Iowa Champions/AAs By Home State Update

[pablow]

Iowa NCAA Champions
Iowa (28): Royce Alger, Leslie Beers, Jay Borschel, Terry Brands, Tom Brands, Pete Bush, Cory Clark, Jim Craig, Barry Davis, Kevin Dresser, Lee Fullhart, Dick Govig, Mark Ironside, Eric Juergens, Bruce Kinseth, Gary Kurdelmeir, Matt McDonough, Jeff McGinness, Cliff Moore, Mark Reiland, Simon Roberts, Derek St. John, Doug Schwab, Sherwyn Thorson, Daryl Weber, Jesse Whitmer, Chuck Yagla, and Jim Zalesky.
Illinois (7): Dan Holm, Terry McCann, Dan Sherman, Brad Smith, Joe Williams, T.J. Williams, and Tony Ramos
New York (3): Ed Banach, Lou Banach, and Brad Penrith.
South Dakota (2): Randy Lewis and Lincoln McIlravy
North Dakota (2): Terry Steiner and Troy Steiner
Minnesota (2): Ken Leuer and Joel Sharratt
New Jersey (2): Chris Campbell and Steve Mocco
California (1): Marty Kistler
Colorado (1): Duane Goldman
Maryland (1): Rico Chiapparelli
Michigan (1): Brent Metcalf
Montana (1): Bill Zadick
Nebraska (1): Joe Scarpello
Ohio (1): Jim Heffernan
Oklahoma (1): Mark Perry
Pennsylvania (1): Spencer Lee

Iowa NCAA AAs

Iowa (84): Royce Alger, Doug Anderson, Morris Barnhill, Leslie Beers, Doug Benschoter, Jay Borschel, John Bowlsby, Paul Bradley, Terry Brands, Tom Brands, Pete Bush, Joe Carstensen, Bart Chelesvig, Cory Clark, Jim Craig, Barry Davis, Kevin Dresser, Matt Egeland, Chalie Falck, Matt Fields, Travis Fiser, Lee Fullhart, Ryan Fulsaas, Grant Gambrall, Vince Garcia, Thomas Gilman, Dan Glenn, Dick Govig, Byron Guernsey, Wes Hand, Jamie Heidt, Phil Henning, Tom Huff, Mark Ironside, Harlan Jenkinson, Eric Juergens, Loy Julius, Jeff Kerber, Earl Kielhorn, Bruce Kinseth, Gary Kurdelmeir, Rometo Macias, Montell Marion, Matt McDonough, Jeff McGinness, Mike McGivern, Rich Mihal, Albert Montgomery, Cliff Moore, Ryan Morningstar, Keith Mourlam, Alex Myer, Matt Nerem, Tyler Nixt, John Oostendorp, Dean Phinney, Greg Randall, Mark Reiland, Ralph Rieks, Tom Riley, Simon Roberts, Doug Schwab, Bill Sherman, Streeter Shining, Ben Shirk, Brooks Simpson, Mark Sindlinger, Joey Slaton, Jessman Smith, Derek St. John, Brandon Sorensen, Mark Stevenson, Doug Streicher, Verlyn Strellner, Sherwyn Thorson, Gordon Trapp, Mike Uker, Daryl Weber, Jesse Whitmer, Chuck Yagla, Jim Zalesky, Lenny Zalesky, Paul Zander, and Chad Zaputil
Illinois (17): Sam Brooks, Steve Combs, Tim Cysewski, Daniel Dennis, Dan Holm, Fran McCann, Terry McCann, Mike Mena, King Mueller, Tony Ramos, Dan Sherman, Brad Smith, Mark Trizzino, Scott Trizzino, Dan Wagemann, Joe Williams, and T.J. Williams,
Minnesota (5): Mike Edwards, Luke Eustice, Ty Eustice, Ken Leuer, Joel Sharratt, and Sam Stoll
New York (5): Ed Banach, Lou Banach, Brad Penrith, Tom Ryan, and Greg Stevens
South Dakota (3): Randy Lewis, Lincoln McIlravy, and Jan Sanderon
North Dakota (3): Kasey Gilliss, Terry Steiner, and Troy Steiner
Ohio (3): Mike DeAnna, Jim Heffernan, John Heffernan, and Alex Marinelli
Utah (3): Phillip Keddy, Ethan Lofthouse, and Luke Lofthouse
California (3): Harlan Kistler, Lindley Kistler, Marty Kistler
Pennsylvania (3): Ray Brinzer, Mike Evans, Michael Kemerer, and Jody Strittmatter
New Jersey (3): Chris Campbell, Joe Melchiore, and Steve Mocco
Kansas (2): Joe Johnston and Eric Luedke
Indiana (2): Bud Palmer and Alex Tsirtsis
Colorado (2): Duane Goldman and Nathan Burak
Montana (2): Bill Zadick and Mike Zadick
Michigan (1): Brent Metcalf
Oklahoma (1): Mark Perry
Virginia (1): Steve Martin
Maryland (1): Rico Chiapparelli
Delaware (1): Bobby Telford
Idaho (1): Dan Erekson
Alaska (1): Gabe McMahan

 

[okinburg1]

Impressive list. Honest question - how many of the national champions from Iowa won their title this millennium? My sense, being a fan of wrestling since the 80s, is that the majority were pre-2000s. So the next logical question, if my first observation is correct, is why the drop off? Was the level of high school wrestling in Iowa pre-2000 that much better than the rest of the country? Did Coach Gable have that much influence in developing talent? Has the level of high school wrestling in the rest of the country gotten that much better since 2000? I am not trolling at all - honest questions.

BTW, congrats to the Hawks for a great tournament. Spencer Lee is a beast and I am very much looking forward to him wrestle over the next 3 years.

 

[Urohawk]

Wow, for some reason I thought Gable pulled a lot more out of state recruits. Almost like the Iowa high school system needs a shot in the arm.

 

[Jaybird319]

Watch your tongue. Iowa high school wrestling is as good as ever around these parts.

 

[meatloaf55]

Pennsylvania should have 5 AAs if you put in Spencer lee

 

[redghost1974]

Watch your tongue. Iowa high school wrestling is as good as ever around these parts.

Iowa is great wrestling but due to the low population there just aren't enough clubs that freco on a national level. It takes parents with serious money for that and there just as many as the other states. The scrambling and better technique elevates the more mat time. Add 4-6 season of freestyle (Jr high to high school) and that is a very advanced kid.

High population states have more year round wrestlers than Iowa. Other than 3A schools, kids do other sports, which makes thier development less.

 

[MitchL]

Watch your tongue. Iowa high school wrestling is as good as ever around these parts.