Incoming Iowa Wrestling recruit Aiden Riggins has been selected to compete in the 2022 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic on Friday, March 25. Riggins will represent the USA All Stars vs. Pennsylvania All Stars at Peters Township High School at 7 PM CST. The meet will be broadcast live on FloWrestling. This dual meet has been a tradition since 1975 and is always a showcase of future stars in wrestling.

Riggins, a senior from Janesville, Iowa, won a state title for Waverly-Shell Rock last season at 152 lbs. and was also a state runner-up and placed third. He is currently ranked #1 in the country at 160 lbs. and #20 in the P4P rankings by MatScouts.

Riggins is projected to compete at 165 and is a member of the outstanding Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2022.

I will keep you up to date with any additional details on this event right here on my blog.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Only two of our recruits will be in action this weekend. Easton Fleshman will be competing in Sectionals and Drake Rhodes will be at the Seeding Tournament.

All of our other recruits from Iowa are in 3A and will have the weekend off before Districts next weekend.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

No competition scheduled.

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Fri/Sat, Feb 4-5 at Seeding Tournament (Bozeman)

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Saturday, February 5 – at Sectionals (Spirit Lake)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

The Iowa Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin inside legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, February 5 at 2:30 PM. Wisconsin is ranked #16 for Tournaments and #13 for Dual Meets. This will be the last home appearance for the 2021-22 Iowa Wrestling team. Saturday will also be Senior Day to honor our wrestlers making their last appearance in front of the home crowd. 

Iowa Wrestling will honor the following seniors:

Aaron Costello, Dubuque, Iowa
Austin DeSanto, Exeter, Pennsylvania
Jaydin Eierman, Columbia, Missouri
Michael Kemerer, Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Alex Marinelli, Miamisburg, Ohio
Vince Turk, Hampshire, Illinois
Myles Wilson, Junction, Colorado
Kaleb Young, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

The best matchups will be #5 Alex Marinelli – #6 Dean Hamiti at 165, #10 Max Murin – #7 Austin Gomez at 149, and #4 Anthony Cassioppi – #11 Trent Hillger at Hwt.

There will be a H.A.W.K. Party in the Kinnick Room at the Radisson Hotel at 1220 1st Avenue in Coralville following the meet.

*InterMat Rankings

#2 IOWA HAWKEYES (11-1, 5-1 BIG TEN) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 

125 Jesse Ybarra *Fr. Tucson, Arizona/Sunnyside 5-3 

133 3 Austin DeSanto Sr. Exeter, Pennsylvania/Exeter (Drexel) 12-1 

141 2 Jaydin Eierman Sr. Columbia, Missouri/Father Tolton (Missouri) 12-1 

149 10 Max Murin Sr. Ebensburg, Pennsylvania/Central Cambria 7-2 -OR- Cobe Siebrecht So. Lisbon, Iowa/Lisbon 5-2 -OR- Vince Turk Sr. Hampshire, Illinois/Montini Catholic 5-1 

157 12 Kaleb Young Sr. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania/Punxsutawney 11-5 

165 5 Alex Marinelli Sr. Miamisburg, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 15-1 

174 2 Michael Kemerer Sr. Murrysville, Pennsylvania/Franklin Regional 5-1 

184 17 Abe Assad So. Carol Stream, Illinois/Glenbard North 9-4 

197 4 Jacob Warner Sr. Tolono, Illinois/Washington Community 11-2 

285 4 Tony Cassioppi Jr. Roscoe, Illinois/Hononegah 10-2

#16 WISCONSIN (9-1, 5-1 BIG TEN) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown Record 125 7 Eric Barnes Jr. Greenville, Wisconsin/Hortonville 10-1 

133 Kyle Burwick So. Hettinger, North Dakota/Hettinger 10-10 -OR- Ethan Rotondo Sr. Vancouver, Washington/Union 5-5 

141 Joseph Zargo Fr. South River, New Jersey/Bergen Catholic 11-7 

149 7 Austin Gomez Jr. Carol Stream, Illinois/Glenbard North 12-1 -OR- Aiden Medora So. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin/Brookfield Academy 3-5 

157 28 Garrett Model Sr. Stoughton, Wisconsin/Stoughton 11-7 

165 6 Dean Hamiti Fr. Joliet, Illinois/Joliet Catholic 17-0 

174 23 Andrew McNally Sr. Uniontown, Ohio/Lake 7-5 

184 27 Chris Weiler Sr. Biglerville, Pennsylvania/Lehigh 8-8 

197 22 Braxton Amos Fr. Mineral Wells, West Virginia/Parkersburg South 14-5 

285 11 Trent Hillger Sr. Holly, Michigan/Lake Fenton 13-3

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Hawks are down to just three dual meets before the tournament season begins. I like to break down each weight to see what the matchups are. Iowa will host #16 Wisconsin on Saturday for the final home appearance of the year. Iowa will then go on the road to battle #5 Oklahoma State and #7 Nebraska.

#4 Jacob Warner will continue to face the best of the best when he faces the #1, #3, and #22 ranked wrestlers in the final dual meets. #10 Max Murin will face the #7, #8, and #13 ranked wrestlers in the country.

Every one of these matches will be important for seeds at Big Tens and the NCAA National Tournament. You can bet that these three dual meets will have a lot of intense competition.

As fans we will be entertained with these three dual meets. I have no doubt about that.

*All rankings by InterMat:

Remaining schedule:

Saturday, February 5 – #16 Wisconsin  2:30 PM

Saturday, February 12 – at #5 Oklahoma State (Arlington, Texas)  6:30 PM

Sunday, February 20 – at #7 Nebraska  6 PM

Sat/Sun March 5-6 at Big Tens (Lincoln, Nebraska)

Th-Sat, March 17-19  at NCAA National Tournament (Detroit, Michigan)

125 – #11 Drake Ayala/Jesse Ybarra

Wisconsin – #7 Eric Barnett

Oklahoma State – #8 Trevor Mastrogiovanni

Nebraska – Unranked

133 – #3 Austin DeSanto

Wisconsin – Unranked

Oklahoma State – #2 Daton Fix

Nebraska – Unranked

141 – #3 Jaydin Eierman

Wisconsin – Unranked

Oklahoma State – #21 Carter Young

Nebraska – #8 Chad Red

149 – #10 Max Murin

Wisconsin – #7 Austin Gomez

Oklahoma State – #13 Kaden Gfeller

Nebraska – #8 Ridge Lovett

157 – #12 Kalab Young

Wisconsin – #28 Garrett Model

Oklahoma State – #18 Wyatt Sheets

Nebraska – #5 Peyton Robb

165 – #5 Alex Marinelli

Wisconsin – #6 Dean Hamiti

Oklahoma State – #10 Travis Wittlake

Nebraska – #29 Bubba Wilson

174 – #2 Michael Kemerer

Wisconsin – #23 Andrew McNally

Oklahoma State – #10 Dustin Plott

Nebraska – #5 Mikey Labriola

184 – #17 Abe Assad

Wisconsin – #27 Chris Weiler

Oklahoma State – #11 Dakota Geer

Nebraska – #9 Taylor Venz

197 – #4 Jacob Warner

Wisconsin – #22 Braxton Amos

Oklahoma State – #1 AJ Ferrari

Nebraska – #3 Eric Schultz

Hwt. – #4 Tony Cassioppi

Wisconsin – #11 Trent Hillger

Oklahoma State – #33 Luke Surber

Nebraska – #12 Christian Lance

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Hawks are now #2 in the new InterMat rankings. Iowa was five points behind Michigan at #3 last week. Iowa is now ranked second 14.5 points ahead of #3 Michigan. #1 Penn State is 30.5 points ahead of Iowa.

Tony Cassioppi went from #5 to #4 at Hwt. Every other Iowa wrestler stayed the same in the rankings.

(11) Ayala, (3) DeSanto, (2) Eierman, (10) Murin), (12) Young, (5) Marinelli, (2) Kemerer, (17) Assad, and (4) Warner.

In the Dual Meet Rankings it is Penn State, Iowa, Michigan, and NC State for the top four. 

Iowa will host #16 Wisconsin at 2:30 PM CST in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday for the last home dual meet of the year. It will be Senior and Alumni Day.

InterMat Rankings -February 1, 2022

Tournament Team Rankings/Points

1. Penn State  118
2. Iowa  87.5
3. Michigan  73
4. Arizona State  65

Dual Meet

1. Penn State
2. Iowa
3. Michigan
4. NC State

125  Drake Ayala – 11th

133  Austin DeSanto – 3rd

141 Jaydin Eierman – 2nd

149 Max Murin – 10th

157 Kaleb Young – 12th 

165 Alex Marinelli – 5th

174 Michael Kemerer – 2nd

184 Abe Assad – 17th

197 Jacob Warner – 4th

Hwt Tony Cassioppii – 4th

For the complete InterMat rankings:

https://intermatwrestle.com/rankings/college?

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The annual Hawkeye Wrestling Club Arctic Plunge was a big success Saturday. A good crowd of hearty Iowa Wrestling fans braved the cold as jumpers took the plunge into the icy water at Brown Deer Golf Course in Coralville.  Over $180,000 was raised for the HWC.

A big thank you for all that contributed and raised money for the HWC.

A reminder that the HWC is raffling off a 2021 vivid black, 6-speed Harley-Davidson with a market value of $14,999. It is $50 per ticket for the raffle and the drawing will be on June 18.

To buy a ticket(s):

https://donorbox.org/embed/hwc-sportster-harley

I will keep you up to date with all of the fundraising events for the HWC right here on my blog.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

It was a good weekend for our incoming Iowa Wrestling recruits competing at their conference tournaments. At the CIML Jesuroga, Jesuroga, Martinson and Martinson all won titles and Rhodes placed second. At the NEIC Riggins and Block won titles. Block defeated Iowa State recruit Carter Fousek of Crestwood 5-3 for the title at 138.

Kueter won the MVC, Hill the MAC and Fleshman the Siouxland.

Rhodes, Griffith, Franklin, and Arnold did not compete this weekend.

The tournament season begins next weekend in Iowa.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (132 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Quarterfinal – Jace Rhodes (Mason City) won by tech fall over Aidan Honkomp (Johnston) (TF-1.5 4:07 (19-4))

Semifinal – Jace Rhodes (Mason City) won by decision over Cooper Hanson (Southeast Polk) (Dec 7-1)

1st Place Match – Evan Frost (Dowling Catholic) won by decision over Jace Rhodes (Mason City) (Dec 8-4)

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Quarterfinal – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Jackson Kluesner (Urbandale) (Fall 3:19)

Semifinal – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Luke Hageman (Marshalltown) (Fall 0:41)

1st Place Match – Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by decision over Jace Anderson (Ankeny) (Dec 8-3)

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Champ. Round 1 – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Mason Liska (Fort Dodge) (Fall 1:16)

Quarterfinal – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by major decision over Daniel Zeoh (Des Moines East) (MD 14-2)

Semifinal – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Hunter Bagby (Urbandale) (Fall 1:14)

1st Place Match – Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by decision over Carter Cahill (Ankeny Centennial) (Dec 7-4)

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Quarterfinal – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Evan Pollard (Dowling Catholic) (Fall 1:02)

Semifinal – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by fall over Cal Hartman (Fort Dodge) (Fall 3:30)

1st Place Match – Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) won by decision over Jackson Helmkamp (Ankeny Centennial) (Dec 9-2)

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, January 29 at Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament (New Hampton)

Quarterfinal – Aiden Riggins (Waverly) won by tech fall over Ashton Wohlfeil (Waukon) (TF-1.5 2:00 (19-3))

Semifinal – Aiden Riggins (Waverly) won by fall over Kayden Blunt (Charles City) (Fall 1:12)

1st Place Match – Aiden Riggins (Waverly) won by fall over Zander Wedemeier (Waverly) (Fall 1:03)

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

Did not compete.

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

Did not compete.

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

Did not compete.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

Saturday, Jan 29 at MAC Championships

Quarterfinal – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) received a bye

Semifinal – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) won by fall over Kaden Fisher (Muscatine) (Fall 0:37)

1st Place Match – Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) won by tech fall over AJ Petersen (North Scott) (TF-1.5 4:50 (20-5))

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Friday, January 28 at Siouxland Conference Tournament (Sioux Center)

Quarterfinal – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) received a bye

Semifinal – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) won by fall over Jesus Garcia (Rock Valley (Boyden-Hull/RV)) (Fall 1:04)

1st Place Match – Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) won by decision over Ethan Hooyer (Sioux Center) (Dec 4-1)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Quarterfinal – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Xayvion Anderson (Marshalltown) (TF-1.5 4:00 (20-4))

Semifinal – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Dawson Goodwin (Ottumwa) (TF-1.5 4:21 (19-3))

1st Place Match – Nathanael Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Benjamin Hansen (Ankeny) (TF-1.5 4:25 (20-5))

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

Saturday, January 29 at Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament (New Hampton)

Quarterfinal – Ryder Block (Waverly) won by fall over Lucas Byrnes (Waukon) (Fall 0:58)

Semifinal – Ryder Block (Waverly) won by fall over Burke Busta (NHTV) (Fall 2:42)

1st Place Match – Ryder Block (Waverly) won by decision over Carter Fousek (Crestwood) (Dec 5-3)

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

Did not compete.

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

Saturday, Jan 29 at MVC Conference Tournament (Cedar Rapids Jefferson)

Quarterfinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) won by tech fall over Brendon Benton (Iowa City, Liberty) (TF-1.5 1:39 (16-1))

Semifinal – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) won by fall over Muhanned Al-Suleiman (Prairie, Cedar Rapids) (Fall 1:46)

1st Place Match – Ben Kueter (Iowa City, City High) won by tech fall over Joseph Lewis (Dubuque Hempstead) (TF-1.5 4:00 (21-5))

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

It is conference tournament week for our recruits in Iowa. Six of our recruits will be at the CIML Conference Tournament in Johnston on Friday with Jesuroga, Jesuroga, Martinson, Martinson, Rhodes, and Griffith. Hill will be at the MAC, Riggins and Block at the NEIC, Kueter at the MVC, and Fleshman at the Siouxland Conference Tournament.

This will be the last weekend of the regular season for Iowa High School wrestling as the tournament season begins next weekend with Sectionals for 1A and 2A.

I will bring you results this season for all of our incoming recruits right here on my blog. 

The future looks great for Iowa Wrestling.

Recruiting Class of 2022

Jace Rhodes – Mason City, Iowa (138 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Joel Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (145 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Carter Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (152 lb.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Carson Martinson – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Aiden Riggins – Waverly-Shell Rock HS, Iowa (160 lbs.)

Saturday, January 29 at Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament (New Hampton)

Drake Rhodes – Billings West HS, MT (160 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Mickey Griffith – Des Moines Lincoln HS, Iowa (182 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Kolby Franklin – Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (Hwt)

No competition scheduled.

Brad Hill – Bettendorf, Iowa (195 lbs.)

Saturday, Jan 29 at MAC Championships (Muscatine)

Easton Fleshman – West Lyon HS, Iowa (Hwt)

Friday, January 28 at Siouxland Conference Tournament (Sioux Center)

Recruiting Class of 2023

Nate Jesuroga – Southeast Polk HS, Iowa (126 lbs.)

Friday, January 28 at CIML Conference Tournament (Johnston)

Ryder Block – Waverly-Shell Rock (138 lbs.)

Saturday, January 29 at Northeast Iowa Conference Tournament (New Hampton)

Gabe Arnold – Wyoming Seminary (PA) (170 lbs.)

No competition scheduled.

Ben Kueter – City High HS, Iowa (220 lbs.)

Saturday, Jan 29 at MVC Conference Tournament (Cedar Rapids Jefferson)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!  

It’s finally here. Iowa-Penn State. The most anticipated dual meet of the entire college wrestling season. At 8 PM CST Friday the wrestling community and the sports world will take note of what is going on in Carver-Hawkeye Arena with this dual meet. 

BTN will have the dual meet live and FloWrestling will have an audio stream of the dual.

The probable lineups were released yesterday. Iowa and Penn State have two wrestlers listed at several weights. Ayala and Ybarra are both listed at 125 and DeSanto and Schriever are listed at 133. Penn State has two wrestlers listed at 157 and 165.

Penn State will have the higher ranked wrestler in seven of ten weights and enter the meet with four wrestlers ranked #1 along with a #2 and #3. It is pretty obvious that Iowa will have to upset at least one and probably two of those six wrestlers ranked 1,2, or 3 to win the dual meet. It would only be an upset in the rankings, not to me.

Should Iowa put their #1 wrestler on the mat at every weight I believe this will be a close dual meet and the Hawks will have a real good shot at winning. Without all of their varsity wrestlers in the lineup it will be very difficult for Iowa to win.

I am looking for the strongest Iowa lineup possible and a little “Carver Magic” to being the key to a dual meet victory. The fans are going to be worth some points for Iowa. This one dual meet is why an amazing record 14,000 plus season tickets were sold by early November. This will be the type of an electric atmosphere that very few athletes will ever compete in at any level and in any sport. Iowa Wrestling fans want this dual meet and will be a loud, intense, and passionate crowd.

The atmosphere inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena for this dual meet is a big reason why our current lineup and incoming recruits chose to be an Iowa Hawkeye. Also the reason why so many people chose to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

The Hawks will have Dan Gable in the front row as a fan and Spencer Lee on the sideline coaching up his boys. Gotta think that is worth something as well.

I have no doubt that the fur has been flying in the Iowa Wrestling Room inside the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex in Carver-Hawkeye Arena this week. I expect a top performance by the Hawks. 

To me it comes down to Iowa getting the upset(s) according to the rankings and the heart of the lineup. Murin (149), Young(157), Marinelli (165) and Kemerer (174) are the key. With all of our starters in the lineup and leadership from Murin, Young, Marinelli, and Kemerer I believe Iowa will win this dual meet.

I have been saying for years in this blog that Iowa Wrestling is my entertainment. I plan on being entertained Friday night inside legendary Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Let’s make some memories.

#2 IOWA HAWKEYES (11-0, 5-0 BIG TEN) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record

125 11 Drake Ayala Fr. Fort Dodge, Iowa/Fort Dodge 13-4 -OR- Jesse Ybarra *Fr. Tucson, Arizona/Sunnyside 2-2 

133 3 Austin DeSanto Sr. Exeter, Pennsylvania/Exeter (Drexel) 12-0 -OR- Cullan Schriever *Fr. Mason City, Iowa/Mason City 15-5 

141 2 Jaydin Eierman Sr. Columbia, Missouri/Father Tolton (Missouri) 12-0 

149 10 Max Murin Sr. Ebensburg, Pennsylvania/Central Cambria 6-2 

157 12 Kaleb Young Sr. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania/Punxsutawney 10-5 

165 5 Alex Marinelli Sr. Miamisburg, Ohio/St. Paris Graham 14-1 

174 2 Michael Kemerer Sr. Murraysville, Pennsylvania/Franklin Regional 5-0 

184 17 Abe Assad So. Carol Stream, Illinois/Glenbard North 9-3 

197 4 Jacob Warner Sr. Tolono, Illinois/Washington Community 11-1 

285 5 Tony Cassioppi Jr. Roscoe, Illinois/Hononegah 10-2

#1 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (13-0, 5-0 BIG TEN) 2021-22 Overall Wt. Rank^ Name Yr. Hometown/High School Record 

125 7 Drew Hildebrandt Sr. Granger, Indiana/Penn 4-1 

133 1 Roman Bravo-Young Jr. Tucson, Arizona/Sunny Side 10-0 

141 1 Nick Lee Sr. Evansville, Indiana/Homeschool 10-0 

149 19 Beau Bartlett So. Tempe, Arizona/Wyoming Seminary 10-3 

157 Terrell Barraclough So. Kaysville, Utah/Layton 6-6 -OR- Tony Negron Jr. North Babylon, New York/North Babylon 1-5 

165 11 Brady Berge Sr. Mantorville, Minnesota/Kasson-Mantorville 3-0 -OR- Creighton Edsell Jr. Wyalusing, Pennsylvania/Wyalusing 7-3 

174 1 Carter Starocci So. Erie, Pennsylvania/Cathedral Prep 13-0 

184 1 Aaron Brooks Jr. Hagerstown, Maryland/North Hagerstown 11-0 

197 2 Max Dean Jr. Lowell, Michigan/Lowell 12-1 

285 3 Greg Kerkvliet So. Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota/Simley 11-0

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Victoria Francis of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be competing in the Bout at the Ballpark. Francis will represent Team USA at 76 kg in a dual meet with Mongolia. The Men’s USA Freestyle team takes on Iran while Iowa and Oklahoma State do battle at Globe Life Field in Arlington ,Texas on Saturday, February 12.

Francis joined the HWC in September and is currently ranked #3 on Team USA for our Women’s Freestyle team. She is a two-time (2017,’19) Senior World Team member at 76 kg and placed fifth at the 2019 World Championships.

Former Iowa NCAA National champion Terry Steiner is the head coach for the USA Women’s Wrestling team.

The event will be broadcast live through FloWrestling.

U.S. women’s freestyle team vs. Mongolia

50 kg – Victoria Anthony (National City, Calif./Sunkist Kids)

53 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC)

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Sunkist Kids)

62 kg – Kayla Miracle (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids)

68 kg – Kennedy Blades (Broadview, Ill./Wyoming Seminary/Sunkist Kids)

76 kg – Victoria Francis (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!