Iowa wrestling: Jared Frayer loses appeal on Brent Metcalf match
Jared Frayer’s last-gasp attempt to wrestle a spot on the U.S. freestyle team away from Brent Metcalf is apparently dead.
Archive for June, 2010
Iowa football: Karl Klug on Outland Trophy watch list
Klug managed to do most of his work last year with relative anonymity until he collected six tackles and a sack against Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Now the senior defensive tackle is starting to collect some preseason accolades.
Top 10 UI male student-athletes for 2009-10
Note to reader: Don’t let this list fool you. The University of Iowa has not eliminated all but three of its men’s sports. It just looks that way based on the Press-Citizen’s list of the top 10 UI male student-athletes for the 2009-10 school year.
Iowa men’s basketball: Hawks spend summer training
Style of play isn’t the only thing that has changed with Fran McCaffery coaching the Iowa men’s basketball team. How the players train and lift weights also is different under McCaffery compared to his predecessor Todd Lickliter.
Top 10 UI female student-athletes for 2009-10
The Press-Citizen’s top University of Iowa female student-athletes for the 2009-10 school year.
Iowa football: Ricky Stanzi works to maximize potential
It’s full-time football for Ricky Stanzi this summer.
Iowa wrestling: Hawkeyes add Kurt Backes as assistant
Former Iowa State University wrestler Kurt Backes has joined the University of Iowa wrestling program as a volunteer assistant coach. The announcement was made today by Hawkeye Head Coach Tom Brands.
Big 10 may host first football championship
The Big Ten took a requisite step toward a conference title game last week with the addition of Nebraska as the league’s 12th team. NCAA bylaws state that a conference must have 12 teams to play a football championship game.
Iowa softball: Coach Gayle Blevins to retire
As Gayle Blevins prepares to enter the next phase of her life, it’s not the 1,245 victories or the eight Big Ten titles that she won as a college softball coach that make her most proud. It’s more about how she affected the lives of the young women who played under her for 31 seasons, including the past 23 seasons as the head coach at Iowa.
Iowa women’s basketball: JoAnn Hamlin’s redshirt appeal denied
Iowa senior JoAnn Hamlin’s appeal to the NCAA for a sixth season was denied.
