NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Rankings were released today. Iowa remained #1 in the Dual Meet Rankings and #2 in the Tournament Rankings.
In the Tournament Rankings North Central remained #1 with 128 points and 15 ranked wrestlers. Iowa is second with 95 points and 15 ranked wrestlers. King is third with 88 points and 12 ranked wrestlers.
Leading the way for the Hawks are three #1 ranked wrestlers with Emilie Gonzalez(101), Marlynne Deede(155), and Kylie Welker(170).
Sterling Dias(101), Ava Bayless(109), and Reese Larramendy(143) are ranked #2.
Iowa has a ranked wrestlers at every weight except 123.
Iowa has the top two ranked wrestlers in the country at 101 with #1 Emilie Gonzalez and #2 Sterling Dias. Felicity Taylor is now ranked #4 at 116 after competing at 123 earlier in the season.
The next competition for Iowa will be the NCWWC Regionals at Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa) on Friday, February 23. This will be the qualifier for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (NCWWC) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 8-9.
NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Rankings – February 8, 2024
101 – #1 Emilie Gonzalez #2 Sterling Dias
109 – #2 Ava Bayless
116 – #3 Brianna Gonzalez #4 Felicity Taylor
123 – Nobody ranked
130 – #9 Emily Frost
136 – #10 Lilly Luft
143 – #2 Reese Larramendy #4 Ella Schmit
155 – #1 Marlynne Deede #9 Bella Mir
170 – #1 Kylie Welker #3 Haley Ward
191 – #3 Jaycee Fowler #8 Alivia White
Complete rankings:
https://nwcaonline.com/documents/2024/2/8/NWCA_WWR_IND_020824.pdf
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
