Kael Voinovich announced on Instagram that he has committed to the University of Iowa where he will be a member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024.  Voinovich is a senior at City High in Iowa City, Iowa where he transferred in this season from Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Voinovich is projected to compete at 157/165 for the Hawks.

 

 

Kael is the younger brother of Victor Voinovich, a sophomore at 149 lbs. for the Hawkeyes.

I will add Kael to my list of incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits that I follow on this blog. 

As I have done for years I will post a blog on Friday of where our incoming recruits will be competing for the weekend and a follow up blog with results.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling team will compete in a dual meet against the University of Sioux Falls on Wednesday, January 31. The dual meet will begin at 6 PM CST at the Stewart Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The #2 ranked Hawks are having a great first season of competition including winning National Duals. This is also the first year of competition for Sioux Falls and they are 6-1 in dual meets.

A Probable Lineup was not released for either team by the University of Iowa Sports Information Department.

The Iowa vs. Sioux Falls dual meet will be streamed live on https://www.nsicnetwork.com/usfcougars/

 

 

Iowa is ranked #2 in the country.

NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Rankings – January 18, 2024

101 – #1 Emilie Gonzalez  #2 Sterling Dias

109 – #2 Ava Bayless

116 – #3 Brianna Gonzalez

123 – #3 Felicity Taylor 

130 – #10 Emily Frost

143 – #2 Resse Larramendy  #4 Ella Schmit 

155 – #1 Marlynne Deede  #9 Bella Mir

170 – #1 Kylie Welker  #3 Haley Ward

191 – #3 Jaycee Fowler  #9 Alivia White

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

As I have said before there is not a better way to spend an Iowa winter weekend than following Iowa Wrestling. The competition started Friday afternoon and went through Sunday afternoon. Let’s take a look.

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling team dominated in two dual meets at the Indiana Tech Warrior Duals in Fort Wayne, Indiana Friday afternoon. Iowa defeated #9 (NAIA) Campbellsville 42-2 and #14 (NAIA) Indiana Tech 42-0.

The Hawks were 20-0 in matches contested with seven pins and nine tech falls.

#2 Iowa 42, Campbellsville 2

101 — Emilie Gonzalez (I) tech. fall Kiley McNearney (C), 10-0
109 — Ava Bayless (I) tech. fall Gabrielle Medeiros (C), 15-4
116 — Brianna Gonzalez (I) pinned Icart Galumette (C), 2:58
123 — Ava Rose (I) pinned Josie Davis (C), 2:20
130 — Emily Frost (I) decision Olivia Messerly (C), 9-6
136 — Emmily Patneaud (I) decision Gabriella Perez (C), 4-0
143 — Ella Schmit (I) pinned Emma Walker (C), 2:24
155 — Bella Mir (I) tech. fall Kendra Thompson (C), 11-0
170 — Haley Ward (I) tech, fall Sierra Chavez (C), 10-0
191 — Jaycee Foeller (I) pinned Lexiana Garcia (C), 1:06

 

#2 Iowa 42, Indiana Tech 0

101 — Emilie Gonzalez (I) tech. fall Makayla Young (IT), 10-0
109 — Ava Bayless (I) decision Tehani Soares (IT), 6-0
116 — Brianna Gonzalez (I) tech. fall Emma Jones (IT), 10-0
123 — Ava Rose (I) tech. fall Aubree Kuhns (IT), 10-0
130 — Alexandra Baudhuin (I) tech. fall Marisa Moffitt (IT), 11-0
136 — Sierra Brown Ton (I) tech. fall Alexis Kelley (IT), 10-0
143 — Ella Schmit (I) pinned Maia Crumb (IT), 2:01
155 — Bella Mir (I) pinned Cydney Bassett (IT), 1:22
170 — Kylie Welker (I) pinned Catherine McNulty (IT), 0:54
191 — Jaycee Foeller (I) tech. fall Grace Doering (IT), 10-0

 

The Hawks were on the road this weekend for two Big Ten dual meets. On Friday night Iowa defeated #17 Illinois, 36-6. Iowa won eight matches including four tech falls, one pin, and one major decision.

The biggest match was #9 Patrick Kennedy scoring a third period takedown to defeat #3 Edmond Ruth 5-1 at 174. Kennedy is on a roll.

Brody Teske filled in for Real Woods at 141 in both dual meets. He won by a decision against Illinois and a tech fall over Northwestern.

#4 Iowa 36, #17 Illinois 6

133 – Cullan Schriever (IA) major dec. #30 Tony Madrigal (IL), 9-1

141 – Brody Teske (IA) dec. Will Baysinger (IL), 5-0

149 – #8 Kannon Webster (IL) dec. #11 Caleb Rathjen (IA), 4-1 SV1

157 – #2 Jared Franek (IA) tech. fall Joe Roberts (IL), 21-5

165 – #6 Michael Caliendo (IA) tech. fall #24 Chris Moore (IL), 17-2

174 – #9 Patrick Kennedy (IA) dec. #3 Edmond Ruth (IL), 5-1

184 – #29 Dylan Connell (IL) dec. Aiden Riggins (IA), 4-1 SV1

197 – #14 Zach Glazier (IA) tech. fall Joey Braunagel (IL), 18-3

285 – #28 Bradley Hill (IA) pinned. Peter Marinopolous (IL), 5:41

125 – #5 Drake Ayala (IA) tech. fall Justin Cardani (IL), 18-3

 

Seven Hawkeyes placed at the Pat “Flash” Flanagan Open in Dubuque on Saturday. Kale Petersen(133), Cade Siebrecht(149), Drake Rhodes(165), Will Carano(174), and Easton Fleshman(Hwt) placed second.

Carter Martinson placed third at 157 and Isaiah Fenton was fifth at 165.

Charles Matthews(141), Carson Martinson(165), and Aidan McCain(184) did not place.

Pat “Flash” Flanagan Open Results

Open 133

Champ. Round 1 – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by tech fall over Justin Bradford (Indian Hills CC) (TF 20-4)

Quarterfinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by fall over Ryan Lobato (Grandview) (Fall 1:33)

Semifinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by major decision over Conner Nevin (Upper Iowa) (Maj 13-1)

1st Place Match – Ben Bast (Unattached) won by fall over Kale Petersen (Iowa) (Fall 2:38)

 

Open 141

Champ. Round 1 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Troy Dolphin (UW Parkside) won by decision over Charles Matthews (Iowa) (Dec 10-9)

Cons. Round 2 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by decision over Julian Marrufo (York ) (Dec 10-3)

Cons. Round 3 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won in sudden victory – 1 over Hector Holguin (York ) (SV-1 4-1)

Cons. Round 4 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by major decision over Damon Huston (Iowa State) (Maj 12-4)

Consolation 1st – Drew Woodley (Iowa State) won by tech fall over Charles Matthews (Iowa) (TF 15-0)

 

Open 149

Champ. Round 1 – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won by tech fall over Garrett Head (Indian Hills CC) (TF 17-2)

Quarterfinal – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won by decision over Abel Gaitan (Grandview) (Dec 5-4)

Semifinal – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won in double overtime over Chase Fiser (Loras College) (2-OT 6-5)

1st Place Match – Carter Fousek (Iowa State) won in sudden victory – 1 over Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) (SV-1 4-1)

 

Open 157

Champ. Round 1 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jacob Hinkle (Loras College) (TF 16-0)

Champ. Round 2 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by fall over Joshua Zeman (St Ambrose) (Fall 2:02)

Quarterfinal – Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) won by decision over Carter Martinson (Iowa) (Dec 9-8)

Cons. Round 3 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by decision over Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) (Dec 7-4)

Cons. Round 4 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by decision over Kavan Troy (Northern Illinois) (Dec 9-8)

3rd Place Match – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by disqualification over Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) (DQ)

 

Open 165

Carson Martinson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Izzy Moreno (Northern Iowa) won by major decision over Carson Martinson (Iowa) (Maj 9-1)

Cons. Round 1 – Carson Martinson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 2 – Dajun Johnson (Unattached) won by decision over Carson Martinson (Iowa) (Dec 4-2)

 

Open 165

Isaiah Fenton’s place is 5th and has scored 14.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by fall over Clay Schemmel (Cornell College) (Fall 2:47)

Champ. Round 2 – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by tech fall over Scott Burke (Unattached) (TF 20-5)

Quarterfinal – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by decision over Ben Faber (Loras College) (Dec 7-1)

Semifinal – Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) won by tech fall over Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) (TF 17-1)

Cons. Round 4 – Izzy Moreno (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)

5th Place Match – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Brice Coleman (Indian Hills CC) (MFF)

 

Open 165

Champ. Round 1 – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Bryce Dodge (Iowa Central CC) (TF 18-2)

Champ. Round 2 – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Aiden Cartwright (Loras College) (TF 17-2)

Quarterfinal – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by decision over Connor Euton (Iowa State) (Dec 12-8)

Semifinal – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Brice Coleman (Indian Hills CC) (TF 19-4)

1st Place Match – Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Drake Rhodes (Iowa) (Dec 9-8)

 

Open 174

Champ. Round 1 – Will Carano (Iowa) won by fall over Luke Battaglia (Loras College) (Fall 0:42)

Quarterfinal – Will Carano (Iowa) won by tech fall over Austin Wilkins (Cornell College) (TF 16-1)

Semifinal – Will Carano (Iowa) won by decision over Caden Schmidt (Iowa State) (Dec 7-3)

1st Place Match – Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Will Carano (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)

 

Open 184

Champ. Round 1 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa State) won by fall over Aidan McCain (Iowa) (Fall 1:17)

Cons. Round 2 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 3 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) won by decision over Landry Barker (Loras College) (Dec 19-13)

Cons. Round 4 – Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) won by fall over Aidan McCain (Iowa) (Fall 4:52)

 

Open 285

Champ. Round 1 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Guyon Cyprian (UW Oskosh) (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 2 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by fall over Kevin Machado (University of Dubuque Wrestling club) (Fall 1:12)

Quarterfinal – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Xavier Bruening (Iowa State) (Dec 5-1)

Semifinal – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Jason Guadarrama (UW Parkside) (Dec 5-0)

1st Place Match – Nathan Schon (Iowa State) won by decision over Easton Fleshman (Iowa) (Dec 10-6)

 

 

On Saturday the Iowa Women’s team competed at the Warrior Open in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Four Hawks brought home a title: Lilly Luft(136), Reese Larramendy(143), Kylie Welker(170), and Jaycee Foeller(191). 

Iowa had thirteen wrestlers place at the Warrior Open.

The Hawks will be back in action this Wednesday, January 31 with a dual meet at the University of South Falls in Sioux Falls, SD.

101 – #2 Sterling Dias, 2nd place
WIN Megan Valdez (Lindenwood), TF 10-0
WIN Devyn Gomez (Life), Dec. 9-0
WIN Alyssa Quezaire (Missouri Baptist), TF 11-0
LOSS Jaclyn Bouzakis (Unattached), Dec. 7-1

123 – Ava Rose, 2nd place
WIN Michaela Dykes (Trine), TF 10-0
WIN Lexi Beadle (Unattached), TF 10-0
WIN Riley White (Missouri Baptist), TF 10-0
WIN Josie Davis (Campbellsville), Dec. 6-5
LOSS Anna Krejsa (Life), Dec. 10-6

123 – Cali Leng, 1st place consolation bracket
LOSS Haley Narahara (Menlo), TF 10-0
WIN Lexi Beadle (Unattached), Fall 2:51
WIN Kesley Novogradac (Davenport), Fall 2:37
WIN Angela LoRusso (Adrian), TF 11-0
WIN Trynadii Rocha (Southern Oregon), Dec. 6-1

130 — Allie Baudhuin, 4th place
WIN Ivy Partin (Cumberlands), TF 12-0
WIN Paige Respicio (Providence), TF 15-4
LOSS Taina Fernandez (Unattached), Fall 1:55
WIN Olivia Messerly (Campbellsville), Fall 4:02
LOSS Emily Frost (Iowa), Dec. 3-0

130 – #10 Emily Frost, 3rd place
WIN Marisa Moffitt (Indiana Tech), Fall 0:29
WIN Camarie Cunningham (Cumberlands), TF 10-0
WIN Olivia Messerly (Campbellsville), Fall 2:56
LOSS Alyssa Randles (Providence), TF 14-4
WIN Paige Respicio (Providence), Fall 3:52
WIN Allie Baudhuin (Iowa), Dec. 3-0

136 – Emmily Patneaud, 4th place
WIN Lillian Ruesink (Siena Heights), TF 10-0
WIN Sofia Poblano (Campbellsville), TF 12-2
LOSS Zaynah McBryde (Life), Dec. 8-4
WIN Sierra Brown Ton (Iowa), Dec. 6-1
WIN Desinee Lopez (Southern Oregon), TF 11-0
LOSS Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp

136 — Sierra Brown Ton, DNP
WIN Mallory Chunat (Hiram), Fall 2:05
LOSS Waipuilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Providence), TF 10-0
LOSS Emmily Patneaud (Iowa), Dec. 6-1

136 – Lilly Luft, 1st place
WIN Madison Small (Trine), TF 10-0
WIN Marissa Sanabria (Lindenwood), Dec. 7-0
WIN Angie Prado (Life), TF 11-0
WIN Desinee Lopez (Southern Oregon), Dec. 2-0
WIN Zaynah McBryde (Life), Fall 3:56

143 – #2 Reese Larramendy, 1st place
WIN Nathalia Rodriguez (Siena Heights), TF 10-0
WIN Danni Swihart (Unattached), TF 10-0
WIN Alexandra Lopez (Menlo), Fall 1:46
WIN Valarie Hamilton (Unattached), Dec. 10-1
WIN Ella Schmit (Iowa), Dec. 13-6

143 – #4 Ella Schmit, 2nd place
WIN Michael Hamp (Unattached), Fall 0:34
WIN Aspen Dodge (Providence), Fall 2:07
WIN Emma Walker (Campbellsville), TF 17-7
LOSS #2 Reese Larramendy (Iowa), Dec. 13-6

143 – Danni Swihart, DNP (Unattached)
LOSS #2 Reese Larramendy (Iowa), TF 10-0
WIN Natalie Kutzli (Rochester), Fall 4:15
LOSS Candice Corralejo (Southern Oregon), TF 12-1

170 – #3 Haley Ward, 2nd place
WIN Desarae Matheny (Southern Oregon), Fall 1:25
WIN Grace Doering (Indiana Tech), Dec. 7-0
WIN Shenita Lawson (Southern Oregon), Dec. 5-0
LOSS #1 Kylie Welker (Iowa), TF 11-0

170 – #1 Kylie Welker, 1st place
WIN Tia Leahy (Tiffin), TF 12-0
WIN Gabrielle Holloway (St Andrews), TF 10-0
WIN Faith Macharia (Missouri Baptist), Fall 0:38
WIN #3 Haley Ward (Iowa), TF 11-0

191 – #3 Jaycee Foeller, 1st place
WIN Sara Lake (Lindenwood), Dec. 6-4
WIN Noami Duenas (Cumberlands), Fall 2:10
WIN Madeline Welch (Life), Dec. 3-1
WIN Maquoia Bernabe (Cumberlands), Dec. 7-0

191 – #9 Alivia White, 3rd place

WIN Aaliyah Presley (Unattached), TF 11-0

WIN Kennedy Eggering (Lindenwood), Dec. 5-0

WIN Alexis Tupuola (Providence), Fall 2:19

LOSS Maquoia Bernabe (Cumberlands), Dec. 5-0

WIN Noami Duenas (Cumberlands), Dec. 11-4

WIN Madeline Welch (Life), Dec. 2-1

 

Our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits had a perfect weekend of wrestling. The incoming recruits for the men’s program were a combined 10-0 with six pins and four tech falls. 

Our recruits for the women’s program were a combined 11-0 with 11 pins at Regionals. Nine of the eleven pins were in the first period.

 

On Sunday the Iowa Hawkeyes picked up a shutout with a 46-0 win over Big Ten foe Northwestern. The Hawks had four tech falls, two pins, and two major decisions.

Caleb Rathjen (149) and Ben Kueter(Hwt) picked up pins. Drake Ayala, Cullan Schriever, Brody Teske, and Mike Caliendo won by tech fall. Patrick Kennedy and Zach Glazier won by a major decision.

The Hawks will be back on the mat Friday for a Big Ten dual meet at Michigan at 7:30 PM CST on BTN.

#3 Iowa 46, Northwestern 0

125 – #5 Drake Ayala (I) tech. fall Massey Odiotti (N), 19-4

133 – Cullan Schriever (I) tech. fall Patrick Adams (N), 24-9

141 – Brody Teske (I) tech. fall Kolby McClain (N), 17-1

149 – #11 Caleb Rathjen (I) pinned Aiden Vandenbush (N), 3:46

157 – #2 Jared Franek (I) dec. #19 Trevor Chumbley (N), 4-1 SV1

165 – #6 Michael Caliendo (I) tech. fall #15 Maxx Mayfield (N), 21-5

174 – #9 Patrick Kennedy (I) major dec. David Ferante (N), 11-2

184 – Aiden Riggins (I) dec. #24 Troy Fisher (N), 4-2

197 – #14 Zach Glazier (I) major dec. Evan Bates (N), 11-2

285 – Ben Kueter (I) pinned Jack Jessen (N), 0:45

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Seven Hawkeyes placed at the Pat “Flash” Flanagan Open in Dubuque on Saturday. Kale Petersen(133), Cade Siebrecht(149), Drake Rhodes(165), Will Carano(174), and Easton Fleshman(Hwt) placed second.

Carter Martinson placed third at 157 and Isaiah Fenton was fifth at 165.

Charles Matthews(141), Carson Martinson(165), and Aidan McCain(184) did not place.

 

 

Open 133

Champ. Round 1 – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by tech fall over Justin Bradford (Indian Hills CC) (TF 20-4)

Quarterfinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by fall over Ryan Lobato (Grandview) (Fall 1:33)

Semifinal – Kale Petersen (Iowa) won by major decision over Conner Nevin (Upper Iowa) (Maj 13-1)

1st Place Match – Ben Bast (Unattached) won by fall over Kale Petersen (Iowa) (Fall 2:38)

 

Open 141

Champ. Round 1 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Troy Dolphin (UW Parkside) won by decision over Charles Matthews (Iowa) (Dec 10-9)

Cons. Round 2 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by decision over Julian Marrufo (York ) (Dec 10-3)

Cons. Round 3 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won in sudden victory – 1 over Hector Holguin (York ) (SV-1 4-1)

Cons. Round 4 – Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by major decision over Damon Huston (Iowa State) (Maj 12-4)

Consolation 1st – Drew Woodley (Iowa State) won by tech fall over Charles Matthews (Iowa) (TF 15-0)

 

Open 149

Champ. Round 1 – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won by tech fall over Garrett Head (Indian Hills CC) (TF 17-2)

Quarterfinal – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won by decision over Abel Gaitan (Grandview) (Dec 5-4)

Semifinal – Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) won in double overtime over Chase Fiser (Loras College) (2-OT 6-5)

1st Place Match – Carter Fousek (Iowa State) won in sudden victory – 1 over Cade Siebrecht (Iowa) (SV-1 4-1)

 

Open 157

Champ. Round 1 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Jacob Hinkle (Loras College) (TF 16-0)

Champ. Round 2 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by fall over Joshua Zeman (St Ambrose) (Fall 2:02)

Quarterfinal – Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) won by decision over Carter Martinson (Iowa) (Dec 9-8)

Cons. Round 3 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by decision over Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) (Dec 7-4)

Cons. Round 4 – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by decision over Kavan Troy (Northern Illinois) (Dec 9-8)

3rd Place Match – Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by disqualification over Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) (DQ)

 

Open 165

Carson Martinson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Izzy Moreno (Northern Iowa) won by major decision over Carson Martinson (Iowa) (Maj 9-1)

Cons. Round 1 – Carson Martinson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 2 – Dajun Johnson (Unattached) won by decision over Carson Martinson (Iowa) (Dec 4-2)

 

Open 165

Isaiah Fenton’s place is 5th and has scored 14.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by fall over Clay Schemmel (Cornell College) (Fall 2:47)

Champ. Round 2 – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by tech fall over Scott Burke (Unattached) (TF 20-5)

Quarterfinal – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by decision over Ben Faber (Loras College) (Dec 7-1)

Semifinal – Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) won by tech fall over Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) (TF 17-1)

Cons. Round 4 – Izzy Moreno (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)

5th Place Match – Isaiah Fenton (Iowa) won by medical forfeit over Brice Coleman (Indian Hills CC) (MFF)

 

Open 165

Champ. Round 1 – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Bryce Dodge (Iowa Central CC) (TF 18-2)

Champ. Round 2 – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Aiden Cartwright (Loras College) (TF 17-2)

Quarterfinal – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by decision over Connor Euton (Iowa State) (Dec 12-8)

Semifinal – Drake Rhodes (Iowa) won by tech fall over Brice Coleman (Indian Hills CC) (TF 19-4)

1st Place Match – Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Drake Rhodes (Iowa) (Dec 9-8)

 

Open 174

Champ. Round 1 – Will Carano (Iowa) won by fall over Luke Battaglia (Loras College) (Fall 0:42)

Quarterfinal – Will Carano (Iowa) won by tech fall over Austin Wilkins (Cornell College) (TF 16-1)

Semifinal – Will Carano (Iowa) won by decision over Caden Schmidt (Iowa State) (Dec 7-3)

1st Place Match – Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Will Carano (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)

 

Open 184

Champ. Round 1 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Champ. Round 2 – Tate Naaktgeboren (Iowa State) won by fall over Aidan McCain (Iowa) (Fall 1:17)

Cons. Round 2 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)

Cons. Round 3 – Aidan McCain (Iowa) won by decision over Landry Barker (Loras College) (Dec 19-13)

Cons. Round 4 – Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) won by fall over Aidan McCain (Iowa) (Fall 4:52)

 

Open 285

Champ. Round 1 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Guyon Cyprian (UW Oskosh) (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 2 – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by fall over Kevin Machado (University of Dubuque Wrestling club) (Fall 1:12)

Quarterfinal – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Xavier Bruening (Iowa State) (Dec 5-1)

Semifinal – Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by decision over Jason Guadarrama (UW Parkside) (Dec 5-0)

1st Place Match – Nathan Schon (Iowa State) won by decision over Easton Fleshman (Iowa) (Dec 10-6)

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits had a perfect weekend of wrestling. The incoming recruits for the men’s program were a combined 10-0 with six pins and four tech falls. 

Drake Ayala won the Alliance Conference Tournament with a fall and two tech falls. Jake Howell was 2-0 with two pins to win the Centennial League Championships and Leister Bowling was 4-0 with three pins and a tech fall to win the Duff Seaney Invitational.

Leo DeLuca won by tech fall over Aiden Yarussi of North Hunterdon in a dual meet.

Our recruits for the women’s program were a combined 11-0 with 11 pins at Regionals. Nine of the eleven pins were in the first period. Regionals is the first step to win a state title.

Cadence Diduch was 3-0 with three pins at the IHSA Girls Regional in Erie, Kiara Djoumessi was 4-0 with four pins at Regional Qualifier 7, and Naomi Simon was 4-0 with four pins at Regional Qualifier 8.

As I have done for years I will continue to post a blog on Friday of where our incoming recruits will be competing for the weekend and a follow up blog with results.

 

 

Recruiting Class of 2024

Dru Ayala – Fort Dodge, Iowa  120 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Alliance Conference Tournament (DM North)

Quarterfinal – Dru Ayala (Fort Dodge) won by fall over Jameson Jordan (Des Moines Roosevelt) (Fall 1:18)

Semifinal – Dru Ayala (Fort Dodge) won by tech fall over James Headrick (Ames) (TF-1.5 5:07 (18-3))

1st Place Match – Dru Ayala (Fort Dodge) won by tech fall over Reed Kruger (Mason City) (TF-1.5 4:45 (22-7))

 

Keyan Hernandez – Billings (West), Montana 126 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Miguel Estrada  Bakersfield (Frontier HS), California  144 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Angelo Ferrari – Melissa, Texas  175 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Jake Howell –  Glenwood Village (Cherry Creek HS), Colorado  215 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Centennial League Championships (Arapahoe HS/Centennial)

Quarterfinal – Jake Howell (Cherry Creek) received a bye

Semifinal – Jake Howell (Cherry Creek) won by fall over Matthew Redfearn (Arapahoe) (Fall 2:38)

1st Place Match – Jake Howell (Cherry Creek) won by fall over Amani Fuque (Mullen) (Fall 1:30)

 

Recruiting Class of 2025

Leo DeLuca  – Blair Academy New Jersey  120 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – North Hunterdon (dual meet)

Leo DeLuca (Blair) won by tech fall over Aiden Yarussi (North Hunterdon)

 

Leister Bowling – Mead, Colorado  175 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Duff Seaney Invitational (Canyon City)

Champ. Round 1 – Leister Bowling (Mead) won by fall over Xavier Hoyle (Ellicott) (Fall 2:38)

Quarterfinal – Leister Bowling (Mead) won by tech fall over Kai Wilcox (Colorado Springs Christian School) (TF-1.5 3:55 (21-6))

Semifinal – Leister Bowling (Mead) won by fall over Jeff Dooley (Manitou Springs) (Fall 2:30)

1st Place Match – Leister Bowling (Mead) won by fall over Arath Lopez (Rifle) (Fall 3:49)

 

Women’s Recruiting Class of 2024

Val Solorio – Canon-McMillan HS, Pennsylvania  100 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Karlee Brooks – Valiant College Prep HS (Phoenix, AZ)  120 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Cadence Diduch – Freeport, Illinois  135 lbs.

Fri/Sat Jan 26-27 – at IHSA Girls Regional (Erie)

Quarterfinal – Cadence Diduch (Freeport (H.S.)) won by fall over Skyann Munz (Sterling (H.S.)) (Fall 4:47)

Semifinal – Cadence Diduch (Freeport (H.S.)) won by fall over Gia Ritter (Geneseo) (Fall 1:37)

1st Place Match – Cadence Diduch (Freeport (H.S.)) won by fall over Nadia Anderson (Sherrard) (Fall 1:03)

 

Kiara Djoumessi – Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa  140 lbs.

Fri Jan 26 – at Regional Qualifier 7 (Mason City)

Champ. Round 1 – Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock) received a bye

Champ. Round 2 – Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock won by fall over Chralie Larsen (Clear Lake) (Fall 1:04)

Quarterfinal – Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Olivia Hoy (NH/TV) (Fall 0:25)

Semifinal – Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Anna Johnson (Cedar Falls) (Fall 3:08)

1st Place Match – Kiara Djoumessi (Waverly-Shell Rock) won by fall over Abigail O`Rear (West Delaware, Manchester) (Fall 0:52)

 

Naomi Simon – Decorah, Iowa 170 lbs.

Fri Jan 26 – at Regional Qualifier 8 (Mason City)

Champ. Round 1 – Naomi Simon (Decorah) received a bye

Champ. Round 2 – Naomi Simon (Decorah) won by fall over Jordynn Fink (Center Point-Urbana) (Fall 1:17)

Quarterfinal – Naomi Simon (Decorah) won by fall over Addison Schenker (Osage) (Fall 0:44)

Semifinal – Naomi Simon (Decorah) won by fall over Kailan McEwen (BCLUW-SH) (Fall 1:11)

1st Place Match – Naomi Simon (Decorah) won by fall over Kynnedy Gunderson (Iowa Falls-Alden) (Fall 1:01)

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

We have a huge weekend of Iowa wrestling upon us. There is so much going on I wanted to list a schedule to keep you organized and ready to go following the Hawks.

Actually the weekend has already started with our recruits in competition in Regionals. In Mason City Kiara Djoumessi in Regional Qualifier 7, Naomi Simon at the Regional Qualifier 8 and Cadence Diduch at the IHSA Girls Regional in Erie, IL all received a first round bye.

 

Friday, January 26

Iowa Women’s Wrestling recruits competing in Regionals

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/iowa-recruits-in-action-jan-26-27/

Iowa Women’s team at Indiana Tech Duals vs. Campbellsville at 2 PM CST and Indiana Tech at 4 PM

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/iowa-womens-wrestling-team-at-indiana-tech-duals-jan-26/

Iowa vs. Illinois on BTN at 8 PM

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/illinois-and-northwestern-preview/

 

 

Saturday, January 27

Iowa Women’s team at Indiana Tech Warrior Open at 8 AM CST

10 Hawks competing at Flash Flanagan Open at 9 AM

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/hawks-to-compete-at-flash-flanagan-open-2/

Iowa recruits in action across the country

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/iowa-recruits-in-action-jan-26-27/

 

 

Sunday, January 28

Iowa vs. Northwestern at 2 PM 

https://iowawrestlingblog.com/2024/01/illinois-and-northwestern-preview/

 

I will have follow up blogs with results for all of the Iowa Wrestling competition this weekend.

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

We have another big weekend of competition for our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits. Dru Ayala will be at the Alliance Conference Tournament at Des Moines North High School and Keyan Hernandez will be at the 19-team Battle on the Bighorn in Hardin, Montana on Saturday.

In Colorado on Saturday Jake Howell will be at the Centennial League Championships in Centennial and Leister Bowling will be at the 24-team Duff Seaney Invitational in Canyon City.

Leo DeLuca will have a home dual meet against North Hunterdon on Saturday.

It is tournament time for girls wrestling. Regionals is the first step for our recruits becoming a state champion. Cadence Diduch will be at the IHSA Girls Regional in Erie on Friday and Saturday. 

On Friday in Mason City Kiara Djoumessi will be competing at Regional Qualifier 7 and Naomi Simon at the Regional Qualifier 8.

Best of luck to all of our recruits as they pursue becoming a 2024 state champion.

As I have done for years I will continue to post a blog on Friday of where our incoming recruits will be competing for the weekend and a follow up blog with results.

 

 

Recruiting Class of 2024

Dru Ayala – Fort Dodge, Iowa  120 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Alliance Conference Tournament (DM North)

 

Keyan Hernandez – Billings (West), Montana 126 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Battle on the Big Horn (Hardin, MT)

 

Miguel Estrada  Bakersfield (Frontier HS), California  144 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Angelo Ferrari – Melissa, Texas  175 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Jake Howell –  Glenwood Village (Cherry Creek HS), Colorado  215 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Centennial League Championships (Arapahoe HS/Centennial)

 

Recruiting Class of 2025

Leo DeLuca  – Blair Academy New Jersey  120 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – North Hunterdon (dual meet)

 

Leister Bowling – Mead, Colorado  175 lbs.

Sat Jan 27 – at Duff Seaney Invitational (Canyon City)

 

Women’s Recruiting Class of 2024

Val Solorio – Canon-McMillan HS, Pennsylvania  100 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Karlee Brooks – Valiant College Prep HS (Phoenix, AZ)  120 lbs.

No competition scheduled.

 

Cadence Diduch – Freeport, Illinois  135 lbs.

Fri/Sat Jan 26-27 – at IHSA Girls Regional (Erie)

 

Kiara Djoumessi – Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa  140 lbs.

Fri Jan 26 – at Regional Qualifier 7 (Mason City)

 

Naomi Simon – Decorah, Iowa 170 lbs.

Fri Jan 26 – at Regional Qualifier 8 (Mason City)

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Ten Iowa wrestlers will be competing at the Pat “Flash” Flanagan Open in Dubuque on Saturday, January 27. Iowa wrestlers have been competing at this tournament for years. Wrestling will begin at 9 AM in the Graber Sports Center on the Loras campus.

Former Iowa Hawkeye Jeren Glosser is the Head Coach at Loras and Aaron Costello is an Assistant Coach.

I will post a blog with results.

 

 

133 – Kale Petersen

141 – Charles Matthews

149 – Cade Siebrecht

157 – Carter Martinson

165 – Carson Martinson*

165 – Isaiah Fenton*

165 – Drake Rhodes

174 – Will Carano

184 – Aidan McCain*

Hwt – Easton Fleshman*

Unattached – *

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Iowa Hawkeyes will take to the road this weekend for two Big Ten dual meets. The Hawks will be at Illinois on Friday at 8PM. On Sunday Iowa will be at Northwestern at 2 PM.

As with all Big Ten matches you always have to be looking ahead for seeds at the Big Ten Championships and even the NCAA National Tournament. Every match counts for seeds.

Iowa has only one wrestler listed at each weight except for at Hwt where Brad Hill and Ben Kueter are both listed. Hill is ranked #28 by InterMat and Kueter is #28 by Flo.

The big match for me this weekend will be at 174 where we will see #9 Patrick Kennedy vs. #3 Edmond Ruth of Illinois. This will be a great test to see where Kennedy is at on the national scene. This is the type of match that you could see in the semifinals of the National Tournament. I am looking forward to it. 

Cullan Schriever is at 133 and Caleb Rathjen at 149. #11 Rathjen may face #8 Kannon Webster of Illinois. The starting spot at 133 and 149 is on the line. Actually I thought we may see Victor Voinovich in one of the matches this weekend at 149.

I am looking for Iowa to win these two dual meets by a lopsided score. 

The Iowa-Illinois meet on Friday, January 26 will be live on BTN at 8 PM. 

The Iowa-Northwestern meet on Sunday, January 28 will be streamed on BIG+ at 2 PM.

You can listen to both Iowa dual meets on iheart.com, YouTube, and AM 800 KXIC where Steven Grace and Mark Ironside will call the action.

 

 

3 IOWA HAWKEYES (8-0) 2023-24 Overall

Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record

125 3/5/6/4 Drake Ayala So. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 15-2

133 Cullan Schriever Jr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 6-1

141 1/1/1/1 Real Woods R-Sr. Albuquerque, New Mexico/Montini Catholic (Ill.) 12-0

149 16/11/14/17 Caleb Rathjen So. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny 11-2

157 4/2/2/3 Jared Franek Grad. Harwood, North Dakota/West Fargo 16-1

165 7/6/6/7 Michael Caliendo So. Geneva, Illinois/Batavia 16-1

174 11/9/13/8 Patrick Kennedy Jr. Kasson-Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 8-2

184 Aiden Riggins R-Fr. Janesville, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock 9-9

197 10/14/13/13 Zach Glazier Sr. Albert Lea, Minnesota/Albert Lea 16-0

285 –/28/–/– Bradley Hill R-Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf 14-4

-or- –/–/28/– Ben Kueter Fr. Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City 1-0

^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN

 

ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (3-4) 2023-24 Overall

Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record

125 Justin Cardani R-Sr Champaign, Illinois/Centennial 2-5

-or- Caelan Riley So. Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville 8-4

133 –/30/29/– Tony Madrigal Grad. Chicago, Illinois/Oak Park & River Forest 1-2

141 –/25/22/– Danny Pucino R-So. Libertyville, Illinois/Libertyville 8-6

-or- Will Baysingar Fr. Mt. Prospect, Illinois/Prospect 7-5

149 Jake Harrier R-So. Algonquin, Illinois/Jacobs 2-6

-or- 6/8/10/5 Kannon Webster Fr. Toulon, Illinois/Washington Community 11-1

157 Joe Roberts Jr. Aurora, Illinois/Montini Catholic 5-4

165 –/24/32/– Chris Moore Fr. McHenry, Illinois/McHenry 7-5

174 6/3/5/5 Edmond Ruth R-Jr. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania/Susquehanna Township 12-1

184 –/29/30/– Dylan Connell R-So. Marengo, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic 3-4

197 Chase Waggoner Jr. Lake Forest, Illinois/Lake Forest 2-6

-or- Joey Braunagel Jr. Belleville, Illinois/Althoff Catholic5-5

285 Sungyup Ryu Fr. Seoul, South Korea/Porrsmouth Abbey 5-5

-or- Peter Marinopolous Fr. Chicago, Illinois/Marist 4-1

 

NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS (0-2) 2023-24 Overall

Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record

125 Massey Odiotti Fr. Wilmette, Illinois/Loyola Academy 3-8

133 Patrick Adams So. Jersey City, New Jersey/St. Peter’s Prep 0-6

141 Joel VanderVere So. Gurnee, Illinois/Warren Township4-2

-or- Luis Bazan Fr. Winter Park, Florida/Lake Highland Prep 1-4

149 Aiden Vandenbush So. Random Lake/Random Lake 3-10

-or- Sam Cartella Fr. Hudson, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy 13-7

157 20/19/22/19 Trevor Chumbley Jr. St. Charles, Illinosi/Marmion Academy 10-5

165 20/15/18/15 Maxx Mayfield Jr. Lincoln, Nebraska/Lincoln East 11-6

174 David Ferrante Jr. Evansville, Indiana/Mater Dei 9-7

-or- Joseph Martin R-Fr. Clovis, California/Buchanan 3-2

184 –/24/23/17 Troy Fisher R-Fr. Garden Plain, Kansas/Goddard 8-11

197 Evan Bates So. Chesteron, Indiana/Chesterton 6-6

285 Jack Jessen Sr.. Villa Park, Illinois/Willowbrook 4-3

-or- Jon Halvorsen Jr. Park Ridge, Illinois/Maine South 5-4

^ WIN/Intermat/Flo/AWN

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling team will be on the road for two dual meets on Friday, January 26 at the Indiana Tech Warrior Duals in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Iowa will face Campbellsville at 2 PM CST and Indiana Tech at 4 PM.

In NAIA rankings Indiana Tech is #13 with ten wrestlers ranked. Campbellsville is ranked #13 with nine ranked wrestlers.

The Indiana Tech dual meet will be streamed live on the Indiana Tech Athletics YouTube page:   https://www.youtube.com/@INTechWarriors

Probable lineups were not released by the University of Iowa for any of the programs competing.

The Indiana Tech Warrior Open on Saturday is listed on the Iowa Women’s Wrestling schedule but was not mentioned in the press release. I will let you know if we have any of our wrestlers compete on Saturday.

 

 

Iowa is ranked #2 in the country in the NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Rankings.

NWCA NCAA Women’s Coaches Rankings – January 18, 2024

101 – #1 Emilie Gonzalez  #2 Sterling Dias

109 – #2 Ava Bayless

116 – #3 Brianna Gonzalez

123 – #3 Felicity Taylor 

130 – #10 Emily Frost

143 – #2 Resse Larramendy  #4 Ella Schmit 

155 – #1 Marlynne Deede  #9 Bella Mir

170 – #1 Kylie Welker  #3 Haley Ward

191 – #3 Jaycee Fowler  #9 Alivia White

 

NAIA Rankings

101 11th Makayla Young Indiana Tech    101 14th Sydney Kutzke Indiana Tech

101 15th Riley Banyas Campbellsville University

109 9th Tehani Soares Indiana Tech

116 4th Icart Galumette Campbellsville University   116 20th Riley Horvath Indiana Tech

123 5th Josie Davis Campbellsville University

130 10th Ellyana Kuzma Indiana Tech  130 20th Marisa Moffitt Indiana Tech 8

130 15th Cameron Ortiz Campbellsville University

136 10th Gabriella Perez Campbellsville University   136 15th Taylor Howell Campbellsville University

136 19th Carley Anderson Indiana Tech

143 2nd Emma Walker Campbellsville University   143 15th Maia Crumb Indiana Tech

155 4th Kendra Thompson Campbellsville University

170 12th Grace Doering Indiana Tech   170 16th Catherine McNulty Indiana Tech 

170 15th Sierra Chavez Campbellsville University

 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!