Dundee, Michigan’s own Casey Swiderski has made a seamless transition into Iowa State’s powerhouse wrestling program since his arrival as a freshman in 2022. The 2022 Michigan Wrestling Association’s Mr. Wrestler award winner will step into the NCAA Championships as the eighth seed, looking to make a statement to end his sophomore campaign.
As all athletes should, Swiderski diverts his attention from wrestling with a hobby: hunting.
“Where I come from, that’s what we do,” Swiderski said. “In [Michigan], what we do is hunt. My dad has the dog business for hunting dogs and yeah, we hunt everything.