Articles Tagged: Parker Keckeisen

Iowa State claimed its first Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational team title since 1996, receiving a title from heavyweight Yonger Bastida. UNI’s Parker Keckeisen won the 184 title there. Iowa dropped Penn and the Dan Gable Donnybrook highlight high school meets. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.

Northern Iowa wrestling coach Doug Schwab urged fans to attend this season’s home duals. The Panthers don’t host rival Iowa State or Big 12 Conference mainstays Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, but they do have one of the best wrestlers in the nation and a determined supporting cast.

Iowa’s Real Woods, Iowa State’s David Carr, Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen and South Dakota State’s Tanner Sloan, a former Alburnett prep, finished second in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

Spencer Lee’s dominance highlighted second-ranked Iowa’s opening day at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, moving five into the quarterfinals with all 10 left in the tournament. Iowa State’s David Carr and Marcus Coleman advanced. UNI’s Parker Keckeisen moved into the quarterfinals.

Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen enters the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as the top seed at 184 pounds. The two-time All-American views it as a chance to showcase his skills.

The brackets for the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were released Wednesday. Iowa duo of Spencer Lee and Real Woods were No. 1 seeds at 125 and 141, respectively. Iowa State’s David Carr and UNI’s Parker Keckeisen were top seeds at 165 and 184.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was: David Carr became Iowa State’s second four-time Big 12 champion, while Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen became the first Panther to win three Big 12 crowns. Plus, Spencer Lee wins Big Ten honors, more from the NCWWC in Cedar Rapids and Grand View wins again.

Iowa State advanced six to the semifinals of the Big 12 Wrestling Championships Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. The Cyclones had 52.5 points, trailing leader Missouri and second-place Oklahoma State. UNI was in sixth with 32.5 and three semifinalists.

UNI’s Parker Keckeisen is the Big 12’s two-time defending champion at 184. Those championships have made it five straight conference titles for UNI in the weight class.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was extended into Monday with UNI and Iowa State’s action at the Collegiate duals in New Orleans and important news from the IGHSAU and IWCOA.

Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen avenged a quarterfinal loss to place third at 184 pounds in the NCAA Wrestling Championships, displaying a “seven minutes of hell” approach that paid off with the match-winning takedown with 24 seconds leftt.

Parker Keckeisen bounced back from a crushing quarterfinal loss to become Northern Iowa’s 35th NCAA wrestling All-American.

UNI’s Parker Keckeisen has been a man on a mission to take more risks than his opponents. The plan worked Thursday with two wins to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

UNI All-American 184-pounder Parker Keckeisen realized he could compete with the nation’s best at last year’s NCAA tournament. He is the No. 4 seed again in his NCAA return and is ready to climb higher than a year ago.

Iowa Wrestling Weekend That Was: David Carr led the Cyclones, becoming the program’s 16th three-time conference champion and one of eight automatic NCAA qualifiers for Iowa State. UNI had seven automatic qualifiers, including Parker Keckeisen, who won his second Big 12 crown and extended the Panthers’ conference reign at 184.