It was an extremely successful weekend for Iowa wrestling at the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships!
Tom Brands’ squad successfully placed all 10 of their wrestlers at this year’s Big Ten wrestling championships. Therefore, all 10 have punched their tickets to the upcoming 2023 national wrestling championships.
The big headline of the event is Iowa producing two Big Ten champions, good for second in the competition! Penn State, of course, led with four conference champions, fueled by their dominance in the mid-upper weights. Surprisingly, this is actually the Nittany Lions’ first Big Ten Championship win since 2019. That’s astounding considering the program’s overall dominance in the recent decades.
With three seventh-place finishes, two fifth and third-place finishes, and, of course, a single second place finish, Iowa’s strong performance was good for second in the Big Ten.
While they weren’t able to top Penn State this time, they will have another opportunity to do so at the national championships. For as good of a performance as this was for the Hawkeyes lineup throughout, there definitely are areas in which they can improve and really push for the title!
Here is a roundup of the Hawkeyes at the 2023 Big Ten wrestling championships.