FORT DODGE — The I-Club annual spring banquet tour made a stop in Webster County Thursday night. Here is audio from Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery. Here is audio from Iowa assistant football coach Brian Ferentz. Here is audio from Hawkeyes head wrestling coach Tom Brands. “We’re going Star Trek!” Brands said. You’ll see [...]
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University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands made an appearance Thursday at a meeting with members of Iowa’s Presidential Committee on Athletics in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes completed a season witha second straight third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in March at Wells Fargo Arena in Des [...]
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DES MOINES – Derek St. John doesn’t wear his emotions on his sleeve. The composed University of Iowa junior won’t have to since he has a gold medal to drape around his neck. St. John scored three points in an exciting third period to capture the 157-pound national title at the NCAA Division I Wrestling [...]
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DES MOINES – It wasn’t easy for Tony Ramos and Derek St. John. It was probably just as tough for University of Iowa fans to watch, but both produced gutsy victories in gut-wrenching performances. Ramos and St. John forged their way to the finals with extended overtime wins in Friday night’s semifinals of the NCAA [...]
continue »Above, Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands talks about his team’s performance in Friday’s quarterfinal round. Here are the team standings: 1. Penn State 77.5 2. Oklahoma St. 65.5 3. Minnesota 49.5 4. Iowa 39.0 5. Missouri 38.5 6. Cornell 37.0 7. Ohio St. 30.5 8. Edinboro 27.0 8. Nebraska 27.0 10. Oregon St. 26.0 [...]
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In the video above, Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands talks about Iowa’s 7-2 start to the NCAA wrestling championships in Des Moines at Wells Fargo Arena. Here are the brackets after session one of NCAA wrestling: NCAA Wrestling Championships – Session 1 Brackets
continue »Matt McDonough’s name adorns the wall with other top wrestlers from the University of Iowa. He has the chance to cement his name with the all-time Hawkeye greats with one final competition. The senior 125-pounder will attempt to become a four-time national finalist and the seventh third-time NCAA champion in school history at the NCAA [...]
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – University of Iowa coach Tom Brands said the hairs on the back of his neck were standing on end. It was a direct result from the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ lackluster performance against the University of Minnesota. The third-seeded and fourth-ranked Gophers won six matches and dropped Iowa, 22-15, in the semifinals of the [...]
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IOWA CITY — Wrestling got pinned without seeing it coming. Yet, University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands may have said it best for his sport when it came to Tuesday’s announcement from the International Olympic Committee that wrestling would be dropped from the 2020 Summer Games. “I’m surprised that I’m surprised,” said the 1996 [...]
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University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands already had a press conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to talk about his team. But events of the day dictated he discuss the International Olympic Committee’s decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Olympics. Here is part of Brands’ comments:
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