INDIANOLA, Iowa – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team had all 15 regional participants qualify for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships on Friday at Simpson College. Iowa also claimed the Region V title accumulating 220 team points in the tournament. The Hawkeyes had 11 student-athletes reach the finals, finishing with champions at six weight classes.

At 101, Emilie Gonzalez took the victory over teammate Sterling Dias. Gonzalez took the match with a 7-0 decision, fighting the whole six minutes. At 109, Ava Bayless captured the title over McKendree’s Pauline Granados, via a 4-2 decision.

There was another all-Iowa matchup at 11 where Brianna Gonzalez defeated teammate Felicity Taylor by decision, 9-3. Reese Larramendy brought home the 143 title with her victory over former national champion, Emma Bruntil of McKendree, in a 4-2 decision.

At 155, Marlynne Deede won the title defeating teammate Bella Mir, 6-2. Kylie Welker made quick work of her finals match at 170, earning the tech. fall over Tristan Kelly of McKendree, 10-0.

NOTABLES

• The Hawkeyes brought 15 student athletes to the tournament and left with 15 National qualifiers.
• Six Iowa student-athletes faced off in the finals; showcasing pure Hawkeye action at 101, 116, and 155.
• The Hawkeyes secured 220 points, finishing in first-place as a team, followed by Mckendree (193) and Lindenwood (106).
• Sophomore Kylie Welker wrestled a total of 2:01 minutes; 2 technical falls (1:35) and 1 pin (0:26).
• The Hawkeyes led with the most tech. falls in the least amount of time; picking up 21 in total.
• Ava Rose held the second-fastest tech. fall of the night in 28 seconds.

 HEAR FROM HEAD COACH CLARISSA CHUN

“These 15 qualifiers are a combination of the support from administration, the community, staff, family, and the work day in and day out from our wrestlers. I think of each and every one of these girls’ individual journey throughout the season, and just to see their growth and knowing where they want to be and how they want to execute is awesome. It’s a great day to be a Hawkeye.”

 UP NEXT

The Hawkeyes will head to NCWWC Nationals in Cedar Rapids, Iowa March 8-9. Action inside of the Alliant Energy Powerhouse will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. More information on the tournament can be found at ncwwc.com

 RESULTS

 101lbs – Sterling Dias, 2^nd Place

WIN Megan Valdez (Lindenwood), TF 10-0

WIN Lizette Rodriguez (McKendree), Dec. 3-0

LOSS Emilie Gonzalez (Iowa), Dec. 7-0

101lbs – Emilie Gonzalez, 1^st Place

WIN Vianey Hernandez (Quincy), TF 10-0

WIN Kiona Conner (McKendree), TF 12-0

WIN Sterling Dias (Iowa), Dec. 7-0

 109lbs – Ava Bayless, 1^ST Place

WIN Hope Chiattello (Wartburg), TF 10-0

WIN Sarah Zimmerman (Simpson), TF 12-0

WIN Pauline Granados (McKendree), Dec. 4-2

 116lbs – Brianna Gonzalez, 1^st Place

WIN Rose Le (William Jewell), TF 10-0

WIN Trinity Pendergrass (Quincy), TF 10-0

WIN Felicity Taylor (Iowa), Dec. 9-3

 116lbs – Felicity Taylor, 2^nd Place

WIN Liannette Ortiz (Wartburg), Fall 2:33

WIN Julia Vidallon (McKendree), Fall 2:11

LOSS Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa), Dec. 9-3

 123lbs – Ava Rose, 4^th Place

WIN Autumn Van Bremen (Quincy), TF 10-0

WIN Alexandra Waitsman (William Jewell), Dec. 11-8

LOSS Shelby Moore (McKendree), TF 10-0

WIN Emarie Bolosan (William Jewell), Dec. 7-1

LOSS Alexandra Waitsman (William Jewell), Dec. 8-5

 130lbs – Emily Frost, 3^rd Place

WIN Hayley Gilson (Lindenwood), TF 10-0

LOSS Kylie Rule (Wartburg), Dec. 8-4

WIN Cayden Condit (Lindenwood), Fall 1:27

WIN Jennifer Soto (McKendree), Dec. 8-5

 136lbs – Lilly Luft, 2^nd Place

WIN Vaness Elexpuru (Simpson), TF 11-0

WIN Estella Gutches (McKendree), Dec. 5-0

LOSS Viktorya Torres (McKendree), Fall 5:25

143lbs – Reese Larramendy, 1^st Place

WIN Rebecca Strong (Lindenwood), TF 14-3

WIN Athena Willden (William Jewell), TF 10-0

WIN Emma Bruntil (McKendree), Dec. 4-2

 143lbs – Ella Schmit, 4^th Place

WIN Aniyah Kelly (Wartburg), TF 11-0

LOSS Emma Bruntil (McKendree), Dec. 7-4

WIN Rebecca Strong (Lindenwood), Fall 4:55

LOSS Athena Willden (William Jewell), 3:53

 155lbs – Bella Mir, 2^nd Place

WIN Paige Barber (William Jewell), TF 10-0

WIN Keeley Kehrli (Simpson), TF 10-0

LOSS Marlynne Deede (Iowa), Dec. 8-4

 155lbs – Marlynne Deede, 1^st Place

WIN Randi Nicholson (Wartburg), Fall 0:57

WIN Ryan Garthoeffner (Lindenwood), TF 10-0

WIN Ruby Rios (McKendree), TF 10-0

WIN Bella Mir (Iowa), Dec. 8-4

 170lbs – Kylie Welker, 1^st Place

WIN Katt Mossinghoff (Lindenwood), Fall 0:26

WIN Kami Senlycki (Wartburg), TF 10-0

WIN Tristan Kelly (McKendree), TF 10-0

 170lbs – Haley Ward, 3^rd Place

WIN Emma Thomas (Lindenwood), TF 14-4

LOSS Tristan Kelly (McKendree), Fall 4:04

WIN Kassidee Savaria (Simpson), Dec. 8-2

WIN Kami Senlycki (Wartburg), Dec. 9-0

 191lbs – Jaycee Foeller, 2^nd Place

WIN Emersen Smith (Wartburg), TF 10-0

WIN Ivana Elliot (Quincy), Fall 1:38

LOSS Sara Lake (Lindenwood), Dec. 2-1

GENEVA, Ohio – University of Iowa Track and Field set several new high marks during the first day of competition at the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Friday at Spire Academy.

The Hawkeyes posted three school records, improved on eight program top-10 marks and combined for 21 personal bests.

10 men’s team and nine women’s team members qualified for finals on Saturday.

Seniors Paige Magee and Kalen Walker each recorded Iowa program bests for the women’s and men’s squads, respectively. Both Hawkeyes take the fastest prelim times for their events into tomorrow’s finals.  

In the women’s 60-meter hurdles, Magee shaved one-hundredth of a second off her program-record time to become the first Hawkeye to run sub-8.00. At 7.99, Magee’s race ranks fifth in the country this season.

Walker matched a program-best 6.51 in the 60 meters that he set at the Jarvis Scott Open on Feb. 10. Walker’s time ranks second nationally.

Saturday closed out with fireworks. Sophomore Sean Smith heaved a 22.28-meter (73’ 1.25”) weight throw for second place and a new school record. It was Smith’s final toss of the night and the final event for day one.

Smith’s throw ranks 13th in the nation.

Moments before, the women’s distance medley team raced to a fourth-place finish in 11:17.78, good for second in program history. The team was comprised of seniors Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Ali Dorn, Grace Bookin-Nosbisch and Amber Aesoph.

In the women’s 800 meters, Iowa record-holder Alli Bookin-Nosbisch qualified with a 2:05.07 time that ranked fourth in the prelims. Bookin-Nosbisch will chase her first conference title on Saturday.

In the men’s 60-meter hurdles, senior Grant Conway posted a personal-best 7.66, improving his fourth all-time standing at Iowa. Conway will be joined by senior Gratt Reed (7.82) and junior Kalil Johnson (7.94) in tomorrow’s final.

Three Hawkeyes also qualified in the women’s 600 meters, including redshirt sophomore Chloe Larsen (1:28.88), sophomore Gabby Cortez (1:29.89) and junior Jaiden Itson (1:30.76).

Senior Austin West will chase his second Big Ten gold tomorrow. The Iowa City, Iowa, native is second in the men’s heptathlon after four events, currently 63 points back from the lead with 3,340 points. He was an outdoor conference champion in the 400-meter hurdles last season.

West finished second in the heptathlon 60 meters, long jump and high jump. He was fourth in the pentathlon shot put. West’s 1.99 meter (6’ 6.25”) high jump is a personal best.

Sophomore Sal Capaldo is also competing in the heptathlon, where he currently stands in sixth place (3,340 points).

In the women’s pentathlon, freshman Annie Wirth led Iowa with a personal-best 3,870 points, placing fifth.

HEAR FROM HEAD COACH JOEY WOODY

“I always say to the athletes, championship meets have lots of ups and downs. You can’t expect everything to always come out perfectly like you have on paper. I thought that the athletes competed well and kept their nose in there. We had a lot of near-miss finals, the first or second one out. That is how championship meets are. It’s going to come down to a hundredth of a second or quarter of an inch.

We are on the verge of some big things, just missing a couple of events. We finished the day extremely well. I’m proud of the women’s DMR. Obviously, exciting for Sean to come out and get a big medal. He is probably going to punch his ticket to the national meet with that throw.

We have a lot of momentum coming into tomorrow. We have a lot of finalists. We just need to go out and focus on competing. We have a lot of big field events and finish the day with the 4×4, as well. We have great opportunities tomorrow. We have a chance to compete for championships. We just need to come out on fire in the morning.”

UP NEXT
The Big Ten Indoor Championships conclude on Saturday at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

HAWKEYE RESULTS

Women’s 60m (prelims)

10. Holly Duax – 7.41
11. Lia Love – 7.54

Men’s 60m (prelims)

1. Kalen Walker – 6.51, = PR + 1st at Iowa, Q
2. Damoy Allen – 6.66, PR + 3rd at Iowa, q
3. Joe Stein – 6.77, PR, q
4. Miles Granjean – 6.95

Women’s 60mH (prelims)

1. Paige Magee – 7.99, PR + 1st at Iowa, Q
2. Tionna Tobias – 8.39
3. Natalie Harris – 8.62
4. Katie Petersen – 8.71

Men’s 60mH (prelims)

1. Grant Conway – 7.66, PR + 4th at Iowa, Q
2. Gratt Reed – 7.82, q
3. Kalil Johnson – 7.94, q
4. Kai Graves-Blanks – 7.97

Women’s 200m (prelims)

3. Paige Magee – 23.71, q
4. Lia Love – 23.94, q
5. Holly Duax – 24.02
6. Julia Pattison – 24.57

Men’s 200m (prelims)

8. Gratt Reed – 21.14, q
9. Miles Granjean – 21.74

Women’s 400m (prelims)

6. Nylah Perry – 53.89, PR + 8th at Iowa, q
7. Audrey Biermann – 53.92, q
8. Olicia Lucas – 54.53, PR
9. Mariel Bruxvoort – 55.25

Men’s 400m (prelims)

5. Tyrese Miller – 47.07, PR, q
6. Connor Belken – 47.31
7. Josh Pugh – 47.77

Women’s 600m (prelims)

2. Chloe Larsen – 1:28.88, q
3. Gabby Cortez – 1:29.89, q
4. Jaiden Itson – 1:30.76, q
5. Ali Dorn – 1:31.06
6. Clare Pitcher – 1:32.11

Men’s 600m (prelims)

7. Ryan Schreiner – 1:17.49, PR, q
8. Phillip Jefferson – 1:18.57
9. James Fingalsen – 1:19.00

Women’s 800m (prelims)

4. Alli Bookin-Nosbisch – 2:05.07, Q
5. Grace Bookin-Nosbisch – 2:07.56

Men’s 800m (prelims)

8. Rivaldo Marshall – 1:49.29, Q
9. Nick O’Connor – 1:49.85
10. Brett Wasick – 1:52.20
11. Derek Leicht – 1:53.97

Women’s Mile (prelims)

11. Amber Aesoph – 4:46.95

Women’s 5,000m (finals)

29. Abby Ryon – 17:50.76

Men’s 5,000m (finals)

16. Hayden Kuhn – 14:31.30, PR
17. Will Ryan – 14:52.85

Women’s Distance Medley Relay

4. Alli Bookin-Nosbisch, Aliyanna Dorn, Grace Bookin-Nosbisch, Amber Aesoph – 11:17.78, 2nd at Iowa

Men’s Distance Medley Relay

10. Nick O’Connor, Connor Belken, Brett Wasick, Aidan King – 9:57.20

Heptathlon

Austin West

60 Meters 

2. 6.95

Long Jump

2. 7.30 meters (23’ 11.5)

Shot Put

4. 14.51 meters (47’ 5.25”)

High Jump

2. 1.99 meters (6’ 6.25”), PR

Sal Capaldo

60 Meters 

4. 7.01

Long Jump

6. 6.69 meters (21’ 11.5”)

Shot Put

14. 11.06 meters (36’ 3.5”)

High Jump

5. 1.93 meters (6’ 4”)

Pentathlon

5. Annie Wirth – 3,870 PR

60m Hurdles

3. 8.63, PR

High Jump

1. 1.79 meters (5’ 10.5”), PR + 4th at Iowa

Shot Put

16. 9.40 (30’ 10.25”)

Long Jump

8. 5.50 meters (18’ 0.05”), = PR

800m

13. 2:27.46

13. Carlee Rochford – 3,578 point, PR

60m Hurdles

12. 9.02, PR

High Jump

4. 1.67 meters (5’ 5.75”), = PR

Shot Put

6. 11.34 (37’ 2.5”)

Long Jump

14. 5.30 meters (17’ 4.75”)

800 Meters

18. 2:38.28

16. Tionna Tobias – 3,339 points

60m Hurdles

1. 8.20

High Jump

7. 1.64 meters (5’ 4.5”)

Shot Put

8. 11.04 (36’ 2.75”), PR

Long Jump

2. 6.08 meters (10’ 11.5”)

800m

DNF

18. Isabelle Woody – 3,173 points

60m Hurdles

19. 9.91

High Jump

13. 1.61 meters (5’ 3.25”), PR

Shot Put

12. 10.08 (33’ 1”)

Long Jump

19. 4.82 meters (15’ 9.75”)

800m

15. 2:33.31, PR

Women’s Long Jump

9. Tionna Tobias – 6.02 meters (19’ 9”)
10. Maud Zeffou-Poaty – 5.94 meters (19’ 6.25”)
11. Kayla Hutchins – 5.46 meters (17’ 11”)

Men’s Long Jump

8. DeAndre Stapleton Jr. – 7.29 meters (23’ 11”)
9. Kaleba Jack –  6.71 meters (22’ 0.25”)

Women’s Weight Throw

12. Jamie Kofron – 19.65 meters (64’ 5.75”)
13. Alivia Bauer – 18.80 meters (61’ 8.25”)

Men’s Weight Throw

2. Sean Smith – 22.28 meters (73’ 1.25”), PR + 1st at Iowa
3. Austin Busch – 19.46 meters (63’ 10.25”)
4. Walker Whalen – 19.06 meters (62’ 6.5”)
5. Jordan Johnson – 18.73 meters (61’ 5.5”)

The Atlantic Trojans basketball team ended their season last Monday night in a 70-49 loss in the first round of the Class 3A-Substate 8. The Trojans did finish the season with a 7-16 overall record and went 4-6 in the Hawkeye 10 Conference.

The Trojans will be losing six seniors to graduation this year: Tyrell Williams, Colton Rassmussen, Thomas Leonard, Gavin McLaren, Nolan Waters and Brock Henderson. The Trojans sure have a good group of freshman and sophomores and juniors that are eager to get varsity minutes next season.

Senior Colton Rasmussen is in third place in Class 3A with 615 points on the season and averaged 27 points per game. Senior Gavin McLAren scored 214 points and averages 12 points per game this season.

Trojan coach Dalton Franken wanted to wish his seniors the best of the right after the season ended.

Coach Franken gave some advice to all of the underclassman for what they can do over the summer.

Coach appreciates all the community of Atlantic and the Trojan fan base for coming out to watch the team play this season.

Coach Franken also said they will be putting basketball camps coming up this summer with dates not yet to be determined.

 

 

After climbing back to the .500 mark in Big Ten play the Iowa Hawkeyes are on the road tomorrow to play 12th ranked Illinois. The Illini are 10-5 in the league race after giving up a late lead in a loss at Penn State.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes and Illini will meet twice in the final four games of the regular season.

Iowa is 8-8 in the Big Ten and 16-11 overall.

The Big Ten regular season title hopes for the fourth ranked Iowa Hawkeye women were dealt a crushing blow at 14th ranked Indiana. The Hawkeyes shot only 39 percent, including five-of-28 from three point range in an 86-69 loss.

That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. Caitlin Clark led the Hawkeyes with 24 points but made only eight of 26 shots.

The Hawkeyes fall to 12-3 in the Big Ten and they host Illinois on Sunday.

The Drake women used a 12-0 run late in the third quarter to take the lead for good in a 76-65 win over Missouri State. It was Drake’s sixth straight win as the Bulldogs improve to 14-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Drake trailed by nine midway through the third quarter.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman who says the effort was better in the second half.

Anna Miller and Grace Berg led the Bulldogs with 18 points each.

The Atlantic Trojans Archery team has been preparing themselves for the State Archery coming up in Des Moines in March. The Trojan state archery team is made up of 29 high schoolers and 24 middle schoolers. The Trojan archery team participants are going to be part of the Bullseye and 3D shoot of the start tournament. The Bullseye and 3D shootings will get underway on March 2nd and will wrap up on March 3rd. The Trojans archery kids have been practicing really hard as of late. Their practices have been held at Achievement Center in Atlantic.

The Trojan archery team has been pretty busy this season up to this point where they have appeared in up to 16 events season. Their events were held in December, January and February. Everyone in the Trojan Archery team has been competing at a high level so far this season. The Archery team is coached by Clint Roland this season with many other volunteers/parents who help coach the team.

Coach Roland talked about taking 53 archery participants down to the state archery tournament and want the team to compete at a high level.

Coach Roland talked about what his Trojan archery team has been working on heading into the state archery meet in March.

Senior Tyrell Williams will be one the Trojan archery participants in the bullseye and 3D Shooting at in the state tournament. Williams talks about what his goal is heading into the state archery Tournament.

The Iowa State Archery meet will be held March 1st-3rd at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in Des Moines. Good luck to all of the Trojan archery participants at the state meet.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says the sixth ranked Cyclones are focused on Saturday’s game against West Virginia and not the Big 12 standings. ISU is 9-5 and alone in second after Monday’s loss at second ranked Houston.

The Cyclones are in the hunt for their first Big 12 regular season title since 2001.

West Virginia is 4-9 in the Big 12.

The Cyclones will look to remain unbeaten at home this season.

Drake coach Darian DeVries says the Bulldogs need to go out and earn an NCAA spot as the regular season enters its final week. The Bulldogs are considered a bubble team for an at-large bid as they take a share of the Missouri Valley lead and a 23-5 overall record to Cedar Falls to play UNI on Saturday.

DeVries believes there is a path to an at-large bid if it is needed but the margin is slim.

The Bulldogs have put themselves in contention by winning seven of their last eight games after Wednesday night’s 84-69 win over Belmont.

Drake earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament in 2021.

The fourth ranked Iowa Hawkeye wrestling team closes out the regular season on Sunday with a dual at second ranked Oklahoma State. The two programs have combined to win 58 NCAA team titles.

That’s Iowa coach Tom Brands who says the winner will get momentum heading into the postseason.