Top-seeded Stephen Buchanan, No. 1 Drake Ayala and No. 2 Michael Caliendo each advanced to the finals, helping Iowa to third place with 98 points after the opening day of the conference tournament. The Hawkeyes also secured eight automatic berths to the NCAA Championships on March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Iowa experienced multiple ups and downs during the opening session of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on Saturday at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Overall, the Hawkeyes advanced into the semifinals. Here are some takeaways from the first session.
Kyle Parco has wrestled at Fresno State, Arizona State and now Unviersity of Iowa. Parco, a four-time All-American, has experienced success at each stop. He enters his final postseason with Iowa, competing in his first Big Ten Wrestling Championships.
The Big Ten Conference released pre-seeds Wednesday for this weekend’s conference tournament and NCAA qualifier hosted at Northwestern’s Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Drake Ayala (133) and Stephen Buchanan (197) earned No. 1 seeds.
Junior Hannah Stuelke a second-team pick and senior Sydney Affolter earns honorable mention
The Big Ten Conference leads the way with 87 automatic berths to the NCAA Championships March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The Big 12 is second with 61 allocations. The Big Ten tournament is March 8-9 in Evanston, Ill., while the Big 12 will be in Tulsa, Okla., the same weekend.
The Hawkeyes’ 184-pounder defeated Oklahoma State NCAA finalist Dustin Plott, 6-3, in sudden victory, helping Iowa beat the Cowboys, 21-16, Sunday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
It doesn’t get any bigger than that, right? No. 2 Cowboys visit No. Hawkeyes in dual on BTN
Ogden column: Nittany Lions are at the head of the class right now, but future looking bright for Hawkeyes
No. 3 Hawks host No. 7 Nebraska tonight, a week after a dismal showing at No. 1 Penn State; now the focus is on getting better each day as season winds down
Of the 18 schools in the Big Ten, 17 -- including the University of Iowa -- will see an increase in carbon emissions from last year as they travel greater distances for games.
The Iowa men’s wrestling team opens the 2024-25 Big Ten Conference slate Jan. 12 at Wisconsin and hosts its first conference home dual Jan. 17 against Illinois
The Big Ten Conference is done expanding “for now,” University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson said Thursday.
The Big Ten Conference announced the men’s wrestling dual opponents for the 2024-25 season. The Hawkeyes learned their four home and away foes for conference competition.
Big Ten beat writers picked Iowa football to finish fifth in the Big Ten in cleveland.com’s annual preseason poll. Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins finished second in voting for preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
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