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Video of the Tom Brands press conference during Iowa Hawkeyes Men’s Wrestling Media Day Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
Iowa Hawkeyes Women's Wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun talks with The Gazette's Hawkeye beat reporter Madison Hricik to talk about the inaugural NCAA Women's Wrestling Championship and the upcoming 2025-26 season including roster and schedule.
The Hawkeyes open the season at home against Bellarmine and hit the road for rivalry duals against Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
The Big Ten Conference has released the conferencve dual schedule. University of Iowa hosts Wisconsin, Penn State, Minnesota and Michigan in duals for the 2025-26 men’s wrestling season.
Iowa State hosts Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, Missouri, Utah Valley, West Virginia and Nebraska-Kearney. The Cyclones will compete in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Collegiate Duals.
University of Iowa Sports Information Department confirmed with The Gazette Monday that Gabe Arnold is a member of the Hawkeyes men’s wrestling roster. He has three years of eligibility remaining and was an NCAA qualifier at 184 pounds last season.
Some Iowa students will be much closer to the action at Carver-Hawkeye Arena home games in 2025-26, thanks to the installation of a courtside seating riser.
Justin Basch, of the award-winning Baschamania Wrestling Podcast, reported that Gabe Arnold said that he has been dismissed from the University of Iowa men’s wrestling team Monday. Iowa Sports Information Department confirmed Arnold is no longer on the roster.
The first-ever NCAA women’s wrestling championships will be in the University of Iowa’s backyard.
Flowrestling’s No. 2 prospect in the 2026 recruiting class, Bo Bassett, announced Sunday that he is reopening up his recruitment via social media. The senior from Bishiop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pa., originally committed in February, choosing Iowa over Oklahoma State, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
The Iowa Women’s Wrestling Club announced its first sponsored athlete in April, and more are “quite possible” in the “next couple months.”
The Big Ten Conference released conference dual opponents Monday. The Hawkeyes will host rival Penn State, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin in conference duals. They will travel to Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue.
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