Iowa coach Tom Brands recaps the Hawkeyes' third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships Cody Goodwin, cgoodwin2@dmreg.com
It was a busy and important wrestling weekend for Iowa’s three Division I programs.
The Hawkeyes trekked north, to Minneapolis, for the Big Ten tournament, where they took third behind Penn State and Ohio State and qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships. Alex Marinelli won the title at 165 pounds, and five other Iowa wrestlers finished fourth or better.
Iowa State and Northern Iowa both went south, to Tulsa, for the Big 12 Championships.