Six members of the Iowa Wrestling team competed at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in Ames, Iowa. Five Hawks placed. Kolby Franklin (2nd at 197), Joel Jesuroga (3rd at 149), Aiden Riggins (3rd at 157), Gage Marty (3rd at Hwt), and Brad Hill (4th at Hwt). Jace Rhodes did not place at 133.
All of the wrestlers that competed are true freshmen for the Hawks and in the Recruiting Class of 2022.
Open Division 133
Champ. Round 1 – Brock Bobzien (Wisconsin Regional Training Ce) won by fall over Jace Rhodes (Iowa) (Fall 7:00)
Cons. Round 1 – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Jace Rhodes (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) (MFF)
Cons. Round 3 – Garrett Funk (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Jace Rhodes (Iowa) (Dec 6-1)
Open Division 149
Champ. Round 1 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) (Dec 3-2)
Quarterfinal – Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by major decision over James Edwards (Iowa State Wrestling Club) (Maj 13-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by fall over Colton Cahill (Unattached) (Fall 1:47)
Cons. Semi – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won in tie breaker – 1 over Aidan Medora (Wisconsin) (TB-1 2-1)
3rd Place Match – Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by decision over Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) (Dec 3-2)
Open Division 157
Quarterfinal – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Brock Woodcock (St. Clair) (Dec 7-5)
Semifinal – Da`Jun Johnson (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Aiden Riggins (Iowa) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Semi – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Drew Scharenbrock (Wisconsin) (Dec 4-3)
3rd Place Match – Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by decision over Andrew Huddleston (Iowa State) (Dec 7-3)
Open Division 197
Quarterfinal – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal – Kolby Franklin (Iowa) won by decision over Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) (Dec 7-3)
1st Place Match – Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Kolby Franklin (Iowa) (Dec 3-1)
Open Division 285
Quarterfinal – Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) won by decision over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Bradley Hill (Iowa) won by decision over Ryder Wiese (Unattached) (Dec 7-2)
Cons. Semi – Bradley Hill (Iowa) won by fall over Jonah Schmidtke (Wisconsin) (Fall 0:28)
3rd Place Match – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Fall 1:09)
Open Division 285
Quarterfinal – Peter Christensen (Wisconsin) won by decision over Gage Marty (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Gage Marty (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by decision over Brooks Empey (Wisconsin) (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match – Gage Marty (Iowa) won by fall over Bradley Hill (Iowa) (Fall 1:09)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
