iowa womens wrestling just landed kylie welker per Ross B @ IA Wrestle!! #1 overall recruit of 2022, jr world champ
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That's AWESOME NEWS !!!!!!!!!! Laying the foundation for a World Class Women's Wrestling Program that will align itself with the World's Best Men's Wrestling Team and Organization !! GO HAWKEYES !!!!!!!!!!!!
Cody Goodwin article:
World champion Kylie Welker is first recruit to commit to Iowa women's wrestling program
Clarissa Chun landed her first recruit as the Iowa women's wrestling coach — and it's a BIG one.
www.hawkcentral.com
Great news! Now we need #s 2-10 PFP and #1 at each weight. Where is our slush fund?
Great News, Kylie is the first of many Big time recruits coming.
Hawkeye wrestling nation is growing and will benefit big from this!
Hawkeye wrestling nation is growing and will benefit big from this!
That sounds like great news! Curious...has there been any info shared on how the women's schedule might look? For instance, is it possible that they would wrestle a dual on the same date as the men? A back to back type of thing.
Also, will they have their own practice area or share the room with the men's team?
Also, will they have their own practice area or share the room with the men's team?
Some discussion here about preferring the duals to be prior to the men’s but nothing official that I’m aware of. I’d imagine separate team practice times in the same facility (current or new when it’s complete) but some overlap with men and women as it relates working out with HWC.
Having them in combo with the men at least some of the time would help get faster exposure to more fans which would be a good thing.
From the presser to announce the new team:
"The women will have their own practice times, their own head coach, their own structure," Brands said during a press conference on Thursday. "The women will run their program as they see fit."
Also awesome:
"I got to watch the Iowa-Penn State dual, and I've never been to anything like that," Welker said. "I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. But the fans are crazy. A wrestler does a down-block or sprawls and the crowd goes wild.
"The fan support behind all the wrestlers is insane. I've competed on some really big stages, but I've never seen a wrestling dual or tournament with that many fans. It was electrifying. I can't imagine wrestling in front of that crowd."
"I got to watch the Iowa-Penn State dual, and I've never been to anything like that," Welker said. "I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. But the fans are crazy. A wrestler does a down-block or sprawls and the crowd goes wild.
"The fan support behind all the wrestlers is insane. I've competed on some really big stages, but I've never seen a wrestling dual or tournament with that many fans. It was electrifying. I can't imagine wrestling in front of that crowd."
World champion Kylie Welker is first recruit to commit to Iowa women's wrestling program
Clarissa Chun landed her first recruit as the Iowa women's wrestling coach — and it's a BIG one.
hawkcentral.com
I believe they should and will completely do their own thing but I would imagine they would overlap some of the events, or at least they should.
They cannot have the men’s team Interrupted or the women’s team over influenced, for lack of a better explanation.
They should train together in the off season a bit just like a regional training center would, but not during the reg season.
They cannot have the men’s team Interrupted or the women’s team over influenced, for lack of a better explanation.
They should train together in the off season a bit just like a regional training center would, but not during the reg season.
They are separate entities and will mostly be practicing at same time in different facilities, I’m guessing.
So I assume it will need to be a separate mat for Duals! Probably not a huge deal but will add complication to having a joint men's women's dual.
I doubt they will do it this way, but if they have a Women's dual before the men, they could just flip the mat between duals, because the back of the Hawkeye mat is a freestyle mat.
Did not know this, but I also don’t see them doing that.
Like, an Iowa wrestling theme? With logos? I like angry Herky. Maybe black and gold? How am I doing so far?
Holes in the mats? Sounds like we might need a go fund me page.
Congrats Kylie! Welcome to Hawkeye Nation! The #1 PFP woman wrestler in the country is a great first block in women's program foundation!
Curious, does anyone know how many scholarships are allotted for the women's program?
Curious, does anyone know how many scholarships are allotted for the women's program?
She'll fit right in, already has the brace on her arm/elbow before she even gets here.......... 😏Cody Goodwin article:
World champion Kylie Welker is first recruit to commit to Iowa women's wrestling program
Clarissa Chun landed her first recruit as the Iowa women's wrestling coach — and it's a BIG one.www.hawkcentral.com
They're going with the Penn State Men's Team model............... unlimited. 😏
Let's GO!!!!! Man this is so exciting watching this team being built!
Dude, nice avatar. Do you happen to know how many gals from the current SEM squad are being recruited? The Blades sisters and Larramendy I know about...but others?
This seems to be stating the NCAA rule, rather than what Iowa plans to do, but I would expect Iowa to offer the maximum.
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Women's wrestling can offer 10 scholarships that can be divided among participants. The roster size is expected to be 30 to 35 wrestlers.
Iowa will now offer 22 sports -- eight men's teams and 14 women's teams. The university added women's rowing in 1994 and women's soccer in 1996.
Iowa is first in Power 5 to add women's wrestling
Iowa will become the first Power 5 school to add a women's wrestling program, which will begin competition in the 2023-24 season, the school announced on Thursday.
I’m more worried about holes in da wall between the respective teams locker facilities.
No worries, they are still there...
Kylie, You're already an amazing groundbreaker for women's wrestling. Congratulations on all you've accomplished. I'm a big fan, and am totally convinced that THE BEST IS YET TO COME ! Already looking forward to seeing you & Spencer in the '24 Olympics.
Absolutely not, both Kennedy and Kylie are at 164lbs but can see one of them going 152 or 180. Korina Blades is at 138.
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I have no idea about the chances, but it’s Iowa wrestling with Chun as head coach so I would imagine it’s good with all recruits.
Amit Elor at 152lbs is right up there with Kylie and Kennedy / Korina Blades . Katie Gomez from Cali is the #4 p4p in the rankings along with these other girls makes the top 5 p4p.
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