Zach Glazier, perhaps the least heralded of the Iowa wrestlers going into this season, salvaged an otherwise tough night for the Hawkeyes in the semifinals of the Big Ten Championships as the 197-pound senior clinched a spot in Sunday’s finals.
Iowa women’s wrestling, in its historic inaugural season, has made some more history. The Hawkeyes claimed a team title at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships along with six individual titles.
With an 11-5 victory over Purdue’s Dustin Norris in his second match of the first session, Iowa’s Brody Teske qualified for Saturday night’s semifinals, which means he’ll finish as high as sixth in the Big Ten and automatically earn a spot for the Hawkeyes at the 2024 NCAA Championships. Overall, Iowa sent six wrestlers to the semifinals as the Hawkeyes stood in third place behind tournament-leading Penn State and Michigan.
Coaching Iowa 155-pound wrestler Bella Mir is like “playing a video game” because of how coachable she is.
As Iowa competes at NCWWC Nationals for first time, the Hawkeyes have added “10,000 more eyes on women’s wrestling now.”
Photos from day one of the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championship in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa women’s wrestling is competing in NCWWC Nationals as it seeks individual and team titles in Cedar Rapids. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for results and updates throughout Friday and Saturday.
Brody Teske’s college career has included three programs in two states. He has also earned three trips to the NCAA Championships. In his sixth and final season, Teske will represent Iowa at 133 pounds for the Big Ten Championships this weekend at Maryland.
Doug Streicher lifted Linn-Mar wrestling to new heights. After 27 seasons, Streicher has decided to retire as a head coach. He plans to remain close to the program and help in different roles.
Iowa women’s wrestling has its sights set on another national championship in its “backyard.” Here is what to know ahead of NCWWC Nationals on Friday and Saturday.
A big weekend is ahead for wrestling fans in the state of Iowa. The National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships come to Cedar Rapids and the Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa men compete in their respective conference tournaments. We preview them all on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination podcast.
Iowa has six wrestlers seeded third or better and the competition for postseason spots has been settled. The Hawkeyes will look to try to improve last year’s runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships March 9-10 at Maryland.
The Big Ten Conference announced the pre-seeds Monday for conference tournament this weekend at University of Maryland in College Park, Md. The Hawkeyes have six seeded third or better.
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