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Creston-OM wrestling champion Marlin commits to Hawkeyes

Captain America plans to return, to Iowa City. Creston-Orient-Macksburg three-time state champion, wrestler Jake Marlin, received the, nickname last year as some Panther teammates referred to each other by, superhero characters. University of Iowa will benefit from his talents in the future. Marlin confirmed that…

Gable set for next stage

Dan Gable Wrestling Coach

By MATT LEVINS IOWA CITY “Dan Gable has been the face of amateur wrestling for the better part of the last half-century. During that span, Gable has done just about everything there is to do for the sport of wrestling,…

Hawkeyes Hire Song as New Strength Coach

Andy Hamilton – Iowa City Press-Citizen Danny Song wasn’t certain what he was getting into three years ago when his search for a place to continue his wrestling career led him from New York to Iowa. He had just finished…

One Moore Reason to Cheer for the Hawkeyes

Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen Nick Moore joked in May that he might hold off on making a commitment until next spring just to throw off all of the people who expected an announcement this summer that he was…

Former ISU Wrestler Tyler Clark Back In Business at Iowa

ISU transfer back in business at Iowa By Andy Hamilton “¢ Iowa City Press-Citizen “¢ July 3, 2009 Rankings apparently came into play when Tyler Clark made his decision to leave Iowa State and transfer to Iowa. The two-time NCAA…

Jared Frayer Leaves Hawkeyes for Wis Badgers

Jared Frayer, the Iowa wrestling team’s strength and conditioning coach, has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Wisconsin. Frayer wrestled at Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and an NCAA runner-up in 2002 at 149 pounds, and…

NCAA wrestling title tainted by lack of individual champions

BY RYAN YOUNG ST. LOUIS ” It definitely wasn’t the storybook ending Iowa expected at the conclusion of the NCAA wrestling championships. The Hawkeyes received a 22nd team title to a storm of cheers and whistles, but the jubilant and…

Terry Brands takes Hawks under wing

Andy Hamilton – Iowa City Press-Citizen CEDAR FALLS — To hear others speak of his work, it might sound as if Terry Brands was employed as some sort of project manager if you didn’t know better. Advertisement During the first…

USA Today: Brands, Cael Reignite Iowa/ISU Rivalry

Brands, Sanderson re-ignite Iowa wrestling rivalry By Luke Meredith, AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa ” They’re shooting for a record crowd Saturday night in Iowa City. Local authorities gave the University of Iowa permission to increase the capacity at…

Brands signs contract extension

University of Iowa Sports Information IOWA CITY, IA — University of Iowa Director of Athletics Gary Barta announced today that Coach Tom Brands has signed a contract extension that will run through the 2013 wrestling season. “Tom Brands is the…