As a fan it has been great to follow Zach Glazier at 197 this season. In all of my years following Iowa Wrestling I have never had a wrestler basically come out of nowhere to surprise me at this level and have a great year like Glazier did this season.
Glazier is 21-1 with two pins, seven tech falls, five major decisions and is 6-1 vs. ranked opponents.
The only loss for Glazier this season was a 5-1 decision to #1 ranked and undefeated Aaron Brooks of Penn State. That is the only match that Brooks has not scored bonus points in this season.
Yet Glazier is still only ranked #11 in the country. #11?
At 197 the Big Ten has the #1 and 4 ranked wrestlers in the country and nine of the top thirty-three wrestlers. The Big Ten has seven automatic qualifiers at 197.
Glazier is the #3 Pre-Seed at 197.
I am looking forward to seeing how Glazier does at Big Tens and Nationals.
InterMat Rankings at 197 in the Big Ten
1.Aaron Brooks (Penn State)
4.Jaxon Smith (Maryland)
11.Zach Glazier (Iowa)
13.Silas Allred (Nebraska)
20.Garrett Joles (Minnesota)
21.Luke Geog (Ohio State)
22.John Poznanski (Rutgers)
30.Kael Wisler (Michigan State)
33.Gabe Sollars (Indiana)
2023-24 Season – Zach Glazier (197)
Eli Sheeran (Cal Baptist) W-MD 11-2 1-0
Luther Open – 1st Place
Seth Butler (Wartburg) W-Pin 2:21 2-0
Maxim Ryner (Quincy) W-Pin 2:09 3-0
Jacob Steenhoek (Luther) W-TF 21-6 4-0
Parker Venz (Augsburg) W-TF 19-4 5-0
#31 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) W-D 14-6 6-0
#24 Julian Broderson (Iowa State) W-D 7-3 7-0
#26 Martin Cosgrove (Penn) W-D 9-5 8-0
Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) W-MD 14-2 9-0
Soldier Salute – 1st Place
Brett Mower (Oregon State) W-TF 21-6 10-0
Adam Haselius (Columbia) W-TF 21-4 11-0
Garrett Joles (Minnesota) W-D 5-4 12-0
A.J. Ferrari (Unattached) W (D.Q.) 13-0
#11 Silas Allred (Nebraska) W-MD 11-2 14-0
#24 Garrett Joles (Minnesota) W-D 4-2 15-0
Ben Vanadia (Purdue) W-TF 19-4 16-0
Joey Braunagel (Illinois) W-TF 18-3 17-0
Evan Bates (Northwestern) W-MD 11-2 18-0
Bobby Striggow (Michigan) W-TF 19-4 19-0
#1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) L-D 5-1 19-1
Josh Otto (Wisconsin) W-MD 13-4 20-1
#16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) W-D 4-1 21-1
Sat and Sun March 9-10 – at Big Ten Championships (College Park, Maryland)
Thurs-Sat March 21-23 – at NCAA Championships (Kansas City, MO)
It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.
Go Hawks!
