Tag Brent Metcalf

You’re as week as you want to let yourself be.

Inspiriting words from Brent Metcalf, 2x NCAA Champ

Iowa’s Brent Metcalf sets lofty goals for this season and beyond

Craig Sesker USA Wrestling Iowa’s Brent Metcalf shoots in on North Carolina State’s Darrion Caldwell during the 2009 NCAA finals in St. Louis. Photo by Larry Slater. IOWA CITY “Brent Metcalf took the college wrestling world by storm during the…

Iconic wrestler Brent Metcalf, normally relentless, takes break

Brent Metcalf has been a national champion. He has been a national runner-up. He has been an All-American ” twice. He has been a Big Ten champion ” twice. He has been the Outstanding Wrestler at the Big Ten championships…

Caldwell-Metcalf the Owings-Gable of 2009?

Portion of a sports columnist from the Creston (Iowa) News-Advertiser drawing some links between Caldwell-Metcalf and Owings-Gable… Creston/O-M coach Darrell Frain has often told me tournaments are won on the back side of the brackets, and Iowa proved that with…

JR Ogden’s Post-NCAA Confusion RE Coach Penrith, Brent Metcalf

By J.R. Ogden Gazette sports editor The college wrestling season ended last weekend in St. Louis with the University of Iowa earning its second NCAA championship in Tom Brands’ three years as head coach. But the news didn’t stop at…

The Upset, The Push, and Some Courage

By John Huckaby This year’s NCAA championships will be remembered for three things ” North Carolina State’s Darrion Caldwell’s upset win over Iowa’s Brent Metcalf at 149 pounds, Metcalf’s unsportsmanlike push of Caldwell after losing and the courage and skill…

Iowa’s Metcalf Wins Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year

PARK RIDGE, IL – Iowa wrestler Brent Metcalf and Northwestern lacrosse standout Hannah Nielsen were respectively named the Jesse Owens Male and Suzy Favor Female Athletes of the Year, the Big Ten Conference announced on Thursday. The Big Ten Athletes…