After nixing the fan-favorite chartered flight to last year’s bowl game in Nashville – due to a nationwide pilot shortage – University of Iowa Athletics this bowl season is back in the chartered-air game, although only one Hawkeye fan-specific plane is scheduled to Orlando for the team’s third New Year’s Day appearance in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.
Iowa State claimed its first Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational team title since 1996, receiving a title from heavyweight Yonger Bastida. UNI’s Parker Keckeisen won the 184 title there. Iowa dropped Penn and the Dan Gable Donnybrook highlight high school meets. This is the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Iowa’s Zach Glazier has bided his time and is now making the most of his chance as the 197-pound starter. He is 7-0 overall and 3-0 in duals, entering No. 4 Iowa’s dual Friday at Penn.
The University of Iowa has taken the first steps toward conducting an outside search for its next permanent athletics director, establishing a search committee and hiring a search firm.