A lottery-style drawing determined the final five entrants for the National Duals Invitational set for Nov 15-16 at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. University of Iowa and UNI are part of the 16-team field. Iowa women well represented in U.S. Open semifinals. More transactions for state schools.
WIll David Carr build on recent win over Olympic silver medalist? Parker Keckeisen returns to the mat after closing college career. Hawkeye men and women in the field and more.
Spencer Lee hasn’t been totally healthy for almost eight years, battling knee injuries and surgeries to both knees. After some time off, he’s been dominant in his return to freestyle, which includes an USA Wrestling Olympic Team Trials title.
After more than six months away from competition, Spencer Lee looked strong, winning the the 125.5-pound title at the Bill Farrell Memorial International men’s freestyle tournament and qualifying for the Olympic Team Trials in April.
College wrestling competitions are underway for men and women. The Iowa men dominated at the Luther Open, the Hawkeyes’ women’s team held its first dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa State blanked Davidson and an NCAA and World champion went down.
The Soldier Salute was a year in the making and was executed well. Iowa ran roughshod on the field but this marked a good start for an event with the potential to grow
For the first time, United World Wrestling’s World Cup featured me’s and women’s freestyle competitions share the same stage. Team USA finishes fourth, falling to Mongolia in bronze-medal dual.
Felicity Taylor was a pioneer in girls’ wrestling as a prep at South Winneshiek. She continued her career at McKendree before transferring to become University of Iowa’s first women’s wrestling team. Now, she will represent Team USA at the UWW World Cup this weekend in Coralville.
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