Kaleb Young had a 6-5 record on January 7. He is now 14-5 with the longest winning streak on the Iowa Wrestling team. A recent 6-3 decision over #10 Peyton Robb was Young’s best outing of the season and was also his third straight win over a ranked opponent. This is a senior getting hot at the right time.
157 at Big Tens has eight ranked wrestlers so you can count on competitive matches in the first round. Young should be a #2 seed at Big Tens and have the opportunity to improve on his current ranking of #9 for a seed at Nationals.
As I have said on this blog before, Young has endured to many battles to not be an All American this year. The Young Guns combination of Murin and Young have the potential to score a lot of points at Nationals that many are not counting on at this time.
I predict Kaleb Young will finish his career in the Black and Gold of Iowa Wrestling on a real positive note. Next up is Big Tens.
NCAA Allocations for the Big Ten Conference at 157 for NCAA National Tournament Qualifiers is 7.
Sat/Sun March 5-6 at Big Tens (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Th-Sat, March 17-19 at NCAA National Tournament (Detroit, Michigan)
*All Rankings by InterMat.
#2 Ryan Deakin – Northwestern
#9 Kaleb Young – (Iowa)
#10 Will Lewan – (Michigan)
#11 Peyton Robb – (Nebraska)
#12 Kendalll Coleman (Purdue)
#13 Brady Berge (Penn State)
#16 Chase Saldate (Michigan State)
#31 Garrett Model (Wisconsin)
Kaleb Young 157, R-Senior – Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Punxsutawney Area)
Luther Open — 1st Place Patrick Chambers (Coe) W-Pin 1:40
Justin Stammer (Wartburg) W-Pin 1:01
Ryan Steffen (Upper Iowa) W-MD 13-4
Chance Throndson (Upper Iowa) W-TF 20-4
#7 Quincy Monday (Princeton) L-D 9-5
#29 Markus Hartman (Army) W-D 3-1
#1 David Carr (Iowa State) L-D 6-2
#19 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) W-D 6-0
#10 Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) L-MD 11-2
#23 Ed Scott (NC State) L-Pin 1:10
#4 Brayton Lee (Minnesota) L-D 4-3
Cooper Noehre (Purdue) W-MD 12-4
Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) W-D 6-4
Joel Roberts (Illinois) W-TF 16-1
Jashon Hubbard (Ohio State) W-D 4-0
Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) W-D 2-0
#28 Garrett Model (Wisconsin) W-D 8-3
#18 Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) W-D
#10 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) W-D 6-3
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
