Pat Flanagan Open
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Drake at 133. Hmmmm…..
My guess is that this serves two purposes. A. He probably has to cut some weight to make 125. That might not be a part of his current stregth and conditioning program. B. competition is probably a bit better at 133. Honestly I think a healthy Drake is an NCAA All American at this point at 125 he should be be able to walk through this.
Drake may be an AA candidate, maybe not. Didn't he finish 7th in the B10 last year? That's a jump to AA. Hope he has made that improvement next year.
You must have forgotten his performances before the shoulder injury. My guess is there will be more matches at 133 vs 125.
Yeah his arm / shoulder was all jacked up at the end of last year. He had surgery on over the offseason it as confirmed by Spencer after the SS. I think a healthy version of Drake is a solid AA candidate.
Drake is my pick to win NCAAs next year. He is essentially a starter going to a backup tourney. This is just to get some more competitive matches. Plus a lot of open tourneys have been 3 man round robin at 125. If it’s the same here and 1 is a teammate then what good does it do for him to go there?
We’ve always wrestled our redshirts up a weight….. why cut weight during a redshirt and why not get some potentially better competition wrestling up?
Open 157
Carter Martinson's place is unknown and has scored 2.5 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by tech fall over Kale Downey (Central) (TF 15-0)
Open 165
Aiden Riggins's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) won by fall over Austin Stewart (Northern Illinois) (Fall 1:18)
Open 125
Charles Matthews's place is unknown and has scored 1.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by decision over Raul Romero (Indian Hills) (Dec 7-6)
Open 133
Drake Ayala's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) won by fall over Cory Hoyle (Central) (Fall 0:47)
Open 285
Bradley Hill's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Bradley Hill (Iowa) won by fall over Collin Feucht (UW Oshkosh) (Fall 1:29)
Open 165
Carson Martinson's place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Carson Martinson (Iowa) won by major decision over Jason Hermann (Central) (Maj 11-3)
Open 149
Joel Jesuroga's place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by fall over Blake Swearingen (Indian Hills) (Fall 1:09)
- Champ. Round 2 - Chance Throndson (Upper Iowa) won by decision over Carter Martinson (Iowa) (Dec 12-8)
Open 165
Sebastian Robles's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Sebastian Robles (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Brady Schuh (UW Parkside) won by decision over Sebastian Robles (Iowa) (Dec 5-3)
- Champ. Round 2 - Allen Catour (Loras College) won in sudden victory - 1 over Carson Martinson (Iowa) (SV-1 10-8)
Open 285
Easton Fleshman's place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Easton Fleshman (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Champ. Round 2 - Easton Fleshman (Iowa) won by fall over Kail Shannon (UNAT) (Fall 1:59)
Well it is a group of mostly backups and room guys....
Open 184
Aidan McCain's place is 6th and has scored 6.0 team points.- Champ. Round 1 - Aidan McCain (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Quarterfinal - Aidan McCain (Iowa) won by decision over Syrron White (Indian Hills) (Dec 8-5)
- Cons. Round 2 - Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by fall over Dalton Koenig (Iowa Wesleyan) (Fall 1:16)
- Quarterfinal - Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) won by tech fall over Luke Moczynski (UW Oshkosh) (TF 19-4)
- Cons. Round 2 - Carter Martinson (Iowa) received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 3 - Carter Martinson (Iowa) won by major decision over Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) (Maj 9-1)
- Cons. Round 2 - Sebastian Robles (Iowa) won by decision over Austin Stewart (Northern Illinois) (Dec 3-2)
- Cons. Round 3 - Tommy Bennett (Northern Illinois) won by decision over Sebastian Robles (Iowa) (Dec 7-6)
- Quarterfinal - Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) won by decision over Easton Fleshman (Iowa) (Dec 7-2)
- Cons. Round 3 - Charles Matthews (Iowa) won by major decision over Colin Suyko (Central) (Maj 15-5)
Drake will get Cory Land in the finals.
Bio:
Graduated ranked No. 3 in the nation at 126 pounds. four-time state champion and also won the Alabama state championships as an eighth-grader ... had a perfect 203-0 high school record, winning titles at 106 as a freshman, 120 as a sophomore, 126 as a junior and 138 as a senior. 2019: U17 Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and second in freestyle … 2021: U17 Nationals champion in Greco-Roman … third in Junior Folkstyle Nationals … 2022: Second wrestler from Alabama to win a Junior men's freestyle title, winning at 132 pounds … National Recruiting Showcase champion at 126 pounds (folkstyle nationals) … second at Junior Nationals Greco Roman at 132 pounds … sixth in U20 Nationals in Greco-Roman
Bio:
Graduated ranked No. 3 in the nation at 126 pounds. four-time state champion and also won the Alabama state championships as an eighth-grader ... had a perfect 203-0 high school record, winning titles at 106 as a freshman, 120 as a sophomore, 126 as a junior and 138 as a senior. 2019: U17 Nationals champion in Greco-Roman and second in freestyle … 2021: U17 Nationals champion in Greco-Roman … third in Junior Folkstyle Nationals … 2022: Second wrestler from Alabama to win a Junior men's freestyle title, winning at 132 pounds … National Recruiting Showcase champion at 126 pounds (folkstyle nationals) … second at Junior Nationals Greco Roman at 132 pounds … sixth in U20 Nationals in Greco-Roman
