straight pin and 55th career victory when he decked Camden Eppert in 4:28. McDonough, who improved to 18-1 on the season, is 14-0 in duals at 125. He leads the team with 10 pins. Iowa redshirt freshman Tony Ramos remains undefeated in dual competition (10-0) with his 18-6 major decision over Purdue's Akif Eren at 133. Ramos tallied eight takedowns to collect his ninth straight win and improve to 16-3 on the season. Hawkeye junior Montell Marion and sophomore Mark Ballweg posted major decisions at 141 and 149, respectively, to give Iowa 30-0 lead.
Purdue senior Colton Salazar scored the first Boilermaker takedown of the evening early in the 157-pound match, but that was the only one Hawkeye redshirt freshman Derek St. John allowed. St. John regained the lead by the end of the first frame, and added two more takedowns in the match for the 9-4 decision.
Hawkeye senior Aaron Janssen collected his 45th career victory with a 17-6 major decision over Kyle Mosier at 165. Iowa had the chance for the shut-out, but eighth-ranked Luke Manuel scored two third-period takedowns to beat Hawkeye redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse, 6-5, in the final bout of the night. Lofthouse is ranked 11th in the nation.
Up next for Iowa is its final home meet of the season. The Hawkeyes will host No. 10 Michigan (10-4, 5-2 Big Ten) Sunday at 1 p.m. on Mediacom Mat at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual will be televised live on Iowa Public Television. Iowa will honor its six seniors - Matt Ballweg, Aaron Janssen, Jake Kerr, Brooks Kopsa, Luke Lofthouse and Ethan Sebert - who will be making their final collegiate appearance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at hawkeyesports.com. If purchased at the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth. The Iowa men's basketball team will host Minnesota at 5:05 p.m. Sunday on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, so wrestling fans are encouraged to stay and cheer on Head Coach Fran McCaffery and the Hawkeyes. Fans are encouraged to sit in sections G, H and I or FF, GG, HH above row 25. Anyone with a ticket to the basketball game may use that ticket to attend the wrestling meet, but will not be allowed to leave the arena between events. Basketball fans attending the wrestling meet are encouraged to sit in sections G, H and I above row 25. The UI Athletics Ticket Office will stop selling wrestling tickets after the fifth match, and start selling men's basketball tickets. There will also be an Insight Bowl victory recognition with members of the Iowa football team at halftime of the men's basketball game. Fans can have the opportunity to get their picture taken with the Insight Bowl trophy on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concourse starting at 3:30 p.m.
Iowa 37, Purdue 3
184 - Grant Gambrall (Iowa) maj. dec. Patrick Kissel (Purdue), 12-3
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) maj. dec. David Pisarcik Purdue), 18-6
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) maj. dec. Alex White (Purdue), 12-3
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Camden Eppert (Purdue), 4:28
133 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) maj. dec. Akif Eren (Purdue), 18-6
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) maj. dec. Jake Fleckenstein (Purdue), 15-5
149 - Mark Ballweg (Iowa) maj. dec. Tommy Churchard (Purdue), 10-1
157 - Derek St. John (Iowa) dec. Colton Salazar (Purdue), 9-4
165 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) maj. dec. Kyle Mosier (Purdue), 17-6
174 - Luke Manuel (Purdue) dec. Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa), 6-5
IPTV To Air Sunday's Iowa-Michigan Dual Live
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa Public Television will air a live broadcast of Sunday's 1 p.m. dual between the second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team and No. 10 Michigan. Eric Braley and former Hawkeye Head Coach Dan Gable will call the action live from Mediacom Mat at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Sunday's dual will be Iowa's final home meet of 2010-11, as well as Senior Day, where seniors Matt Ballweg, Aaron Janssen, Jake Kerr, Brooks Kopsa and Luke Lofthouse, will be honored.
Tickets for the Iowa-Michigan dual are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at www.hawkeyesports.com. If purchased at the door, tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth. The Iowa men's basketball team will host Minnesota at 5:05 p.m. Sunday on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, so wrestling fans are encouraged to stay and cheer on Head Coach Fran McCaffery and the Hawkeyes. Fans are encouraged to sit in sections G, H and I or FF, GG, HH above row 25. Anyone with a ticket to the basketball game may use that ticket to attend the Iowa-Michigan wrestling meet, but will not be allowed to leave the arena between events. Basketball fans attending the wrestling meet are encouraged to sit in sections G, H and I above row 25. The UI Athletics Ticket Office will stop selling wrestling tickets after the fifth match, and start selling men's basketball tickets.
There will also be an Insight Bowl victory recognition with members of the Iowa football team at halftime of the men's basketball game. Fans can have the opportunity to get their picture taken with the Insight Bowl trophy on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concourse starting at 3:30 p.m.
Iowa (12-0-1, 5-0 Big Ten) will travel to Mishawaka, IN, for a 6 p.m. (CT) dual with No. 23 Purdue (6-7-1, 1-3) Friday night before hosting the Wolverines (10-3, 5-1) on Sunday. Michigan will host No. 5 Minnesota (14-3, 5-0 Big Ten) Friday at 6 p.m. (CT).
Iowa Beats Northwestern, 31-9
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The eighth-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team extended its unbeaten streak to 72 duals with a 31-9 victory over No. 18 Northwestern (15-2, 3-2 Big Ten) Friday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, IL. The Hawkeyes won eight of 10 bouts, including upsets by sophomore Matt McDonough at 125 and redshirt freshman Derek St. John at 157, to improve to 10-0-1 (3-0 Big Ten).
McDonough, who is ranked second in the nation by Intermat and WIN, and third by AWN, opened the dual at 125 against top-ranked and undefeated Brandon Precin of Northwestern. Precin led 3-0 and had the riding time point locked up mid-way through the third period when McDonough took the Wildcat senior to his back and recorded the pin in 6:11. McDonough improved to 15-1 (11-0 in duals), while handing Precin (25-1) his first loss of the season.
St. John scored two third-period takedowns against Northwestern sophomore Jason Welch to pull off the 4-2 upset at 157. Welch, who is ranked sixth in the nation by WIN, seventh by Intermat and 11th by AWN, led 1-0 after the first two periods. St. John, who is ranked 14th by Intermat and 15th by AWN and WIN, scored two takedowns less than a minute apart to record the victory. St. John improved to 12-2 (11-0 in duals), while handing Welch (20-3) his third loss of the season.
Also recording victories for the Hawkeyes were redshirt freshmen Tony Ramos (133) and Ethen Lofthouse (174), sophomores Mark Ballweg (141) and Grant Gambrall (184), junior Blake Rasing (Hwt.) and senior Aaron Janssen (165). Lofthouse scored seven takedowns in his 18-7 major decision over Northwestern's Brian Roddy, while Ballweg made quick work of Wildcat freshman Kaleb Friedley, scoring the pin in 2:49. Ramos and Rasing both tallied four-takedown performances in their wins, with Ramos posting a 9-3 victory over Levi Mele and Rasing notching his 20th career win with a 10-4 decision over Ben Kuhar. Ballweg (11-0) and Ramos (7-0) remain undefeated in dual competition. Janssen scored his 40th career win with a 3-0 decision over Kevin Bialka, while Gambrall scored an 8-2 decision over Aaron Jones.
Northwestern's wins came at 149 and 197. Wildcat Andrew Nadhir, who is ranked 11th by AWN, 13th by Intermat and 14th by WIN, scored an 11-4 victory over unranked Hawkeye senior Matt Ballweg at 149. Iowa forfeited the 197-pound match.
Up next for the No. 8 Hawkeyes is Sunday's 1 p.m. (CT) dual at top-ranked Penn State (13-0, 2-0 Big Ten). The dual, which will be held at Penn State's Rec Hall in University Park, PA, is sold out and will be aired on the Big Ten Network Sunday at 8:30 p.m. (CT) and Tuesday at 6 p.m. (CT).
#8 Iowa 31, #18 Northwestern 9
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Brandon Precin (N), 6:11
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Levi Mele (N), 9-3
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) pinned Kaleb Friedley (N), 2:49
149 - Andrew Nadhir (N) dec. Matt Ballweg (I), 11-4
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Jason Welch (N), 4-2
165 - Aaron Janssen (I) dec. Kevin Bialka (N), 3-0
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) maj. dec. Brian Roddy (N), 18-7
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Aaron Jones (N), 8-2
197 - John Schoen (N) won by forfeit
Hwt - Blake Rasing (I) dec. Ben Kuhar (N), 10-4
Iowa Hawkeyes Top Ohio State, 33-3
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team captured nine of 10 matches to top Ohio State 33-3 Saturday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa ran its unbeaten dual streak to 71 consecutive matches.
"We should have done well today," said Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands. "We'd like to widen the gap. I like seeing guys go out and do what they do well. That's how they need to perform."
Iowa jumped to an early 6-0 lead when sophomore Grant Gramball opened the meet with a 10-3 victory at 184 and senior Luke Lofthouse followed with a 6-4 win at 197. Junior Blake Rasing kept rolling for the Hawkeyes with a major decision at heavyweight before sophomore Matt McDonough put the crowd of 8,976 on their feet with a second period fall. McDonough, the NCAA defending champion at 125, earned his sixth fall of the season to tie Mark Ballweg for the team lead and give Iowa a 16-0 lead.
Redshirt freshman Tony Ramos scored a 5-2 decision over 15th-ranked Ian Paddock to improve his collegiate dual record to 6-0. Ramos' victory gave Iowa a 19-0 edge heading into the intermission.
Iowa's Ballweg brothers collected Iowa's sixth and seventh straight victories of the match with a pair of major decisions at 141 and 149. Mark Ballweg recorded four takedowns and used a point for riding time to pick up his 10-2 win. Matt Ballweg finished with five takedowns and recorded over three minutes of riding time to earn his first major decision of the season, 12-3.
"That was a big win for Matt Ballweg," said Brands. "He's a senior and he stepped up tonight. I thought he got crisper as the match went on. Sometimes he gets sloppy, but today he cleaned it up. He's a senior and it's important that he finishes strong."
The Hawkeyes picked up a pair of decisions in two of the three final matches, including Derek St. John's 9-3 win at 157 and Ethen Lofthouse's 3-1 decision at 174. Lofthouse entered the third period with a 1-0 advantage before OSU's 13th-ranked Nick Heflin scored an escape with 1:37 left to tie the match, 1-1. Lofthouse then scored a takedown with :17 seconds remaining to secure the victory.
Ohio State's lone win came at 165 in the sudden victory period. Senior Aaron Janssen scored a third period escape stretch his lead to 3-1 before the Buckeyes' ninth-ranked Colt Sponseller scored a late takedown to force overtime. Sponseller then recorded a takedown in the extra frame for the 5-3 win.
Iowa also sent 14 competitors to the Pat "Flash" Flanagan Open in Dubuque, IA, Saturday, crowning five individual champions. Winning titles, while competing unattached were junior Montell Marion (141) and true freshmen Jake Ballweg (149), Nick Moore (165), Mike Evans (174) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.). Also placing were redshirt freshmen Nick Trizzino (141-2nd), Joe DuCharme (165-4th) and Tomas Lira (184-184-2nd), true freshmen Matt Gurule (125-2nd), Michael Kelly (165-2nd) and Walt Gillmor (165-3rd), and junior Ethan Sebert (149-6th). Gurule, Kelly and Gillmor were competing unattached.
Up next for the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes is their first Big Ten road trip of the 2010-11 season. Iowa will face No. 19 Northwestern (14-1, 1-1 Big Ten) Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena. They will then move on to No. 2 Penn State (12-0, 1-0 Big Ten) for a Jan. 30 dual at 1 p.m. (CT) at Rec Hall. The Iowa vs. Northwestern dual will be streamed live on <http://www.bigtennetwork.com>bigtennetwork.com, while the Iowa vs. Penn State dual will air on the Big Ten Network Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. (CT).
#8 University of Iowa 33, Ohio State University 3
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. C.J. Magrum (OSU), 10-3 *
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. Peter Capone (OSU), 6-4
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (I) maj. dec. Zach Stolarsky (OSU), 12-1
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Bo Touris (OSU), 4:37
133 - Tony Ramos (I) dec. Ian Paddock (OSU), 5-2
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) maj. dec. Randy Languis (OSU), 10-2
149 - Matt Ballweg (I) maj. dec. Mike Fee (OSU), 12-3
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Sean Nemec (OSU), 9-3
165 - Colt Sponseller (OSU) dec. Aaron Janssen (I), 5-3 SV
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Nick Heflin (OSU), 3-1
* - Warnings were given to both the Iowa and Ohio State benches during the 184-pound match.Iowa vs. Indiana Dual Moved to February 4
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa's wrestling meet with Indiana has been rescheduled for Friday, February 4 at 7 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual, which was originally scheduled for Sunday, February 6 at 5:30 p.m., has been moved so that Iowa wrestling fans don't have to choose between cheering on the Hawkeyes and watching Superbowl XLV. Tickets for the dual are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance from the UI Athletics Ticket Office at (319) 335-9323 or online at hawkeyesports.com. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth if purchased at the dual.
Up next for the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes (8-0-1, 1-0 Big Ten) is Saturday's dual with Big Ten foe Ohio State (2-5, 1-1) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The "Gold Rush" dual, which will be televised live on the Big Ten Network, will be held at 3 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear gold attire to the meet. Tickets are $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under, if purchased in advance from the UI Athletics Ticket Office at (319) 335-9323 or online at hawkeyesports.com. If purchased at the dual, tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under.
Iowa Ties Oklahoma State, 15-15
STILLWATER, Okla. -- The 10th-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team saw its 69-match winning streak come to an end Sunday afternoon, tying sixth-ranked Oklahoma State, 15-15, in Stillwater, OK. The Hawkeyes, who are unbeaten in their last 70 duals, recorded their first tie since an 18-18 result at Penn State on Dec. 4, 1992. It was also the first time that Iowa did not win a dual since losing to Oklahoma State (19-14) on Jan. 5, 2008.
Each team won five bouts and neither scored bonus points in the dual, which was held in front of 4,580 fans at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The teams alternated victories until Oklahoma State (7-2-1, 1-0 Big 12) put together two straight wins at 184 and 197. Hawkeye heavyweight Blake Rasing scored a takedown in sudden victory to give Iowa (8-0-1, 1-0 Big Ten) the tie.
Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough led things off at 125 with a 7-3 win over redshirt freshman Jon Morrison. Going into the third period with a 3-3 tie, McDonough scored an escape and a takedown, and accumulated 3:50 in riding time to pick up his 50th career victory and remain undefeated in dual competition (9-0).
Iowa junior Tyler Clark made his Hawkeye dual debut against a formidable opponent, facing top-ranked and undefeated Jordan Oliver at 133. Oliver, who recorded the 11-4 decision, jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first period. Clark fought back, scoring two second-period escapes and riding Oliver for the majority of the final period.
Hawkeye sophomore Mark Ballweg picked up a big win for the Hawkeyes at 141, beating true freshman Josh Kindig, 8-3. After a scoreless, but action-packed first period, Kindig scored two nearfall points to get on the scoreboard. Ballweg escaped, then scored a takedown of his own to take a 3-2 lead. Kindig escaped early in the third period to tie the score at 3-3, but Ballweg scored a takedown, two nearfall points and a point for riding time to seal the win and remain undefeated at 9-0 this season.
Cowboy senior Jamal Parks posted an 8-4 decision over Hawkeye senior Matt Ballweg at 149 to tie the dual at 6-6, but Iowa redshirt freshman Derek St. John scored a takedown with seven seconds remaining in his 157-pound match to beat Oklahoma State senior Neil Erisman, 7-5, and give Iowa a 9-6 lead. St. John remains undefeated in dual competition at 9-0. Oklahoma State tied the score at 9-9 when redshirt freshman Dallas Bailey scored a 6-2 win over Hawkeye senior Aaron Janssen at 165.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse scored a 4-3 win over Oklahoma State junior Mike Benefiel at 174 to give Iowa a 12-9 edge, but Cowboy redshirt freshman Chris Perry evened the score at 12-12 with his 2-0 decision over Iowa redshirt freshman Grant Gambrall at 184. Perry is the younger brother of former Hawkeye Mark Perry, who was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion at Iowa.
Oklahoma State senior Clayton Foster, who is ranked third in the nation, broke the see-saw trend and gave the Cowboys their first lead of the afternoon (15-12) with his 5-3 win over Hawkeye senior Luke Lofthouse at 197. Rasing came up big for the Hawkeyes at heavyweight, scoring a takedown in sudden victory to beat redshirt freshman Blake Rosholt, 3-1, to end the dual in a 15-15 tie.
Up next for Iowa is the Big Ten dual meet season. The Hawkeyes will host Ohio State (2-5, 1-1 Big Ten) for a "Gold Rush" dual Saturday at 3 p.m., which will air live on the Big Ten Network. Fans are encouraged to wear gold attire to the meet. A few spots are still available for the annual Iowa Elite Chevy Youth Wrestling Clinic, which will be held from 1-2 p.m. for youth ages 7-13 before the dual. Participants must pre-register for the clinic at http://www.hawkeyesports.com/ot/chevy-wrestl-clinic-2010.html.
#10 Iowa 15, #6 Oklahoma State 15
125 - Matt McDonough (I) dec. Jon Morrison (OSU), 7-3
133 - Jordan Oliver (OSU) dec. Tyler Clark (I), 11-4
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) dec. Josh Kindig (OSU), 8-3
149 - Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Matt Ballweg (I), 8-4
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Neil Erisman (OSU), 7-5
165 - Dallas Bailey (OSU) dec. Aaron Janssen (I), 6-2
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Mike Benefiel (OSU), 4-3
184 - Chris Perry (OSU) dec. Grant Gambrall (I), 2-0
197 - Clayton Foster (OSU) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 5-3
HWT - Blake Rasing (I) dec. Blake Rosholt (OSU), 3-1 SV
Eight Iowa Hawkeyes Win William Penn Open Titles
OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Eight University of Iowa wrestlers won titles at Saturday's William Penn Open in Oskaloosa, IA. All 15 Hawkeyes who competed in the tournament were wrestling unattached.
Winning titles for Iowa were senior Jake Kerr (165), juniors J.J. Krutsinger (133) and Vinnie Wagner (184), and freshmen Matt Gurule (125), Jake Ballweg (149), Michael Kelly (157), Mike Evans (174) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.). Also placing for the Hawkeyes were freshmen Charlie Joseph (2nd-141), Nick Moore (2nd-165), Walt Gillmor (3rd-165), Jeremy Fahler (184-4th) and Ethan Owens (6th-149), and redshirt freshmen Tomas Lira (2nd-184) and Joe DuCharme (4th-165).
Up next for No. 7 Iowa (8-0, 1-0 Big Ten) is a Jan. 16 dual at No. 2 Oklahoma State (5-0, 1-0 Big 12). The dual, which is set for 2 p.m. at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, OK, will be aired on a same-day taped-delay broadcast on ESPNU at 4:30 p.m.
Iowa Shutout Southern Illinois Edwardsville, 49-0
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa wrestling team matched a season-high five pins en route to a 49-0 win over Southern Illinois Edwardsville Friday night in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes scored bonus points in seven of 10 matches to post their highest point total and largest margin of victory this season.
"When we made the decision not to go to the (NWCA National) duals, this meet here was important this weekend," said Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands. "Whether it was tonight or tomorrow, this was an important part of it. Tonight, with a team like Southern Illinois Edwardsville, we flexed our muscles when we needed to, but we have to do that against better teams as well."
The win marked Iowa's 69th consecutive dual meet victory, a program best and the second highest total in NCAA wrestling history.
Defending NCAA champion Matt McDonough opened the competition by pinning SIUE's Paul Meyers in 1:47. McDonough improved to 12-1 overall and 8-0 in dual competition while recording his fifth fall of the season.
Redshirt freshman Tony Ramos and sophomore Mark Ballweg followed McDonough's performance with a pair of bonus-point scoring efforts. Ramos recorded a technical fall over John Petrov and Ballweg put Lawrence Blackful on his back in 2:03 to record his team-leading sixth pin.
Senior Matt Ballweg extended Iowa's lead to 22-0 with a 16-1 technical fall over Derrick Pousson. Ballweg recorded nearfall points in each period and earned a takedown with two seconds remaining in the period to extend his lead to 15-1. He earned a riding time point for the technical fall.
Freshman Derek St. John improved to 9-2 overall with a 9-2 decision against Kyle Lowman. St. John earned two takedowns in the opening period to build a 4-1 advantage before cruising to the 9-2 decision and extending Iowa's lead to 25-0 heading into intermission.
Senior Aaron Janssen opened the second half with a first period pin over Gabe Hocum. Janssen scored three takedowns in the opening frame before putting Hocum on his back at the 2:46 mark to earn his first fall of the season.
Freshman Ethen Lofthouse nailed five takedowns in en route to his 14-7 decision over Michael Dace before the Hawkeyes recorded back-to-back falls at 184 and 197. Sophomore Grant Gramball earned his first pin of the season with a 2:28 fall against Deshoun White and senior Luke Lofthouse put Robert Cooney on his back in 3:36 to extend the Hawkeyes lead to 46-0.
Junior Blake Rasing ended the night with a 7-4 decision against David Devine Jr. Rasing used a third period takedown and a bonus point for riding time to improve his dual meet record to 7-1.
"We've got a big dual meet next Sunday," explained Brands. "It's not a secret that we have to gear up for it. From the outside looking in it may be a mismatch by the rankings. But we have to be ready to go down there and put it to some guys because we didn't do that this past weekend. We need to step up to a bigger challenge and next week is a bigger challenge."
The seventh-ranked Hawkeyes (8-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will wrestle No. 2 Oklahoma State (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, OK.
#7 University of Iowa 49, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Paul Myers (SIUE), 1:47
133 - Tony Ramos (I) tech. fall John Petrov (SIUE), 20-5 in 5:55
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) pinned Lawrence Blackful, III (SIUE), 2:03
149 - Matt Ballweg (I) tech. fall Derrick Pousson (SIUE), 16-1
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Kyle Lowman (SIUE), 9-2
165 - Aaron Janssen (I) pinned Gabe Hocum (SIUE), 2:46
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Michael Dace (SIUE), 14-7
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) pinned Deshoun White (SIUE), 2:28
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) pinned Robert Cooney (SIUE), 3:36
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (I) dec. David Devine, Jr. (SIUE), 7-4
Iowa Elite Chevy Youth Wrestling Clinic Information Announced
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The annual Iowa Elite Chevy Youth Wrestling Clinic will be held Jan. 22 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena prior to the Iowa vs. Ohio State dual. Doors will open at noon for the clinic, which will run from 1-2 p.m. The Iowa vs. Ohio State dual, which will be a "Gold Rush" dual where fans are encouraged to wear gold, is set for 3 p.m. Youth ages 7-13 are eligible to participate in the clinic. Participants must pre-register for the clinic at http://www.hawkeyesports.com/ot/chevy-wrestl-clinic-2010.html. For questions regarding the clinic, please call the University of Iowa Sports Marketing office at 319-335-9431.
WHEN: Saturday, January 22, 2011 - Prior to the Iowa vs. Ohio State dual at 3 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena - Gold Rush Meet!
TIME: Doors will open at noon for participants and families only (South Entrance). The youth
clinic will run from 1-2 p.m. Former Hawkeye All-Americans Phillip Keddy and Ryan
Morningstar will be the featured clinicians.
WHO: Youth ages 7-13 only are eligible to participate. Clinic capacity is 250.
COST: Participants will receive one free admission ticket to the Iowa vs. Ohio State dual in the
online pre-registration process. Additional tickets for friends and family members will be
available for purchase online at the $7 group rate. It is recommended that all tickets be
purchased at this time in order to receive the group discount and seating together.
Everyone must have a ticket prior to entry.
REGISTRATION: All participants must pre-register for the clinic online by filling out the information at
<http://www.hawkeyesports.com/ot/chevy-wrestl-clinic-2010.html>http://www.hawkeyesports.com/ot/chevy-wrestl-clinic-2010.html. Registrations will be
accepted until January 17th, or until clinic capacity is reached. Clinic participation is only
guaranteed to the first 250 youth who pre-register.
HOW: Check-in will take place at a table at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena South Entrance with sports
marketing staff. A signed medical release form (available during the pre-registration
process) must be turned in at the check-in table. The child will then be given a
complimentary gold Iowa Wrestling t-shirt. Re-entry will not be allowed. Once you are in for
the clinic, you are in for the meet.
University of Iowa Head to 48th Annual Midlands Championships
THIS WEEK
The sixth-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team (7-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will try for its 22nd Midlands title Dec. 29-30 in Evanston, IL. The defending team champion, Iowa has won the most team titles (21) in the 47 years of the meet. All matches will be held at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Northwestern's campus.
MIDLANDS SESSION & TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets can be purchased from the Northwestern University Athletic Ticket Office at (847) 491-2287 or www.nusports.com. All-session passes are $50 for reserved theater-style seats, $38 for adult bleacher general admission and $32 for student bleacher general admission. Session start times and individual session ticket prices are as follows:
Session Day Start Time Ticket Prices (R/AB/SB)
Session I Wednesday 9:30 a.m. NA/$9/$7
Session II Wednesday 7 p.m. $11/$10/$8
Session III Thursday Noon $13/$11/$9
Session IV Thursday 7 p.m. $15/$13/$10
R - reserved seats, AB - adult bleachers, SB - student bleachers
ON THE AIR
Radio - Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time all-American Mark Ironside will call Thursday's finals live on AM-800, KXIC. Live broadcasts from all four sessions are available on www.hawkeyesports.com using the XXL All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year).
Internet - Press releases, tournament brackets and tournament notes will be available on the Northwestern University website, www.nusports.com. Session results and recaps, as well as the 2010-11 Hawkeye wrestling media guide, will be available on the University of Iowa website, www.hawkeyesports.com. Current Hawkeye staff and student-athlete head shots can be found at pics.hawkeyesports.com.
TEN HAWKEYES NAMED MIDLANDS TOP CONTENDERS LIST
The 2010 Midlands Tournament Committee announced the top contenders for the 48th annual event. Hawkeye sophomores Matt McDonough (125) and Grant Gambrall (184), who have identical 7-0 records, are both listed as the top wrestler in the their respective fields. Redshirt freshmen Tony Ramos (133) and Derek St. John (157), and senior Luke Lofthouse (197) are listed as the fourth-best competitors. Ramos is 4-0 on the season, while St. John is 7-0 and Lofthouse is 6-1. Sophomore Mark Ballweg (7-0) is listed as the fifth-best competitor at 141, while senior Jake Kerr is the seventh-best at 165 with a 4-1 record. Sophomore Nate Moore (133), redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse (174) and junior Blake Rasing (Hwt.) are listed as other contenders at their weight classes. Although the final seeding for Midlands may extend beyond the top eight at each weight class, the pretournament contenders reflect only the top eight wrestlers and are subject to change. Final seeding for the event will be determined Dec. 28.
MIDLANDS HISTORY AND HONORS
Iowa has won the most team titles (21) in the 47 years of Midlands history. The Hawkeyes won their first team title in 1974, and proceeded to win nine of the next 11. Iowa also won team titles in 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Other team winners include Iowa State (8), Michigan State (3), Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club (3), Illinois (3), Michigan (2), Arizona State (1), Minnesota (1), North Carolina (1) and Oklahoma State (1). Team scores were not kept at four tournaments (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995).
Seven former Hawkeyes are enshrined in the Midlands Hall of Fame. They are Ed Banach, Chris Campbell, Steve Combs, Tim Cysewski, Barry Davis, Randy Lewis and Chuck Yagla. Former Hawkeye Head Coach Dan Gable is also a Midlands Hall of Fame member.
Seven former Hawkeyes earned the Art Kraft Champion of Champions Award, while nine were named the Dan Gable Outstanding Wrestler. The Art Kraft Champion of Champions were Lenny Zalesky (1980), Jim Zalesky (1983), Jim Heffernan (1986), Jeff McGinness (1995), Joe Williams (1996), Eric Juergens (1999) and Mark Perry (2007). The Dan Gable Outstanding Wrestlers were Randy Lewis (1979), Lenny Zalesky (1980), Ed Banach (1981), Royce Alger (1994), Jeff McGinness (1995), Lincoln McIlravy (1997), Joe Williams (1999, 2000), Mark Perry (2007) and Brent Metcalf (2009). Gable was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler five times (1966-69, 1971).
Eight former Hawkeyes are members of the prestigious 20-in-4 club, which requires a wrestler to record at least 20 wins in their first four years of competition. They are John Bowlsby (22 - 1974, 1976-78), Barry Davis (20 - 1980-83), Joe Williams (20 - 1993-96), Mark Ironside (22 - 1994-97), Wes Hand (20 - 1996-99), Jody Strittmatter (20 - 1997-2000), Doug Schwab (20 - 1997-2000) and Cliff Moore (23 - 2001-03, 2005). Gable was the first club member, recording 20 wins from 1966-69. Through the 2009 tournament, only 21 wrestlers achieved this feat out of 9,148 participants.
Former Hawkeye Joe Williams holds the most individual titles in Midlands history, winning 10. Other former Hawkeyes to win at least three titles are Tim Cysweski (5), Mark Ironside (4), Royce Alger (3), Ed Banach (3), Chris Campbell (3), Jim Heffernan (3), Randy Lewis (3), Brent Metcalf (3) and Chuck Yagla (3). Ironside has the most wins (27) at 141 pounds, and he and Cysewski hold the most titles (4 each) at that weight. Jim Heffernan holds the most titles (3) at 157, while Williams holds the most wins (35) and titles (7) at 174. Pat Kennedy holds the fastest fall (11 seconds) at 165, while Verlyn Strellner holds the most falls (10) at 197. Gable holds the most titles (3) and falls (13) at 149 pounds.
IOWA WINS 21ST MIDLANDS TITLE, CROWNS THREE CHAMPS
The Hawkeyes won their 21st overall and third straight Midlands Championships title with 168.5 points at the 47th annual tournament Dec. 30, 2009, in Evanston, IL. Iowa State placed second with 144.5, while Central Michigan placed third with 118.0.
Iowa went 3-3 in the finals, crowning three champions in redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (#3 seed at 125), and seniors Brent Metcalf (#1 seed at 149) and Jay Borschel (#1 seed at 174). It was Metcalf's third Midlands title and the first for McDonough and Borschel. Metcalf was named the Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament, and took home the Individual High Scorer Award for racking up 32.5 team points. Hawkeye redshirt freshman Nate Moore (133) earned the tournament's Fastest Fall Award, sticking his first opponent in 46 seconds.
McDonough sparked a strong Iowa start with a 9-7 win in sudden victory over #4 seed Andrew Long in the 125-pound title match. Down 5-2 at the end of the first period, McDonough scored an escape and takedown to tie the score at 5-5 in the second period. Long, who accumulated over one minute of riding time in the bout, scored an escape to start the third period to take a 6-5 lead. McDonough scored a takedown near the end of the third period to take a 7-6 lead, but Long's riding time point sent the match into sudden victory. McDonough scored a takedown in sudden victory for the win.
In a rematch of the 2008 Midlands title match, Metcalf won a 9-2 decision over #2 seed Kyle Ruschell of Wisconsin. The Hawkeye senior scored team bonus points in five of his six Midlands matches.
Borschel picked up his 75th career victory with a 6-1 win over #2 seed Ben Bennett of Central Michigan in the finals. The Hawkeye senior scored a takedown and two nearfall points near the end of the first period, an escape early in the second period and accumulated over two minutes of riding time in the match. A three-time Midlands placewinner, Borschel placed second in 2007 and third in 2008 before winning the 2009 title.
Also placing for the Hawkeyes were seniors Joe Slaton (#4 seed at 141-3rd), Ryan Morningstar (#3 seed at 165-3rd), Phillip Keddy (#3 seed at 184-4th) and Chad Beatty (#5 seed at 197-3rd), sophomore Montell Marion (#9 seed at 141-6th), redshirt freshmen Nate Moore (133-6th) and Grant Gambrall (184-6th), and true freshman Derek St. John (157-5th). It was the first time that Beatty, Moore, Gambrall and St. John placed at Midlands.
IOWA WRESTLING HISTORY
Iowa's overall dual meet record is 882-215-30 (.796) in 101 seasons. The Hawkeyes have won 23 national titles and 34 Big Ten titles. Iowa's 51 NCAA champions have won a total of 78 NCAA individual titles, crowning six three-time and 15 two-time champions. The Hawkeyes' 102 Big Ten champions have won a total of 186 conference titles. There have been seven four-time, 18 three-time and 27 two-time Iowa winners. Iowa's 140 all-Americans have earned all-America status 286 times, including 17 four-time, 29 three-time and 37 two-time honorees.
IOWA WINNING STREAKS
Iowa has won 68 straight dual matches, which is a school record. The current streak started with a win over Cornell (32-3) on Jan. 12, 2008, which was the first match after Iowa lost to Oklahoma State (19-14) on Jan. 5. The 68-match winning streak ranks fourth-best in NCAA wrestling history behind three Oklahoma State streaks. The Cowboys won 76 straight duals from 1937-51, and had two 69-match streaks (1921-32 and 1996-99).
The Hawkeyes have won 44 consecutive duals on the road, which is also a school record. That streak started with a 20-13 win at Iowa State on Dec. 9, 2007.
Iowa has won its last 29 duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. That streak, which ranks fourth-best in school history, started with a 27-13 win over Penn State on Jan. 20, 2008, which was also the first home match after the loss to the Cowboys. The school record is 55 (1/9/1977-12/18/1983).
Against Big Ten foes, the Hawkeyes have won their last 28 duals, including 13 at home and 15 on the road. The 28 league duals rank second in school history, while the 13 home duals rank third and the 15 road duals rank fourth. Iowa's school record for consecutive Big Ten wins is 98 (12/13/1975-1/28/1989), while the records for Big Ten home wins is 63 (1/17/1975-1/3/1998) and road wins is 54 (1/19/1974-1/28/1989).
HAWKEYES BLANK NORTHERN IOWA, 39-0
The seventh-ranked Hawkeyes extended their winning streak to 68 duals and improved to 7-0 on the season (1-0 Big Ten) with a 39-0 win at Northern Iowa Dec. 9. The Hawkeyes posted their 36th straight win over the Panthers (4-4) in front of a capacity crowd of 2,200 at the West Gym in Cedar Falls.
Iowa held a 29-1 takedown advantage on the night, recording two pins and three major decisions in its 10 victories. The Hawkeyes were tough on top, with seven wrestlers accumulating at least 1:00 of riding time in their bouts. Six Iowa wrestlers kept their undefeated records intact with wins.
Iowa redshirt freshman Tony Ramos opened the dual at 133 with his 12-3 major decision of Northern Iowa sophomore Ryan Jauch. Ramos scored four takedowns and accumulated 2:23 in riding time to stay undefeated at 4-0. Hawkeye sophomore Mark Ballweg also kept his 7-0 record spotless with a 3-0 win over Panther junior Aaron Senzee at 141, collecting 3:49 in riding time. At 149, Iowa sophomore Jeret Chiri led Jamal Lawrence, 8-3, in the third period before turning the Panther in 5:59 and collecting his second pin of the season. Redshirt freshman Derek St. John improved to 7-0 with his 8-4 victory over David Bonin at 157. Hawkeye senior Aaron Janssen gave Iowa a 19-0 lead going into the intermission with his 4-0 decision over Panther Nick Pickerell at 165. Janssen, who tallied 2:08 of riding time in the bout, is now 10-0 this season.
Redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse kept the Iowa momentum going with his 16-5 major decision over redshirt freshman Brice Wolf at 174. Lofthouse snagged seven takedowns and totaled 1:07 in riding time. Sophomore Grant Gambrall kept his 7-0 record intact with a 4-2 decision over redshirt freshman Ryan Loder at 184. Hawkeye senior Luke Lofthouse scored eight takedowns and accumulated 3:24 in riding time for his 19-7 major decision over Joe Johnson at 197. Hawkeye junior Blake Rasing picked up his 15th career victory with a 2-0 decision over nationally-ranked junior heavyweight Christian Brantley. After a scoreless first period, Rasing rode Brantley the entire second period and scored an escape early in the third period for the 2-0 win. Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough ended the dual with his 1:12 pin of Terrance Young to remain undefeated at 7-0.
#7 Iowa 39, Northern Iowa 0
133 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) maj. dec. Ryan Jauch (Northern Iowa), 12-3
141 - Mark Ballweg (Iowa) dec. Aaron Senzee (Northern Iowa), 3-0
149 - Jeret Chiri (Iowa) pinned Jamal Lawrence (Northern Iowa), 5:59
157 - Derek St. John (Iowa) dec. David Bonin (Northern Iowa), 8-4
165 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) dec. Nick Pickerell (Northern Iowa), 4-0
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) maj. dec. Brice Wolf (Northern Iowa), 16-5
184 - Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa), 4-2
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) maj. dec. Joe Johnson (Northern Iowa), 19-7
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Christian Brantley (Northern Iowa), 2-0
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Terrance Young (Northern Iowa), 1:12
PARDON OUR PROGRESS!
As friends of the UI and fans of the Hawkeyes know, the UI Athletics Department is well into a multi-million dollar revitalization of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. This important and exciting project has reduced the number of ticket windows that are operational on game nights. Fans attending Iowa's home wrestling meets are invited to avoid delays by purchasing their event tickets online or in advance. If your schedule doesn't allow for an advance purchase, we recommend you consider arriving at the arena a little earlier than originally planned. The North entrance is no longer accessible from the outside of the facility. Fans can enter and purchase tickets at the West and South entrances. Arena doors will open 90 minutes before an event. The East entrance will serve as the event pass gate.
USA WRESTLING ANNOUNCES 2012 OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS BID FINALISTS
Three bid cities and their local organizing committees have been named as finalists to host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling. The date for the event will be the weekend of April 20-21, 2012. Alphabetically, the finalist bid cities are: Columbus, Ohio; Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Iowa City, Iowa.
The organizing committees selected as finalists have been invited to make an in-person presentation on behalf of their bid on either January 12 or January 13 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Seven cities submitted bids to host the event. Greensboro, N.C., Hampton, Va., Oklahoma City, Okla. and Pontiac, Mich. are not finalists at this time. Due to the dates of international Olympic qualification tournaments in wrestling, it has been determined that the event must be held on the weekend of April 20-21.
Three of the bids proposed different dates for the event. The number of finalist cities could be increased if one or more of those cities are able to secure the weekend of April 20-21 for the event. If the date change occurs in a prompt fashion, the cities could be invited to make an in-person presentation either January 12 or 13.
A selection committee will review the finalist bid presentations. The committee will include USA Wrestling staff and athletes, as well as representatives from the U.S. Olympic Committee. An announcement on the bid selected to host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling is targeted for Jan. 17, 2011.
Each bid proposal includes hosting the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling, which will feature competition in the three Olympic styles of the sport - men's freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's freestyle. The competition will determine the U.S. athletes in both sports who will qualify to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
On the 2010-11 Hawkeye wrestling team, there are three sets of brothers, two wrestlers whose fathers wrestled at Iowa and two uncle-nephew combinations.
Senior Matt Ballweg (157), sophomore Mark Ballweg (133/141) and freshman Jacob Ballweg (141) are brothers who hail from Waverly. They are the fifth set of three brothers to wrestle at Iowa, and the third set to be on the roster at the same time. The other sets of three brothers to compete for the Hawkeyes are Ed Banach, Lou Banach and Steve Banach; Marty Kistler, Harlan Kistler and Lindley Kistler; Mike Uker, Ben Uker and Joe Uker; and Lenny Zalesky, Larry Zalesky and Jim Zalesky.
Junior Stew Gillmor (149/157) and freshman Walt Gillmor (165) are brothers from Donahue, while sophomore Nate Moore (133) and freshman Nick Moore (157/165) are brothers from Iowa City.
Sophomore Matt McDonough (125/133) and redshirt freshman Nick Trizzino have fathers who wrestled for the Hawkeyes. Mike McDonough wrestled at Iowa from 1974-76, while Mark Trizzino was an all-American (1984) and four-year letterwinner (1981-84) for the Hawkeyes.
Senior Luke Lofthouse (197) is the uncle of Hawkeye redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse (174). Nick Trizzino's uncle, Scott Trizzino, was a three-time all-American (1978-79-81) and four-time letterwinner (1977-79, 1981) for the Hawkeyes.
IOWA WRESTING TICKET INFORMATION
Single meet Iowa wrestling tickets can be ordered from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at hawkeyesports.com.
For the Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals, tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance. Tickets for those four duals are $12 for adults and $6 for youth if purchased at the door.
For the Ohio State dual, tickets are $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under, if purchased in advance. Tickets for those two duals are $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under, if purchased at the door.
CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
The Hawkeye wrestling staff of Tom Brands, Terry Brands, Mike Zadick, Kurt Backes and Danny Song earned a total of one Olympic gold medal, one Olympic bronze medal, five NCAA titles, nine conference titles and 12 All-America honors.
WRESTLING SUMMER CAMPS
For dates and more information about 2011 Iowa Wrestling Summer camps visit iowawrestlingcamps.com.
UP NEXT
The sixth-ranked Hawkeyes (7-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will host Southern Illinois Edwardsville (1-6) Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual has been designated Autograph and Half-Price Concessions Night. After the dual, Iowa wrestlers will sign autographs at tables around the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concourse.
University of Iowa Wrestling Media Availability for Tuesday, December 21
Tuesday's University of Iowa wrestling practice has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. If you are interested in talking to any of the wrestlers or coaches before the 2010 Midlands Championships, the media interviews will be held from 10:15-11 at the Field House practice room. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
Thanks,
Traci
Iowa Wrestling Blank Northern Iowa, 39-0
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The seventh-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team extended its winning streak to 68 duals and improved to 7-0 on the season with a 39-0 win at Northern Iowa Thursday night. The Hawkeyes posted their 36th straight win over the Panthers (4-4) in front of a capacity crowd of 2,200 at the West Gym in Cedar Falls.
Iowa held a 29-1 takedown advantage on the night, recording two pins and three major decisions in its 10 victories. The Hawkeyes were tough on top, with seven wrestlers accumulating at least 1:00 of riding time in their bouts. Six Iowa wrestlers kept their undefeated records intact with their wins.
"Our guys were wrestling in positions they were comfortable in, and that they were good at," said Head Coach Tom Brands. "They were wrestling smart. Wrestling where guys were giving them advantages, and a lot of good things were happening."
Iowa redshirt freshman Tony Ramos opened the dual at 133 with his 12-3 major decision of Northern Iowa sophomore Ryan Jauch. Ramos scored four takedowns and accumulated 2:23 in riding time to stay undefeated at 4-0. Hawkeye sophomore Mark Ballweg also kept his 7-0 record spotless with a 3-0 win over Panther junior Aaron Senzee at 141, collecting 3:49 in riding time. At 149, Iowa sophomore Jeret Chiri led Panther Jamal Lawrence, 8-3, in the third period before turning the Panther in 5:59 and collecting his second pin of the season. Redshirt freshman Derek St. John improved to 7-0 with his 8-4 victory over David Bonin at 157. Hawkeye senior Aaron Janssen gave Iowa a 19-0 lead going into the intermission with his 4-0 decision over Panther Nick Pickerell at 165. Janssen, who tallied 2:08 of riding time in the bout, is now 10-0 this season.
Redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse kept the Iowa momentum going with his 16-5 major decision over redshirt freshman Brice Wolf at 174. Lofthouse snagged seven takedowns and totaled 1:07 in riding time. Sophomore Grant Gambrall kept his 7-0 record intact with a 4-2 decision over redshirt freshman Ryan Loder at 184. Hawkeye senior Luke Lofthouse scored eight takedowns and accumulated 3:24 in riding time for his 19-7 major decision over Joe Johnson at 197. Hawkeye junior Blake Rasing picked up his 15th career victory with a 2-0 decision over nationally-ranked junior heavyweight Christian Brantley. After a scoreless first period, Rasing rode Brantley the entire second period and scored an escape early in the third period for the 2-0 win. Hawkeye sophomore Matt McDonough ended the dual with his 1:12 pin of Terrance Young to remain undefeated at 7-0.
Up next for Iowa is a trip to the 47th annual Midlands Championships, which will be held Dec. 29-30 in Evanston, IL. The Hawkeyes are the defending team champions and have won the most team titles (21) in the 47-year history of the meet. All matches will be held at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Northwestern University's campus.
#7 Iowa 39, Northern Iowa 0
133 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) maj. dec. Ryan Jauch (Northern Iowa), 12-3
141 - Mark Ballweg (Iowa) dec. Aaron Senzee (Northern Iowa), 3-0
149 - Jeret Chiri (Iowa) pinned Jamal Lawrence (Northern Iowa), 5:59
157 - Derek St. John (Iowa) dec. David Bonin (Northern Iowa), 8-4
165 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) dec. Nick Pickerell (Northern Iowa), 4-0
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) maj. dec. Brice Wolf (Northern Iowa), 16-5
184 - Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa), 4-2
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) maj. dec. Joe Johnson (Northern Iowa), 19-7
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Christian Brantley (Northern Iowa), 2-0
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Terrance Young (Northern Iowa), 1:12
Iowa Wrestling Blank Chattanooga, Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team improved to 4-0 on the season with shutouts over Chattanooga (47-0) and Cornell College (43-0) Friday night in Mount Vernon, IA. Iowa scored 66 takedowns during the two duals, while allowing only four, in front of 1,475 fans at Cornell College's Small Multi-Sport Facility. Chattanooga defeated Cornell in the first dual of the night, 35-3.
The Hawkeyes, who are ranked seventh in the most recent NWCA/USA Today Coaches Poll, opened the night with a 47-0 win over Chattanooga (4-5). Five Hawkeyes - senior Jake Kerr (165-2:19), junior Blake Rasing (Hwt.-1:05), sophomores Mark Ballweg (141-4:42) and Jeret Chiri (149-3:47), and redshirt freshman Ethen Lofthouse (174-0:52) - pinned their opponents, while sophomore Matt McDonough scored his 40th career victory with a decision at 125. Sophomore Nate Moore (133) and Chiri (149) made their first dual appearances of the season. Moore scored four takedowns to post a 9-5 win over Cody Hood to collect his 15th career victory. Chiri trailed Dean Pavlou 4-2 midway through the first period before scoring a takedown and three nearfall points to take the lead before scoring his second-period fall. Senior Luke Lofthouse (197) recorded nine takedowns in his 21-8 major decision over Robert Prigmore. Sophomore Grant Gambrall (184) scored a second-period escape, a third-period reversal and a point for riding time to score a 4-0 decision Chattanooga's Jason McCroskey, who is ranked in the top 20 nationally. Redshirt freshman Derek St. John accumulated over four minutes of riding time in his 13-2 major decision over Dan Waddell.
Iowa extended its school-record dual winning streak to 65 matches overall and 43 on the road with its 43-0 win over NCAA Division III Cornell College (4-2). McDonough, Ballweg, Ethen Lofthouse and Gambrall all recorded technical falls, with Ballweg scoring 12 nearfall points in his 15-0 match with Kevin Donahue that ended in 3:09. Senior Aaron Janssen (165) and redshirt freshman Tony Ramos (133) each made their first dual appearances of the season, with both recording major decisions and Janssen collecting his 30th career victory. Rasing also scored a major decision at heavyweight, while Luke Lofthouse pinned Robert Widmer in 1:17. Chiri and St. John both recorded decisions to preserve their unbeaten records.
"I feel good," said Brands. "Have we been tested yet? No. We haven't. There is a lot still unknown. (Derek) St. John did a good job with his emotions against Cornell. That match was a good test for him."
The Hawkeyes will put their undefeated record on the line when they host #17 Iowa State (4-0) Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. and Michigan State (3-0) Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. Both duals will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Iowa-Iowa State dual will be aired live on Mediacom Connections, and both duals will be streamed live on bigtennetwork.com. The Iowa-Iowa State dual is scheduled to be a "Black Out", where fans are encouraged to wear black attire to the event. It is also the fifth event of the 2010-11 Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa State currently holds a 6-5 lead in the series.
#7 Iowa 47, Chattanooga 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) dec. Prescott Garner (UTC), 7-1
133 - Nate Moore (I) dec. Cody Hood (UTC), 9-5
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) pinned Shawn Greevy (UTC), 4:42
149 - Jeret Chiri (I) pinned Dean Pavlou (UTC), 3:47
157 - Derek St. John (I) maj. dec. Dan Waddell (UTC), 13-2
165 - Jake Kerr (I) pinned Brandon Wright (UTC), 2:19
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) pinned Levi Clemons (UTC), 0:52
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Jason McCroskey (UTC), 4-0
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) maj. dec. Robert Prigmore (UTC), 21-8
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (I) pinned Matt Lettner (UTC), 1:05
#7 Iowa 43, Cornell College 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) tech. fall Timothy Hood (C), 18-3 in 5:47
133 - Tony Ramos (I) maj. dec. Tigue Snider (C), 14-5
141 - Mark Ballweg (I) tech. fall Kevin Donahue (C), 15-0 in 3:09
149 - Jeret Chiri (I) dec. Jacob Schwebke (C), 9-4
157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Nicholas Loughlin (C), 4-2
165 - Aaron Janssen (I) maj. dec. Joe Hambleton (C), 13-5
174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) tech. fall Derek Munsey (C), 24-9 in 6:53
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) tech. fall Andrew Roberts (C), 22-7
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) pinned Robert Widmer (C), 1:17
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (I) maj. dec. Wyatt Bauman (C), 11-1
Iowa Concludes Wrestle-Offs
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The defending NCAA and Big Ten champion University of Iowa wrestling team hosted its annual wrestle-off finals Saturday morning at the UI Field House practice gym. Twelve bouts were contested during the intrasquad event.
"We've got a lot of obvious things to work on," said University of Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands. "Those things come into sharp focus when you have an event like this."
Hawkeye fans got a look at the future of the wrestling team as 16 of Saturday's 24 competitors are underclassmen. Defending NCAA Champion Matt McDonough opened the meet at 125 with match-ending 20-3 technical fall in 6:08. Fans were treated to an exciting match at 133 between junior Tyler Clark and sophomore Nate Moore. Tied at 1-1 at the end of regulation, Clark kept Moore from escaping during the first 30-second tiebreak period, and then recorded a pin at the 8:48 mark. Two of the three Ballweg brothers posted victories, as sophomore Mark posted a 12-4 major decision over freshman Ethan Owens at 141, and freshman Jacob scored an 8-7 win over sophomore Jeret Chiri at 149. Redshirt freshman Derek St. John spoiled the Ballweg sweep with his 6-2 win over senior Matt at 157. Seniors Jake Kerr and Aaron Janssen battled at 165, with Kerr recording four takedowns for the 9-3 decision. The Lofthouse family had two victories to celebrate as redshirt freshmen Ethen scored a 4-2 win over freshman Mike Evans at 174. Luke Lofthouse, who is a senior and Ethen's uncle, scored a 14-4 major decision over redshirt freshman Tomas Lira at 197. At 184, sophomore Grant Gambrall scored an 8-2 win over junior Vinnie Wagner. Junior Blake Rasing scored a takedown in overtime to post a 3-1 decision over junior Jordan Johnson at heavyweight. Redshirt freshman Dylan Carew closed out the event, pinning sophomore Joe Moore in nine seconds at 149.
Iowa will open the 2010-11 season Friday with the third-annual Iowa City Duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes will face Iowa Central at 4 p.m. and Coe College at 6 p.m. Season tickets can be ordered from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at hawkeyesports.com. Tickets are $67 for members of the public and $55 for UI faculty and staff. Tickets for the Iowa City Duals are $10 for adults and $5 for youth if purchased in advance, and $12 for adults and $6 for youth if purchased at the door.
Thursday's Wrestle-Off Results
133 - Tony Ramos tech. fall Charlie Joseph, 20-4 in 6:47
Friday's Wrestle-Off Results
133 - Nate Moore dec. Nick Trizzino, 3-2
133 - Tyler Clark dec. Tony Ramos, 3-2 TB
141 - Ethan Owens tech. fall Joe Moore, 17-1 in 4:57
149 - Jeret Chiri dec. Stew Gillmor, 8-5
149 - Jake Ballweg maj. dec. Ethan Sebert, 9-1
157 - Matt Ballweg dec. Nick Moore, 3-2
157 - Derek St. John dec. Michael Kelly, 11-4
174 - Mike Evans dec. Jeremy Fahler, 7-2
184 - Vinnie Wagner dec. Tomas Lira, 2-0
Hwt. - Jordan Johnson dec. Bobby Telford, 2-1 TB
Saturday's Wrestle-Off Results
125 - Matt McDonough tech. fall Matt Gurule, 20-3 in 6:08
133 - Tyler Clark pinned Nate Moore, 8:48
133 - Tony Ramos dec. Nick Trizzino, 4-3
141 - Mark Ballweg maj. dec. Ethan Owens, 12-4
149 - Jake Ballweg dec. Jeret Chiri, 8-7
157 - Derek St. John dec. Matt Ballweg, 6-2
165 - Jake Kerr dec. Aaron Janssen, 9-3
174 - Ethen Lofthouse dec. Mike Evans, 4-2
184 - Grant Gambrall dec. Vinnie Wagner, 8-2
197 - Luke Lofthouse maj. dec. Tomas Lira, 14-4
Hwt. - Blake Rasing dec. Jordan Johnson, 3-1 SV
149 - Dylan Carew pinned Joe Moore, 0:09
Ramos Posts First Iowa Wrestle-Off Win
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Redshirt freshman Tony Ramos recorded the first win of Iowa's annual wrestle-offs Thursday at the UI Field House practice gym. Ramos, a native of Carol Stream, IL, posted a 20-4 win over freshman Charlie Joseph in 6:47 at 133 pounds. It was the only bout contested in Thursday's first round. The Hawkeyes will hold 11 bouts Friday at 4:30 p.m. and 11 bouts Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the UI Field House practice gym. Results will be posted on hawkeyesports.com after the matches.
Ramos scored three takedowns in the first period, building a 16-4 lead going into the third period. A takedown and two nearfall points in the third period scored him the match-ending technical fall.
The defending NCAA and Big Ten champion Hawkeyes will open the 2010-11 season Nov. 19 with the third-annual Iowa City Duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes will face Iowa Central at 4 p.m. and Coe College at 6 p.m.
Wrestling season tickets can be ordered from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at hawkeyesports.com. Tickets are $67 for members of the public and $55 for UI faculty and staff. Single meet prices are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance, for the Iowa City Duals, Michigan State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals. The price is $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals. The day of the meet tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth for the Iowa City Duals, Michigan State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals, and $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals.
Thursday's Results
133 - Tony Ramos tech. fall Charlie Joseph, 20-4 in 6:47
Friday's Match-Ups - 4:30 p.m.
133 - Nate Moore vs. Nick Trizzino
133 - Tyler Clark vs. Tony Ramos
141 - Joe Moore vs. Ethan Owens
149 - Stew Gillmor vs. Jeret Chiri
149 - Jake Ballweg vs. Ethan Sebert
157 - Matt Ballweg vs. Nick Moore
157 - Michael Kelly vs. Derek St. John
165 - Jake Kerr vs. Joe DuCharme
174 - Mike Evans vs. Jeremy Fahler
184 - Tomas Lira vs. Vinnie Wagner
Hwt. - Bobby Telford vs. Jordan Johnson
Saturday's Match-Ups - 10:30 a.m.
125 - Matt McDonough vs. Matt Gurule
133 - Winner of Nate Moore/Trizzino vs. winner of Clark/Ramos
141 - Mark Ballweg vs. winner of Joe Moore/Owens
149 - Winner of Stew Gillmor/Chiri vs. winner of Jake Ballweg/Sebert
157 - Winner of Matt Ballweg/Nick Moore vs. winner of Kelly/St. John
165 - Aaron Janssen vs. winner of Kerr/DuCharme
174 - Ethen Lofthouse vs. winner of Evans/Fahler
184 - Grant Gambrall vs. winner of Lira/Wagner
Hwt. - Blake Rasing vs. winner of Telford/Johnson
Iowa Wrestling - Wrestle-Offs, Michigan State Dual and Iowa City Duals Parking Announcments
IOWA CITY, Iowa - With the start of the 2010-11 season less than two weeks away, the University of Iowa wrestling team has updated information about some upcoming events. The team will hold its annual wrestle-offs this weekend in the Field House practice gym. The dual with Michigan State has been moved to Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and the athletic department has released some helpful parking hints for fans planning to attend the Iowa City Duals on Nov. 19.
Wrestle-offs will be held Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Field House practice gym. Match-ups will be available later this week, and results will be posted on hawkeyesports.com after the matches.
Iowa's Big Ten opener with Michigan State has been moved to Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. from its original date of Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and is scheduled to be streamed live on bigtennetwork.com.
Parking for the Iowa City Duals on Nov. 19 will be extremely limited in the vicinity of Carver-Hawkeye Arena throughout the entire day of competition. All parking lots will be screened and monitored to allow parking for only University of Iowa employees in their respective assigned lots. The Iowa Athletics Department is encouraging wrestling fans attending the Iowa City Duals to use a continuous free shuttle service from Hawkeye Commuter parking lots throughout the entire day. Buses will be designated to and from Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The shuttle will start at 1 p.m. The last pick-up from Carver will be 8:30 p.m.
The only exceptions for parking near Carver-Hawkeye Arena during the entire day are as follows:
Lot 46: Limited number of ADA parking - "State Issued Permits Only" - $5.00 parking fee upon entrance; Media - parking placard needs to be requested from Traci Wagner in the SID office
Arena Commuter Lot: Placard issued - assigned contributor parking - any entrance; Remainder of lot will open at 3:30 p.m. - $5.00 parking fee - west entrance
Lot 65 (Finkbine Commuter): Extremely limited number of parking spaces open to the public - $5.00 parking fee upon entrance - when full will be directed to Ramps 3 & 4
Ramps 3 (Clock Tower) & 4 (Field House): Regular hourly parking rate will be charged
Softball and Varsity Track Complex: Free wrestling parking within walking distance (15 minute walk)
Downtown Iowa City: Use parking lots or ramps and use the regular free Cambus service
Hancher Parking Lot: Use regular free Cambus service, Red and Blue routes
Iowa's Head Coach Tom Brands Media Day
COACH BRANDS: I can give an opening statement, and any time you want to ask questions, I guess you just interrupt, or my opening statement might be short, too. Number one is complete turnover pretty much, and we're okay with that. We understand that in college athletics there's only a short window, and that's the great thing about college athletics.
There's a lot of excitement that is going into this season because of that turnover, and when you're talking about excitement, it's not always about having a high-powered team coming back. Actually the fans are almost contrary to that. They want to see the new guys on the mat, so to speak.
I can throw a bunch of names out there, (Derek) St. John, (Grant) Gambrall, (Dylan) Carew, (Luke and Ethen) Lofthouses, (Tony) Ramos, (Bobby) Telford, (Mike) Evans, (Josh) Dziewa; heavyweights Blake Rasing and Jordan Johnson. I can throw all those names out there, and that's more than nine names because we've got nine weights to fill besides (Matt) McDonough, but it shows our depth and it shows the excitement of having new guys in. It also shows a problem where if you want to be an expert and make predictions, there's a lot of unknowns there and there's a lot of unproven aspects of this team.
But as a coach, when you're leading the program, you are disciplined enough to coach with the fact in mind that there may be pitfalls and weaknesses, and we're going to address them now and in the past, meaning weeks ago up through now into the early season to stay ahead of the curve.
We like our guys. They know how to wrestle. I'm not making a prediction, but the unknown is the toughness factor when it's time to get tough. And that's a big part of wrestling, especially in this program where you make your living being tough. So that would be my opening statement.
Q. What are some things you like about Tony Ramos?
COACH BRANDS: I like his competitiveness. He's stingy. He's getting better. He's a wrestler. And what I mean by that is he's a student of the sport. He's a gym rat or a mat rat, and he's been one his whole life.
What we'd like is a little more offense out of him, but some guys, you know, they're going to take some hard communication to get through to them maybe. That's not to say that he can't score points; he can. He can hit holds. He's got to make it more of an initiator maybe and more of a repeater, and he's doing that. He's getting better.
He struggled early maybe, that first semester, and had a real good second semester academically, and he's on track now in all areas of his life. He had a growing curve that he had to go through and he learned the lesson quickly. He didn't like the lesson that he had to learn, and since a year ago he's been top-notch in everything.
Q. With so many young guys on this team, how much can they take away from what (Matt) McDonough did last year?
COACH BRANDS: That goes without saying because you're talking about McDonough and we want nine guys to be like McDonough and that's not the case. It's not a cookie-cutter program that way where we're going to make our living. We're going to make our living with individuals maybe doing the same type of damage that McDonough did, but also going about it like McDonough did, too.
There's a lot of correlation there, but there's also a lot of individuality where it's going to look different. McDonough lost one match, and that was in the Big Ten Finals, and that's pretty remarkable when you look back on it. But as the process went forward, it wasn't remarkable.
I'm kind of contradicting myself, but the bottom line with McDonough is that he did what he did. We have nine new weights that we've got to replace, and we've got to be tough in tough situations. There may be stumbles along the way that are earlier or there may be stumbles along the way that maybe from the fan perspective should never happen. But the idea is to stay ahead of it where if it does happen, the communication is there in advance to where you turn it around quickly.
And I see a lot of puzzled faces. I've said this twice now. I just said it there and I've also said that you coach with discipline in mind, and the mindset as a coach, to coach to the weaknesses earlier so the weaknesses aren't as pronounced or emphasized or come out as glaring. And I see puzzled looks there. But that's basically what it comes down to.
Q. Do you feel disrespected by the preseason rankings?
COACH BRANDS: No, a lot of it is math. I mean, add it up. They've got a lot of our young guys ranked 15th, 16th, 17th. You don't score any points from 15th, 16th, 17th, so they're not going to throw a ranking up there. Our guys' job and our job is to make sure they're in point‑scoring capacity and point‑scoring capacity at the highest level. That means they're wrestling for championships. And that's what it's always been about here. That's how I was coached and that's what it's about. It's about that standard that you're wrestling for championships at your weight class and everything else will take care of itself.
Q. You talked about the nine spots you're trying to fill. Could you maybe give a snapshot of a couple guys that have emerged in those areas?
COACH BRANDS: There's a lot. Traci wrote a deal after talking to me. You can check that out in the press guide. I mentioned a lot of names. I probably left out some names where people are going to say, ‘Why did you leave him out?’ I'm not leaving anybody out intentionally. The bottom line is this will be decided on the mat shortly and then it'll be decided in competition. The guys that emerge and the guys that are tough in tough situations will be the guys that get the nod.
You know, I can go through and name a lot of names. I don't bring notes here, and I don't want to leave anybody out from non‑intended disrespect, which happens. The bottom line is that these guys have a job to do and we've got to have them do it at a high level. That means every one of those weight classes is filled by a guy that is about the championship. You look at 133 right off the bat there, you look at (Tony) Ramos and Nate Moore and then you've got Tyler Clark in there who's looking good. You talk about emerging, I mean, there's a guy that's motivated more than he was a year ago, and there's reasons for that. A year ago he was ineligible. He wasn't released when he transferred. Now he has more reason.
But in my mind he should have got it a year ago. It doesn't matter if you're eligible or not, whether or not you got released. You should still train with that same sense.
And that's where we have a group of freshmen that have to have that same sense of urgency, so that's why I mentioned those freshmen, as well. We could see action from them or we couldn't. But regardless, they're going to be on the mat in some capacity, whether it's unattached or not.
Q. You have some pretty good depth at heavyweight. Is that pretty competitive?
COACH BRANDS: (Bobby) Telford, a freshman, it's all good. You know, (Blake) Rasing and (Jordan) Johnson, Rasing is probably the front runner, and maybe Jordan Johnson doesn't like me saying that, but that's what I see. We'll let the two of them decide it and then they'll decide it throughout the year as they compete. We like what we see there. We like what we have. Rasing, he's doing a good job. But again, he's had some competition because of (Dan) Erekson's injury a year ago. We know what he's about.
And has he made progress? Does it matter if he's made progress in the room? I don't think so, as much as you guys might want an answer. And when I say "you guys," I'm talking to the fans, because the answer is when it's getting tough time, you've got to get tough. When it's the seven‑minute match and the fans are in the stands and the referee calls a call against you, then that's the defining moment and that's when we'll know how good our heavyweight is, when that happens and when he responds.
Q. Do you have the leadership in the room this year to replace (Brent) Metcalf and (Jay) Borschel?
COACH BRANDS: Yeah, (Matt) McDonough was leading Metcalf and Metcalf even said that at the end of last year, tremendous leadership. Basically that's an anomaly. That's something that you don't get every day where you have young people like that, whether it's vocal or not. And the other thing is what is leadership, it's not one person but it's a whole host of people that are doing the right thing. And there's a lot of examples.
It used to be when I came here that you had to look pretty hard to find an example. Now you don't have to look very hard to find examples in the room. And McDonough is a big part of that because of his results, but we have some young guys that are about doing the right thing, as well. And we have some guys that are doing it the right way in all areas of their life, their academics are strong or stronger and getting better. There's always room for improvement, but we're getting strong academically. You've got to be proud of those things, lifestyle, et cetera. And with 40 guys, remember, there's a learning curve.
I'll tell you what, it's part of -- where you're good in one thing it makes you better in another, and we're doing that, we're exhibiting that.
(Tony) Ramos is a guy I talked about earlier. You know, he was ineligible at the end of his first semester and he gets it together and now he's in great shape. Had a strong second semester and now he's in great shape. He learned a lesson. His ears were open, his mind was open. That's leadership.
Q. Why did you guys decide to not go to the National Duals this year?
COACH BRANDS: Did you see the press release and the interviews? I talked to (Andy) Hamilton, I talked to (K.J.) Pilcher, I talked to Scott Casber. I'm not busting your chops. It's all over the internet and it's very accessible in this day and age. The only thing I'll say is we looked at it long and hard and not because the NWCA was twisting our arm. Maybe that was part of it. But we looked at it long and hard because it is important, but at the same time it's important to do what's best. We went back and forth, and what is best, and we went with a decision, we waited on it, flip‑flopped, waited on it, which way do you feel better, and in the end it was a no‑brainer 100 percent. It wasn't even like, man, I hope we're making the right decision. This is the right decision.
Q. Why is it the right decision?
COACH BRANDS: I can regurgitate 20 minutes of interview with Scott Casber and an article that I had with Andy Hamilton and (K.J.) Pilcher and anyone else that would have called me. I would just go back and look at that. We have a young team. We have a young team where I just talked about it. You have to coach with the discipline to not do what is popular, but to do what is right by the individuals.
And it's not like we have the luxury of having (Brent) Metcalf, (Dan) Erekson, (Daniel) Dennis, (Chad) Beatty, and to lean on those guys where we're trying to figure out last year. 157, we tried to figure out that weight class with three guys. We're trying to figure out nine weight classes. So refresh your memory with those articles. Not saying that disrespectfully.
Q. Could you talk about Luke Lofthouse? He had some experience last year. How is he looking?
COACH BRANDS: You know, interestingly enough, Luke Lofthouse among Blake Rasing, Nate Moore, guys that were filling in for some injured wrestlers have experience. So it's not like it's total turnover where there's not guys that are proven in some degree. I mean, Blake Rasing wrestled in the Midlands and he was a point scorer. He wrestled in the National Duals last year, so he had to scrap.
Luke Lofthouse filling in for (Chad) Beatty, he has experience. And again, it's about how much he's improved from that point. And he can't be stagnant there. That can't be his wrestling, how he wrestled. Even though he's made improvement over the years, he's going to have to take a big step there. Very disciplined, very good lifestyle, epitome of what makes you good and one things makes you better in another. His lifestyle, he's married, he's got it together, he's a good student, he's got it together with his Mormon faith. He's to the letter of the law, he's a tough competitor and he's a mean guy on the mat.
But there's going to have to be accelerated curve to get the results that I know he wants, and I know that last year if he's stagnant or a step ahead of where he was last year, then we're going to still have the same issues, and I don't see that happening. But I also don't make predictions. We will see. He's one of the guys, as are all of them, as we will see where he's at when it comes to that toughness time, that barometer where you go into a situation where you've got to get tough.
Q. Do you think his age is an advantage for him?
COACH BRANDS: I don't look at any advantage. I think his mind is an advantage, his approach is an advantage. There's young guys that are mature and there's old guys that are immature. He's mature, but I don't know if it's so much of his age as it is his approach. Going on a mission for two years, it helped him with a lot of worldly perspective. But even he'll tell you that it's taken a long time to get back into shape. Two years off is nothing to sneeze at.
Q. December 9th you travel to Cedar Falls, where you're going to see a familiar face. Talk about what that's going to be like.
COACH BRANDS: Well, we have wrestle-offs next weekend. The weekend after that we have the Iowa City Duals, the weekend after that we have Cornell, we're up at Cornell and we wrestle at Tennessee-Chattanooga and then we wrestle Iowa State and Michigan State and UNI in a three-match whirlwind match in about five or six days.
So it's down the road. (Doug) Schwab is doing a good job, everything I hear. We'll be ready when it's December 9th, I believe.
Q. There is the potential for native Iowans to fill most of the starting spots. I know that's the backbone of the program and there's always several, but to have that many, we know how great wrestling is in the state but what does it say about it to have that many guys be part of this program at the top level?
COACH BRANDS: Good for Iowa, and it's maybe by coincidence or not, but not really because we recruit the best guys in the country and they happen to be from Iowa. That's a coincidence. But we have also a recruiting class this year where we're basically split down the middle. We've got Colorado and Philadelphia and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Iowa, Iowa, Iowa. So whoever emerges, it just happens that those Iowa boys are getting tough.
You can mention (Derek) St. John, (Grant) Gambrall, (Matt) McDonough proved himself, Nate Moore, Tyler Clark is now from Iowa. You can consider him an Iowan, north Iowa by way of Illinois. Blake Rasing, Iowa. 174, you know, depends on who it is; 165, but it looks like (Jake) Kerr, (Aaron) Janssen, Iowa. 157, Iowa. Mike Kelly, I didn't mention him. He was a recruit this year.
Q. Could you talk a little bit about Derek St. John and kind of the progress he made during his redshirt season and where he's at now?
COACH BRANDS: Yeah, again, you're not making predictions, but the kid can wrestle. Emotionally how is he going to handle it, and he'd better be tougher than he was a year ago, which he is. But challenge him every day.
Q. How are you seeing that toughness?
COACH BRANDS: I like it. I like my team. I like this team. I like our team. I wouldn't trade them for the world. But we don't make predictions, either. We like what we have. We like what we see. I've spoke all over the state. I've talked about it like this: We have a group that's making progress, but the unknown is the individuals that don't have experience, how are they going to react when they get into the situation.
And see, I'm not a propaganda guy. I'm not going to sit here and rah-rah. Are our guys ready to compete? You bet they are. Are they fired up? You bet they are. But I don't know.
And I've said this in the past, too: I mean, are they going to poop their pants or are they going to get tough? That's a good question. So ask (Derek) St. John specifically. You ask him. You're the interviewer. You say, are you going to poop your pants or are you going to get tough? And he will tell you, and I know what his answer is going to be, and I see progress in the room, but again -- the thing is you can talk to these guys, they've got thick skin. I can talk to them like that. I love it. They're great to coach.
We've got staff that you look at (Kurt) Backes in addition and Mike Zadick who's wanted this position for a long time. There's things that are different that have upgraded this program. When you replace a guy like Doug Schwab, it's very hard to do. You don't replace the man, but you bring in things that are fresh perspective and new, and it's all good.
And so replacing Schwab, it wasn't easy, but we did it and we did it with the best guys we could. They bring perspective that has been well received.
Now, that's propaganda, so I'll stop right there. I'm not going to gush on my staff. But I'll tell you, a guy like Zadick who's wanted this job, he's proven himself. And this guy right here had questions on him. This guy had questions on him as a coach, and he's answering them. He's answering them.
Q. Concussions in your sport, how prevalent are they, and as a competitor what was your experience with them?
COACH BRANDS: How prevalent? I would say a lot less prevalent than you would think that two guys head-to-head would be, literally head to head. But they happen, and the sensitivity from our point of view is that the thing about a head injury is that it's unknown, and you just don't know. You err on the side of caution big time, and that's not just the rhetoric coming down the pipe, but that's been my experience.
Jay Borschel dealt with them, and it was a trial-and-error thing with him. Finally the coach stepped in and put him on a six- or eight-week plan and said, this is what you're going to do. We're not going to do trial and error anymore. And the best thing to do for head injury based on my experience is to err on the side of caution big time and not just even when they're cleared but make sure that you're testing them by getting their heart rate up in a hard way on an Airdyne, throwing heavy weights, et cetera, and seeing if there's any after effects when that blood pressure is way up.
We have a guy dealing with it right now, and it's not just being 100 percent but being 100 percent that you're 100 percent. That's how I would describe it. And there is sensitivity. We've signed forms and had more dialogue this year recently. But it is a big deal.
Q. Did you ever deal with it, with a concussion?
COACH BRANDS: Yes. I mean, I've been there. But you know what, you're looking at a different guy maybe. Plus it was an age ago. It doesn't matter with me; it's about what's today. A very sensitive issue.
Q. Is (Matt) McDonough as smooth and calm in practice as he is on the mat during matches?
COACH BRANDS: Hell no. No, he's not. I'll tell you what, he's a work in progress and he knows it, and so that's why he works hard. He's smooth, and is it automatic, no, and he knows it. As a matter of fact, we have to pull him off the mat, and he's holding on like that, because he is always working to get better, always. It's a very good example.
An interesting thing about McDonough is that you see a good leader and a good example, and sometimes it's not always well received because of maybe some petty jealousies and stuff like that. And I think that was going on a little bit, especially when this high-powered class graduated, and maybe there was some of that in this group, but we've since ironed that out and they've ironed it out amongst themselves. But there's been some things that he's had to deal with because he is kind of a lone wolf on a mission, but the guy does it right. You use that guy as an example, these guys are human, they get tired of that. So there may be some pettiness there. We're beyond it, but I'm saying it has happened.
I'm not going to sit here and tell you that everything is rosy with him, but the example is there. The idea is to get our guys that maybe aren't about that example to embrace the fact that here's a good example. We're not asking you to emulate him or be a robot like him but we're asking you to step up and at least work at it like he works at it. He knows he's not automatic, he's not a smooth operator. He works very hard, and what you see on the mat is a product of a lot of dealing with and pushing through frustration, which frustration is a negative word if you use it negatively. But frustration, there's a description, so it's not just smooth like you asked. Good question, though. He works his tail off. Doesn't take no for an answer type thing.
We've got a lot of guys that are on the same plane like that, but we'll see how they handle it in the heat of the battle. You saw some adversity right out of the gate with McDonough last year in Ames, Iowa, on the enemy mat. I think he gets the first takedown in that and then the guy takes him down, and both guys are about the right thing and they're both competitors, and he prevailed. Why? Because he's got guts.
Iowa Wrestling Part of 10 BTN Broadcasts
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The defending Big Ten and NCAA champion University of Iowa wrestling team will appear on the Big Ten Network four times and have six additional duals streamed on BigTenNetwork.com during the 2010-11 season. The network released its full television and online wrestling schedule Tuesday.
Iowa will be part of three dual meet telecasts, as well as the 2011 Big Ten Championships. The Hawkeyes will host Ohio State Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and that dual will be live on the Big Ten Network. Iowa will travel to University Park, PA, to face Penn State Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. (CT) at Rec Hall, with the broadcast airing Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. (CT). The Hawkeyes will also appear on the network when they wrestle at Minnesota. The dual is set for Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, and will air Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. The Big Ten Championship finals, which are set for Mar. 6 in Evanston, IL, will air live at 3 p.m.
Iowa's duals with Iowa State (Dec. 3 - 7 p.m.), Michigan State (Dec. 5 - 5:30 p.m.), Southern Illinois Edwardsville (Jan. 7 - 7 p.m.), Northwestern (Jan. 28 - 7 p.m.), Indiana (Feb. 6 - 5:30 p.m.) and Michigan (Feb. 13 - 1 p.m.) will be streamed live on BigTenNetwork.com.
Iowa will open the 2010-11 season Nov. 19 with the third-annual Iowa City Duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Head Coach Tom Brands, who has a career dual mark of 99-26, will be looking to pick up his 100th victory. The Hawkeyes will face Iowa Central at 4 p.m. and Coe College at 6 p.m.
Wrestling season tickets can be ordered from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at hawkeyesports.com. Tickets are $67 for members of the public and $55 for UI faculty and staff. Single meet prices are $10 for adults and $5 for youth, if purchased in advance, for the Iowa City Duals, Michigan State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals. The price is $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals. The day of the meet tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth for the Iowa Duals, Michigan State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals, and $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals.
IOWA'S 2010-11 BIG TEN NETWORK WRESTLING SCHEDULE
Date Event Event Start Time (CT) Platform Airing (CT)
Dec. 3 Iowa State at Iowa 7 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Dec. 5 Michigan State at Iowa 5:30 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Jan. 7 SIUE at Iowa 7 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Jan. 22 Ohio State at Iowa 3 p.m. Big Ten Network LIVE
Jan. 28 Iowa at Northwestern 7 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Jan. 30 Iowa at Penn State 1 p.m. Big Ten Network Delay - 1/31, 8 p.m.
Feb. 6 Indiana at Iowa 5:30 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Feb. 13 Michigan at Iowa 1 p.m. BigTenNetwork.com LIVE
Feb. 20 Iowa at Minnesota 2 p.m. Big Ten Network Delay - 2/21, 8 p.m.
Mar. 6 Big Ten Championships 3 p.m. Big Ten Network LIVE
EDITOR'S NOTE: The University of Iowa will host its annual wrestling media day Thursday, November 4 at 2:30 p.m. This year's media day will be held at the University of Iowa Field House, where the Hawkeye wrestling team is now practicing due to the Carver-Hawkeye Arena Renovation. Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands will start things off with a press conference in the Staff Lounge, which is Room 201 of the Field House. Following the press conference, Hawkeye wrestlers will be available for interviews and photo opportunities until 3:25 p.m. in the Field House North Gym.
Three Former Iowa Hawkeyes to Enter Glen Brand Hall of Fame
WATERLOO, Iowa - Three former Hawkeye NCAA champions will be inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa on April 16, 2011. The Hall of Fame is located inside the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo.
The Class of 2011 includes Bill Zadick, Doug Schwab, Jason Smith and Joe Scarpello.
Zadick and Schwab wrestled for the University of Iowa and both were NCAA champions. Zadick won his title at 142 pounds in 1996 and Schwab won his title at 141 pounds in 1999. Both were highly successful freestyle wrestlers as well. Zadick was a World champion at 145.5 pounds in 2006 while Schwab made the 2007 World team and the 2008 Olympic team at the same weight.
Scarpello was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion for the University of Iowa. Scarpello placed first in 1947, third in 1948, second in 1949, and first in 1950. He will be the first person to be inducted into two halls of fame at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. Scarpello was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.
Smith was a three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion for Iowa State. Smith won individual titles in 1969 & '70 and was part of team championships both years.
In addition to the four individual inductees, one Iowa high school or college championship team will be selected for induction into the Hall of Fame. The Cornell College team that won the 1947 NCAA championship was chosen by the selection committee as the inaugural team inducted.
The 13-member selection committee includes 10 past Glen Brand Hall of Fame inductees and three members of the media. Committee members are Les Anderson, Bobby Douglas, Jim Duschen, Dan Gable, Jim Gibbons, Tim Johnson, Randy Lewis, Jim Miller, Bill Nelson, and Chuck Yagla. Members of the media include Jim Nelson (Waterloo Courier), Andy Hamilton (Iowa City Press Citizen), and Mike Finn (WIN Magazine).
"The addition of the first hall of fame team makes this induction class special," said Kyle Klingman, director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. "All the inductees have contributed to Iowa's unique wrestling heritage."
The Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame was established in 2002 to honor the people who have made an impact on the sport on a national level, or who have done extraordinary work in the State of Iowa. The hall recognizes native-born Iowans, and those who achieved their fame while wrestling or coaching for an Iowa college. This is the tenth class.
The hall is named after Glen Brand, an NCAA champion for Iowa State in 1948, who won an Olympic gold medal the same year, at 174 pounds in London. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering and by 1983 he owned two companies in Omaha - Brand Hydraulics and Brand Fluid Power. He passed away on Nov. 15, 2008, in Omaha, at the age of 85.
The committee selected three living inductees from 47 nominees and one posthumous inductee from 17 nominees. Committee members may also nominate candidates for future classes.
C.J. Ettelson, Dan LeClere, Jay Borschel, T.J. Sebolt, Bart Reiter, Barron Bremner, John Bowlsby, Mark Perry, Brent Metcalf, Jake Varner, J Robinson, Dale Brand and Dick Hauser were nominated by committee members and will be placed on next year's ballot for the first time. Nominations may be submitted by anyone.
In addition to the individual and team inductions, Steve Knipp, former head wrestling coach at East Waterloo, will be presented with the Russ Smith Community Impact Award at the induction ceremony. The award is given to a person demonstrating exceptional local impact on wrestling.
The Class of 2011 will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum located at 303 Jefferson St. in Waterloo, Iowa. For more information contact the museum at (319) 233-0745 or <mailto:info@wrestlingmuseum.org>info@wrestlingmuseum.org. A full schedule of events will be made available at a later date.
Biographies
Bill Zadick was a two-time All-American for the University of Iowa, placing fifth in 1995 and first in 1996. He also wrestled competitively through 2008, making World teams in 2001 & '06. Zadick won the 2006 World Championships in Guangzu, China, at 145.5 pounds. A native of Great Falls, Mont., Zadick was a four-time state champion for Great Falls High School from 1988-1991. He currently serves as the Freestyle Developmental Coach and Assistant National Freestyle Coach for USA Wrestling.
Doug Schwab was a three-time All-American for the University of Iowa, placing first in 1999, third in 2000, and second in 2001. He made a freestyle World team in 2007 and an Olympic team in 2008, both times at 145.5 pounds. A native of Osage, Iowa, Schwab was a state champion for Osage High School in 1996. He is currently the head wrestling coach at the University of Northern Iowa.
Jason Smith was a three-time All-American for Iowa State University, placing third in 1968, and first in 1969 & '70. He was a Big Eight champion for Iowa State in 1970 and was an integral part of NCAA team championships for the Cyclones in 1969 & '70. Smith was a state champion for Ankeny High School in 1966.
Joe Scarpello was a four-time All-American placing first in 1947, third in 1948, second in 1949, and first in 1950. Scarpello was Iowa's first two-time NCAA champion at Iowa and the third wrestler in Big Ten history to win four consecutive conference titles. He also wrestled professionally and was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003. Scarpello died on Nov. 9, 1999.
In 1947 Cornell College, located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, became the first team outside the state of Oklahoma, and the first in the state of Iowa, to win an official NCAA wrestling tournament. The private liberal arts school - with an enrollment of 415 male students at the time - defeated all teams entered at the tournament by a sizeable margin. Of the eight weight classes contested, Cornell had two NCAA champions (Dick Hauser and Lowell Lange) and four other place winners (Leo Thomsen, Rodger Snook, Fred Dexter, and Dale Thomas).
Steve Knipp will receive the Russ Smith Community Impact Award for his years of service to wrestling. Knipp was the head wrestling coach at East Waterloo High School for 26 years, leading his wrestlers to the Iowa state team title in 1983. During his tenure he coached 30 state place winners and eight state champions. Knipp is best known for his work as a volunteer at local, state, and national wrestling events. USA Wrestling named him Kids Person of the Year in 2002 and National Events Person of the Year in 2007.
Iowa Wrestling Media Day & Season Press Passes
The University of Iowa will host its annual wrestling media day Thursday, November 4 at 2:30 p.m. This year's media day will be held at the University of Iowa Field House, where the Hawkeye wrestling team is now practicing due to the Carver-Hawkeye Arena Renovation.
Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands will start things off with a press conference in the Staff Lounge, which is Room 201 of the Field House. Following the press conference, Hawkeye wrestlers will be available for interviews and photo opportunities until 3:25 p.m. in the Field House North Gym, which is Iowa's practice room for this year. The Field House is located on South Grand, just west of Rienow and Slater Residence Halls and just east of Kinnick Stadium and University Hospitals. Parking is available in Lot 6 underneath the South Gym, or in Lot 14, a parking lot southeast of the Field House. The main entrance to the Field House is Main Street, the area between the swimming pool and South Gym. The Field House can be accessed from the east or west doors leading into the Main Street area. Upon arriving at the Main Street desk, you will be directed to the Staff Lounge.
For those who are covering Iowa wrestling this year and would like a season press credential, the light yellow-colored business-card size credentials labeled "University of Iowa Press Pass 2010-11" were mailed to Iowa-based media outlets earlier this fall. The credential also serves as a parking pass in Lot 40. If you did not receive those credentials, please contact Traci Wagner at 319-335-9424 or traci-wagner@hawkeyesports.com with the name and mailing address of your media outlet, and the names of the staff members that need credentials.
Hope to see you at Iowa Wrestling Media Day!
Bill Zadick Named National Freestyle Developmental Coach for USA Wrestling
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Former Hawkeye NCAA Champion Bill Zadick has been named as the National Freestyle Developmental Coach and Assistant National Freestyle Coach for USA Wrestling.
Zadick has served on the national staff in the position of Resident Coordinator and Assistant National Freestyle Coach since January 2009.
As the National Freestyle Developmental Coach, Zadick will oversee the programs intended to improve the quality and quantity of men's freestyle athletes prior to the Senior level. He will also work to expand and improve the quality of volunteer freestyle coaches. In addition, Zadick will be responsible for the performance and development of elite teams at all levels in cooperation with National Team and Resident Coaches.
"I was blessed to have come from some amazing programs growing up in wrestling. It has given me a unique perspective on development," said Zadick. "I had some great coaches who had a huge impact and influence on my career from the earliest ages which carried through my entire career. I have a unique experience and passion for this new opportunity and a vision for where it can go."
Zadick reached the top of the freestyle wrestling world in 2006, when he won a World gold medal at 66 kg/145.5 pounds in Guangzhou, China. His younger brother Mike won a silver medal at 60 kg/132 pounds at the 2006 World Championships, making them the first U.S. brothers to reach the World finals on the same year since Tom and Terry Brands in 1993.
Zadick also competed in the 2001 World Championships, placing seventh. He was a runner-up at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in 2000 and 2008. He was a three-time U.S. Nationals runner-up (2003, 2006, 2008) and a two-time World Team Trials runner-up (1999, 2002). Zadick won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Championships, and won the Sunkist Kids International Open in 1997 and 1998.
He won a NCAA Div. I title for the Univ. of Iowa in 1996 and was a two-time All-American, competing for the legendary Dan Gable. Originally from Great Falls, Montana, Zadick won four high school state titles for Great Falls High School (1988-91). He was active in USA Wrestling's age-group programs as a youth and through college.
Zadick was a U.S. Olympic Training Center Resident athlete from 2004-2008, where his freestyle career flourished on the mat.
In his previous role within USA Wrestling, Zadick was a liaison between the U.S. Olympic Training Center and the resident athletes in all three styles. He was also part of the national freestyle coaching staff at all levels over the past two seasons.
"Bill Zadick is a huge asset to this organization, who will lead a very important part of the USA Wrestling program," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "We are confident that he will excel in his new role with our freestyle team effort."
"We had several quality candidates for this position. Bill's national reputation and his passion for this position gave us great confidence that he will do an outstanding job for our sport," said USA Wrestling National Teams Director Mitch Hull.
"Bill comes with a wealth of knowledge at the highest level. He has come through the national developmental program as an athlete and has worked with many of the coaches. Bill has a big challenge ahead of him. Our success in Rio de Janiero in 2016 and beyond is in his hands," said National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones.
Zadick looks forward to his new assignment within USA Wrestling.
"Now more than ever, development is critical to our long term success as a nation," said Zadick. "I look forward to working in this position with all of my energy and using every resource available. I seek to help create success for our grassroots coaches. Our coaches are one of the most important pieces of this puzzle. I also aim to improve the skills, technique and tactics of our athletes, as they progress through college and become Senior athletes on the international level. I feel tremendous responsibility with this position and am excited about the challenge and the opportunity."
Iowa Wrestling Heads to Washington
Champion wrestling team found this out first hand Monday - going from boarding a bus at 5 a.m. (CT) to shaking hands with United States President Barack Obama on the South Lawn of the White House at 5 p.m.(CT).
Twelve members of the Hawkeye wrestling team that won NCAA and Big Ten titles in 2010 traveled to the nation's capital to take part in Monday evening's NCAA Student-Athlete Reception at the White House. The Hawkeyes were one of 38 NCAA champion teams invited to the reception where President Obama congratulated them on their success.
"I want to thank all the teams that have traveled from all over the country to be here, and congratulations on being NCAA Champions," said President Obama. "We've got over 650 athletes and almost 150 coaches and staff here today. This is the most athletic talent we've ever had on the South Lawn."
"That term student-athlete is the thing that makes me so proud to stand before you today because when each of you won the titles that you won, whether it was in lacrosse or gymnastics or wheelchair basketball, you didn't do it as professionals," explained President Obama. "You didn't have multi-million dollar contracts or huge endorsement deals. You woke up early, you put in countless hours of practice for the love of the game and for the pride of your school. You rode those buses and you carried those bags because you knew what it was going to take to be the best because every one of you has a competitive streak that is about a mile wide. And most of all you did this while shouldering a full load of classes, sometimes grabbing a few minutes to study at airports or locker rooms because you understand that student-athlete emphasizes student and not just athlete. So this is a group that knows what it means to be a champion."
The Hawkeye travel party includes 2010 NCAA Champions Jay Borschel (174) and Matt McDonough (125), All-Americans Montell Marion (141), Ryan Morningstar (165) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) and 2010 NCAA qualifiers Jake Kerr (157) and Chad Beatty (197). Former Hawkeye Dan LeClere (141), Iowa seniors Aaron Janssen (157) and Luke Lofthouse (197), junior Blake Rasing (Hwt.) and sophomore Nate Moore (133) are also on the trip.
"It was an incredibly eye-opening experience," said McDonough. "It was an honor and a privelege to be recognized at the White House for what we do during the course of the year. This is an experience that I will take with me for the rest of my life."
The Hawkeyes plan to tour some of the nation's historical monuments and museums Monday night and Tuesday morning before returning to Iowa City Tuesday evening.
Zadick Falls At World Championships
MOSCOW, Russia - A day filled with promise became short-lived as Americans Mike Zadick (60 kg/132 lbs.), Jake Herbert (84 kg/184 lbs.) and J.D. Bergman (96 kg/211.5 lbs.) combined to go 1-3 in the men's freestyle competition at the 2010 World Championships on Saturday at the Olympiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia.
Zadick and Herbert, past World silver medalists, both lost in two straight periods in freestyle wrestling in the first round. Bergman lost in the second round.
Zadick, who is in eighth season on the University of Iowa wrestling staff and his first as an interim assistant coach, lost his first-round match to Korea's Seung-Chul Lee 3-1, 2-0. Zadick was eliminated from the tournament when Lee lost in the quarterfinals. Zadick won a World silver medal in 2006.
"When you want to win something so bad, and put forth so much time and effort, it's tough to go out like that," Zadick said. "I was feeling real confident in my wrestling and I believed in my preparation 100 percent. I'm not done yet. I still have goals I want The o accomplish."
Herbert lost in the first round to Cuba's Reineri Salas 4-0, 2-0. The explosive Salas scored four takedowns in the first period and two more in the second period. Herbert was eliminated when Salas lost his next match to 2009 World champion Zaurbek Sokhiev of Uzbekistan. Salas came back to win a bronze medal.
Bergman dropped his second-round match to Iran's Arfan Amiri 2-1, 4-2. Bergman was eliminated when the Iranian lost in the semifinals to Olympic and World champion Khadzhimurat Gatsalov of Russia. Amiri place fifth and Bergman finished 10th.
Russia's Besik Kudukhov captured his third straight World title after winning the gold medal at 60 kg/132 lbs. Bulgaria's Mihail Ganev knocked off Sohkiev in the finals at 84 kg/185 lbs. Azerbaijan's Khetag Gazyumov avenged a loss in last year's finals to beat Gatsalov for the title at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Gatsalov was seeking his fifth straight World title.
The seventh and final day of the event is set for Sunday in Moscow. Americans Brent Metcalf (66 kg/145.5 lbs.), Travis Paulson (74 kg/163 lbs.) and Les Sigman (120 kg/264.5 lbs) are set to compete for the U.S. men's freestyle team. This is the first trip to the Worlds for each of these wrestlers. Matches for all three competitors will take place from 4-10 a.m., with the finals and medal matches being contested from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Metcalf, who was a two-time NCAA champion and three-time all-American at Iowa will open against Otar Tushishvili of Georgia, a 2006 World silver medalist and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist. Paulson, who wrestled at Iowa State, will battle Abdulkahim Shapiyev of Kazakhstan, a 2009 Asian silver medalist. Sigman, who won four NCAA Division II titles at Nebraska-Omaha, will debut against Nicholas Lane of New Zealand.
U.S. MEN'S FREESTYLE RESULTS FROM SATURDAY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
60 kg/132 lbs. - Mike Zadick, (Gator WC)
LOSS Seung-Chul Lee (Korea), 1-3, 0-2
84 kg/185 lbs. - Jake Herbert, (New York AC)
LOSS Reineri Salas (Cuba), 0-4, 0-2
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - J.D. Bergman, (New York AC)
WIN Farkhad Anakalov (Tajikistan), 4-0, fall 0:20
LOSS Arfan Amiri (Iran), 1-2, 2-4
Iowa Wrestling Heads to Washington
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Members of the 2010 NCAA Champion University of Iowa wrestling team will be heading to Washington, D.C. next week to participate in the NCAA Student-Athlete Reception on the South Lawn of the White House. United States President Barack Obama will recognize teams and student-athletes that won NCAA Championships during the 2009-10 academic year, Monday at 3 p.m. (CT). Hawkeyesports.com will be the exclusive source for photos and videos during the event.
The Hawkeye travel party includes 2010 NCAA Champions Jay Borschel (174) and Matt McDonough (125), All-Americans Montell Marion (141), Ryan Morningstar (165) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) and 2010 NCAA qualifiers Jake Kerr (157) and Chad Beatty (197). Former Hawkeye Dan LeClere (141), Iowa seniors Aaron Janssen (157) and Luke Lofthouse (197), junior Blake Rasing (Hwt.) and sophomore Nate Moore (133) will also be making the trip.
The Hawkeye coaching staff of Tom Brands, Terry Brands and Mike Zadick, as well as 2010 NCAA Champion Brent Metcalf (149) will not be part of the event, as they will be returning from the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
The travel party is set to leave Iowa City at 5 a.m. Monday, and will head directly from the airport to the White House reception after landing in Washington, D.C. After the reception, the group will tour several national monuments and some historic sites before heading back to Iowa City Tuesday evening.
Iowa is one of six Big Ten teams to earn an invitation to the event. The Penn State women's volleyball, and men's and women's fencing teams, the Purdue women's golf team and the Michigan men's gymnastics teams have also been invited. Some of the schools and teams invited to attend the White House event include:
Augusta State University Men's Golf
Boston College Men's Ice Hockey
Duke University Men's Lacrosse
Fairleigh Dickinson University Women's Bowling
Oklahoma State University Men's Cross Country
Pennsylvania State University Women's Volleyball
Pennsylvania State University Men's & Women's Fencing
Purdue University Women's Golf
Stanford University Men's Volleyball
Stanford University Women's Tennis
Texas A&M University, College Station Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field
Texas Christian University Men's & Women's Rifle
University of California, Los Angeles Softball
University of California Los Angeles Women's Gymnastics
University of Denver Men's & Women's Skiing
University of Florida Men's Indoor Track and Field
University of Florida Women's Swimming and Diving
University of Iowa Wrestling
University of Maryland, College Park Women's Lacrosse
University of Michigan Men's Gymnastics
University of Minnesota Duluth Women's Ice Hockey
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Field Hockey
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Women's Soccer
University of Oregon Women's Indoor Track and Field
University of South Carolina Baseball
University of Southern California Men's Tennis
University of Southern California Men's Water Polo
University of Southern California Women's Water Polo
University of Texas at Austin Men's Swimming and Diving
University of Virginia Men's Soccer
University of Virginia Women's Rowing
Villanova University Women's Cross Country
Villanova University Football
Former Iowa Wrestler Zadick, Metcalf Ready For World Championships
MOSCOW, Russia - University of Iowa Assistant Wrestling Coach Mike Zadick and former Hawkeye wrestler Brent Metcalf are ready to take the international stage at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Zadick and Metcalf, who are members of the United States Men's Freestyle World Team, will compete Saturday and Sunday. The seven-day event, which also features women's freestyle and men's Greco-Roman events, started Monday.
Hawkeye Associate Head Wrestling Coach Terry Brands and former Hawkeye NCAA champion Bill Zadick are also at the Olympiysky Sports Complex as members of the men's freestyle coaching staff.
Mike Zadick, who won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships, is making his third World Championships appearance. Wrestling at 60 kilograms, Zadick will weigh in at 9:30 a.m. (CT) Friday. His competition will take place from 4-10 a.m. Saturday, with the finals and medal matches being contested from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. A three-time all-American at Iowa (2000-02), Zadick is in his first season as Iowa's interim assistant coach after serving as the team's volunteer assistant coach for four seasons (2004-06, 2009-10) and the strength training coach for three seasons (2006-08).
Metcalf, who is making his first-ever appearance at the World Championships, will be competing at 66 kilograms. He is scheduled to weigh in at 9:30 a.m. (CT) Saturday. His competition will take place the same times as Zadick on Sunday. Metcalf was a three-time all-American and NCAA finalist for the Hawkeyes (2008-10), winning two NCAA and Big Ten titles.
Iowa Wrestling Release 2010-11 Schedule
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The defending Big Ten and NCAA champion University of Iowa wrestling team has announced its schedule for the 2010-11 season. The Hawkeyes are set to host seven home meets, including duals with intra-state rival Iowa State and Big Ten foes Michigan State, Ohio State, Indiana and Michigan. The start times for Iowa's home duals, as well as the television and internet coverage schedule, will be announced at a later date.
Iowa will open its 2010-11 home campaign Friday, Nov. 19 with the third-annual Iowa City Duals. Head Coach Tom Brands, who has a career dual mark of 99-26, will be looking to pick up his 100th victory. The list of competing teams, as well as the schedule for the day will be announced at a later date. The remainder of Iowa's home schedule includes duals with Iowa State (Dec. 3), Michigan State (Dec. 5), Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (Jan. 7), Ohio State (Jan. 23), Indiana (Feb. 6) and Michigan (Feb. 13).
The Hawkeyes kick off their road dual schedule with a triangular meet against Cornell College and Tennessee-Chattanooga at Mount Vernon, IA, Nov. 26. The Hawkeyes will also face former Iowa Assistant Coach and NCAA champion Doug Schwab at Northern Iowa (Dec. 9 - 7 p.m.) before heading to Evanston, IL, to defend their Midlands team title Dec. 29-30. Iowa will also have road duals at Oklahoma State (Jan. 14 - 2 p.m.), Northwestern (Jan. 28 - 7 p.m.), Penn State (Jan. 30 - 2 p.m.) and Minnesota (Feb. 20). The Hawkeyes will face Purdue Feb. 11 (6 p.m.) at Penn High School in Mishawaka, IN.
Iowa will vy for its 35th Big Ten team title Mar. 5-6 at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, IL, and its 24th NCAA team title Mar. 17-19 at the Wacovia Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Wrestling season tickets can be ordered from the UI Athletics Ticket Office, at (319) 335-9323, or online at www.hawkeyesports.com. Tickets are $67 for members of the public and $55 for UI faculty and staff. Single meet prices are $10 for adults and $5 for youth if purchased in advance for the Iowa City Duals, Michigan State, SIU-Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals. The price is $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals. The day of the meet tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for youth for the Iowa Duals, Michigan State, SIU-Edwardsville, Indiana and Michigan duals, and $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under for the Iowa State and Ohio State duals.
2010-11 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WRESTLING SCHEDULE
Date Time Location Time (CT)
Nov. 19 Iowa City Duals Iowa City, IA TBA
Nov. 26 at Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA 7 p.m.
vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga Mount Vernon, IA TBA
Dec. 3 Iowa State Iowa City, IA TBA
Dec. 5 Michigan State Iowa City, IA TBA
Dec. 9 at Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 7 p.m.
Dec. 29-30 at Midlands Championships Evanston, IL All Day
Jan. 7 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Iowa City, IA TBA
Jan. 14 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK 2 p.m.
Jan. 23 Ohio State Iowa City, IA TBA
Jan. 28 at Northwestern Evanston, IL 7 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Penn State University Park, PA 2 p.m.
Feb. 6 Indiana Iowa City, IA TBA
Feb. 11 vs. Purdue Mishawaka, IN 6 p.m.
Feb. 13 Michigan Iowa City, IA TBA
Feb. 20 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN TBA
Mar. 5-6 at Big Ten Championships Evanston, IL All Day
Mar. 17-19 at NCAA Championships Philadelphia, PA All Day
Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Brands Named Big Ten Icon
Chicago, Ill. - University of Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands was named one of 50 Big Ten Icons by the Big Ten Network earlier today.
Big Ten Icons, presented by Discover, is the network's most ambitious multi-platform initiative to date. The program is counting down the top 50 student-athletes in Big Ten history based solely on their collegiate playing careers. The countdown of the 50 student-athletes began with Brands, who is No. 50, and Penn State volleyball star Megan Hodge, who was No. 49. Icons 50 through 21 will be unveiled between now and Sept. 16 at www.BigTenIcons.com. The website also will feature essays, video and other key facts about each student-athletes' career. Viewers can also participate in the "Talk of the Locker Room" contest with a chance to win the $10,000 grand prize. Weekly winners will take home a 55-inch Phillips HD television.
Brands, who wrestled for Iowa from 1989-92, was a four-time All-American and three-time NCAA champion in the 134-pound division. He was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the 1992 NCAA Championships. The native of Sheldon, Iowa, led the Hawkeyes to consecutive national titles and posted an individual career record of 158-7-2.
"It is an honor to be selected as part of such an exclusive and competitive group of athletes," said Brands. "The Big Ten Conference has a strong tradition and that is something we are working on continuing with the Iowa wrestling program."
A three-time Big Ten Wrestling Coach of the Year honoree, Brands is in his fifth season at the helm for the Hawkeyes. A 1996 Olympic gold medalist and member of wrestling's Hall of Fame, Brands is only the eighth wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He has an 82-6 overall and 29-3 Big Ten coaching record at Iowa, and a 99-26 career mark. Iowa has won the last three NCAA and Big Ten team titles, posting a 68-1 dual record. The Hawkeyes have also won the last three Big Ten dual meet regular season titles, sporting perfect 8-0 conference dual marks each year.
In an essay for www.BigTenIcons.com, former Chicago Tribune sports editor Dan McGrath writes, "Iowa wrestlers are tough, committed, disciplined people. For more than 20 years, Tom Brands has personified those traits for the Iowa Hawkeyes." To read the entire essay and watch a video feature on Brands, visit his Big Ten Icons locker at www.BigTenIcons.com.
Hawkeye fans will have to tune in to where quarterback Chuck Long ranks in the Big Ten Icon list. The life-size bobblehead of Long, which was created as part of a promotion that kicked off the 2010 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament in March, will be on display at FRYfest Friday, and inside the Krause Family Plaza at Kinnick Stadium before Iowa kicks off the season against Eastern Illinois Saturday. Long played quarterback for the Hawkeyes from 1981-85 and still holds school records for passing attempts in a career (1,203), completions in a career (782), consecutive pass completions (22), completion percentage in a season (67.1) and career (65.0), passing yards in a career (10,461), touchdown passes in a season (27) and career (74) and total offense for a career (10,254).
The television show, hosted by legendary college sports broadcaster Keith Jackson, debuts Sept. 18 following a Big Ten Network football telecast in which Icon No. 20 will be revealed. The countdown continues at 8 p.m. (CT) every Tuesday night through the end of football season and into the spring. The No. 1 Big Ten Icon will be revealed around the 2011 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament.
About the Big Ten Network: A joint venture between the Big Ten Conference and Fox Networks, the Big Ten Network is the first internationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With approximately 350 live sporting events, and nearly all of them in HD, the network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. The network operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, showcasing a wide array of classic-to-current sports and televising more Olympic sporting events and women's sports than has ever been aired on any other network. Original programming highlights activities and accomplishments of some of the nation's finest universities. Each year, the network offers between 35 and 40 football games, 105 regular season men's basketball games; 55 women's basketball games; dozens of Big Ten Championship events; studio shows; coaches' shows; and classic games. The network is available to more than 75 million homes across the United States and Canada, and currently has agreements with more than 300 affiliates, including AT&T U-Verse, Atlantic Broadband, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Omaha), DirecTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Rogers Cable (Canada), Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct (Canada), Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. For updated information on the Big Ten Network, go to www.BigTenNetwork.com.
Former Hawkeye Mark Reiland Named 2010 USA Wrestling Junior Person of the Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Former Hawkeye NCAA champion and All-American Mark Reiland has been named Junior Person of the Year by USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States. This award goes to a nationally respected leader who works with athletes and programs on the Junior level (grades 9-12).
Reiland is the head coach for Iowa City West High School, one of the nation's top prep programs. He has served as head coach there for 12 years. His teams have won four state dual meet titles, two traditional state team titles and eight MVC Conference Tournament titles. Reiland and his staff were named Coaches of the Year in the conference three times (01, 07' and '10) and were also named the Southeast Iowa District 3A Coaches of the Year in five times.
The athletes from Iowa City West have been extremely successful in USA Wrestling age-group competitions. He has had five Junior National champions and 18 Junior All-Americans in Fargo over the past eight years. During the same time, he has coached six Cadet National champions and 19 Cadet All-Americans in Fargo.
Previously, he served as head coach for Solon High School for two years, and an assistant coach at Iowa City West High School for five years.
Reiland is respected for his hard work and dedication to wrestling in his state, and his willingness to do whatever he can to provide quality opportunities to young people within the sport.
"This biggest thing is that we do this for the kids. It is rewarding for that purpose. You don't get into this for awards or to be recognized by your peers. It is the athletes who are driving me to do more for the sport," said Reiland.
Reiland has served eight years as the state chairperson for Iowa USA Wrestling. He also served previously as Iowa's Junior Director for four years. He has served on USA Wrestling's Board of Directors for five years, and as a member of the Executive Committee for two years. Reiland has been on the Junior Olympic Wrestling Committee for five years, and a member of the Junior Division Executive Committee for six years. He served as Co-Chair of USA Wrestling's National Coaches Council for five years, and has been a member of the Coaches Council for seven years.
Iowa has been successful as a state within USA Wrestling's major competitions. During his years as state chairperson, Iowa has won the National Junior Duals in freestyle, and has won Junior National team titles in Fargo in both styles, as well as a Cadet National team title in Greco-Roman.
As an athlete, Reiland was a NCAA champion and two-time All-American for the University of Iowa, competing from 1989-92. He also won two state titles for Eagle Grove High School in Iowa, and was a Junior National double champion.
USA Wrestling Junior Person of the Year
1997 - Tom Lehman, Michigan
1998 - Don Murray, New York
1999 - Bob and Sue Siar, Pennsylvania
2000 - Al Billings, Iowa
2001 - Gene Krebs, North Dakota
2002 - Ed Gould, New York and Pete DiBiase, New Jersey
2003 - Sam Harnsongkram, Louisiana
2004 - Patricia Fox, New Jersey
2005 - Mike Dowden, Indiana
2006 - Chris Curtis, New Jersey
2007 - Sue Siar, Pennsylvania
2008 - Mike Juby, Kansas
2009 - John Carlson, Arizona
2010 - Mark Reiland, Iowa
Iowa Wrestling's Terry Brands to Serve as U.S. Freestyle World Team Coach
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- USA Wrestling, the national governing body for amateur wrestling in the United States, has named University of Iowa Associate Head Coach Terry Brands and Oklahoma State University Head Coach John Smith as coaches of the 2010 U.S. Men's Freestyle World Team.
Brands and Smith will work with USA Wrestling National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones of Colorado Springs, CO, and the USA Wrestling national coaching staff to lead the team that will compete at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 6-12. Former Hawkeye wrestler and Assistant Coach Bill Zadick currently serves as USA Wrestling's Men's Freestyle Resident Coordinator. Both coaches were selected by USA Wrestling's Freestyle Coach Selection Committee and approved by USA Wrestling's Executive Committee.
"I think we have a good group of guys who can score offensive points and do things that some other teams did not do," said Brands. "I am always fired up to be involved with the World Championships. It is not about me. It about them. As a staff, we will do whatever we have to do to have them as prepared as they can be."
Current Iowa Interim Assistant Coach Mike Zadick (60 kg/132 lbs.) and former Hawkeye two-time NCAA champion Brent Metcalf (66 kg/145.5 lbs.) earned spots on the World Team by winning individual titles at the World Team Trials in Council Bluffs in June.
"John Smith and Terry Brands are on the cutting edge of wrestling in the world," said Jones. "They've won at the highest levels of wrestling as coaches and wrestlers and there aren't two harder workers in the sport. These coaches are on a mission to help America win medals. With Coach Smith's superior technical ability and Terry Brands' fire and passion, we're going to be are hard to beat. My confidence grows, and I know our team's confidence grows, with them in our corner."
Both have coached past U.S. World and Olympic teams in freestyle wrestling. Prior to taking the Iowa position, Brands worked as USA Wrestling's National Freestyle Resident Coach from 2005-2008, and coached with the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and three U.S. World Teams (2005-07). Smith was the coach of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, as well as the 1998, 1999 and 2009 U.S. World Team Coach. Both have coached individual World and Olympic champion wrestlers for the United States. Their programs are annually among the most successful in Division I college wrestling, with Oklahoma State and Iowa having won the most NCAA team titles of any other programs.
Both are among the greatest freestyle wrestlers in history, and have been elected as Distinguished Members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Brands was a two-time World champion (1993, 1995) and won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000. Smith won two Olympic gold medals (1988, 1992) and four World titles (1987, 1989-91), stringing his six gold medals in consecutive years.
Brands, who is the twin brother of Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands, is in his first season as an associate head coach with the Hawkeyes after serving as an assistant coach for 10 seasons. During his tenure at Iowa, Terry has helped the Hawkeyes win nine NCAA and Big Ten titles, while crowning 22 NCAA and 30 Big Ten Champions. The Hawkeyes have a dual record of 162-12-1 with Terry Brands on staff.
Brands was a two-time NCAA champion, three-time all-American and three-time Big Ten champion for the Hawkeyes (1989-92) at 126 pounds. He ended his career at Iowa with a 137-7 record. He still ranks fourth in season wins (43 - 1990-91) and career record, fifth in career wins (137), sixth in career pins (48) and ninth in season pins (18 - 1990-91). He is one of 18 Hawkeyes to post an undefeated season record, going 35-0 in 1991-92.
EDITOR'S NOTE
Following is a quote from Oklahoma State Head Coach John Smith, as well as full biographies of Brands and Smith courtesy of USA Wrestling.
John Smith, Stillwater, Okla.
"It's an honor to coach this team and it's definitely something I look at as building toward the 2012 Olympics for our freestyle team. It's a great challenge for us as a team as we continue to build toward being the best."
"The team is different this year, from a standpoint that there are some new athletes who broke through. I do believe this tells us we are building our depth back up in freestyle wrestling. The expectation for us is that we win several more medals than we did last year."
Biographies of the coaches
Terry Brands, Iowa City, Iowa
Brands serves as the assistant wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He works with his twin brother and head coach Tom Brands to coach the powerful Hawkeye program.
During the last two seasons, Brands has helped Iowa to two NCAA and Big Ten team titles, crowning three NCAA champions, 13 all-Americans, four Big Ten champions and 14 academic all-Big Ten honorees. Iowa posted an undefeated 47-0 dual record during those two seasons, winning team titles at the Midlands and NWCA/Cliff Keen National Dual Championships.
Brands served as the USA Wrestling National Freestyle Resident Coach and Assistant National Freestyle Coach from 2005-2008.
He coached the resident freestyle athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, including 2006 World Champion Bill Zadick and 2008 Olympic Champion Henry Cejudo. Brands has served on the coaching staff for the U.S. teams that competed at three World Championships (2005-07) as well as the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The United States won eight World and Olympic medals during those years.
Brands has extensive college coaching experience. He was the head coach at the Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga for three years prior to joining the USA Wrestling staff. At Chattanooga, Brands led the Mocs to the 2005 Southern Conference title, while crowning three conference champions and two all-Americans.
Previously, he also served in assistant coaching posts at Montana-State Northern, the Univ. of Nebraska and the Univ. of Iowa.
Brands is a coach with the Hawkeye WC, but also coaches numerous individuals who compete for other top U.S. club programs.
As an athlete, Brands was one of the nation's greatest freestyle wrestlers, winning World gold medals in 1993 in Toronto, Canada and in 1995 in Atlanta, Ga. at 57 kg/125.5 pounds. As a member of the 1993 and 1995 U.S. World Teams, he was on the only two U.S. teams to win World Team Titles in freestyle.
In 1993, he won his World title alongside his twin brother Tom, who was the World champion at 62 kg/136.5 lbs. Alongside his brother Tom, he was named 1993 USA Wrestling Athlete of the Year, 1993 John Smith Freestyle Wrestler of the Year and 1993 Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year. The Brands brothers became the first U.S. brothers to win a World title during the same year.
Brands qualified for the 1997 and 1999 U.S. World Teams, but did not compete due to injury. In 2000, he made a comeback and won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Dallas, Texas at 58 kg/127.75 lbs. He earned a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
He was a two-time World Cup champion (1994, 1995) and won a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games. He was twice a silver medalist at the respected Yarygin Tournament in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Brands won three U.S. Nationals titles, and was runner-up three times.
Brands was a two-time NCAA Div. I champion for the Univ. of Iowa (1990, 1992) and a NCAA runner-up in 1991 competing for the legendary coach Dan Gable. He won three Big Ten titles, as well. Brands ended his career at Iowa with a 137-7 record. Brands is a graduate of the Univ. of Iowa with a degree in Human Development and Sport.
He was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2006. Terry and Tom, who was inducted in 2001, were the first set of twins to earn Wrestling Hall of Fame induction.
John Smith, Stillwater, Okla.
Smith served as a co-head coach for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in Sydney, Australia. The U.S. won four individual medals, including a gold medal from Brandon Slay.
Smith served as World Team coach for the 2009 U.S. World Team, which competed in Herning, Denmark, and placed seventh in the team standings, led by individual medalists Jake Herbert and Tervel Dlagnev.
He also served as coach for the 1999 U.S. World Team, which competed in Ankara, Turkey, placing second in the team standings and winning three medals, including a gold medal by Stephen Neal. As coach of the 1998 U.S. World Team, the U.S. placed third in the team standings in Tehran, Iran with three medals, including a gold medal by Sammie Henson.
He was also the head coach of the 1998 U.S. Goodwill Games team, which captured the team title and featured three individual gold medalists. He was a co-coach of the 1997 U.S. World Cup team that won the team title and made history by winning every bout in the gold-medal match against Russia.
Smith is a coach with the Gator WC, working with top Senior freestyle wrestlers from across the nation. He was previously a coach with the Sunkist Kids.
He is currently the head coach at Oklahoma State Univ., one of the most successful Div. I wrestling programs in history. He is the winningest coach in Oklahoma State history, with a 296-44-5 career record. He has led the Cowboys to five NCAA team titles (1995, 2003-2006). He has coached 23 NCAA individual champions and five Olympians, including 2004 silver medalist Jamill Kelly. Oklahoma State has won 11 Big 12 team titles under Smith. Eight times, Smith has been Big 12 Coach of the Year.
As an athlete, Smith was considered by many the best freestyle wrestler in U.S. history. He claimed gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, and won four World gold medals (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991). His six straight World-level titles is unprecedented. He also won titles at the Pan American Games (twice), Goodwill Games (twice) and the World Cup.
Smith won most of the major awards in amateur athletics, including the James E. Sullivan Award, the USOC SportsMan of the Year and the World Trophy. He was FILA Wrestler of the Year in 1991, and won the 1990 FILA Master of Technique Award. He is a member of the FILA International Hall of Fame and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, along with many other major honors. In 2004, Smith was presented with the Titan Award by the U.S. Olympic Committee, and the next year, he joined his brother Pat as one of 15 wrestlers named to the NCAA's 75th Anniversary Team.
Smith was a two-time NCAA champion for Oklahoma State (1987-88) and a three-time All-American. He originally hails from Del City, Okla., where he won two state high school titles.
Backes Named to Iowa Hawkeye Coaching Staff
IOWA CITY, IA -- Former Iowa State University wrestler Kurt Backes has joined the University of Iowa wrestling program as a volunteer assistant coach. The announcement was made today by Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands.
"I am excited to get to Iowa City as soon as possible, and starting working alongside the coaching staff and student-athletes to attain yet another NCAA Championship and Big Ten title," said Backes.
Backes served as the volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech University during the 2009-10 season, and the assistant strength and conditioning wrestling coach at the University of Missouri in 2008-09.
"With his collegiate and international experience, Kurt will make a strong addition to our staff," said Brands. "He understands how important collegiate wrestling is in the state of Iowa. We are excited to have him join our staff."
During his collegiate career, Backes was a two-time all-American and Big 12 champion at 184 and 197 pounds for Iowa State (2003-07). He collected 109 wins while competing for the Cyclones, where he was a three-time co-captain (2005-07).
A 2008 men's freestyle Olympic Trials finalist and World Cup team member, Backes won the 2007 U.S. Men's Freestyle title while competing for the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club. He traveled to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing as a workout partner and alternate competitor. Backes placed third at the U.S. Open in 2007 and fourth in 2008. He was a member of the 2003 Junior World team, placing fifth at the Junior World Championships. He also served on the USA Wrestling finance committee in 2008-09.
A native of Neshanic Station, NJ, Backes was a three-time national prep and New Jersey state champion for Blair Academy. He graduated from Iowa State in 2007 with a degree in business finance. His wife's name is Amanda.
Zadick Promoted to Iowa Interim Assistant Coach
IOWA CITY, IA -- Former Hawkeye wrestler Mike Zadick has been promoted to interim assistant coach for the University of Iowa wrestling program. The announcement was made today by Head Coach Tom Brands.
Zadick is no stranger to the Hawkeye wrestling team, serving on staff for seven seasons in various capacities and earning three all-America honors at Iowa. He recently earned a spot on the 2010 U.S. Men's Freestyle World Championships team with his win at last weekend's U.S. World Team Trials in Council Bluffs
"I look forward to blowing the doors off this position in terms of developing our student-athletes to the highest level on and off the mat," said Zadick. "I want to represent this staff, this program and the University of Iowa with the highest of standards."
A 2008 Olympian, Zadick served as Iowa's volunteer assistant coach for four seasons (2004-06, 2009-10) and as the team's strength training coach for three seasons (2006-08). He won the 2008 U.S. Freestyle Olympic Team Trials at 132 pounds (60 kg), and earned a spot in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
"Mike has been here a long time," said Brands. "This is something he wants to do. He is fired up about it and we are fired up about it. It is a good move for our program."
During his tenure, Zadick has helped the Hawkeyes to three NCAA and Big Ten team titles. Since 2005, Iowa has crowned six NCAA champions, six Big Ten champions, 32 all-Americans and 33 academic all-Big Ten honorees. The Hawkeyes have posted a 103-18 dual record - including perfect seasons in 2008-09 (24-0) and 2009-10 (23-0). Iowa enters the 2010-11 season on a 61-dual match winning streak that dates back to 2007-08. Iowa's 38-10 record in Big Ten duals the last five seasons includes three straight 8-0 campaigns, which led to Big Ten regular season titles.
Zadick was a three-time all-American (2000-02) at Iowa, winning the 149-pound Big Ten title in 2002. He won the 2009 U.S. Senior Nationals freestyle title at 60kg/132 pounds. In 2007, he was the U.S. World Team Trials champion and won a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Zadick's other international accomplishments include a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Guangzhou, China, and runner-up finishes at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team trials and U.S. Nationals, and the 2005 World Team Trials challenge tournament.
Mike and his older brother, Bill, are part of Iowa's tradition of brothers competing for the Hawkeyes. Bill was the 2006 World Champion at 145.5 pounds (66kg) and a two-time all-American for the Hawkeyes, winning a Big Ten and NCAA title at 142 pounds in 1996. Bill also served as Iowa's volunteer assistant coach for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
A native of Great Falls, MT, Zadick earned a bachelor's degree in sports studies from the University of Iowa in 2004.
Iowa Wrestling's Metcalf Named Academic All-American
IOWA CITY, IA -- Former University of Iowa wrestler Brent Metcalf has one more all-America honor to add to his collegiate collection after being named to the ESPN The Magazine at-large all-America first team Tuesday. Metcalf is the first Hawkeye wrestler since Tyler Nixt (2004) to earn a spot on the first team, and only the second wrestler in school history to earn the national honor.
"This is yet another example of how Brent Metcalf has excelled as part of the Iowa wrestling program," said University of Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands. "His determination and drive are apparent in the classroom and on the mat. As a coaching staff, we are proud of his accomplishments."
Metcalf is one of two wrestlers and one of two competitors from the Big Ten Conference named to the national 15-man academic squad. Harvard's J.P. O'Connor was the other wrestler, while Ohio State swimmer Stefan Sigrist was the other Big Ten student-athlete. The rest of the team was comprised of four swimmers, two ice hockey players, two lacrosse players, one tennis player, one skier, one hockey player and one fencer.
A native of Davison, MI, Metcalf is a sociology major with a 3.46 grade-point average. To be nominated a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his or her current institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of their team's competitions, have completed one full calendar year at his or her current institution and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
A three-time NWCA all-academic and academic all-Big Ten team selection, Metcalf was Iowa's 2010 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner. He earned his third all-America honor and second NCAA title at 149 pounds in March. He posted a 108-3 career record at Iowa, which gives him a .972 career winning percentage that ranks second in school history. A two-time Big Ten Champion, Metcalf is the first wrestler in Big Ten history to earn Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference meet two straight years (2008, 2009). In 2008, he won the Dan Hodge Trophy, which is annually presented to the nation's top wrestler, the Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year award and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA Championships. Metcalf's 69-match winning streak that spanned his sophomore and junior seasons led the nation and is tied for second in Iowa school history with Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands. He recorded 47 career pins, which ranks seventh in Iowa history, and pinned 20 opponents in 2008-09, which ranks fourth. During his Hawkeye career, he went 68-1 in dual matches and 24-0 in Big Ten duals, scoring extra team points in 85 of his 108 wins (.787).
Iowa's Metcalf Earns Academic
IOWA CITY, IA -- The honors keep coming for former University of Iowa wrestler Brent Metcalf. The Davison, MI, native was named to the ESPN The Magazine academic all-district first team Thursday. Metcalf, who was named to the District 7 men's at-large first team, is a sociology major with a 3.46 grade-point average. His name will be added to the national ESPN The Magazine academic all-America ballot, which will feature first team all-district honorees from all eight districts.
To be nominated a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his or her current institution. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of their team's competitions, have completed one full calendar year at his or her current institution and have reached sophomore athletic eligibility.
A three-time NWCA all-academic and academic all-Big Ten team selection, Metcalf was Iowa's 2010 Big Ten Medal of Honor winner. He earned his third all-America honor and second NCAA title at 149 pounds in March. He posted a 108-3 career record at Iowa, which gives him a .972 career winning percentage that ranks second in school history. A two-time Big Ten Champion, Metcalf is the first wrestler in Big ten history to earn Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference meet two straight years (2008, 2009). In 2008, he won the Dan Hodge Trophy, which is annually presented to the nation's top wrestler, the Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year award and was named Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA Championships. Metcalf's 69-match winning streak that spanned his sophomore and junior seasons led the nation and is tied for second in Iowa school history with Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands. He recorded career 47 pins, which ranks seventh in Iowa history, and pinned 20 opponents in 2008-09, which ranks fourth. During his Hawkeye career, he went 68-1 in dual matches and 24-0 in Big Ten duals, scoring extra team points in 85 of his 108 wins (.787).
Iowa's Marion Suspended Indefinitely
IOWA CITY, IA -- University of Iowa wrestler Montell Marion has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest early today on a charge of driving under the influence (DUI). Associate Athletic Director for Student Services, Fred Mims, had the following statement.
"Montell has been suspended, pending a review of the situation. We hope to have a statement tomorrow regarding his future at the University of Iowa."
Iowa Wrestling Announce 2009-10 Team Awards
IOWA CITY, IA - Iowa's three NCAA wrestling champions - seniors Brent Metcalf and Jay Borschel, and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough - have been named winners of the Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award for the 2009-10 season. Iowa's 2009-10 team awards were announced at an awards banquet Saturday.
The awards gave the Hawkeyes a chance to reflect on another successful season. Iowa won its 23rd NCAA and 34th Big Ten titles while crowning three NCAA champions, eight all-Americans and two Big Ten champions. The team was undefeated at 23-0 in dual competition, marking the 13th perfect season in school history. Iowa was also 11-0 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and 8-0 in Big Ten duals, winning its third-straight conference regular season title. Iowa won the 2009 Midlands and 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals Division I team titles, ending the season on a 61 dual-match winning streak and shutting out eight opponents - both of which are school records.
Metcalf was a two-time NCAA and Big Ten Champion and three-time all-American at 149 pounds with a 108-3 record in three years at Iowa. In 2008, he earned the Dan Hodge Trophy, which is annually presented to the nation's top collegiate wrestler, and the Jesse Owen Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year Award. His 47 career pins rank seventh in school history, and his career winning percentage (.973) ranks second. He posted a 68-1 career dual record, going 24-0 in Big Ten duals and scoring 346 team points in dual competition. The Davison, MI, native is one of four wrestlers in conference history to be named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week five times during their collegiate careers. He was also a two-time (2008-09) Big Ten Championships Outstanding Wrestler, 2008 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year, 2008 NCAA Division I Championships Outstanding Wrestler and 2009 NWCA/Cliff Keen Division I National Duals Outstanding Wrestler. Metcalf is a three-time academic all-Big Ten honoree and Dean's list student, earning a spot on the NWCA Division I all-academic team twice. He also earned the team award for most pins in a season for the second-straight year, sticking 16 opponents in 2009-10.
Borschel won his first NCAA title last month, and is one of 19 Iowa wrestlers, in school history, to post an undefeated season record (37-0). He ends his three-year Iowa career with a 98-10 record, winning the 2010 Big Ten and 2009 Midlands titles at 174. The Marion, IA, native is a two-time all-American, three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time Big Ten and Midlands placewinner. Borschel went 62-3 in dual matches and 21-1 in Big Ten duals, scoring 265 team points in dual competition. He led the team in collegiate wins (37), dual wins (23), collegiate and dual winning percentage (1.000) and fastest fall (0:13) this season. Borschel is a three-time academic all-Big Ten selection, earning a spot on the NWCA Division I all-academic team in 2008 and the Dean's List in 2009. He was also named Division I Outstanding Wrestler at the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals.
McDonough ended the season with a 37-1 record at 125, earning his first NCAA title and all-America honor. He was undefeated at 23-0 and scored 104 team points in dual competition. The 2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, 2009 Midlands champion and conference runner-up at 125, McDonough scored bonus points in 28 of his 37 wins. He led the Hawkeyes in major decisions (15), collegiate wins (37), dual wins (23) and dual winning percentage (1.000). The Marion, IA, native also earned the team's John and Dorothy Sill Award, which is presented to the most dedicated wrestler, on and off the mat.
The five other Hawkeyes to earn the team's All-America Award were seniors Daniel Dennis, Ryan Morningstar, Phillip Keddy and Dan Erekson, and sophomore Montell Marion. Marion also earned the team's Most Improved Award. Morningstar and senior Chad Beatty shared the Mike J. McGivern Award, which is given to the most courageous wrestler.
Dennis ended his four-year Hawkeye career (2006-10) as a two-time all-American and NCAA qualifier with a 69-28 career record at 133 pounds. A two-time Big Ten and Midlands placewinner, the Ingleside, IL, native posted a 44-15 dual record, which includes a 20-2 mark in 2008-09 and a 16-2 record this season.
Morningstar ended his Hawkeye career with a 110-40 record that spans four seasons between 157 and 165 pounds (2007-10). He posted a 65-22 career dual record, scoring 231 team points in dual competition. The Lisbon, IA, native is two-time all-American and four-time NCAA qualifier, Big Ten and Midlands placewinner for the Hawkeyes. He started 86 duals in his four-year career and wrestled 25 overtime matches.
Keddy finished his four years in an Iowa singlet with a 102-42 record at 184 pounds (2007-10). A three-time all-American, Keddy is a four-time NCAA qualifier, four-time Big Ten and three-time Midlands placewinner. The Vernal, UT, native posted a career dual record of 64-20, including a 23-1 mark last season. He started 84 duals for the Hawkeyes, scoring 256 team points in dual competition.
A two-time Big Ten champion and all-American, Erekson ended his Hawkeye career with a 69-37 record at 197 pounds and heavyweight (2006-10). He qualified for the NCAA Championships three times. The Eagle, ID, native started 53 duals for the Hawkeyes, scoring 145 team points in dual competition and pinning 28 opponents.
Marion posted a 27-6 record in his first full season in the varsity lineup, earning his first all-America honor. The Des Moines, IA, native has a 37-9 career record and posted an 11-3 dual record this year, going 6-2 in Big Ten duals.
Beatty ended his four-year Hawkeye career with a 50-25 record, wrestling between 174 and 197 pounds. He was 17-5 this season, making his second appearance at the NCAA Championships. A two-time Big Ten placewinner from Wilton, IA, Beatty placed third at the 2009 Midlands Championships.
Hawkeye senior Dan LeClere was named the J. Donald McPike, Sr., Award winner, which is given annually to the senior with the highest grade-point average. A three-time academic all-Big Ten selection, LeClere is an interdepartmental studies major who was named to the Dean's list in 2007 and the NWCA Division I all-academic team in 2008. The Coggon, IA, native posted a 38-15 career mark in three seasons at 141. He won the 2007 Midlands title and placed fifth at the 2007 Big Ten Championships to earn an automatic NCAA bid. LeClere went 25-8 in dual competition and posted a 10-2 mark at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
2009-10 University of Iowa Wrestling Team Awards
Mike Howard Award (Most Valuable): Matt McDonough, Brent Metcalf, Jay Borschel
Mike McGivern Award (Most Courageous): Ryan Morningstar, Chad Beatty
J. Donald McPike, Sr. Award (Highest GPA for graduating senior): Dan LeClere
John & Dorothy Sill Award (Most Dedicated Wrestler On & Off The Mat): Matt McDonough
All-America Award: Daniel Dennis, Montell Marion, Ryan Morningstar, Phillip Keddy, Dan Erekson
Most Pins Award: Brent Metcalf (16)
Most Improved Award: Montell Marion
Iowa's McDonough, Metcalf, Borschel Win NCAA Titles
OMAHA, NE -- The University of Iowa wrestling team crowned three NCAA champions and won its third-straight national team title Saturday night at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE. Iowa's point total of 134.5 ranks 10th in NCAA history and ties for seventh in school history. Cornell placed second with 90 points. Iowa's victory margin of 44.5 points ranks ninth in NCAA history and eighth at Iowa. The Hawkeyes crowned eight all-Americans for the 12th time in school history and the first time since 1997, helping the team win its 23rd NCAA team title.
"I'm very happy and pleased for my entire team and coaching staff," said Head Coach Tom Brands. "We knew we had a good team coming in, and the hard part was keeping up our intensity and maintaining our objectives throughout the year. While our entire team did a wonderful job all year, our 10 NCAA qualifiers did an especially good job and I'm proud of all of them. Our three champions put me in a much better mood than when we left the championships last year. With all our seniors, people are probably writing us off for next year, but our stable isn't exactly empty."
Hawkeye senior Brent Metcalf (149) captured his second NCAA title, while senior Jay Borschel (174) and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125) each won their first. It is the first time that Iowa crowned three individual champions since Mark Ironside (134), Jeff McGinness (142) and Joe Williams (167) in 1998. McDonough is Iowa's first 125-pound national champion and Borschel is the first for the Hawkeyes at 174. Hawkeye senior Daniel Dennis (133) and sophomore Montell Marion (141) each placed second at their respective weight classes, while seniors Ryan Morningstar (165), Phillip Keddy (184) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) placed seventh to earn all-America honors.
Metcalf collected his second NCAA title with a 3-2 victory over #1 seed Lance Palmer of Ohio State. The second-seeded Hawkeye senior held a 4-1 record against the Buckeye senior, but Palmer won the last meeting (9-3) at the 2010 Big Ten finals. Metcalf jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a takedown in the first 30 seconds. Palmer escaped once in the first period and once in the second to tie the score at 2-2. Despite some offensive shots, neither wrestler scored in the third period and Metcalf converted 1:35 in riding time to the winning point. The Hawkeye senior ends the season with a 36-1 mark and his three-year Iowa career (2008-10) as a two-time NCAA and Big Ten Champion and three-time all-American with a 108-3 record. In 2008, he earned the Dan Hodge Trophy, which is annually presented to the nation's top collegiate wrestler, and the Jesse Owen Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year award. His 47 career pins ranks seventh in school history, and his career winning percentage (.973) ranks second. He posted a 68-1 career dual record, going 24-0 in Big Ten duals and scoring 346 team points in dual competition. The Davison, MI, native is one of four wrestlers in conference history to be named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. He was also a two-time Big Ten Championships Outstanding Wrestler, 2008 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year and 2008 NCAA Division I Championships Outstanding Wrestling.
Borschel had a strong showing en route to his first NCAA title, handing undefeated #1 seed Mack Lewnes of Cornell his first loss of the season with a 6-2 decision. The second-seeded Hawkeye opened the dual with a takedown, which was the first one that Lewnes allowed the entire season. Borschel rode the Big Red junior the rest of the first period to accumulate 1:53 of riding time. Lewnes chose down to start the second period and Borschel added to his riding time before Lewnes escaped to make the score 2-1. Borschel held off two offensive charges by Lewnes to end the period. Lewnes intentionally released the Hawkeye senior to start the third period and Borschel scored another takedown to go up 5-2. Borschel rode Lewnes out the rest of the match, tallying 3:46 of riding time. The Hawkeye senior is one of 19 Iowa wrestlers in school history to post an undefeated season record, going 37-0. He ends his three-year Iowa career (2008-10) with a 98-10 record, winning the 2010 Big Ten and 2009 Midlands titles. He is a two-time all-American, three-time NCAA qualifier and three-time Big Ten and Midlands placewinner. Borschel went 62-3 in dual matches and 21-1 in Big Ten duals, scoring 265 team points in dual competition. He led the team in collegiate wins (37), dual wins (23), collegiate and dual winning percentage (1.000) and fastest fall (0:13) this season.
McDonough won his first NCAA title with a 3-1 decision over Iowa State redshirt freshman Andrew Long in the finals. It was only the second time in NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships history that two redshirt freshman have met in a national final. After a scoreless first period, Long chose the down position and escaped to take a 1-0 lead. McDonough took the fifth-seeded Cyclone down and rode him for the rest of the period to go up 2-1. The third-seeded Hawkeye chose the down position and escaped to make the score 3-1, beating Long for the fourth time this season. McDonough was warned for stalling near the end of the match, but held on for the win. He ends the season with a 37-1 season record, earning his first all-America honor. He was undefeated at 23-0 and scored 104 team points in dual competition. The 2010 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and conference runner-up at 125, McDonough scored bonus points in 28 of his 37 wins. He led the Hawkeyes in major decisions (15), collegiate wins (37), dual wins (23) and dual winning percentage (1.000), and also won his first Midlands title this season.
It looked liked Dennis was going to win his first NCAA title, but #1 seed Jayson Ness of Minnesota scored a takedown and nearfall points as time expired to collect his first national title with a 6-4 win. Dennis fought off his back during a first-period scramble, but no points were awarded, and the match was tied at 0-0 going into the second period. Dennis scored a reversal to take a 2-0 lead in the second period and kept the undefeated Golden Gopher senior down for the rest of the period. Ness escaped immediately to start the third period to make the score 2-1. Dennis capitalized off a third-period shot attempt by Ness to take a 4-1 lead, and the Minnesota senior took an injury timeout after his head collided with Dennis' knee. Once action resumed, Ness scored an escape to make the score 4-2 and followed with the takedown and nearfall points for the win. Dennis finishes his four-year Hawkeye career (2006-10) as a two-time all-American and NCAA qualifier with a 69-28 career record at 133 pounds. A two-time Big Ten and Midlands placewinner, the Ingelside, IL, native posted a 44-15 dual record, which includes a 20-2 mark in 2008-09 and a 16-2 record this season.
The crowd saw several exciting scrambles in the 141-pound final between Marion and #1 seed Kyle Dake of Cornell, but Dake collected the 7-3 win and his first NCAA title. The Big Red true freshman led 5-1 early in the third period, but Marion scored a takedown to pull within two (5-3). Dake escaped, held Marion off and collected a point for 2:21 of riding time for the 7-3 win. Marion ends the season with a 37-9 career mark and a 27-6 season mark, earning his first all-America honor. The Des Moines, IA, native posted an 11-3 dual record, going 6-2 in Big Ten duals.
The NCAA team title wraps up the 2009-10 seasons for the Hawkeyes, which was one of the best in school history. The Hawkeyes won their 34th Big Ten Championships title, crowning individual champions in Borschel and Erekson. The team was undefeated at 23-0 in dual competition, marking the 13th undefeated and untied season in school history. Iowa was also 11-0 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and 8-0 in Big Ten duals, winning the conference regular season title. Iowa won the 2009 Midlands and 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals Division I team titles, ending the season on a 61 dual-match winning streak and shutting out eight dual opponents - both of which are school records.
FINAL NCAA TEAM STANDINGS (Top 10 Teams)
Place Team - Points
1. Iowa - 134.5
2. Cornell - 90
3. Iowa State - 75
4. Wisconsin - 70.5
5. Oklahoma - 69
6. Oklahoma State - 65
7. Minnesota - 63
8. Ohio State - 62
9. Penn State - 49
10. Missouri - 48
IOWA'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS RESULTS (Numbers indicate tournament seeds)
125 - #3 Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. #5 Andrew Long (Iowa State), 3-1
133 - #1 Jayson Ness (Minnesota) dec. #2 Daniel Dennis (Iowa), 6-4
141 - #1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. #6 Montell Marion (Iowa), 7-3
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) dec. #1 Lance Palmer (Ohio State), 3-2
174 - #2 Jay Borschel (Iowa) dec. #1 Mack Lewnes (Cornell), 6-2
Iowa Senior Trio Wrestles Final NCAA Matches
OMAHA, NE -- Hawkeye seniors Ryan Morningstar (165), Phillip Keddy (184) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) each wrestled their final collegiate match for the University of Iowa Saturday morning at the NCAA Championships in Omaha, NE. The Hawkeyes wrapped up their third-straight NCAA title Friday night, crowning eight all-Americans and sending five wrestlers to Saturday night's championship finals, which are scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. at the Qwest Center. Iowa leads the team race with 122.5 points, collecting its 23rd national title. Cornell is in second with 86 points (two finalists) and Oklahoma is in third with 69 (0 finalists).
Morningstar opened the round for Iowa with his 3-2 decision over Chris Brown of Old Dominion to place seventh. The seventh-seeded Hawkeye wrestled to his seed, collecting his 30th season victory. Morningstar ends his Hawkeye career with 110-40 record that spans four seasons between 157 and 165 pounds (2007-10). He posted a 65-21 career dual record, scoring 231 team points in dual competition. The Lisbon, IA, native is two-time all-American and four-time NCAA qualifier, Big Ten placewinner and Midlands placewinner for the Hawkeyes. He started 126 duals in his four-year career and wrestled 25 overtime matches.
Keddy, who was seeded ninth at the tournament, wrestled above his seed to place eighth at 184. He lost a 9-5 decision to #3 Dustin Kilgore of Kent State in the seventh-place match. Keddy finished his four years in an Iowa singlet with a 102-42 record at 184 pounds (2007-10). A three-time all-American, Keddy is a four-time NCAA qualifier, four-time Big Ten placewinner and three-time Midlands placewinner. The Vernal, UT, native posted a career dual record of 64-20, including a 23-1 mark last season. He started 84 duals for the Hawkeyes and scoring 256 team points in dual competition.
Erekson scored three takedowns in his college wrestling finale, beating #7 seed Jarod Trice of Central Michigan (8-2) for seventh place. The fifth-seeded Hawkeye senior finished the season with a 16-2 record. A two-time Big Ten champion and all-American, Erekson ends his Hawkeye career with a 69-37 record at 197 pounds and heavyweight (2006-10). He qualified for the NCAA Championships three times. The Eagle, ID, native started 53 duals for the Hawkeyes, scoring 145 team points in dual competition and pinning 28 opponents along the way.
Wrestling in Saturday night's championship finals are Iowa seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Brent Metcalf (149) and Jay Borschel (174), sophomore Montell Marion (141) and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125). Metcalf will be making his third-straight finals appearance, while the other four Hawkeyes are appearing in their first. It is the first time that Iowa has had five NCAA finalists since sending six in 1997.
Saturday night's NCAA championship finals will be aired on ESPNHD. Iowa fans can also follow the action via radio and internet audio broadcasts. Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time all-American Mark Ironside will call the action live on AM-800, KXIC and www.hawkeyesports.com. Web audio broadcasts are available using the XXL All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year). Tickets to the event are sold out.
IOWA'S NCAA SEVENTH PLACE MATCH-UPS (Numbers indicate tournament seeds)
165 - #7 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. Chris Brown (Old Dominion), 3-1
184 - #3 Dustin Kilgore (Kent State) dec. #9 Phillip Keddy (Iowa), 9-5
Hwt. - #5 Dan Erekson (Iowa) dec. #7 Jarod Trice (Central Michigan), 8-2
NCAA TEAM STANDINGS AFTER SESSION FIVE (Top 10 Teams)
Place Team - Points - Finalists
1. Iowa - 122.5 - 5
2. Cornell - 86 - 2
3. Oklahoma - 69 - 0
4. Iowa State - 67 - 3
5. Wisconsin - 66.5 - 1
6. Oklahoma State - 65 - 1
7. Ohio State - 62 - 1
8. Minnesota - 59 - 1
9. Penn State - 49 - 1
10. Missouri - 44 - 1
Nine of Iowa's 10 National Qualifiers Earned Tournament Seeds in NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- The NCAA released brackets for the upcoming Division I Wrestling Championships Wednesday evening, announcing that nine of Iowa's 10 national qualifiers earned tournament seeds. The top-ranked Hawkeyes will compete for the school's 23rd NCAA team title March 18-20 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE.
Seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Brent Metcalf (149) and Jay Borschel (174) are each seeded second at their respective weight classes, while redshirt freshman Matt McDonough is seeded third at 125. Hawkeye senior Dan Erekson (Hwt.) is seeded fifth, sophomore Montell Marion (141) is seeded sixth and seniors Phillip Keddy (184) and Chad Beatty (197) are each seeded ninth. Iowa's 10 NCAA qualifiers have combined for one national title, eight all-America honors and 24 NCAA appearances. McDonough, Marion and Kerr will be competing at their first NCAA tournament.
Iowa enters the tournament as the two-time defending team champion. The Hawkeyes have put together a series of title streaks, placing first nine straight times from 1978-86, six times from 1995-2000, three times from 1991-93 and two times twice (1975-76, 2008-09).
Hawkeye fans can follow competition at the NCAA tournament via radio, internet and television broadcasts. Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time all-American Mark Ironside will call the action live on AM-800, KXIC and www.hawkeyesports.com. Web audio broadcasts are available using the XXL All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year). NCAA Sessions III, IV and V will be aired live on ESPNU HD, and the championship finals will be aired live on ESPN HD. Matches from Sessions I and II will be broadcast on NCAA.com, and wrestling from sessions III and VI will be available on ESPN360.com.
IOWA'S FIRST ROUND NCAA MATCH-UPS (Numbers indicate tournament seeds)
125 - #3 Matt McDonough (Iowa) vs. winner of Eric Morrill (Edinboro)/Jason Lara (Oregon State)
133 - #2 Daniel Dennis (Iowa) vs. Kevin Smith (Buffalo)
141 - #6 Montell Marion (Iowa) vs. Cole VonOhlen (Air Force)
149 - #2 Brent Metcalf (Iowa) vs. Trenton Washington (Northern Iowa)
157 - Jake Kerr (Iowa) vs. Tejovan Edwards (Arizona State)
165 - #7 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) vs. Donald Jones (West Virginia)
174 - #2 Jay Borschel (Iowa) vs. Scott Giffin (Pennsylvania)
184 - #9 Phillip Keddy (Iowa) vs. Michael Salopek (Virginia)
197 - #9 Chad Beatty (Iowa) vs. Alan Gelogaev (Oklahoma State)
Hwt. - #5 Dan Erekson (Iowa) vs. Clayton Jack (Oregon State)
Iowa Wrestling Wins 34th Big Ten Title, Crown Two Champions
ANN ARBOR, MI -- University of Iowa seniors Jay Borschel (174) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) wrestled their way to conference titles Sunday afternoon at the 2010 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, MI. The duo helped the top-ranked Hawkeyes win their third-straight Big Ten title and the school's 34th overall. Iowa scored 156.5 points en route to the team title, which is its highest since 1995 (185), and the Big Ten's highest since Minnesota scored 174 in 2002. Iowa also qualified its entire 10-man lineup for the upcoming NCAA Championships for the 18th time in school history and the first since 2004.
Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the third straight year becoming the first coach in conference history to earn the honor in three consecutive seasons. Iowa redshirt freshman Matt McDonough, who placed second at 125 pounds, was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He is the fifth Hawkeye in school history to earn the honor and the first since Steve Mocco in 2002.
"We had two champions who did what they were supposed to do," said Brands. "We have some explaining to do with the other finalists. We thought we were ready to go and we weren't. We have to go out and execute."
Borschel, who was the tournament's top seed at 174 pounds, picked up his first Big Ten title with an 8-1 decision over Minnesota's Scott Glasser in the finals. The Hawkeye senior controlled the match, scoring a takedown in each period, a second-period escape and a point for accumulating 2:59 of riding time during the match. Borschel is undefeated at 32-0, and the title is Iowa's first at 174 pounds.
Erekson became Iowa's 27th two-time conference champion with his 9-6 win over top-seeded Nate Everhart of Indiana in the finals. Erekson took Everhart to his back right off the opening whistle, scoring a takedown and three nearfall points to take a 5-0 lead. Everhart, who entered the bout with an undefeated 35-0 record, scored two escapes, but Erekson took a 6-2 lead when he was awarded a penalty point for Everhart fleeing the mat. Erekson started the third period with an escape, but Everhart rallied scoring two takedowns. Erekson held off the rally and added a point for 1:01 riding time to remain undefeated at 12-0 this season.
McDonough, and seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Brent Metcalf (149) and Phillip Keddy (184) all earned second-place finishes for the Hawkeyes. Sophomore Montell Marion (141) placed third, while junior Jake Kerr (157) and senior Ryan Morningstar (165) placed fourth, and senior Chad Beatty (197) placed sixth.
McDonough, who was making his first Big Ten Championships appearance, lost a close 6-4 decision to three-time Big Ten champion Angel Escobedo of Indiana in the finals. Both wrestlers entered the bout with undefeated 32-0 records. After two periods full of scrambles, Escobedo led 1-0. McDonough escaped early in the third period to tie the score at 1-1, but Escobedo scored a quick takedown to take a 3-1 lead. McDonough escaped with 40 seconds left in the match, but Escobedo scored another takedown to make the score 5-2. McDonough reversed the top-seeded Indiana senior with 13 seconds left to pull within one (5-4). He let Escobedo up, but ran out of time before he could score again to lose his first bout of the season.
Dennis, who was also wrestling in his first Big Ten finals, lost to two-time Big Ten champion Jayson Ness of Minnesota, 9-3, in the 133-pound finals. Ness, who was the top seed and is undefeated at 25-0, scored a first period takedown to take a 2-0 lead. Dennis chose the neutral position to start the second period and neither wrestler scored in the allotted two minutes. Ness chose the down position to start the third period, scoring an escape, takedown and two nearfall points to go up 7-0. Dennis escaped and scored a takedown of his own, but Ness escaped and added a riding time point for the 9-3 win. The Hawkeye senior is now 18-3 this season.
Metcalf was going for his third-straight 149-pound Big Ten title, but Ohio State's Lance Palmer spoiled the effort with a 9-3 victory in the finals. Metcalf led 3-1 after the first two periods, but Palmer had 1:33 in riding time going into the third. Palmer chose down to start the third period, and was awarded a penalty point after Metcalf was called for locked hands during a scramble. Metcalf held on to get the riding time under one minute, but Palmer escaped to tie the score at 3-3. The pair scrambled after an offensive flurry and Palmer came out on top, scoring a takedown and three nearfall points when he caught Metcalf on his back. Palmer held on to get the riding time point back, win his first Big Ten title. The Buckeye handed Metcalf (31-1) his first loss of the season while scoring his first win over Metcalf in five attempts.
Keddy placed second for the second-straight year, losing a 5-2 decision to top seed John Dergo of Illinois in the finals. The Hawkeye senior put the first points on the board with an escape to start the second period. Dergo followed with a takedown, but Keddy quickly escaped to tie the score at 2-2. Dergo started the third period in the down position and escaped to grab a 3-2 lead. Keddy had several offensive attempts, and Dergo capitalized on the last one, scoring a takedown for the win.
The Hawkeyes had some key matches early in Sunday's consolation round to ensure 10 national qualifiers. The NCAA only allocated four automatic qualifiers at 141 and 157 pounds, which meant that Marion and Kerr needed to with their first round matches to earn a trip to the NCAA meet. Morningstar's 165-pound class allowed for five qualifiers, meaning that he needed to win at least one match to make the national trip, and the 197-pound class took seven qualifiers so Beatty was guaranteed to go regardless of his finish.
Marion was the only Hawkeye to win two matches on the day, posting an 11-6 decision over Wisconsin's Cole Schmitt in the consolation semifinals and a 5-2 win over Purdue's Juan Archuleta in the third-place match. Against Schmitt, Marion led 4-2 at the start of the third period, but the Badger escaped and scored a takedown to take a 5-4 lead. Marion reversed Schmitt to take a 6-5 lead with 42 seconds remaining. Schmitt escaped to tie the score at 6-6 and had 1:06 of riding time banked, but Marion's takedown with 12 seconds left and three additional nearfall points as time expired gave him the 11-6 win.
Kerr scored a 5-3 decision over Michigan's David Johnson in the consolation semifinals, but lost a 6-4 decision in overtime to Michigan State's Anthony Jones to place fourth. Morningstar held off a late charge from Indiana's Paul Young to post a 4-3 win in the consolation semifinals. He was tied 2-2 with Penn State's Dan Vallimont in the third-place bout, but was injured going out of bounds and was forced to default the match and take fourth place. Beatty, who was wrestling in his first competition since December due to injury, posted medical forfeits in each of his matches to place sixth.
Up next for Iowa is a trip to the 2010 NCAA Championships. The three-day tournament will be held March 18-20 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE. Iowa has won 22 NCAA team titles, including the last two.
FINAL BIG TEN TEAM STANDINGS
Place Team - Points
1. Iowa - 156.5
2. Minnesota - 119.5
3. Wisconsin - 109
4. Ohio State - 102.5
5. Penn State - 91
6. Purdue - 76
7. Michigan State - 68.5
8. Illinois - 64
Indiana - 64
10. Michigan - 57.5
11. Northwestern - 20
IOWA'S BIG TEN SESSION THREE RESULTS
Championship Finals
125 - #1 Angel Escobedo (Indiana) dec. #2 Matt McDonough (I), 6-4
133 - #1 Jayson Ness (Minnesota) dec. #2 Daniel Dennis (I), 9-3
149 - #2 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) dec. #1 Brent Metcalf (I), 9-3
174 - #1 Jay Borschel (I) dec. #3 Scott Glasser (Minnesota), 8-1
184 - #1 John Dergo (Illinois) dec. #3 Phillip Keddy (I), 5-2
Hwt. - #2 Dan Erekson (I) dec. #1 Nate Everhart (Indiana), 9-6
Third-Place Matches
141 - #3 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. #6 Juan Archuleta (Purdue), 5-2
157 - Anthony Jones (Michigan State) dec. #4 Jake Kerr (Iowa), 6-4 SV
165 - #4 Dan Vallimont (Penn State) won by injury default over #2 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa)
Fifth-Place Matches
197 - #4 Patrick Bond (Illinois) won by medical forfeit over #1 Chad Beatty (Iowa)
Consolation Matches
141 - #3 Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. #8 Cole Schmitt (Wisconsin), 11-6
157 - #4 Jake Kerr (Iowa) dec. #6 David Johnson (Michigan), 5-3
165 - #2 Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. #5 Paul Young (Indiana), 4-3
197 - #7 Logan Brown (Purdue) won by medical forfeit over #1 Chad Beatty (Iowa)
Iowa Hawkeye Trio Earns Top Big Ten
PARK RIDGE, IL -- Hawkeye seniors Brent Metcalf (149), Jay Borschel (174) and Chad Beatty (197) have earned top preliminary seeds for this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships at Michigan. All matches will be held at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Conference officials announced the preliminary seeds, which are determined by a vote of conference head coaches. The official Big Ten brackets will be set Friday afternoon.
Five different schools have No. 1 seeds in the 10 weight classes, but Iowa leads the way with three. Indiana and Minnesota each have two top seeds, while Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois have one. All 10 of Iowa's wrestlers earned pre-seeds.
Metcalf is a two-time Big Ten champion and has earned Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference meet twice. The 2008 Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Wrestler of the Year enters the tournament with a 29-0 season record and 101-2 career mark. Going 8-0 in Big Ten duals, Metcalf scored team bonus points in seven of his eight victories. He is ranked first in the nation.
Borschel, who placed third at the last two conference meets, enters the tournament with a 28-0 season record. He also scored team bonus points in seven of his eight Big Ten dual wins and has a career record of 89-10. Borschel is ranked first in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and WIN Magazine, and second by Intermat.
Beatty, who is ranked fourth in the nation by Intermat and WIN, earned the top seed at 197 with a 13-2 season record. The Wilton, IA, native is making his return to the Hawkeye lineup after missing the last two months of competition due to injury. He placed fourth at the 2009 Big Ten meet and has a career record of 46-22.
The other top Big Ten pre-seeds are Angel Escobedo (125) and Nathan Everhart (Hwt.) of Indiana, Jayson Ness (133) and Dustin Schlatter (157) of Minnesota, Reece Humphrey (141) of Ohio State, Andrew Howe (165) of Wisconsin and John Dergo (184) of Illinois.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125) and seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Ryan Morningstar (165) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) all earned second seeds, while sophomore Montell Marion (141) and senior Phillip Keddy (184) are seeded third. Iowa junior Jake Kerr is seeded fifth at 157.
McDonough enters his first Big Ten tournament with a 29-0 record, going 8-0 in conference duals. Ranked third in the nation by AWN and WIN, and fourth by Intermat, McDonough has never faced Escobedo in collegiate competition. Dennis, who placed fifth at the 2009 Big Ten meet, is 16-2 this season with a 7-1 Big Ten dual record and a 63-26 career mark. Morningstar and Keddy are three-time Big Ten placewinners, both advancing to the 2009 finals. Morningstar is 23-4 this season with a 103-36 career record, going 7-1 in Big Ten dual. Keddy enters the tournament with a 97-38 career mark, going 21-6 this season and posting a 6-1 conference dual record. The defending Big Ten heavyweight champion, Erekson is also undefeated at 8-0 this season after missing the first part of his senior campaign due to injury. Going 7-0 in Big Ten duals, the Eagle, ID, native has never faced Everhart in collegiate competition. Erekson has a career record of 61-35, and also placed sixth at 197 pounds at the 2006 conference meet. Marion and Kerr will be making their first Big Ten Championships appearances. Marion is 19-4 with a 6-2 Big Ten dual record, while Kerr is 9-7 with a 2-2 mark in conference duals.
The three-session competition is set to get underway Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT) at Crisler Arena. Saturday night's championship semifinals and consolation bouts will start at 5 p.m. Sunday's third session will start at 11 a.m. The Big Ten Network will air the championship finals and placing matches live at 1 p.m. Brackets and team standings will be available throughout the tournament at www.bigten.org and www.mgoblue.com. All-session tickets ($30) are available from the UM Athletic Ticket Office (734-764-0247 or www.MGoBlue.com/tickets). Single-session tickets will be on sale at Crisler Arena on days of competition.
Following is a complete list of pre-seeds for the 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships.
125 Pounds
1. Angel Escobedo, Indiana
2. Matt McDonough, Iowa
3. Zach Sanders, Minnesota
4. Brad Pataky, Penn State
5. Cashé Quiroga, Purdue
6. Nikko Triggas, Ohio State
7. John Deneen, Illinois
8. Drew Hammen, Wisconsin
133 Pounds
1. Jayson Ness, Minnesota
2. Daniel Dennis, Iowa
3. Franklin Gomez, Michigan State
4. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin
5. Eric Metzler, Northwestern
6. Zac Stevens, Michigan
7. Ian Paddock, Ohio State
8. Akif Eren, Purdue
141 Pounds
1. Reece Humphrey, Wisconsin
2. Mike Thorn, Minnesota
3. Montell Marion, Iowa
4. Adam Lynch, Penn State
5. Ryan Prater, Illinois
6. Juan Archuleta, Purdue
7. Dan Osterman, Michigan State
8. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin
149 Pounds
1. Brent Metcalf, Iowa
2. Lance Palmer, Ohio State
3. Kyle Ruschell, Wisconsin
4. Frank Molinaro, Penn State
5. David Cheza, Michigan State
6. Andrew Nadhir, Northwestern
7. Mario Mason, Minnesota
8. Nick Bertucci, Purdue
157 Pounds
1. Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota
2. Cyler Sanderson, Penn State
3. Colton Salazar, Purdue
4. Kurt Kinser, Indiana
5. Jake Kerr, Iowa
6. David Johnson, Michigan
7. Sean Nemec, Ohio State
8. Clinton Arlis, Illinois
165 Pounds
1. Andrew Howe, Wisconsin
2. Ryan Morningstar, Iowa
3. Colt Sponselier, Ohio State
4. Dan Villamont, Penn State
5. Paul Young, Indiana
6. Kyle Bounds, Michigan State
7. Cody Yohn, Minnesota
8. Conrad Polz, Illinois
174 Pounds
1. Jay Borschel, Iowa
2. Luke Manuel, Purdue
3. Scott Glasser, Minnesota
4. Dave Rella, Ohio State
5. Jordan Blanton, Illinois
6. Brian Roddy, Northwestern
7. Ian Hinton, Michigan State
8. Justin Zeerip, Michigan
184 Pounds
1. John Dergo, Illinois
2. David Erwin, Penn State
3. Phillip Keddy, Iowa
4. Mike Pucillo, Ohio State
5. Travis Rutt, Wisconsin
6. Eric Cameron, Indiana
7. Hunter Montoya, Michigan
8. Nick Corpe, Purdue
197 Pounds
1. Chad Beatty, Iowa
2. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin
3. Anthony Biondo, Michigan
4. Patrick Bond, Illinois
5. Sonny Yohn, Minnesota
6. Matt Powless, Indiana
7. Logan Brown, Purdue
8. Cody Magrum, Ohio State
Heavyweight
1. Nate Everhart, Indiana
2. Dan Erekson, Iowa
3. Cameron Wade, Penn State
4. Ben Berhow, Minnesota
5. Eric Bugenhagen, Wisconsin
6. Corey Morrison, Ohio State
7. Ben Apland, Michigan
8. Alan O'Donnell, Michigan StateIowa Wrestling - Hawkeye Trio Earns Top Big Ten
Pre-Seeds
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Editor's Note/Reminder: University of Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands will hold a press conference Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena Press Room to discuss the upcoming Big Ten Championships. The press room is located on the arena's ground floor. Hawkeye wrestlers and the rest of the coaching staff will be available for interviews and photo opportunities in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex practice room following the press conference.
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THREE HAWKEYES EARN TOP BIG TEN PRE-SEEDS
PARK RIDGE, IL -- Hawkeye seniors Brent Metcalf (149), Jay Borschel (174) and Chad Beatty (197) have earned top preliminary seeds for this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships at Michigan. All matches will be held at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Conference officials announced the preliminary seeds, which are determined by a vote of conference head coaches. The official Big Ten brackets will be set Friday afternoon.
Five different schools have No. 1 seeds in the 10 weight classes, but Iowa leads the way with three. Indiana and Minnesota each have two top seeds, while Ohio State, Wisconsin and Illinois have one. All 10 of Iowa's wrestlers earned pre-seeds.
Metcalf is a two-time Big Ten champion and has earned Outstanding Wrestler honors at the conference meet twice. The 2008 Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Wrestler of the Year enters the tournament with a 29-0 season record and 101-2 career mark. Going 8-0 in Big Ten duals, Metcalf scored team bonus points in seven of his eight victories. He is ranked first in the nation.
Borschel, who placed third at the last two conference meets, enters the tournament with a 28-0 season record. He also scored team bonus points in seven of his eight Big Ten dual wins and has a career record of 89-10. Borschel is ranked first in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and WIN Magazine, and second by Intermat.
Beatty, who is ranked fourth in the nation by Intermat and WIN, earned the top seed at 197 with a 13-2 season record. The Wilton, IA, native is making his return to the Hawkeye lineup after missing the last two months of competition due to injury. He placed fourth at the 2009 Big Ten meet and has a career record of 46-22.
The other top Big Ten pre-seeds are Angel Escobedo (125) and Nathan Everhart (Hwt.) of Indiana, Jayson Ness (133) and Dustin Schlatter (157) of Minnesota, Reece Humphrey (141) of Ohio State, Andrew Howe (165) of Wisconsin and John Dergo (184) of Illinois.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125) and seniors Daniel Dennis (133), Ryan Morningstar (165) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.) all earned second seeds, while sophomore Montell Marion (141) and senior Phillip Keddy (184) are seeded third. Iowa junior Jake Kerr is seeded fifth at 157.
McDonough enters his first Big Ten tournament with a 29-0 record, going 8-0 in conference duals. Ranked third in the nation by AWN and WIN, and fourth by Intermat, McDonough has never faced Escobedo in collegiate competition. Dennis, who placed fifth at the 2009 Big Ten meet, is 16-2 this season with a 7-1 Big Ten dual record and a 63-26 career mark. Morningstar and Keddy are three-time Big Ten placewinners, both advancing to the 2009 finals. Morningstar is 23-4 this season with a 103-36 career record, going 7-1 in Big Ten dual. Keddy enters the tournament with a 97-38 career mark, going 21-6 this season and posting a 6-1 conference dual record. The defending Big Ten heavyweight champion, Erekson is also undefeated at 8-0 this season after missing the first part of his senior campaign due to injury. Going 7-0 in Big Ten duals, the Eagle, ID, native has never faced Everhart in collegiate competition. Erekson has a career record of 61-35, and also placed sixth at 197 pounds at the 2006 conference meet. Marion and Kerr will be making their first Big Ten Championships appearances. Marion is 19-4 with a 6-2 Big Ten dual record, while Kerr is 9-7 with a 2-2 mark in conference duals.
The three-session competition is set to get underway Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT) at Crisler Arena. Saturday night's championship semifinals and consolation bouts will start at 5 p.m. Sunday's third session will start at 11 a.m. The Big Ten Network will air the championship finals and placing matches live at 1 p.m. Brackets and team standings will be available throughout the tournament at www.bigten.org and <http://www.mgoblue.com>www.mgoblue.com. All-session tickets ($30) are available from the UM Athletic Ticket Office (734-764-0247 or <http://www.MGoBlue.com/tickets>www.MGoBlue.com/tickets). Single-session tickets will be on sale at Crisler Arena on days of competition.
Following is a complete list of pre-seeds for the 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships.
125 Pounds
1. Angel Escobedo, Indiana
2. Matt McDonough, Iowa
3. Zach Sanders, Minnesota
4. Brad Pataky, Penn State
5. Cashé Quiroga, Purdue
6. Nikko Triggas, Ohio State
7. John Deneen, Illinois
8. Drew Hammen, Wisconsin
133 Pounds
1. Jayson Ness, Minnesota
2. Daniel Dennis, Iowa
3. Franklin Gomez, Michigan State
4. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin
5. Eric Metzler, Northwestern
6. Zac Stevens, Michigan
7. Ian Paddock, Ohio State
8. Akif Eren, Purdue
141 Pounds
1. Reece Humphrey, Wisconsin
2. Mike Thorn, Minnesota
3. Montell Marion, Iowa
4. Adam Lynch, Penn State
5. Ryan Prater, Illinois
6. Juan Archuleta, Purdue
7. Dan Osterman, Michigan State
8. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin
149 Pounds
1. Brent Metcalf, Iowa
2. Lance Palmer, Ohio State
3. Kyle Ruschell, Wisconsin
4. Frank Molinaro, Penn State
5. David Cheza, Michigan State
6. Andrew Nadhir, Northwestern
7. Mario Mason, Minnesota
8. Nick Bertucci, Purdue
157 Pounds
1. Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota
2. Cyler Sanderson, Penn State
3. Colton Salazar, Purdue
4. Kurt Kinser, Indiana
5. Jake Kerr, Iowa
6. David Johnson, Michigan
7. Sean Nemec, Ohio State
8. Clinton Arlis, Illinois
165 Pounds
1. Andrew Howe, Wisconsin
2. Ryan Morningstar, Iowa
3. Colt Sponselier, Ohio State
4. Dan Villamont, Penn State
5. Paul Young, Indiana
6. Kyle Bounds, Michigan State
7. Cody Yohn, Minnesota
8. Conrad Polz, Illinois
174 Pounds
1. Jay Borschel, Iowa
2. Luke Manuel, Purdue
3. Scott Glasser, Minnesota
4. Dave Rella, Ohio State
5. Jordan Blanton, Illinois
6. Brian Roddy, Northwestern
7. Ian Hinton, Michigan State
8. Justin Zeerip, Michigan
184 Pounds
1. John Dergo, Illinois
2. David Erwin, Penn State
3. Phillip Keddy, Iowa
4. Mike Pucillo, Ohio State
5. Travis Rutt, Wisconsin
6. Eric Cameron, Indiana
7. Hunter Montoya, Michigan
8. Nick Corpe, Purdue
197 Pounds
1. Chad Beatty, Iowa
2. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin
3. Anthony Biondo, Michigan
4. Patrick Bond, Illinois
5. Sonny Yohn, Minnesota
6. Matt Powless, Indiana
7. Logan Brown, Purdue
8. Cody Magrum, Ohio State
Heavyweight
1. Nate Everhart, Indiana
2. Dan Erekson, Iowa
3. Cameron Wade, Penn State
4. Ben Berhow, Minnesota
5. Eric Bugenhagen, Wisconsin
6. Corey Morrison, Ohio State
7. Ben Apland, Michigan
8. Alan O'Donnell, Michigan State
Iowa Wrestling Post-Season Media Opportunities
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS - MARCH 6-7 - CRISLER ARENA - ANN ARBOR, MI
Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands will take part in a pre-Big Ten Championships press conference Tuesday, March 2 at 2:30 p.m. at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena Press Room in Iowa City. The Press Room is located on the arena's ground floor. Hawkeye wrestlers and the rest of the coaching staff will be available for interviews and photo opportunities in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex Practice Room following the press conference.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - MARCH 18-20 - QWEST CENTER - OMAHA, NE
Brands will meet with the media Wednesday, March 10 at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena Press Room at 2:30 p.m. to discuss Iowa's performance at the Big Ten Championships, and the upcoming NCAA Championships. Hawkeye wrestlers and the rest of the coaching staff will be available for interviews and photo opportunities in the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex Practice Room following the press conference.
Iowa's Metcalf Earns Final Big Ten Weekly Honor
PARK RIDGE, IL -- For the fifth and final time of his Hawkeye career, Iowa 149-pounder Brent Metcalf has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. The senior from Davison, MI, is one of three Big Ten wrestlers to have earned the weekly conference honor five times in their collegiate careers. Minnesota's Ryan Lewis (2001-03), Michigan State's Nick Simmons (2004-07) and Northwestern's Jake Herbert (2004-09) are the other three.
Metcalf, who is ranked first in the nation, earned the honor for helping the Hawkeyes finish out the 2009-10 season undefeated (23-0) for the second-straight season and pick up their third-straight Big Ten regular season title with wins over #3 Ohio State (32-3) and #14 Wisconsin (31-6) last weekend. The wins helped Iowa extend its school-record winning streak to 61 matches. Metcalf scored a 3-1 victory over #2 Lance Palmer of Ohio State Friday night in Iowa City, recording his 100th career victory and going undefeated (25-0) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena during his collegiate career. The Hawkeye senior received a forfeit in the dual at Wisconsin Sunday afternoon to stay undefeated at 29-0 and post a perfect 8-0 record in Big Ten dual competition.
It's the fifth time this season a Hawkeye wrestler has been named Big Ten wrestler of the week, which ties Iowa's school record of five set during the 2002-03 and 2007-08 seasons. Metcalf (Jan. 5), senior Jay Borschel (174-Jan. 12), and sophomore Montell Marion (133-Jan. 19) were honored in January, and senior Daniel Dennis (133) was honored Feb. 2. It was the first time, since the Big Ten Conference started awarding the weekly honor during the 2001-02 season, that wrestlers from the same team earned the honor in three consecutive weeks. Metcalf is one of only two wrestlers to earn the weekly conference honor twice this season. Ohio State's Palmer (Jan. 26, Feb. 16) and Penn State's Cyler Sanderson (Nov. 17, Dec. 22) each collected the honor twice.
Up next for Iowa is a trip to the Big Ten Championships, March 6-7, where the Hawkeyes will fight for their third-straight and 34th overall conference team title. The event will be held at the University of Michigan's Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, MI. All-session tickets ($30) are available from the UM Athletic Ticket Office (734-764-0247 or www.MGoBlue.com/tickets). Single-session tickets will be on sale at Crisler Arena on days of competition.
Iowa Defeats Wisconsin To Win Third-Straight Big Ten Regular Season Title
MADISON, WI -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won its third straight Big Ten regular season title Sunday afternoon with a 31-6 victory over #14 Wisconsin (8-10, 4-4 Big Ten) in Madison, WI. The dual will be aired at 10 p.m. (CT) Sunday on the Big Ten Network. The Hawkeyes, who posted their second-straight undefeated dual season with a 23-0 record (8-0 Big Ten), picked up their 61st straight dual win and 41st straight road dual win to close out the 2009-10 regular season.
Iowa went 8-2 in the dual in front of 2,578 fans at the UW Field House, scoring team bonus points in three matches and allowing a total of four takedowns. Hawkeye seniors Brent Metcalf (149 - 29-0), Jay Borschel (174 - 28-0) and Dan Erekson (Hwt. - 8-0), and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125 - 29-0) all posted wins to remain undefeated on the season. The win was also the 30th Big Ten victory for Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands.
Iowa jumped out to a 19-0 lead with wins at the first five weights. McDonough started the dual at 125 with a 10-1 win over Drew Hammen to record his 11th major decision of the season. Leading 4-1 after the first period, McDonough scored a reversal with 10 seconds left in the second period to take a 6-1 lead. He then added three nearfall points in the third and a point for riding time for the 10-1 win, which was his 22nd bonus-point victory of the season. Hawkeye senior Daniel Dennis, who is ranked between third and seventh in the nation, used 1:52 of riding time to score a 2-1 win over #5 Tyler Graff at 133. The Badger redshirt freshman escaped with less than 10 seconds left in the second period to take a 1-0 lead, but Dennis followed with a third-period escape and kept his riding time intact for the win. At 141, sophomore Montell Marion gave up Iowa's first takedown of the dual, but responded with an eight-point third period to beat Wisconsin's Cole Schmitt, 11-4. The 149-pound bout between the top-ranked Metcalf and #5 Kyle Ruschell was one of the dual's marquee match-ups, but Wisconsin forfeited to give Iowa a 16-0 lead. It was the 25th time in 29 bouts that Metcalf scored extra team points for the Hawkeyes. Iowa junior Jake Kerr scored two first-period takedowns in his 157-pound match with Greg Burke, and held on for the 6-5 win.
After the intermission, fourth-ranked Hawkeye senior Ryan Morningstar could not pull off the upset over top-ranked Badger Andrew Howe at 165. After a scoreless first period, Howe scored an escape to take a 1-0 lead. Morningstar, who is now 0-4 against the defending Big Ten Champion and NCAA runner-up, chose the down position to start the third period. Howe, who improved to 28-0 on the season and snapped Morningstar's eight-match winning streak, held the Hawkeye senior down until he accumulated 1:04 of riding time. He then released Morningstar to tie the score at 1-1, but Howe's riding time point gave him the victory.
Borschel stopped any chance of a Badger run with his 4:26 pin of Brendan Ard at 174. The Hawkeye senior was close to the fall in the first period, but had to settle for a takedown and three nearfall points to take a 5-0 lead. After a neutral start to the second period, Borschel scored another takedown and then turned Ard to collect his ninth pin and 19th bonus-point win of the season.
Hawkeye senior Phillip Keddy followed a 184 with a 4-3 decision over Badger Travis Rutt to give Iowa a 28-3 lead. Rutt scored an early takedown in the first period, but Keddy quickly escaped and scored a takedown of his own for a 3-2 lead. Rutt escaped after starting the second period in the down position to tie the score at 3-3, but Keddy's escape in the third period have him the 4-3 win.
Wisconsin scored its second and final victory of the night at 197 when junior Trevor Brandvold, who is ranked between fifth and seventh in the nation, recorded a 4-2 victory over Hawkeye junior Luke Lofthouse. Lofthouse scored an early takedown, but Brandvold followed with an escape and takedown to take a 3-2 lead. Brandvold added a second-period escape and held off Lofthouse's third-period takedown attempts for the win. Erekson closed out the dual with a 3-2 decision over Badger heavyweight Eric Bugenhagen.
Iowa will wrestle for its third straight and 34th overall conference team title March 6-7 at the 2010 Big Ten Wrestling Championships. The event will be held at the University of Michigan's Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. Session One (first round and quarterfinals) is set to start Saturday at 10 a.m. (CT). Session Two (championship semifinals and consolation matches) will begin Saturday at 5 p.m. Sunday's Session Three (consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches) will start at 11 a.m., with the championships round (first, third and fifth-place matches) starting at 1:05 p.m. The championships round will be aired live on the Big Ten Network. All-session tickets ($30) are available from the University of Michigan Athletic Ticket Office (734-764-0247 or www.MGoBlue.com/tickets). Single-session tickets will be on sale at Crisler Arena at the event.
#1 Iowa 31, #14 Wisconsin 6
125 - Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Drew Hammen (W), 10-1
133 - Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Tyler Graff (W), 2-1
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Cole Schmitt (W), 11-4
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) won by forfeit
157 - Jake Kerr (I) dec. Greg Burke (W), 6-5
165 - Andrew Howe (W) dec. Ryan Morningstar (I), 2-1
174 - Jay Borschel (I) pinned Brendan Ard (W), 4:26
184 - Phillip Keddy (I) dec. Travis Rutt (W), 4-3
197 - Trevor Brandvold (W) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 4-2
Hwt. - Dan Erekson (I) dec. Eric Bugenhagen (W), 3-2
#1 Iowa Defeats #3 Ohio State, 32-3
IOWA CITY, IA -- In a night of farewells and milestones, the top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team handed #3 Ohio State (18-2, 7-1 Big Ten) its first conference dual loss of the season with a 32-3 victory Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The win was Iowa's 60th straight and gave the Hawkeyes their 18th undefeated season at home, setting a school record for season wins (11-0) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Improving to 22-0 (7-0 Big Ten), Iowa now stands alone atop the conference regular season standings with a chance to clinch the title outright Sunday afternoon at Wisconsin.
After the match, Iowa honored its 11 seniors - Chad Beatty (197), Jay Borschel (174), Daniel Dennis (133), Dan Erekson (197), Michael Fahrer (165), Phillip Keddy (184), Dan LeClere (141), Rick Loera (197), Brent Metcalf (149), Ryan Morningstar (165), Joe Slaton (141) - who made their final Carver-Hawkeye Arena appearance. The group has a combined career record of 646-214, going 408-115 in duals, 132-50 in Big Ten duals and 156-39 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, while scoring 1,666 dual team points and starting a combined 526 dual matches.
For the first time this season, the dual started at a weight class other than 125 pounds. But Iowa posted its same winning result, going 9-1 on the night in front of 9,125 fans. Dennis opened the dual at 133 with a 3-2 win over Ohio State's Ian Paddock. The Hawkeye senior scored the dual's first takedown and followed with a second-period escape to post his 15th win of the season.
Ohio State put its only team points on the board at 141 when #2 Reece Humphrey scored a 9-5 decision over Hawkeye sophomore Montell Marion, who is ranked between fourth and seventh in the nation.
The Hawkeyes shut the Buckeyes out the rest of the dual, scoring a pin, two major decisions and five decisions. Metcalf recorded his 100th career victory at 149 with a 3-1 decision over #2 Lance Palmer. The top-ranked Hawkeye senior remains undefeated at 28-0 this season and boasts a perfect 25-0 career record at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. At 157, junior Aaron Janssen came back from a 2-1 third-period deficit, scoring a takedown, a stalling point and a riding time point for a 5-2 victory over Buckeye Sean Nemec. Morningstar made his 85th career dual start an exciting one with a 1-0 decision over #6 Colt Sponseller at 165. After two scoreless periods, the fourth-ranked Hawkeye escaped with 34 seconds left in the match for the win. Borschel scored Iowa's first bonus points of the night at 174 with a 9-0 major decision over Ohio State's Dave Rella, keeping his undefeated record of 27-0 intact. Keddy followed at 184 with his second straight win over Buckeye Mike Pucillo - a 3-2 decision for Keddy's 20th season victory. Junior Luke Lofthouse scored takedowns in the first two periods, then added an escape and a point for riding time in his 6-1 victory over Ohio State's C.J. Magrum at 197. Erekson built a 7-0 first-period lead at heavyweight before pinning Corey Morrison in 2:53 to pick up his 60th career victory. Iowa redshirt freshman Matt McDonough ended the dual with a 9-1 major decision over Nikko Triggas at 125 to remain undefeated at 28-0 this season.
The Hawkeyes will close out the 2009-10 dual meet season Sunday at #14 Wisconsin (8-9, 4-3 Big Ten). The match will be wrestled at the UW Field House in Madison at 3 p.m. (CT), and aired on a same-day taped-delay basis on the Big Ten Network at 10 p.m. Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time Iowa all-American Mark Ironside will call the action live on AM-800, KXIC and www.hawkeyesports.com. Web audio broadcasts are available using the XXL All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year). Tickets ($5 for adults, $2 for children and seniors) go on-sale one hour prior to the event and are available at the ticket windows located inside the entrance to Gates B and C of the Field House.
#1 University of Iowa 32, #3 Ohio State University 3
133 - Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Ian Paddock (OSU), 3-2
141 - Reece Humphrey (OSU) dec. Montell Marion (I), 9-5
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) dec. Lance Palmer (OSU), 3-1
157 - Aaron Janssen (I) dec. Sean Nemec (OSU), 5-2
165 - Ryan Morningstar (I) dec. Colt Sponseller (OSU), 1-0
174 - Jay Borschel (I) maj. dec. Dave Rella (OSU), 9-0
184 - Phillip Keddy (I) dec. Mike Pucillo (OSU), 3-2
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. C.J. Magrum (OSU), 6-1
Hwt. - Dan Erekson (I) pinned Corey Morrison (OSU), 2:53
125 - Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Nikko Triggas (OSU), 9-1
Iowa Beats Minnesota, 28-9
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team extended its winning streak to 59 dual matches Sunday night with a 28-9 win at #5 Minnesota at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The Hawkeyes improved to 21-0 (6-0 Big Ten) while handing the Golden Gophers (11-5, 5-1 Big Ten) their first conference dual loss of the season. Iowa went 7-3 on the night, scoring team bonus points at six weights. It was Iowa's second win over Minnesota this season, posting a 28-18 win Jan. 10 in the championship semifinals of the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls.
"In a dual meet like this you need bonus points, and we got them early," said Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands, who collected his 80th career victory with the win. "This was a big win for us. This rivalry is not going away. We have got to be ready to come into an environment like this and perform."
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough set the tone for the dual with his opening 13-2 major decision over #6 Zach Sanders at 125. McDonough, who is ranked fourth in the nation with an undefeated 27-0 record, dominated Sanders. He accumulated over four minutes of riding time on four takedowns and three nearfall points.
Minnesota handed Iowa its first individual dual loss since Jan. 29 when top-ranked Jayson Ness scored an 8-4 win over Iowa senior Daniel Dennis at 133. Ness, who is undefeated at 22-0, built a 5-0 lead early in the second period. Dennis, who is ranked third by Amateur Wrestling News and Intermat, and seventh by WIN Magazine, scored a takedown in the second period and an escape in the third period to pull within two (5-3), but Ness scored another takedown and a point for riding time for the win. Dennis is now 14-2 on the season.
Iowa added two more bonus-point wins at 141 and 149 to take a 13-3 lead. Sophomore Montell Marion avenged last month's National Duals loss to Minnesota's Mike Thorn with a 15-7 major decision at 141 to pick up his fourth straight win. Marion took a narrow 7-5 lead into the third period, scoring a reversal, takedown, three nearfall points and a riding time point for the win. The Hawkeye sophomore is now 18-3 on the season, going 10-2 in dual competition. At 149, top-ranked Iowa senior Brent Metcalf improved to 27-0 with his 23-8 match-ending technical fall in 6:19 over Minnesota redshirt freshman Mario Mason. Metcalf scored a takedown and two nearfall points in the first minute of the match, and added another takedown before being caught in a scramble and getting taken down by Mason. Metcalf quickly escaped, added another takedown in the first period and four more in the second period for a 20-7 lead. One third-period takedown and a stalling point for Mason gave Metcalf his 24th bonus-point win of the season.
The Golden Gophers grabbed their second win of the night when #2 Dustin Schlatter scored a 4-1 decision over Iowa junior Jake Kerr at 157.
The Hawkeyes came out of the intermission with three straight major decisions from three Iowa seniors to seal the team victory. Ryan Morningstar got the run going with his 9-0 win over Cody Yohn at 165. After a scoreless first period, Morningstar scored five nearfall points from the top position in the second period. He then added an escape, takedown and riding time point in the third period to improve to 22-3 this season and collect his seventh straight win. At 174, Jay Borschel kept his 26-0 record spotless with a 14-2 win over Scott Glasser. Borschel, who is ranked first or second in the nation, dominated the match, scoring a takedown in each period and tallying four nearfall points in the first three minutes. Glasser, who is ranked between seventh and eighth, had won 17 of his last 18 bouts with his last loss coming to Borschel at National Duals in January. At 184, Phillip Keddy scored a takedown in each period and accumulated over four minutes of riding time in his 9-1 win over Kaleb Young.
Minnesota put its final points on the board at 197 when Sonny Yohn scored a 7-0 decision over Iowa junior Luke Lofthouse. Lofthouse fought off his back in the second period, but Yohn added an escape, takedown and riding time point in the third period for the win.
Hawkeye senior Dan Erekson needed an extra minute in his heavyweight match with Ben Berhow, scoring a 5-3 win in sudden victory. Neither wrestler scored in the first period, but Erekson escaped in the second period and scored a takedown to take a 3-0 lead. Berhow escaped at the end of the second period and the start of the third to make the score 3-2. Erekson was warned for stalling twice in the third period, which gave Berhow a penalty point and sent the match into overtime tied at 3-3. Erekson scored a takedown in sudden victory to improve to 6-0 this season.
Iowa will close out the 2009-10 Big Ten dual season at home and on the road next weekend, with both matches appearing on the Big Ten Network. The Hawkeyes will host #3 Ohio State (18-1, 7-0 Big Ten) Friday, at 7 p.m. (CT) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Big Ten Network will air a same-day taped delay broadcast of the dual at 10 p.m. (CT). Tickets purchased in advance are $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under, while tickets purchased at the meet are $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under. UI students will be admitted for free. Tickets are available at the University of Iowa Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-464-2957, 319-335-9327 or www.hawkeyesports.com, where fans can take advantage of a print-at-home option.
The Hawkeyes will close out the dual meet season Sunday at #15 Wisconsin (7-9, 3-3 Big Ten). The match will be wrestled at the UW Field House in Madison at 3 p.m. (CT), and aired on a same-day taped-delay basis on the Big Ten Network at 10 p.m. Tickets ($5 for adults, $2 for children and seniors) go on-sale starting one hour prior to the event and are available at the ticket windows located inside the entrance to Gates B and C of the Field House.
#1 Iowa 28, #5 Minnesota 9
125 - Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Zach Sanders (M), 13-2
133 - Jayson Ness (M) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), 8-4
141 - Montell Marion (I) maj. dec. Mike Thorn (M), 15-7
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) tech. fall Mario Mason (M), 23-8 in 6:19
157 - Dustin Schlatter (M) dec. Jake Kerr (I), 4-1
165 - Ryan Morningstar (I) maj. dec. Cody Yohn (M), 9-0
174 - Jay Borschel (I) maj. dec. Scott Glasser (M), 14-2
184 - Phillip Keddy (I) maj. dec. Kaleb Young (M), 9-1
197 - Sonny Yohn (M) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 7-0
Hwt - Dan Erekson (I) dec. Ben Berhow (M), 5-3 SV
Iowa Blanks Northwestern, 49-0
IOWA CITY, IA -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team used five pins and a forfeit to blank Northwestern, 49-0, Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes improved to 20-0 (5-0 in the Big Ten), snagging their 58th straight dual win and posting their eighth shut out of the season - both of which are school records. Iowa held Northwestern (5-11-1, 0-6 Big Ten) to three takedowns during the match in front of 7,125 fans.
Hawkeye seniors Brent Metcalf (149), Ryan Morningstar (165), Jay Borschel (174) and Dan Erekson (Hwt.), and redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125) all pinned their Wildcat opponents, while sophomore Montell Marion (141) won by forfeit. Metcalf (26-0), McDonough (26-0) and Borschel (25-0) all remain undefeated on the season, while senior Daniel Dennis (133) and Morningstar each picked up their sixth-straight victories. Metcalf moved up to seventh on Iowa's all-time career pins list when he stuck Andrew Nadhir in 2:20 to collect his 15th pin of the season. The Hawkeye senior's 46 career pins is tied for seventh with current Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands (1989-92).
Also recording victories for the Hawkeyes were Dennis, juniors Aaron Janssen (157) and Luke Lofthouse (197), and redshirt freshman Grant Gambrall (184). Dennis improved to 14-1 with his 12-3 major decision over Eric Metzler, recording his 10th bonus-point win of the season. Janssen's 6-3 victory over Wildcat Kevin Bialka kept his Big Ten dual record perfect at 3-0. Lofthouse scored an escape with seven seconds left in his bout to beat Northwestern's Josh Schoen, 4-3, and improve to 4-1 in Big Ten dual matches. Hawkeye fans got a glimpse into the future as Gambrall recorded two takedowns and two reversals in his Carver-Hawkeye Arena debut, beating Wildcat Aaron Jones, 9-3.
Up next for Iowa is a Valentine's Day trip to Minneapolis to face #5 Minnesota (11-4, 6-0 Big Ten) at Williams Arena. The dual will be televised live Sunday at 6 p.m. (CT) on the Big Ten Network. Tickets - 15 for adults, $5 for students, youth and seniors and $5 for groups of 15 or more - are available from the University of Minnesota Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-846-7437, 612-624-8080 or www.gophersports.com. Iowa beat Minnesota (28-12) in the championship semifinals at the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls last month.
#1 University of Iowa 49, Northwestern University 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) pinned Levi Mele (N), 4:32
133 - Daniel Dennis (I) maj. dec. Eric Metzler (N), 12-3
141 - Montell Marion (I) won by forfeit
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) pinned Andrew Nadhir (N), 2:20
157 - Aaron Janssen (I) dec. Kevin Bialka (N), 6-3
165 - Ryan Morningstar (I) pinned Robert Kellogg (N), 4:48
174 - Jay Borschel (I) pinned Brian Roddy, Jr. (N), 2:27
184 - Grant Gambrall (I) dec. Aaron Jones (N), 9-3
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. Josh Schoen (N), 4-3
Hwt. - Dan Erekson (I) pinned Marcus Shrewsbury (N), 3:52
Iowa Hawkeyes Blank Utah Valley, 38-0
VERNAL, UT -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team posted its seventh shut out of the season Saturday night, blanking Utah Valley, 38-0, at Uintah High School in Vernal, UT. The trip served as a homecoming for Hawkeye senior 184-pounder Phillip Keddy, who was a two-time state champion at Uintah.
Iowa (19-0, 4-0 Big Ten) extended its winning streak to 57 overall duals and 39 road duals with the win over Utah Valley (8-3, 2-1 WWC). Both streaks, as well as the seven shut outs, are school records. Head Coach Tom Brands also picked up his 95th career victory as Iowa only allowed three Wolverine takedowns.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough, who is ranked fourth in the nation, opened the dual at 125 pounds with a 7-4 decision over #11 Ben Kjar to remain undefeated at 25-0 this season. McDonough scored the first takedown of the bout, but Kjar escaped and scored a takedown of his own to take a 3-2 lead. McDonough responded with a reversal and two nearfall points to end the first period with a 6-3 advantage. Kjar escaped in the second period, but McDonough escaped in the third for the 7-4 win.
Iowa senior Daniel Dennis scored a takedown with three seconds left in his 133-pound match with Utah Valley's Flint Ray to score a 6-5 victory and collect his 60th career win. Dennis, who was named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday, led the match 3-0 early in the second period, but Ray scored a takedown and two nearfall points to end the period and take a 4-3 lead. Ray chose the down position to start the third period and escaped to take a 5-3 lead, but Dennis scored the takedown and added a point for riding time to snatch his fifth-straight win.
At 141, Hawkeye sophomore Montell Marion scored Iowa's first team bonus points of the night with a 20-7 major decision over Wolverine Jeff Newby. Leading 2-0 after the first period, Marion scored seven takedowns in the last five minutes to improve to 16-3 this season.
Hawkeye senior Brent Metcalf scored his 14th pin of the season and the 45th of his Iowa career, sticking Justin Morrill in 1:43 at 149. It was the third-straight pin for Metcalf, who is 25-0 this season and now ranks eighth on Iowa's all-time career pins list with former Hawkeye Mark Reiland (1989-92).
Iowa junior Jake Kerr scored four third-period takedowns to beat Utah Valley's Clay Frost, 12-4, at 157. It was Kerr's second-straight win, and his first major decision of the season.
At 165, Hawkeye senior Ryan Morningstar scored his 100th career victory with a 3-1 decision over Jeb Clark. Morningstar scored two nearfall points in the second period and an escape in the third to win his fifth-straight bout. He is now 20-3 this season.
Hawkeye senior Jay Borschel kept his season record of 24-0 perfect with an 8-2 decision over Brad Darrington at 174. Borschel scored a takedown in each period to post his 85th career victory.
Utah natives Keddy and Iowa junior Luke Lofthouse added two more Hawkeye wins in the final contested matches of the night. Keddy improved to 18-6 in front of his hometown crowd with a 9-3 win over Casen Eldredge. Lofthouse, who is a native of Avon, UT, picked up his third-straight victory with a 12-5 decision over Josh Wood at 197. Hawkeye senior heavyweight Dan Erekson received a forfeit to end the dual.
Seven other Hawkeyes competed unattached at the DuHawk Open at Loras College in Dubuque, IA, Saturday. Sophomore Brodie Ambrose (197) and true freshmen Tony Ramos (133) and Dylan Carew (149) each won individual titles, while sophomore Blake Rasing (Hwt.) and true freshmen Ethen Lofthouse (174) and Tomas Lira (184) each placed second.
Iowa returns to Big Ten dual competition next weekend. The Hawkeyes will host Northwestern (5-9-1, 0-4 Big Ten) Friday, February 12 at 7 p.m. and will wrestle at #5 Minnesota (10-4, 5-0 Big Ten) Sunday, February 14 at 6 p.m. The Iowa-Northwestern dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be streamed live on www.bigtennetwork.com at a cost of $2.99. The Iowa-Minnesota dual, which will be held at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.
#1 Iowa 38, Utah Valley 0
125 - Matt McDonough (I) dec. Ben Kjar (UV), 7-4
133 - Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Flint Ray (UV), 6-5
141 - Montell Marion (I) maj. dec. Jeff Newby (UV), 20-7
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) pinned Justin Morrill (UV), 1:43
157 - Jake Kerr (I) maj. dec. Clay Frost (UV), 12-4
165 - Ryan Morningstar (I) dec. Jeb Clark (UV), 3-1
174 - Jay Borschel (I) dec. Brad Darrington (UV), 8-2
184 - Phillip Keddy (I) dec. Casen Eldredge (UV), 9-3
197 - Luke Lofthouse (I) dec. Josh Wood (UV), 12-5
Hwt. - Dan Erekson (I) won by forfeit
Iowa vs. Utah Valley Dual To Start at 7 p.m. (CT) Saturday
EDITOR'S NOTE - Please note that the start time of Saturday's Iowa vs. Utah Valley wrestling meet at Uintah High School in Vernal, UT, has been changed to 7 p.m. (CT).
Top-Ranked Iowa Beat #25 Purdue, 41-6
LOWELL, IN -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team wrapped up its first Big Ten road trip of the 2009-10 season with a 41-6 victory over #25 Purdue Sunday afternoon at Lowell High School Gymnasium in Lowell, IN. The Hawkeyes (16-0, 2-0 Big Ten) scored team bonus points in seven of their eight wins over the Boilermakers, while collecting their 54th straight dual victory and and their 37th straight win on the road. Purdue (10-5, 0-1 Big Ten) won two bouts in sudden victory and recorded five takedowns in the dual.
Iowa jumped out to a 22-0 lead on pins from redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (125) and sophomore Montell Marion (141), a major decision from senior Daniel Dennis (133) and Hawkeye senior Brent Metcalf's win by disqualification at 149.
McDonough led Purdue freshman Cashé Quiroga 3-2 in the dual's opening bout before recording the pin in 2:13 to remain undefeated at 22-0 on the season. Dennis picked up his 10th season victory with a 16-5 major decision over Boilermaker junior Akif Eren. Leading 2-0 after the first period, Dennis grabbed six takedowns in the final two periods for the win. Marion pinned Purdue junior Juan Archuleta in 3:53 for his fourth pin of the season and third straight win. Archuleta scored a takedown early in the first period, but Marion quickly escaped and scored a takedown of his own near the end of the period to take a 3-2 lead. Archuleta escaped to start the second period, but Marion recorded the pin to end the match. Metcalf, who improved to 22-0 on the season, won by disqualification when Purdue senior Nick Bertucci was cited for flagrant misconduct at the 4:10 mark. Six team points were awarded to Iowa when Bertucci repeatedly kneed Metcalf in the face while the Hawkeye senior had Bertucci on his back trying to record a fall.
Purdue won the first of its two bouts when junior Colton Salazar scored a takedown in sudden victory to beat Iowa junior Jake Kerr, 6-4, at 157.
The Hawkeyes responded with three straight wins by seniors Ryan Morningstar (165), Jay Borschel (174) and Phillip Keddy (184) to take a 35-3 lead. Morningstar led 3-0 after the first two periods, and added three takedowns and a point for riding time to beat Boilermaker senior Jason Martin, 10-4. Borschel received a forfeit as his probable opponent - #5 Luke Manuel - was still recovering from injury. The Hawkeye senior remains undefeated at 21-0 this season. Keddy picked up his third straight win with an 11-1 major decision over senior Nick Corpe, improving to 16-5.
The Boilermakers responded with one last victory as #11 Logan Brown scored a takedown in sudden victory to beat Hawkeye junior Luke Lofthouse, 3-1, at 197. Lofthouse is wrestling for injured starter Chad Beatty.
Iowa ended the dual with senior Dan Erekson making his return to the Hawkeye lineup short and sweet, sticking Purdue freshman Adam Walls in 1:08. A 2009 Big Ten champion and all-American, Erekson made his 2009-10 season debut after sitting out with an injury.
Up next for the Hawkeyes is their Big Ten home dual opener. Iowa will host #13 Penn State (9-3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) Friday, January 29 at 7 p.m. and Michigan State (6-21-1, 0-1 Big Ten) Sunday, January 31 at 6 p.m. Both duals will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
The Iowa-Penn State dual, which will be aired live on Iowa Public Television, has been designated a "Black Out" event. Fans are encouraged to wear black attire to the meet. Tickets purchased in advance for the dual from the UI Athletic Ticket Office (1-800-464-2957, 319-335-9327 or www.hawkeyesports.com) are $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under. Tickets purchased at the dual are $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages five and under. UI students will be admitted for free.
The Iowa-Michigan State dual will be streamed live on www.bigtennetwork.com at at cost of $2.99. Tickets purchased in advance are $10 for adults, and $5 for youth, while tickets purchased at the dual are $12 for adults and $6 for youth. UI students and children ages five and under will be admitted for free. A family four-pack ticket promotion is also available for the dual, where families can purchase four tickets to the dual, and four hot dogs and four sodas from the Carver-Hawkeye Arena concession stands for $40.
#1 Iowa 41, #25 Purdue 6
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) pinned Cashé Quiroga (Purdue), 2:13
133 - Daniel Dennis (Iowa) maj. dec. Akif Eren (Purdue), 16-5
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) pinned Juan Archuleta (Purdue), 3:53
149 - Brent Metcalf (Iowa) won by disqualification by flagrant misconduct over Nick Bertucci (Purdue), 4:10
157 - Colton Salazar (Purdue) dec. Jake Kerr (Iowa), 6-4 SV
165 - Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. Jason Martin (Purdue), 10-4
174 - Jay Borschel (Iowa) won by forfeit
184 - Phillip Keddy (Iowa) maj. dec. Nick Corpe (Purdue), 11-1
197 - Logan Brown (Purdue) dec. Luke Lofthouse (Iowa), 3-1 SV
Hwt. - Dan Erekson (Iowa) pinned Adam Walls (Purdue), 1:08
Iowa Hawkeyes Shut Out Michigan, 36-0
ANN ARBOR, MI -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team recorded its fifth shut-out of the 2009-10 season Friday night, blanking Michigan 36-0 at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor, MI. Iowa (15-0, 1-0 Big Ten) extended its school-record winning streaks of 53 overall duals and 37 road duals with the win. Michigan falls to 4-8 (0-1 Big Ten) with the loss. Iowa scored team bonus points in five of the 10 bouts, and only allowed three Michigan takedowns in the Big Ten dual season opener.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough kicked the dual off at 125 with a 14-3 major decision over Michigan freshman Sean Boyle. McDonough, who improved to 21-0 with the win, dominated the match to record his eighth major decision and his 16th team bonus point win of the season. The Marion, IA, native scored eight third-period points and totaled 4:14 of riding time in the match.
Iowa senior Daniel Dennis improved to 9-1 on the season with a 2-0 win over Wolverine sophomore Zac Stevens at 133. After a scoreless first period, Dennis rode Stevens the entire second period and scored a third-period escape for the win.
Hawkeye sophomore Montell Marion scored Iowa's second major decision of the night with his 19-6 victory over Michigan sophomore Mark Weber at 141. Marion controlled the bout, scoring four takedowns in the first period and three in the second, and accumulating 3:23 of riding time. He is now 13-2 this season, going 5-1 in dual matches.
Top-ranked Hawkeye senior Brent Metcalf took a commanding 18-5 first-period lead in his 149-pound match with Wolverine redshirt freshman Mark Boyer, winning the bout by a 22-7 match-ending technical fall in 6:47. It was the second straight match-ending technical fall win for the Davison, MI, native, and his 18th team bonus point win of the season. He is undefeated a 21-0.
Hawkeye junior Aaron Janssen took Iowa into the intermission with a 12-4 major decision at 157 over Michigan sophomore Dave Johnson. Janssen, who recorded his third major decision of the season with the win, turned on his offense in the third period, scoring three takedowns, one escape and a point for 3:36 of riding time.
At 165, Iowa senior Ryan Morningstar scored a takedown in sudden victory to beat Michigan junior Aaron Hynes, 6-4. Morningstar scored the bout's first takedown, but Hynes responded with two escapes and Michigan's second takedown of the dual to take a 4-2 lead in the second period. Morningstar escaped in both the second and third period to force the match into overtime. The Lisbon, IA, native improved to 16-3 with the win, while collecting his 16th career overtime victory.
Top-ranked Hawkeye senior Jay Borschel improved to 20-0 with a 6-0 win over Michigan sophomore Justin Zeerip at 174. After a scoreless first period, Borschel scored an escape and a penalty point in the second to take a 2-0 lead. Borschel added three penalty points in the third period due to stall warnings on Zeerip, and accumulated 1:05 in riding time for the 6-0 win.
At 184, Hawkeye senior Phillip Keddy scored a takedown in each of the first two periods, and two in the third to post a 10-2 major decision over Wolverine sophomore Erich Smith. Keddy is now 15-5 this season, going 11-3 in dual competition.
Michigan's best chance at a win came at 197 pounds when ninth-ranked junior Anthony Biondo faced unranked Iowa junior Luke Lofthouse, who is wrestling for injured Hawkeye starter Chad Beatty. But somebody forgot to mention that to Lofthouse. With the scored tied at 3-3 going into the third period, Lofthouse grabbed three takedowns for the 9-6 upset.
Hawkeye sophomore Blake Rasing preserved the shut out with his 6-1 victory over Michigan redshirt freshman Ben Apland at heavyweight. Rasing scored points in each period to record his first dual win of the season.
The Hawkeyes (15-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will conclude this weekend's Big Ten road trip Sunday afternoon when they face #25 Purdue (10-4, 1-0 Big Ten) at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Lowell High School Gymnasium in Lowell, IN.
#1 Iowa 36, Michigan 0
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) maj. dec. Sean Boyle (Michigan), 14-3
133 - Daniel Dennis (Iowa) dec. Zac Stevens (Michigan), 2-0
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) maj. dec. Mark Weber (Michigan), 19-6
149 - Brent Metcalf (Iowa) tech. fall Mark Boyer (Michigan), 22-7 in 6:47
157 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) maj. dec. Dave Johnson (Michigan), 12-4
165 - Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. Aaron Hynes (Michigan), 6-4 SV
174 - Jay Borschel (Iowa) dec. Justin Zeerip (Michigan), 6-0
184 - Phillip Keddy (Iowa) maj. dec. Erich Smith (Michigan), 10-2
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. Anthony Biondo (Michigan), 9-6
Hwt. - Blake Rasing (Iowa) dec. Ben Apland (Michigan), 6-1
Top-Ranked Iowa Hawkeyes Edge #4 Oklahoma State, 19-16
IOWA CITY, IA -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team fought off a strong performance by #4 Oklahoma State, scoring a 19-16 win Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. A crowd of 10,967 was on hand to see the Hawkeyes pick up their 52nd straight dual win, beating the Cowboys for the first time in Carver-Hawkeye since December 4, 2000. Both teams won five bouts, but Iowa's bonus-point wins at 125, 149 and 174 were the difference in the final team scores. Iowa remains undefeated on the season at 14-0, while handing Oklahoma State (8-1-1) their first season loss. The match will be aired Sunday at 9 p.m. (CT) on the Big Ten Network.
"I think two years ago when Oklahoma State came to town, looking back on it, I think we made a mistake not getting ready for them," explained Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands, who recorded his 90th career coaching victory with the win. "I think we did a better job getting ready for them (this year), but we left a lot of points on the mat. When you leave a lot of team points on the mat, you move a lot of team points from your column to theirs. That's what happened."
"I'm not going to admit it, but I feel a little bit drained because it was big for us," said Brands. "It was a big statement for our program. I feel like our guys - as a team, as a whole - rose to the occasion. I give them credit for last weekend (at National Duals), and we've got to get better going into this next phase (of the season)."
Iowa jumped out to a 4-0 lead on redshirt freshman Matt McDonough's 13-4 major decision over ninth-ranked Oklahoma State senior Chris Notte at 125. McDonough, who is ranked fourth in the nation with a 20-0 record, scored three third-period takedowns and accumulated over four minutes of riding time in the match.
Oklahoma State answered at 133 with #6 Jordan Oliver's 3-2 upset of #4 Daniel Dennis. The Hawkeye senior led 1-0 going into the final period. Oliver, who is a redshirt freshman, escaped to tie the score at 1-1. Dennis took a 2-1 lead with less than a minute remaining when Oliver was given his second stalling warning of the bout. But Oliver scored a takedown off a scramble as time expired to record the win, and hand Dennis (8-1) his first loss of the season. It was the first match back in the lineup for Dennis, who has been out injured since Iowa's dual with Iowa State at Ames on Dec. 6.
Hawkeye sophomore Montell Marion had a tough task against fifth-ranked sophomore Jamal Parks at 141, but blanked Parks, 4-0, to record an upset of his own. After a scoreless first period, Marion scored an escape and takedown in the second period to take a 3-0 lead. Parks chose the down position to start the third period, but could not escape. The unranked Hawkeye sophomore accumulated 3:16 of riding time during the match, improving to 12-2 on the season.
Iowa picked up critical team bonus points at 149 when top-ranked Hawkeye senior Brent Metcalf scored a 21-5 technical fall over Oklahoma State junior Quinten Fuentes in 5:15. Metcalf, who improved to 20-0 on the season, scored three takedowns and a three-point nearfall in each of the first two periods. He ended the match with an escape and takedown early in the third period.
Oklahoma State closed the gap to 12-10 with wins at the next two weights. At 157, Cowboy junior Neil Erisman recorded a 16-7 major decision over Hawkeye junior Aaron Janssen at 157. Janssen scored a second-period takedown to pull within two points (5-3), but Erisman rolled off nine straight points to score Oklahoma State's only team bonus points of the night. Cowboy redshirt freshman Alex Meade then pulled an upset at 165 with a 5-3 win over Iowa senior Ryan Morningstar. Meade, who is ranked between 10th and 13th in the nation, scored takedowns in the first and third periods, while holding third-ranked Morningstar to three escapes in the match.
Hawkeye seniors Jay Borschel (174) and Phillip Keddy (184) stepped up to put Iowa in position for the team win. Borschel, who is ranked first or second in the nation, recorded his 80th career victory with a 9-1 major decision over Oklahoma State sophomore Mike Benefiel. Borschel, who is undefeated at 19-0 this season, scored a takedown in each period and accumulated 4:37 of riding time to hand Benefiel, who is ranked between seventh and 14th in the country, his second loss of the season. Keddy followed with a tough 3-2 win over Oklahoma State junior Clayton Foster at 184, collecting his 90th career win.
Leading 19-10 with two bouts left, Iowa's hopes for its 52nd straight dual win rested on reserves Luke Lofthouse (197) and Blake Rasing (Hwt.). Lofthouse fought hard against seventh-ranked sophomore Alan Gelogaev, but lost the bout 3-2. Oklahoma State needed a pin from top-ranked heavyweight Jared Rosholt to tie the dual, but Rasing had other plans. Down 5-0 to start the third period, Rasing escaped and scored two takedowns of his own to pull within one (6-5), but ran out of time and lost 7-5.
The Hawkeyes also sent five unattached competitors to the annual Brand Open in Omaha, NE, Saturday. Freshman Ethen Lofthouse won the 174-pound title, while junior Tyler Clark placed second at 133 and freshman Dylan Carew placed third at 149.
Up next for top-ranked Iowa is its first Big Ten road trip of the 2009-10 season. The Hawkeyes will wrestle Michigan (4-7) Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. (CT) at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor. Then they will face Purdue (8-3) Jan. 24 at Noon (CT) at Lowell High School Gymnasium in Lowell, IN.
#1 Iowa 19, #4 Oklahoma State 16
125 - Matt McDonough (I) maj. dec. Chris Notte (OSU), 13-4
133 - Jordan Oliver (OSU) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), 3-2
141 - Montell Marion (I) dec. Jamal Parks (OSU), 4-0
149 - Brent Metcalf (I) tech. fall Quinten Fuentes (OSU), 21-5 in 5:15
157 - Neil Erisman (OSU) maj. dec. Aaron Janssen (I), 16-7
165 - Alex Meade (OSU) dec. Ryan Morningstar (I), 5-3
174 - Jay Borschel (I) maj. dec. Mike Benefiel (OSU), 9-1
184 - Phillip Keddy (I) dec. Clayton Foster (OSU), 3-2
197 - Alan Gelogaev (OSU) dec. Luke Lofthouse (I), 3-2
Hwt. - Jared Rosholt (OSU) dec. Blake Rasing (I), 7-5
Iowa Hawkeyes Win Third Straight National Duals Title
CEDAR FALLS, IA -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won its third straight NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals team title Sunday afternoon with a 19-12 win over second-ranked Iowa State in the championships semifinals. The Hawkeyes are only the second school in the tournament's 22-year history to win three straight team titles. Oklahoma State also won three straight titles from 2003-05. Hawkeye senior 174-pounder Jay Borschel was named Division I Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament.
Iowa improved to 13-0 and extended its dual winning streak to 51 matches, while posting a 28-12 record at the two-day tournament at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls. The Hawkeyes have won a total of six National Duals titles (1992, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010).
The Hawkeyes handed Iowa State (6-2) their second dual loss of the season. Iowa won the earlier season meeting, 18-16, on Dec. 6 in Ames. Both teams won five matches in that dual, but Iowa scored the win with two extra team bonus points. In Sunday's National Duals finals, Iowa won six matches and did not allow Iowa State to score any extra team bonus points.
"We came out slugging in that fight," said Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands. "We got knocked down a couple of times, but we got back up a lot. Was that our best lineup out there? It doesn't matter because we believe in our guys. Our depth is deep and we are progressing."
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough kicked off the dual at 125 with a thrilling 9-8 victory over Iowa State redshirt freshman Andrew Long. Long, who is ranked fifth in the nation, scored the first takedown of the match, but McDonough responded with an escape and a takedown with four seconds left in the period to take a 3-2 lead. McDonough, who is ranked fourth in the nation, chose the down position to start the second period, but fell behind 5-3 when Long scored three nearfall points. McDonough scored a reversal to tie the score at 5-5, but Long escaped to take a 6-5. McDonough scored his second takedown of the match to take a 7-6 lead into the third period. Long escaped to tie the score at 7-7, but McDonough scored a takedown off a scramble to take a 9-7 lead. Long recorded an escape, but McDonough came away with the win. It is the third time this season the two have met, with McDonough winning all three decisions. He is undefeated at 19-0 this season.
Iowa State's Nick Fanthorpe tied the team score at 3-3 with his 8-3 decision over Iowa redshirt freshman Nate Moore at 133. Moore, who is wrestling for injured starter Daniel Dennis, scored three escapes in the dual, but could not get his offense going against the eighth-ranked Cyclone senior.
Iowa responded with a five-match winning streak that sealed the team victory and tournament title. Hawkeye senior Dan LeClere got things going at 141 with his 7-2 decision over Cyclone sophomore Dalton Jensen, who was wrestling for injured starter and second-ranked Nick Gallick. LeClere scored two takedowns in the bout and rode Jensen the entire third period for his ninth collegiate win of the season.
Hawkeye senior 149-pounder Brent Metcalf won his fourth career victory against Cyclone senior and Iowa City native Mitch Mueller, scoring a 7-3 decision. With the score tied at 2-2 after the first two periods, the top-ranked Hawkeye recorded two third-period takedowns to remain undefeated at 19-0 this season.
Iowa junior Aaron Janssen picked up his 20th career victory with a 3-1 win in sudden victory over Cyclone sophomore Andrew Sorenson. Both wrestlers scored escapes in regulation, and Janssen scored the takedown with 15 seconds left in sudden victory to record the win for Iowa.
At 165, Hawkeye senior Ryan Morningstar posted his 95th career victory and avenged two earlier season losses to #3 Cyclone junior Jon Reader, with a 5-4 decision. Morningstar, who is ranked fifth in the nation, trailed 4-2 at the start of the third period. He recorded a quick escape and then a late takedown for the victory. Morningstar now has a 4-2 career record against Reader, and is 15-2 this season.
Borschel scored the only team bonus points of the dual with his 10-2 major decision over Iowa State senior Duke Burk at 174. Leading 3-0 after the second period, Borschel turned on the offense scoring three takedowns and a riding time point for the win. The Hawkeye senior, who is ranked first in the nation, remains undefeated at 18-0 this season, and has a 5-0 career record against Burk.
Iowa State won the last three bouts to end the dual. At 184, Cyclone sophomore Jerome Ward scored a takedown in sudden victory to beat Hawkeye senior Phillip Keddy for the second time this season. Keddy was in on a takedown as time expired in regulation, but did not score before the buzzer sounded. Top-ranked Cyclone senior Jake Varner scored a 7-1 decision over Hawkeye junior Luke Lofthouse at 197, and fifth-ranked Iowa State senior David Zabriskie recorded a 4-1 win over Iowa sophomore Jordan Johnson at heavyweight to end the dual.
The Hawkeyes return to Iowa City to host #4 Oklahoma State (8-0-1) Saturday at 7 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It is a "Be Bold, Wear Gold" event, where fans are encouraged to wear gold attire to the meet. Tickets purchased in advance at the UI Athletic Ticket Office (1-800-464-2957, 319-335-9327 or www.hawkeyesports.com) are $13 for adults, $7 for youth and $2 for children ages 5 and younger. Tickets purchased at the meet are $15 for adults, $8 for youth and $2 for children ages 5 and younger. Iowa will also hold its annual youth clinic Saturday from 5-6 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena prior to the dual. Youth ages 7-13 are invited to participate in the free clinic, which will be conducted by members of the Hawkeye wrestling coaching staff.
#1 Iowa 19, #2 Iowa State 12
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec. Andrew Long (Iowa State), 9-8
133 - Nick Fanthorpe (Iowa State) dec. Nate Moore (Iowa), 8-3
141 - Dan LeClere (Iowa) dec. Dalton Jensen (Iowa State), 7-2
149 - Brent Metcalf (Iowa) dec. Mitch Mueller (Iowa State), 7-3
157 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) dec. Andrew Sorenson (Iowa State), 3-1 SV
165 - Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. Jon Reader (Iowa State), 5-4
174 - Jay Borschel (Iowa) maj. dec. Duke Burk (Iowa State), 10-2
184 - Jerome Ward (Iowa State) dec. Phillip Keddy (Iowa), 7-5 SV
197 - Jake Varner (Iowa State) dec. Luke Lofthouse (Iowa), 7-1
Hwt. - David Zabriskie (Iowa State) dec. Jordan Johnson (Iowa), 4-1
Iowa Hawkeyes Defeat Boise State, 20-12
CEDAR FALLS, IA -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team advanced to Sunday morning's championship semifinals of the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals with a 20-12 victory over #9 Boise State in Saturday afternoon's quarterfinals. The Hawkeyes (11-0) picked up their 49th straight victory with the win, and handed Head Coach Tom Brands his 70th win at Iowa. The Hawkeyes beat Nebraska, 33-3, in Saturday morning's opening round.
Hawkeye redshirt freshman Matt McDonough gave Iowa a much-needed jumpstart with his 15-6 major decision over Boise State junior Alan Bartelli at 125. Bartelli scored the first takedown of the match, but it was the only one that McDonough allowed. The Marion, IA, native responded with an escape and six takedowns of his own, earning 2:06 in riding time for the win. McDonough improved to 17-0 on the season with the win.
Iowa redshirt freshman Nate Moore gave third-ranked Boise State junior Andrew Hochstrasser an exciting 133-pound match, but lost 8-6 in sudden victory. After no scoring in the first period, Hochstrasser escaped in the second period to take a 1-0 lead. Moore chose the down position to start the third period, scoring a reversal and three nearfall points to grab a 5-1 lead. Hochstrasser escaped and scored a takedown of his own to make the score 5-4. Moore escaped for the 6-4 lead, but Hochstrasser scored a takedown to take the 6-6 tie into sudden victory. Hochstrasser scored a takedown in sudden victory for the 8-6 win. Moore is wrestling for injured Hawkeye starter Daniel Dennis.
The Hawkeyes responded with wins at the next two weights to take an 11-3 lead. Sophomore Montell Marion scored four takedowns in the first two periods, beating #10 Levi Jones of Boise State, 9-5. Senior Brent Metcalf followed with a 13-3 major decision over Boise State sophomore Jason Chamberlain at 149. The top-ranked Hawkeye senior scored five takedowns over the sixth-ranked Bronco to remain undefeated at 17-0 on the season.
Boise State broke the Hawkeye winning streak when third-ranked junior Adam Hall scored an 8-2 win over Iowa junior Jake Kerr at 157.
Hawkeye seniors Ryan Morningstar (165) and Jay Borschel (174) got another run going with decisions at their weight classes. Morningstar posted a 7-1 win over Boise State freshman Michael Cuthbertson, while Borschel recorded an 8-2 win over Bronco senior Nate Lee. Morningstar improved to 13-2 in collegiate competition and 8-1 in duals with the win, while Borschel remains undefeated at 16-0 (11-0 in duals).
Iowa senior Phillip Keddy, who is ranked sixth in the nation, took top-ranked Boise State junior Kirk Smith to the tiebreak period at 184, but was reversed for the 3-1 loss.
Hawkeye junior Luke Lofthouse won Iowa's final bout of the day, scoring a 3-2 decision in the tiebreak period over Boise State junior Matt Casperson at 197. The win was Lofthouse's first dual victory of the season. Boise State senior Sam Zylstra won the heavyweight bout, defeating Iowa sophomore Blake Rasing, 4-3, to end the dual.
Iowa will face #6 Minnesota (5-2) in the championship semifinals Sunday at 11 a.m. The Golden Gophers defeated Missouri (25-14) and Central Michigan (25-9) en route to their semifinal appearance. The match will be broadcast at 1 p.m. (CT) on Iowa Public Television. Livesportsvideo.com will be airing online video of National Duals matches throughout the tournament on their website. Fans can access the video feed through the site for a $5 fee. Hawkeye fans can also hear the dual with Minnesota on the radio and internet. Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time all-American Mark Ironside will call the action for live on AM-800, KXIC and www.hawkeyesports.com using the Hawkeye All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year). Takedownradio.com will also air a National Duals audio broadcast. Tournament brackets and results will be available at www.nwcaonline.com and www.unipanthers.com.
#1 Iowa 20, #9 Boise State 12
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) maj. dec. Alan Bartelli (Boise State), 15-6
133 - Andrew Hochstrasser (Boise State) dec. Nate Moore (Iowa), 8-6 SV
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Levi Jones (Boise State), 9-5
149 - Brent Metcalf (Iowa) maj. dec. Jason Chamberlain (Boise State), 13-3
157 - Adam Hall (Boise State) dec. Jake Kerr (Iowa), 8-2
165 - Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) dec. Michael Cuthbertson (Boise State), 7-1
174 - Jay Borschel (Iowa) dec. Nate Lee (Boise State), 8-2
184 - Kirk Smith (Boise State) dec. Phillip Keddy (Iowa), 3-1 TB
197 - Luke Lofthouse (Iowa) dec. Matt Casperson (Boise State), 3-2 TB
Hwt. - Sam Zylstra (Boise State) dec. Blake Rasing (Iowa), 4-3
Iowa Pound Nebraska, 33-3
CEDAR FALLS, IA -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team improved to 10-0 on the season with a 33-3 win over #15 Nebraska (8-4) in the first round of the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals Saturday at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, IA. The Hawkeyes, who are the tournament's top seed, also picked up their 48th straight dual win with the victory.
Iowa won the first eight bouts, jumping out to a 30- -1 lead over the Huskers. Four Hawkeyes scored bonus team points, with redshirt freshmen Matt McDonough (125) and Nate Moore (133), and senior Ryan Morningstar (165) recording major decisions, and senior Brent Metcalf (149) receiving a forfeit.
McDonough opened the dual for Iowa at 125 with a 13-5 major decision over Nebraska freshman David Klingsheim. The Hawkeye redshirt freshman remains undefeated a 16-0 this season, scoring bonus team points in 13 bouts. One team point was deducted from Nebraska after the match for Klingsheim's unsportsmanlike conduct.
At 133, Moore scored a three-point nearfall at the end of the second period to take a 5-1 lead over Nebraska freshman C.J. Napier. Moore, who is wrestling for injured starter Daniel Dennis, added an escape, takedown and a point for accumulating four minutes of riding time to win 9-1. Moore is 8-4 in collegiate matches this season, and 2-0 in dual competition.
Hawkeye sophomore Montell Marion scored his 20th career victory with a 10-5 win over Husker junior Mike Koehnlein at 141. Marion is 10-1 this season in collegiate competition, going 2-0 in duals.
After Metcalf received the forfeit at 149 to remain undefeated at 16-0, Iowa junior Aaron Janssen posted a 4-0 win over Nebraska redshirt freshman Tyler Koehn at 157. After a scoreless first period, Janssen rode Koehn the entire second period. Then he scored an escape and takedown in the third period, and picked up the riding time point for the win.
Morningstar showed some offensive power in his 11-2 major decision over Nebraska junior Alex Ward. The Hawkeye senior led 7-1 after the first two periods on a takedown and five nearfall points. Morningstar followed with an escape, takedown and riding time point in the third period, while holding Ward to one more escape in the match. He is now 12-2 on the season, going 7-1 in duals.
In the marquee bout of the dual, Hawkeye senior Jay Borschel defeated Nebraska senior Stephen Dwyer, 10-7, at 174. Borschel, who is ranked first in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and W.I.N. Magazine, and second by Intermat, trailed 6-5 doing into the third period. Choosing the down position, Borschel reversed Dwyer, who is ranked third in the nation by all three publications, to take a 7-6 lead. The Hawkeye senior then scored a two-point nearfall and accumulated 1:14 riding time for the win. Borschel is undefeated at 15-0 this season, handing Dwyer his second collegiate loss (15-2) and first dual loss (11-1) of the season.
Hawkeye senior Phillip Keddy kept Iowa's winning streak going with his 4-0 win over Nebraska redshirt freshman Josh Ihnen at 184. Keddy scored the only takedown of the match in the first period, then added an escape and a point for riding time for the win. He is 12-3 on the season and 8-1 in duals.
Nebraska put their only points on the scoreboard at 197 when #2 Craig Brester recorded an 11-2 major decision over Hawkeye junior Luke Lofthouse. The Husker senior remains undefeated at 18-0 (12-0 in duals) this season. Lofthouse was wrestling for injured Hawkeye starter Chad Beatty.
Hawkeye sophomore heavyweight Jordan Johnson ended the dual with a 3-2 upset over nationally-ranked Nebraska sophomore Tucker Lane. After a scoreless first period, Lane, who is ranked ninth by W.I.N. and 11th by A.W.N. and Intermat, scored an escape to take a 1-0 lead. Johnson scored a takedown on a scramble to take a 2-1 lead, but Tucker tied things up at 2-2 with a second escape. Johnson chose down to start the third period and recorded the escape for the 3-2 win.
Iowa will face #9 Boise State (6-0) in the championship quarterfinals at 1 p.m. Boise State beat Buffalo (6-2-1) in the opening round, 31-9, to advance in the championship bracket. Boise State's Head Coach Greg Randall was a three-time all-American and four-year letterwinner (1984-87) at Iowa, helping the Hawkeyes to four Big Ten and three NCAA titles.
Hawkeye fans can the dual on the radio and internet. Steven Grace and two-time Hawkeye NCAA champion and four-time all-American Mark Ironside will call the action for live on AM-800, KXIC. Live audio broadcasts will also be available online at www.hawkeyesports.com using the Hawkeye All-Access subscription ($14.95 per month or $119.95 per year), and www.Takedownradio.com. Livesportsvideo.com will be airing video of National Duals matches throughout the tournament on their website. Fans can access the video feed through the site for a $5 fee. Tournament brackets and results will be updated throughout the weekend at www.nwcaonline.com, www.unipanthers.com and www.hawkeyesports.com.
Iowa 33, Nebraska 3
125 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) maj. dec. David Klingsheim (Nebraska), 13-5
133 - Nate Moore (Iowa) maj. dec. C.J. Napier (Nebraska), 9-1
141 - Montell Marion (Iowa) dec. Mike Koehnlein (Nebraska), 10-5
149 - Brent Metcalf (Iowa) won by forfeit
157 - Aaron Janssen (Iowa) dec. Tyler Koehn (Nebraska), 4-0
165 - Ryan Morningstar (Iowa) maj. dec. Alex Ward (Nebraska), 11-2
174 - Jay Borschel (Iowa) dec. Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska), 10-7
184 - Phillip Keddy (Iowa) dec. Josh Ihnen (Nebraska), 4-1
197 - Craig Brester (Nebraska) maj. dec. Luke Lofthouse (Iowa), 11-2
Hwt. - Jordan Johnson (Iowa) dec. Tucker Lane (Nebraska), 3-2
Iowa Wrestling Crown Three Champions, Win Midlands Title
EVANSTON, IL -- The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won its 21st overall and third straight Midlands Championships title with 168.5 points at the 47th annual tournament Wednesday night in Evanston, IL. Iowa State placed second with 144.5, while Central Michigan placed third with 118.0.
The Hawkeyes went 3-3 in the finals, crowning three champions in redshirt freshman Matt McDonough (#3 seed at 125), and seniors Brent Metcalf (#1 seed at 149) and Jay Borschel (#1 seed at 174). It was Metcalf's third Midlands title and the first for McDonough and Borschel. Metcalf was named the Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler for the tournament, and took home the Individual High Scorer Award for racking up 32.5 team points. Hawkeye redshirt freshman Nate Moore (133) earned the tournaments Fastest Fall Award, sticking his first opponent in 46 seconds.
McDonough sparked a strong Iowa start with a 9-7 win in sudden victory over #4 seed Andrew Long in the 125-pound title match. Down 5-2 at the end of the first period, McDonough scored an escape and takedown to tie the score at 5-5 in the second period. Long, who accumulated over one minute of riding time in the bout, scored an escape to start the third period to take a 6-5 lead. McDonough scored a takedown near the end of the third period to take a 7-6 lead, but Long's riding time point sent the match into sudden victory. McDonough scored a takedown in the first sudden victory period for the win. The Hawkeye redshirt freshman remains undefeated at 15-0 this season.
In a rematch of the 2008 Midlands title match, Metcalf won a 9-2 decision over #2 seed Kyle Ruschell of Wisconsin. The Hawkeye senior improved to 15-0 on the season, scoring team bonus points in five of his six Midlands matches.
Borschel picked up his 75th career victory with a 6-1 win over #2 seed Ben Bennett of Central Michigan in the finals. The Hawkeye senior scored a takedown and two nearfall points near the end of the first period, an escape early in the second period and accumulated over two minutes of riding time in the match. He is now undefeated at 14-0 this season and is a three-time Midlands placewinner. He placed second in 2007, third in 2008 before winning the 2009 title.
Also placing for the Hawkeyes were seniors Joe Slaton (#4 seed at 141-3rd), Ryan Morningstar (#3 seed at 165-3rd), Phillip Keddy (#3 seed at 184-4th) and Chad Beatty (#5 seed at 197-3rd), sophomore Montell Marion (#9 seed at 141-6th), redshirt freshman Nate Moore (133-6th) and Grant Gambrall (184-6th), and true freshman Derek St. John (157-5th). It is the first time that Beatty, Moore, Gambrall and St. John have placed at Midlands.
Slaton, who is 10-1 while competing unattached this season, recorded a dominating 9-0 major decision over #8 seed Lou Ruggirello, who was also competing unattached. Morningstar scored a takedown near the end of the second sudden victory period to beat #4 seed Nick Marable of Missouri, 4-2. Morningstar, a four-time Midlands placewinner, is now 11-2 on the season. Beatty scored a third-period escape and takedown to score a 6-3 win over #4 seed Trevor Brandvold of Wisconsin, improving to 13-2 this season. St. John, who was competing unattached, recorded a medical forfeit over #3 seed Steve Brown of Central Michigan for fifth place in his first Midlands appearance. The Hawkeye true freshman is 21-4 while wrestling unattached this season. Moore, who was also wrestling at Midlands for the first time, took #1 seed Nick Fanthorpe of Iowa State to the tie break period, but lost the bout 2-1.
Iowa's next competition will be Jan. 9-10 at the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The Hawkeyes (9-0) are the defending Division I team champion, and will be making their 17th appearance at the two-day annual tournament, which features top wrestlers f