With a couple days of perspective, wanted to look back at Iowa's performance as a whole. For myself as much for anyone else.
Stats courtesy of Track:
125 Spencer Lee (12-0) placed 1st and scored 24.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 9-7 (TF-1.5 1:33 (16-1))
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) 17-6 (MD 15-5)
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Devin Schroder (Purdue) 11-6 (MD 10-2)
Semifinal - won by major decision over Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) 14-2 (MD 11-0)
1st Place Match - won by decision over Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) 15-1 (Dec 7-0)
Real impressive performance from Lee. While it was kind of fun to troll those who didn't realize everyone agreed he hurt his knee, still an incredible bummer. Wish he could have gotten the major in the finals, but that would have required Courtney to actual be on the mat/wrestling, and the ref didn't seem to care too much about that.
133 Austin DeSanto (12-2) placed 3rd and scored 19.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Paul Bianchi (Little Rock) 11-6 (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-4))
Champ. Round 2 - won by fall over Ryan Sullivan (West Virginia) 8-5 (Fall 1:36)
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 10-3 (MD 13-5)
Semifinal - lost by decision Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 13-1 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Semi - won by tech fall over Michael McGee (Arizona State) 13-4 (TF-1.5 7:00 (19-4))
3rd Place Match - won by decision over Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) 12-2 (Dec 10-6)
Shame that he didn't get to participate in the team stuff saturday night, because he sure deserved it. Overall a great tournament. Agressive, smart. just couldn't breatk through against Fix.
141 Jaydin Eierman (12-1) placed 2nd and scored 21.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 7-11 (TF-1.5 6:19 (20-5))
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 7-7 (Dec 5-3)
Quarterfinal - won by fall over Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) 11-3 (Fall 3:49)
Semifinal - won by fall over Tariq Wilson (NC State) 14-1 (Fall 2:59)
1st Place Match - lost in sudden victory - 1 to Nick Lee (Penn State) 13-1 (SV-1 4-2)
Bummer in the finals.
149 Max Murin (6-5) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by decision over Graham Rooks (Indiana) 5-7 (Dec 8-7)
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) 9-3 (Dec 5-3)
Quarterfinal - lost in sudden victory - 1 to Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) 20-3 (SV-1 6-4)
Cons. Round 4 - lost in tie breaker - 1 to Jaden Abas (Stanford) 13-4 (TB-1 2-1)
Glad to see him get revenge of Lovett. SV loss away from AA, and then another OT loss in blood round. Very easily could have been AA
157 Kaleb Young (10-3) placed 7th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Caleb Licking (Nebraska) 5-8 (MD 10-2)
Champ. Round 2 - lost to Brady Berge (Penn State) 10-4 by decision (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 2 - won by decision over Benjamin Barton (Campbell) 11-4 (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 3 - won by decision over Hunter Willits (Oregon State) 11-5 (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 4 - won by major decision over Jacob Wright (Wyoming) 18-6 (MD 10-2)
Cons. Round 5 - lost to Brayton Lee (Minnesota) 14-6 by decision (Dec 3-2)
7th Place Match - won by decision over Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 11-9 (Dec 3-2)
Finally won a 3-2 match.. Nice job working through the backside, but hurts to lose close decisions to guys you beat.
165 Alex Marinelli (7-2) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) 6-4 (MD 19-6)
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Thomas Bullard (NC State) 7-7 (MD 13-2)
Quarterfinal - lost to Shane Griffith (Stanford) 11-1 in sudden victory - 1 SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Round 4 - lost to Cameron Amine (Michigan) 14-4 by medical forfeit 7-2 (M. For.)
Just complete bummer. So close to a TD on Griffith that probably would have resulted in him being the champ.
174 Michael Kemerer (11-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Drew Hughes (Michigan State) 4-9 (TF-1.5 4:08 (22-7))
Champ. Round 2 - won by tech fall over Benjamin Pasiuk (Army West Point) 7-2 (TF-1.5 5:06 (17-1))
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Daniel Bullard (NC State) 12-3 (MD 13-4)
Semifinal - won by decision over Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) 13-3 (Dec 8-1)
1st Place Match - lost to Carter Starocci (Penn State) 13-2 in sv1 (SV-1 3-1)
Like watching a car accident in slow motion (for the second time, after the 141 match). Spend the whole match stalking a guy sucks
184 Nelson Brands (8-6) place is unknown and scored 1.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by decision over Dominic Ducharme (Csu Bakersfield) 6-2 (Dec 8-6)
Champ. Round 2 - lost to Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 13-3 by decision (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 2 - lost to Devin Kane (North Carolina) 11-5 by major decision (MD 15-4)
Didn't catch the Kane match. Brands' tourney was largely going to be driven by matchups though.
197 -Jacob Warner (13-4) placed 4th and scored 12.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won in sudden victory - 1 over Nick Reenan (NC State) 7-5 (SV-1 9-7)
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Lucas Davison (Northwestern) 9-5 (Dec 3-0)
Quarterfinal - lost to AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) 20-1 by decision (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 4 - won by decision over Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) 11-6 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 5 - won by decision over Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) 14-6 (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Semi - won by decision over Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) 12-10 (Dec 2-1)
3rd Place Match - lost to Myles Amine (Michigan) 11-1 by decision (Dec 5-3)
After the early wakeup call, nice tourney from warner. Could have been champ if he beats Ferrari, and would have been nice to beat Amine, but losing to the champ and the 1 seed doesn't leave much room for complaint
285 - Tony Cassioppi (13-3) placed 3rd and scored 16.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Jon Spaulding (Edinboro) 11-6 (MD 9-1)
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) 11-11 (MD 11-0)
Quarterfinal - won by decision over Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 17-2 (Dec 4-1)
Semifinal - lost to Gable Steveson (Minnesota) 17-0 by major decision (MD 16-6)
Cons. Semi - won by major decision over Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) 10-7 (MD 8-0)
3rd Place Match - won by decision over Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 17-2 (Dec 5-0)
Went pretty much according to script here. Well in control of everyone but Steveson. Glad Tony will have at least one year where he doesn't have both Parris and Steveson in his way.
Overall, the Hawks were a whisker away from really blowing this open:
Stats courtesy of Track:
125 Spencer Lee (12-0) placed 1st and scored 24.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 9-7 (TF-1.5 1:33 (16-1))
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) 17-6 (MD 15-5)
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Devin Schroder (Purdue) 11-6 (MD 10-2)
Semifinal - won by major decision over Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) 14-2 (MD 11-0)
1st Place Match - won by decision over Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) 15-1 (Dec 7-0)
Real impressive performance from Lee. While it was kind of fun to troll those who didn't realize everyone agreed he hurt his knee, still an incredible bummer. Wish he could have gotten the major in the finals, but that would have required Courtney to actual be on the mat/wrestling, and the ref didn't seem to care too much about that.
133 Austin DeSanto (12-2) placed 3rd and scored 19.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Paul Bianchi (Little Rock) 11-6 (TF-1.5 4:34 (19-4))
Champ. Round 2 - won by fall over Ryan Sullivan (West Virginia) 8-5 (Fall 1:36)
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 10-3 (MD 13-5)
Semifinal - lost by decision Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 13-1 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Semi - won by tech fall over Michael McGee (Arizona State) 13-4 (TF-1.5 7:00 (19-4))
3rd Place Match - won by decision over Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) 12-2 (Dec 10-6)
Shame that he didn't get to participate in the team stuff saturday night, because he sure deserved it. Overall a great tournament. Agressive, smart. just couldn't breatk through against Fix.
141 Jaydin Eierman (12-1) placed 2nd and scored 21.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 7-11 (TF-1.5 6:19 (20-5))
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 7-7 (Dec 5-3)
Quarterfinal - won by fall over Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) 11-3 (Fall 3:49)
Semifinal - won by fall over Tariq Wilson (NC State) 14-1 (Fall 2:59)
1st Place Match - lost in sudden victory - 1 to Nick Lee (Penn State) 13-1 (SV-1 4-2)
Bummer in the finals.
149 Max Murin (6-5) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by decision over Graham Rooks (Indiana) 5-7 (Dec 8-7)
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) 9-3 (Dec 5-3)
Quarterfinal - lost in sudden victory - 1 to Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) 20-3 (SV-1 6-4)
Cons. Round 4 - lost in tie breaker - 1 to Jaden Abas (Stanford) 13-4 (TB-1 2-1)
Glad to see him get revenge of Lovett. SV loss away from AA, and then another OT loss in blood round. Very easily could have been AA
157 Kaleb Young (10-3) placed 7th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Caleb Licking (Nebraska) 5-8 (MD 10-2)
Champ. Round 2 - lost to Brady Berge (Penn State) 10-4 by decision (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 2 - won by decision over Benjamin Barton (Campbell) 11-4 (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 3 - won by decision over Hunter Willits (Oregon State) 11-5 (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 4 - won by major decision over Jacob Wright (Wyoming) 18-6 (MD 10-2)
Cons. Round 5 - lost to Brayton Lee (Minnesota) 14-6 by decision (Dec 3-2)
7th Place Match - won by decision over Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 11-9 (Dec 3-2)
Finally won a 3-2 match.. Nice job working through the backside, but hurts to lose close decisions to guys you beat.
165 Alex Marinelli (7-2) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) 6-4 (MD 19-6)
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Thomas Bullard (NC State) 7-7 (MD 13-2)
Quarterfinal - lost to Shane Griffith (Stanford) 11-1 in sudden victory - 1 SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Round 4 - lost to Cameron Amine (Michigan) 14-4 by medical forfeit 7-2 (M. For.)
Just complete bummer. So close to a TD on Griffith that probably would have resulted in him being the champ.
174 Michael Kemerer (11-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by tech fall over Drew Hughes (Michigan State) 4-9 (TF-1.5 4:08 (22-7))
Champ. Round 2 - won by tech fall over Benjamin Pasiuk (Army West Point) 7-2 (TF-1.5 5:06 (17-1))
Quarterfinal - won by major decision over Daniel Bullard (NC State) 12-3 (MD 13-4)
Semifinal - won by decision over Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) 13-3 (Dec 8-1)
1st Place Match - lost to Carter Starocci (Penn State) 13-2 in sv1 (SV-1 3-1)
Like watching a car accident in slow motion (for the second time, after the 141 match). Spend the whole match stalking a guy sucks
184 Nelson Brands (8-6) place is unknown and scored 1.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by decision over Dominic Ducharme (Csu Bakersfield) 6-2 (Dec 8-6)
Champ. Round 2 - lost to Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 13-3 by decision (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 2 - lost to Devin Kane (North Carolina) 11-5 by major decision (MD 15-4)
Didn't catch the Kane match. Brands' tourney was largely going to be driven by matchups though.
197 -Jacob Warner (13-4) placed 4th and scored 12.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won in sudden victory - 1 over Nick Reenan (NC State) 7-5 (SV-1 9-7)
Champ. Round 2 - won by decision over Lucas Davison (Northwestern) 9-5 (Dec 3-0)
Quarterfinal - lost to AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) 20-1 by decision (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 4 - won by decision over Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) 11-6 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 5 - won by decision over Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) 14-6 (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Semi - won by decision over Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) 12-10 (Dec 2-1)
3rd Place Match - lost to Myles Amine (Michigan) 11-1 by decision (Dec 5-3)
After the early wakeup call, nice tourney from warner. Could have been champ if he beats Ferrari, and would have been nice to beat Amine, but losing to the champ and the 1 seed doesn't leave much room for complaint
285 - Tony Cassioppi (13-3) placed 3rd and scored 16.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - won by major decision over Jon Spaulding (Edinboro) 11-6 (MD 9-1)
Champ. Round 2 - won by major decision over Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) 11-11 (MD 11-0)
Quarterfinal - won by decision over Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 17-2 (Dec 4-1)
Semifinal - lost to Gable Steveson (Minnesota) 17-0 by major decision (MD 16-6)
Cons. Semi - won by major decision over Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) 10-7 (MD 8-0)
3rd Place Match - won by decision over Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 17-2 (Dec 5-0)
Went pretty much according to script here. Well in control of everyone but Steveson. Glad Tony will have at least one year where he doesn't have both Parris and Steveson in his way.
Overall, the Hawks were a whisker away from really blowing this open:
- Max was OT away from at least 6 more as an AA
- Bull was finishing one shot away from probably 15 more.
- ADS had a shot against Fix. Wasn't worth a whole lot more team wise, but another guy in the finals would have been good
- KY finished about where predicted, but only lost two close matches and could have gotten a few more team points
- Warner could have legitimately been champ
- JE and Kem of course could have been champs too.
