Articles Tagged: Austin DeSanto

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.

Two of the world’s top competitors will battle in the main event of FloWrestling Night In America Wednesday night at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Spencer Lee is back to being Spencer Lee with another freestyle title. Upper Iowa with a strong showing at the Midwest Classic. Linn-Mar leads a good local performance at the Battle of Waterloo. Vinton-Shellsburg girls’ and West Branch boys’ win team titles. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Hawkeye Wrestling Club members Spencer Lee and Austin DeSanto earned a spot in Thursday night’s men’s freestyle semifinals at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas.

Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa begin the wrestling postseason this weekend, NCAA Division II and III held national qualifiers last weekend, Austin DeSanto earned bronze overseas and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

The emotion was nearly palpable for Iowa’s senior All-Americans, regardless of the end result. They helped third-ranked Iowa to a third-place finish at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

Iowa went 2-4 in the NCAA wrestling quarterfinals Friday, with Austin DeSanto and Jacob Warner advancing to the semifinals.

Alex Marinelli notched his fourth straight conference finals appearance and is one of four Hawkeyes to wrestle for a Big Ten championship on Sunday.

Iowa’s Max Murin posted a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Northwestern’s fifth-seeded Yahya Thomas to reach the Big Ten Championships semifinals and earn an automatic berth back to the NCAA tournament.

Iowa has eight wrestlers seeded fourth or better for the Big Ten Wrestling Championships this weekend at Nebraska.

Second-ranked Iowa will recognize a special group of seniors that have persevered a wild ride during their careers that included Iowa’s return to the top of college wrestling.

The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association girls’ state tournament has been a contributing factor to the boom in participation and a highlight event for girls’ high school wrestling in the state. This year was even more special.

Iowa 133-pound All-American Austin DeSanto stepped back in the lineup for the first time in two weeks. He posted a technical fall and helped second-ranked Iowa drop No. Ohio State, 21-12.

The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs discuss the Hawkeyes’ situation at 133 and the weekend in wrestling on the Pinning Combination, a podcast about all things wrestling in Iowa.

Iowa’s third-ranked Austin DeSanto has not wrestled since Jan. 7. Redshirt freshman Cullan Schrieved used his year of eligibility, stepping in the lineup for last weekend’s Illinois road trip. Now, both are options at 133.