What determines a great athlete? Is it muscular strength? Endurance? The ability to jump, run quickly and stay coordinated? Opinions are as numerous as the physical activities that qualify athletes for consideration. This week, Sports Illustrated attempted to tackle the question by rating their top 50 fittest athletes. Overall the sporting news stalwart fared well, [Read More]

USA Wrestling is excited to announce the expanded Folkstyle Tour of America for the 2017-18 membership year. There will be six events as part of this popular youth folkstyle wrestling series, which provides high quality competition to wrestlers of many ages all across the country. Five of the events will be successful competitions which have [Read More]

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling will battle at least three teams that finished in the top 10 at the 2017 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships. The Panthers are set to host Missouri, which finished fifth. The team also will travel to Oklahoma State and Cornell, which finished third and eighth at nationals, respectively. HOME [Read More]

Among the greatest wrestling upsets in NCAA history, three stand out: Larry Owings’ 13-11 victory over Dan Gable in 1970, Dwayne Keller’s 4-2 decision over Rick Sanders in 1968 and Steve Marianetti’s 13-10 triumph of Lincoln McIlravy in 1995. Those memories still burn bright in the victors’ minds and remind fans and wrestlers that no [Read More]

Photo: Austin Bernard Another matchup of highly ranked upperweights has been released for Agony in Ames. One of this year’s marquee bouts will feature Fargo champs in Devin Winston of Missouri and AJ Ferrari of Texas. The two will wrestle at 182 pounds, where Devin Winston is currently ranked 17th in the country. Winston, a junior at [Read More]