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Five storylines to follow for the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships this Thursday through Saturday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Big Ten wrestling notebook: Iowa’s Drake Ayala is less than two months into his official college career and earned a chance to compete at the national tournament.

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.

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.

Drake Ayala jumped into Iowa wrestling lineup last week and is expected to face his third straight top-10 ranked foe when the top-ranked Hawkeyes face Northwestern on Friday.

The Pinning Combination podcast brings you weekend takeaways from college and high school wrestling in Iowa, including Drake Ayala impressing, Michael Kemerer returning, Wyatt Voelker dominating and more.

Wrestling Weekend That Was: Iowa fans can visit Spencer Lee’s Twitter account for an update he posted Friday, discussing his knee surgeries, Grand View extends its national dual title streak, Big debuts in college wrestling and high school powers dominate.

Freshman Drake Ayala removed his redshirt Friday. In just his second official bout as a Hawkeye, he scored two takedowns to beat Purdue’s fifth-ranked Devin Schroder, 6-1, Sunday.

Top-ranked Iowa won seven matches and defeated No. 14 Minnesota, 22-10, in the Big Ten Conference dual opener Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa wrestling will face its first foes since the announcement that Spencer Lee will uncdergo surgery and miss the rest of the season. The Hawkeyes have two options to step in at 125 when they host Minnesota and Purdue this weekend.

Iowa’s Spencer Lee attempted to give the 2021-22 wrestling season a go, but it didn’t work out. He will have surgery to repair ACL tears in both knees. Freshman Drake Ayala could remove his redshirt and step in the Hawkeyes lineup.

University of Northern Iowa Coach Doug Schwab had a better feeling after this year’s UNI Open. Of course, three champs and six finalists help. Iowa’s Cullen Schriever and Patrick Kennedy also earn titles and much more.