The 2024 Sporting Clays Shoot for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club will be on Saturday, October 19. Highland Hideaway Hunting will once again host a great event as a fundraiser for the HWC.

Registration begins at 8 AM followed by a safety meeting at 9. The Event Kickoff is at 9:15. Lunch and awards will be at Noon.

Highland Hideaway Hunting is located at 3127 160th Street in Riverside, Iowa.

Wrestlers, coaches, and staff of the HWC will be in attendance.

2024 Sporting Clays Shoot for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club

Date: Saturday, October 19th, 2024

Registration Begins: 8:00am

Safety Meeting & HWC Announcements: 9:00am

Event Kickoff: 9:15am

Lunch & Thank You’s: 12:00pm

The deadline is October 4 to be a stand sponsor for the event.

To register as a single shooter, four person shooter team or stand sponsor:

https://boom.hawkeyewrestlingclub.com/event/2024-sporting-clays-shoot/e564475/register/new/select-tickets

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Macey Kilty(65kg) and Kylie Welker(72kg) of the University of Iowa won titles at the 2024 Senior World Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Kilty and Welker will now represent Team USA at the 2024 World Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 29-30.

Non-Olympic weights were contested to qualify for the World Championships.

Kilty, Welker, and Hawkeye teammate Skye Realin have already qualified to represent Team USA at the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 23-27. 

Kilty qualified for the best of three finals from winning Silver at the 2023 World Championships at 65kg. In the finals Kilty defeated Aine Drury by a 10-0 and 12-1 tech fall to qualify for the 2024 World Championships for Team USA. Kilty transferred into the Iowa program in July for her final year of eligibility and has won five age group world medals for Team USA.

Welker defeated Skyler Grote by a 12-1 tech fall in the semifinals. In the best of three finals Welker defeated Yelena Makoyed by fall in 5:03 in the first match and 5-2 in the second match.

Welker defeated Makoyed at National Duals and the NCWWC National Finals at 170 but lost to her 6-4 OT in the semifinals of the Olympic Trials.

Welker won an NCWWC title at 170lbs. last season in leading Iowa to the team title. This is the second Senior World Championships for Welker representing Team USA.

Felicity Taylor was 2-2 and placed fourth at 55kg. Taylor won an NCWWC national title at 116 lbs. as a senior for Iowa last season.

Austin DeSanto dropped a match in the consolation semifinals and did not place at 61kg.

2024 Senior World Team Trials

Felicity Taylor – 55kg

Quarterfinals: Felicity Taylor(IWWC) VPO1  Elena Ivaldi (California) 6-4

Semifinals: Arena Villaescusa(Army VPO Felicity Taylor(IWWC) 5-0

Consisemis: Felicity Taylor(IWWC) VFA  Mateah Roel(NYAC) 2:18

3rd place: Elena Ivaldi (California) VPO1 Felicity Taylor(IWWC) 12-12

Macey Kilty – 65kg

Best of 3 Round 1: Macey Kilty(IWWC) VSU Aine Drury(NYAC) 10-0

Best of 3 Round 2: Macey Kilty(IWWC) VSU Aine Drury(NYAC) 12-1

Kylie Welker – 72kg

Semifinals: Kylie Welker(IWWC) VSU1 Sklyer Grote(USOPT) 12-1

Finals Best of Three Rd 1: Kylie Welker(IWWC) VFA Yelena Makoyed(Cardinal WC)  5:03

Finals Best of Three Rd 2: Kylie Welker(IWWC) VPO1 Yelena Makoyed(Cardinal WC) 5-2

Austin DeSanto – 61kg

Quarterfinals: Austin DeSanto(HWC) VPO1 Jax Forrest (Young Guns) 9-6

Semifinals: Daton Fix (Cowboy RTC) VPO Austin DeSanto(HWC) 6-0

Consi Semis: Liam Cronon (NWC) VFO Austin DeSanto(HWC) 

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club will host the Women’s Wrestling Academy on Saturday, September 28. This event will offer a great opportunity for fans to get an inside look at the Iowa Women’s Wrestling program. 

The Hawks won the 2024 NCWWC National title and National Duals in the first year of the program and the future looks great.

Registration is now open.

From IowaWomensWrestlingClub.com:

The Iowa Women’s Wrestling Academy will provide an incredible opportunity for you to spend a day immersed in the world of women’s wrestling. The academy will be a unique educational and fun experience designed for wrestling moms, grandparents, aunts, sisters and fans of the sport. 

Participants will enjoy exclusive insider-access to athletes and coaches and receive a behind-the-scenes tour of where the Hawkeye women prepare to be the best.

From scoring and strategy to nutrition and video review…to participating in the same daily drills as the athletes, you will learn everything it takes to be a women’s wrestler at Iowa. Your participation in the academy also will lay the foundation to support future athletes of the Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club. 

To register or donate to the program:

https://www.classy.org/event/2024-iwwc-womens-wrestling-academy/e564198

For questions you can contact IWWC Board Member Kylee Walker at [email protected]

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Iowa Wrestling will be represented at the Senior World Team Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday and Sunday, September 14-15. Non-Olympic weights will be contested to qualify for the 2024 World Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 29-30.

Austin DeSanto(61kg) will compete for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club.

Felicity Taylor(55kg), Macey Kilty(65kg) and Kylie Welker(72kg) will compete representing the Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club.

The following weights being contested:

Women’s freestyle: 55kg, 59kg, 65kg, and 72kg

Men’s freestyle: 61kg, 70kg, 79kg, and 92kg

DeSanto is the #3 seed at 61kg. DeSanto was a four-time All American at Iowa.

Taylor is the #3 seed at 55kg. Taylor won an NCWWC national title at 116 lbs. for Iowa last season.

Kilty won a silver medal at the 2023 Senior World Championships so she has already advanced to the best of three finals on Sunday at 65kg. Kilty transferred into the Iowa program in July for her final year of eligibility and has won five age group world medals for Team USA.

Welker is the #2 seed at 72kg. The #1 seed is Yelena Makoyed. Welker defeated Makoyed at National Duals and the NCWWC National Finals at 170 but lost to her at the Olympic Trials.

Kilty and Welker have already qualified to represent Team USA at the U23 World Championships in Tirana, Albania on October 23-27. 

FloWrestling will have full coverage of the Senior World Team Trials on their premium service.

I will have a follow up blog with results.

Austin DeSanto – #3 seed at 61kg

Felicity Taylor – #3 seed at 55kg

Macey Kilty – Qualified for the Championship Series at 65kg

Kiley Welker – #2 seed at 72kg

2024 Senior World Team Trials

All styles and weights

*Times listed are CST

Saturday, September 14

Session I: Prelims, Quarterfinals and Consolations  10AM – 3PM

Session II: Semifinals and Consolations  5PM – 9PM

Sunday, September 15

Session III: Consolations, 3rd Place and Round 1 (2 out of 3) Finals 10AM – 2PM

Session IV: Round 2 (2 out of 3) Finals *Round 3 if necessary  2PM – 4PM

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

The University of Iowa will have a home visit with elite recruit Bo Bassett on Friday, September 13. Bo is a junior and is the overall #1 recruit in the country for the Class of 2026.

In my opinion Bo Bassett is the biggest high school recruit since Spencer Lee in 2017. There are a lot of similarities between Bo and Spencer.

Bo is from Johnstown, Pennsylvania and has been a member of Young Guns Wrestling Club with former Hawk Jody Strittmatter for years. 

Bo won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain last week at 65kg/143 lbs. He was a 2021 Cadet World champion at 45kg/99 lbs.

Competing for Bishop McCort, Bo won a AA state title last season at 139 lbs. 

From FloWrestling:

September 11 – Missouri

September 12 – Ohio State

September 13 – Iowa

September 13 – Virginia Tech

September 14 – Cornell

September 15 – Iowa State

September 16 – Arizona State

September 17 – Princeton

September 19 – Penn State

Bo will have his first official on campus visit on September 20-22 at Michigan. He currently has nineteen colleges remaining for his recruiting list. Every week he eliminates colleges from his recruiting list that started with eighty colleges.

Recruiting season is heating up and Bo is everyone’s #1. 

I will keep you up to date with recruiting news for Iowa Wrestling that will be coming in over the next two months.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

It is official. Jacori Teemer is now listed on the 2024-25 roster as a member of the Iowa Wrestling team. 

There has been speculation for months that Teemer would transfer to Iowa from Arizona State where he was a four-time All American and 2024 National Finalist. Teemer graduated from Arizona State and is listed as a graduate student on the roster and will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Teemer has competed at 157 for his career.

Teemer was an NCAA Qualifier in 2020. In 2021 he placed 4th and in 2022 he placed sixth. Last season Teemer placed second and defeated Jared Franek of Iowa 5-2 in the NCAA Quarterfinals. He was also named as an NWCA Scholar All American.

Teemer won four Pac 12 Conference titles at 157. 

Originally from Long Beach, New York, Teemer is one of only four five-time state champions in New York wrestling history.

In the Recruiting Class of 2018 Teemer was ranked #1 at 126 and #4 P4P by FloWrestling.

Teemer was a 2017 Cadet world bronze medalist at 63kg/139 lbs.

Teemer joins former Arizona State teammate Kyle Parco who transferred into the Iowa program in May. Parco was a four-time All American at 149 (6-8-3-5).

Stephan Buchanan announced in August that he was transferring in from Oklahoma. Buchanan is a three-time All American at 197 (NQ-8-3-3).

Transfers:

Kyle Parco – 149

Jacori Teemer – 157

Stephen Buchanan – 197

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Ben Kueter of the University of Iowa won the silver medal at 125kg at the U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. Kueter dropped a 4-2 decision in the finals to Amirezza Masoumi Valadi of Iran. Valadi was the 2022 U23 World champion at 125kg and is now a five-time age group World champion. Valadi defeated 2023 world bronze medalist and 2024 Olympian Mason Parris 11-6 in January.

Kueter started off with a 7-0 decision over Alikhan Kussainov of Kazakhstan in the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals it only took :28 for Keuter to get a takedown and an arm bar for the fall over Stsiapan Mandryk of Individual Neutral Athlete.

Keuter looked impressive with a 13-3 tech fall over Nambardagva Batbayar of Mongolia in the semifinals.

This was the first International competition for Kueter since he won the 2022 U20 World Championships at 97kg/213 lbs.

Kueter was a member of the Iowa Football team last season. In April he announced that he would concentrate on wrestling for the next ten months and return for Spring football in April of 2025. Kueter was 3-1 as a true freshman for Iowa last season at Hwt as a true freshman.

This was an impressive showing for Kueter against elite competition. He was probably giving up 30 lbs. in the finals. Give Kueter some time to grow and concentrate on wrestling and he has a great future ahead of him for Iowa and Team USA. 

I am looking forward to seeing Kueter in the lineup full time this season for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands, Assistant Coach Ryan Morningstar and Hawkeye Wrestling Club Coach Daniel Dennis were in Spain coaching for Kueter.

U20 World Championships

Ben Kueter (125 KG) – Second Place

Ben Kueter (USA) VPO Alikhan Kussainov (KAZ), 7-0

Ben Kueter (USA) VFA Stsiapan Mandryk (AIN), 0:27

Ben Kueter (USA) VSU1 Nambardagva Batbayar (MGL), 13-3

Amirreza Fardin Masoumi Valadi (IRI) VPO Ben Kueter (USA), 4-2

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Dan Gable will be the guest speaker on Monday, September 9 at the Grid Club in Davenport. The Grid Club is the longest running sports luncheon in Iowa.

The Grid Club is at Noon on Monday from September 9 – October 28.

Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands will be the guest speaker on Monday, October 14.

Season tickets are $112 and individual tickets are $15.

The Grid Club luncheons will take place at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Davenport.

TV coverage will be available on Mediacom and MC22.

Grid Club

Dan Gable as guest speaker on Monday, September 9 at Noon

Knights of Columbus Hall

1111 W. 35th St.

Davenport, Iowa

Ph: (563) 391-1532

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Naomi Simon defeated Chisato Yoshida of Japan 9-0 to win the Bronze medal at 76kg at the U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain.

Simon dropped a hard fought 9-8 decision to Mariia Orlevych of Ukraine in the opening round. This is an impressive showing for Simon to bring home a medal at the World Championships and to defeat a Japanese wrestler by a 9-0 score.

Simon is a true freshman for the Hawks who came in ranked #2 at 170 lbs. and #13 P4P for the final 2024 high school rankings. Originally from Decorah, Iowa Simon was the first undefeated four-time state champion in Iowa High School Girls Wrestling history.

Brianna Gonzalez(53kg), Cadence Diduch(62kg), and Reese Larramendy(65kg) did not place.

Larramendy won an NCWWC national title at 143 lbs. last season as a redshirt freshman. Gonzalez placed second in the country at 116 lbs. also as as a redshirt freshman.

Diduch, originally from Freeport, Illinois, is a teammate of Simon in the Recruiting Class of 2024. She was ranked #2 at 135 lbs. and #12 P4P in the final high school rankings.

Iowa Women’s Wrestling Head Coach Clarissa Chun was in Spain as the personal coach for the Hawks competing.

Incoming recruit Otto Black captured Silver on Tuesday at 63kg/138 lbs. at the Greco-Roman U20 World Championships.

Iowa Hawkeye Ben Kueter will compete at 125kg on Saturday and Sunday, September 7-8 at U20 Worlds.

U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain

53 kg – Brianna Gonzalez (Baldwin, Calif./Iowa Women’s WC), eliminated

Loss Jyoti Jyoti (India), 3-1

62 kg – Cadence Diduch (Freeport, Ill./Iowa Women’s WC), eliminated

Win Seoyeon Bae (Korea), fall, 4:11

Loss Melanie Jimenez Villalba (Mexico), fall, 5:38

65 kg – Reese Larramendy (Reno, Nev./Iowa Women’s WC), eliminated

Loss Margarita Salnazarian (Individual Neutral Athlete), 10-7

76 kg – Naomi Simon (Decorah, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC), bronze medal

Loss Mariia Orlevych (Ukraine), 9-8

Win Chisato Yoshida (Japan), 9-0

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Incoming recruit Otto Black captured the silver at 63kg/138 lbs. at the U20 Greco-Roman World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. Black defeated Dejan Berkec of Serbia, 5-1 in the Round of 16. In the quarterfinals Black won a hard fought 7-6 decision over Enes Ulku of Turkey.

Black advanced to the finals when he topped Yurik Hoveyan of Armenia, 7-2 in the semifinals. In the finals Black dropped an 8-0 match to Erzu Zakriev who was an Individual Neutral Athlete.

This was an impressive tournament for Black against the best competition in the world in Greco-Roman in the U20 category.  

Black, from Park, Colorado, won a 138 lbs. 4A Colorado state title last season with a 52-0 record. He was a Junior Greco-Roman national champion at 126 in 2022 and 132 in 2023.

Black won U20 Greco-Roman Nationals in April and the U20 World Team Trials in May. He also won Gold at 63kg/138 lbs. at the U20 Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru. 

As a member of the Iowa Wrestling Recruiting Class of 2024 Black is not currently not on the roster.  He is taking a grey shirt this semester and will join the team in the second semester. Black committed to Iowa in April and is projected to compete at 141/149 for the Hawks.

I am looking forward to seeing Otto Black in the Black and Gold of Iowa Wrestling. 

U20 World Greco-Roman Championships – 63kg/138 lbs.

Rd of 16: Otto Black (United States) dec Dejan Berkec (Serbia), 5-1

Quarterfinals: Otto Black (United States) dec Enes Ulku (Turkey), 7-6

Semifinals: Otto Black (United States) dec. Yurik Hoveyan (Armenia), 7-2

Finals: Erzu Zakriev (Individual Neutral Athlete) dec Otto Black (United States) 8-0

Five Hawks will be competing in the Freestyle portion of U20 Worlds starting tomorrow.

U20 World Freestyle Championships in Pontevedra, Spain September 4-8

50kg: Brianna Gonzalez

62kg: Cadence Diduch 

65kg: Reese Larramendy 

76kg: Naomi Simon 

125kg: Ben Kueter

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!