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.
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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.
The offseason has heated up with wrestlers, finding new homes and better fits via the transfer portal and improving their NIL stock. Iowa and Iowa State are among the players this spring.
Iowa two-sport athlete Ben Kueter will undergo hip surgery and miss the 2025 football season, his mother Tina said Thursday evening in a Facebook post.
Iowa officials expressed a desire to be “fiscally responsible in every way” ahead of fully participating in direct revenue sharing with athletes when it becomes permissible in 2025-26.
The Pinning Combination with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs
Stephen Buchanan came to Iowa to become a champion. Iowa needed him to accomplish that goal. Both reaped the rewards when he captured the 197-pound NCAA title. Iowa produces five All-Americans, Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Hendrickson pulls off major upset, Penn State wins again and more in the NCAA Wrestling Weekend That Was.
University of Northern Iowa 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen wrestled for his second national title and a chance to play spoiler against Penn State’s Carter Starocci, who was going for his unprecedented fifth NCAA crown. Starocci won, 4-3.
Iowa’s Drake Ayala, Michael Caliendo and Stephen Buchanan and UNI’s Parker Keckeisen won semifinal bouts Friday, advancing to the finals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
University of Northern Iowa’s Cael Happel climbed the ladder and now will try to climb the NCAA podium. Iowa’s Drake Ayala continued his offensive approach through the quarterfinals. Friday started with major upsets. Here are five takeaways from Session III.
Marlynne Deede went from winning a national title for the Hawkeyes in 2023-24 to helping others win national titles as a coach in 2024-25.
University of Iowa moved five into the quarterfinals and finished tied for fourth in the team race after Day 1 of the NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. UNI has all 10 alive with Cael Happel and Parker Keckeisen in the quarterfinals. The Panthers are in seventh place.
College wrestling’s crown jewel is the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. University of Iowa, Iowa State and University of Northern Iowa are competing at the event at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Here are five storylines from Thursday’s opening session.
The Pinning Combination with The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Dick Briggs
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