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1 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WRESTLING 2006 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FORD CENTER OKLAHOMA CITY, OK MARCH 16-18, 2006

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3 NCAA Championships Notes SEASON SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Opponent Time 11/13 at Spartan Classic 7 champs 11/19 at Kauf.-Brand Open 2 champs 11/21 at NWCA All-Star 0 champs 11/26 at Arizona State W, /2 at Iowa State W, /4 at UNI Open 1 champ 12/8 Northern Iowa W, /29-30 at Midlands 4th, 0 champs 1/7 Oklahoma State L, /14-15 at NWCA National Duals (Cedar Falls, IA) vs. Nebraska L, vs. Missouri W, vs. Oklahoma W, vs. No. Illinois W, 24-6 vs. Michigan L, /20 at Wisconsin W, /22 at Minnesota L, /27 Purdue W, /29 at Indiana W, /3 Penn State L, /5 at Michigan State L, /10 Illinois L, /12 Northwestern W, /17 Boise State W, /4-5 at Big Ten Championships 6th - 86 pts. 3/16-18 at NCAA Championships UNIVERSITY OF IOWA QUICK FACTS Head Coach:...Jim Zalesky (Iowa, 1984) School/Overall Record (Yrs.): (9) Assistant Coaches:... Tim Hartung, Troy Steiner, Mike Zadick, Cliff Moore Overall/Big Ten Record:. 10-5/5-3 Sports Information Director:...Phil Haddy Wrestling Contact:...Tony Wirt ...tony-wirt@hawkeyesports.com Office Address: 157 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA SID Office Phone:... (319) SID Office Fax:...(319) Web Site:... Iowa s NCAA Qualifiers Iowa Hawkeyes ( Overall, in Big Ten) Wt. Name Yr. Hometown (HS/Last School) Record 125 Lucas Magnani Jr. Long Island, NY (St. Anthony s/brown) Alex Tsirtsis So. Griffith, IN (Griffith) Ty Eustice Sr.. Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) Joe Johnston Sr. Prairie Village, KS (Shawnee Mission E.) Eric Luedke Jr. Colby, KS (Colby/Colby CC) Mark Perry So. Stillwater, OK (Blair Academy, NJ) Paul Bradley Sr. Tama, IA (South Tama) Dan Erekson Fr. Eagle, ID (Eagle) THIS WEEK Iowa will finish up the season when it travels to Oklahoma City, OK, for the 2006 NCAA Championships. The meet will be held Thursday through Saturday at the Ford Center. Competition begins at 11 a.m. Thursday. ON THE AIR Radio - Morrie Adams and four-time Hawkeye all-american Mark Ironside will call this season s action live on AM-800 KXIC. To listen to the broadcast online, go to the wrestling schedule page on Broadcasts are available using the CSTV All-Access subscription, which can be purchased for $6.95 per month or $49.95 per year. Television - College Sports Television (CSTV) will show the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on tape delay, Monday, March 6 at 9 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE Following is the schedule for the NCAA Championships. Times are Central. Thursday, March 16 Session I Ford Center 11 a.m. Session II Ford Center 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 17 Session III Ford Center 10 a.m. Session IV Ford Center 6 p.m. Saturday, March 18 Session V Ford Center 10:00 a.m. Grand March Ford Center 6:00 p.m. Session VI Ford Center 6:30 p.m. all times are Central NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Updated brackets and team standings will be available throughout the tournament at

4 NCAA Championships Notes BIG TEN TEAM STANDINGS Big Ten Overall Team W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. Michigan Minnesota Illinois Penn State Northwestern Wisconsin Iowa Indiana Michigan St Purdue Ohio State BIG TEN WRESTLERS OF THE WEEK 11/9: Nick Simmons, MSU/Ben Wissel, PUR 11/16: Phil Davis, PSU & Ryan Lang, NU 11/23: Cole Konrad, MINN 11/30: Tony Greathouse, MSU 12/6: Steve Luke, MICH 12/14: C.P. Schlatter, MINN 12/21: Jake Herbert, NU 1/4: Pete Friedl, ILL & Cole Konrad, MINN 1/11: Jake Strayer, PSU 1/18: Cole Konrad, MINN 1/25: Jake Herbert, NU/Roger Kish, MINN 2/1: Josh Churella, MICH 2/8: R.J. Boudro, MSU 2/15: Dustin Schlatter, MINN INTERNET INFORMATION Press releases, meet results and audio broadcasts of dual meets can be found throughout the season at TICKET INFORMATION Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (405) , going online to or by visiting any OKC area Foley s Department Store. Tickets are sold in three-day, six-session packages only. All-session ticket packages are $100, ($130 club level and lower level seats are sold out). A $5 handling fee is added to all orders. All seats are reserved. Children under the age of two are admitted free as long as they sit on the lap of a paying customer. THE FORD CENTER The Ford Center is Oklahoma City s state-of-the-art sports and entertainment showcase. The center is home to the New Orleans Hornets (NBA), Central Hockey League s (CHL) Oklahoma City Blazers and the Arena Football League s (AF2) Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz, and is designed to host major concerts, sporting events, family shows, ice shows and numerous other world-class entertainment experiences. Ford Center is owned by the City of Oklahoma City. The 586,000 square foot facility features four seating levels and a press level. The Ford Center is located in downtown Oklahoma City, right off of I-40 and one mile west of I-35. Only 15 minutes from Will Rogers International Airport, the Ford Center is adjacent to the Cox Business Services Convention Center (formerly the Myriad) and the historic Bricktown dining and entertainment district. The Ford Center has two main entrances, each located on West Reno. For more information on the Ford Center visit the website, NCAA QUALIFIERS The University of Iowa is one of five schools to qualify eight wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Illinois is the only school to qualify all ten of its wrestlers. Edinboro, Lehigh, Michigan, Nebraska and Oklahoma State all qualified nine wrestlers, while Penn State, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Hofstra and Cornell qualified eight. NCAA RECORDS Iowa holds five NCAA Championship records. The Hawkeyes hold records for most team points (170 in 1997), largest margin of victory (73.25 points in 1986), number of consecutive team titles (nine from ), most finalists (six in 1986 and 1997) and most champions (five in 1986 and 1997) BIG TEN REVIEW The University of Iowa wrestling team finished in sixth place with 86 points Sunday at the 2006 Big Ten Championships. Iowa qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships to be held in Oklahoma City, March Minnesota won the team title with 138 points. Mark Perry was the runner-up at 174 pounds after being pinned by top-ranked Jake Herbert in 4:02 of the championship bout.

5 NCAA Championships Notes Seniors Ty Eustice (3rd lbs.), Joe Johnston (6th lbs.) and Paul Bradley (7th lbs.); juniors Lucas Magnani (6th lbs.) and Eric Luedke (4th lbs.); sophomore Alex Tsirtsis (3rd lbs.) and freshman Dan Erekson (6th lbs.) also qualified for nationals NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW Iowa placed seventh in the team standings of the 2005 NCAA Championships with 66 points. Oklahoma State won its third consecutive team title with 153 points. Joe Johnston (157) and Mark Perry (165) each placed second, while Paul Bradley (184) and Ty Eustice (149) took fifth. IOWA WRESTLING HISTORY Iowa s overall dual meet record is (.787) in 94 seasons. The Hawkeyes have won 20 national titles, including nine of the last 15, and 31 Big Ten titles. Iowa s 47 NCAA Champions have won a total of 73 NCAA individual titles, crowning six three-time and 13 two-time champions. The Hawkeyes 99 Big Ten Champions have won a total of 180 conference individual titles. There have been seven four-time, 18 three-time and 24 two-time Iowa winners. Iowa s 127 all-americans have earned all-america status 258 times, including 16 four-time, 27 threetime and 29 two-time honorees. CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE The Hawkeye wrestling staff of Jim Zalesky, Troy Steiner, Tim Hartung, Cliff Moore and Mike Zadick earned a total of seven NCAA titles, 12 Big Ten titles and 17 all-america honors. Their combined college career wrestling record is (.875), including four undefeated seasons. OH BROTHER There are four sets of brothers on the University of Iowa wrestling roster. Lucas and Thomas Magnani from Long Island, NY, Jacob and Justin Neuzil from Riverside and Ainsworth, IA, Cole and Dane Pape from Maquoketa, IA, and Ben and Brett Stedman from Sioux City, IA. There have been 10 sets of brothers to wrestle together in the Hawkeye varsity lineup since the 1950s. They are Don and Tom Huff (1961), Mark and Scott Trizzino (1981), Lenny, Larry and Jim Zalesky ( ), Ed and Lou Banach ( ), Marty and Lindley Kistler ( ), Jim and John Heffernan (1987), Tom and Terry Brands ( ), Troy and Terry Steiner ( ), Ryan and Randy Fulsaas (2001) and Luke and Ty Eustice ( ). USA Today/NWCA NCAA Coaches Poll (3/8/06) 1. Minnesota 2. Oklahoma State 3. Michigan 4. Illinois 5. Nebraska 6. Oklahoma 7. Central Michigan 8. Iowa State 9. Missouri 10. Penn State 11. Iowa 12. Northwestern 13. Lehigh 14. Arizona State 15. Cornell 16. Edinboro 17. Michigan State 18. Indiana 19. Hofstra 20. Wisconsin 21. Cal Poly 22. US Naval Academy 23. Penn 24. Northern Illinois 25. Northern Iowa TEAM RANKINGS W.I.N. Magazine Top 25 (3/7/06) 1. Minnesota 2. Oklahoma State 3. Illinois 4. Oklahoma 5. Michigan 6. Iowa State 7. Central Michigan 8. Nebraska 9. Iowa 10. Cornell 11. Missouri 12. Arizona State 13. Lehigh 14. Michigan State 15. Northwestern 16. Penn State 17. Edinboro 18. Wisconsin 19. Cal Poly 20. Hofstra 21. Purdue 22. Indiana 23. Penn 24. Northern Iowa 25. Navy INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS Here is how each Hawkeye wrestler is currently ranked in the most recent polls: AWN NWCA/Intermat W.I.N. Alex Tsirtsis (141) #6 #7 #11 Ty Eustice (149) #3 #2 #2 Joe Johnston (157) #9 #8 #9 Eric Luedke (165) #14 #15 #14 Mark Perry (174) #3 #3 #3 Paul Bradley (184) #11 #12 #13

6 NCAA Championships Notes HIGH/LOW FACTS 2005 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Highest Placing at NCAA Meet: 1st - 20 times, last in 2000 Lowest Placing at NCAA Meet: No place - 19 times, last in 1967 T32nd Highest Team Score at NCAA Meet: 170 points Lowest Team Score at NCAA Meet (since 1962): 8 points Most Individual NCAA Champs: and 1997 Least Individual NCAA Champs: 0-40 times, last in 2005 Most All-Americans: 9-6 times, last in 1995 Least All-Americans: 0-19 times, last in 1968 Highest Placing at Big Ten Meet: 1st - 31 times, last in 2004 Lowest Placing at Big Ten Meet: 10th Final Team Standings 1. Minnesota Illinois Michigan Penn State Northwestern IOWA Wisconsin Michigan State Purdue Indiana Ohio State - 40 Individual Champions 125 Nick Simmons, Michigan State 133 Tom Clum, Wisoncsin 141 Andy Simmons, Michigan State 149 Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota 157 CP Schlatter, Minnesota 165 Ryan Churella, Michigan 174 Jake Herbert, Northwestern 184 Roger Kish, Minnesota 197 Phillip Davis, Penn State Hwt. Cole Konrad, Minnesota Big Ten Championships Awards Coach of the Year: J Robinson, Minnesota Wrestler of the Year: Cole Konrad, Minnesota Freshman of the Year: Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet: Tom Clum, Wisconsin MEET-BY-MEET STARTING LINEUP Opponent HWT at Arizona State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Pape Perry Bradley Fellers Fuller at Iowa State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Pape Perry Bradley Fellers Fuller Northern Iowa Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Uker Perry Stedman Fellers Fields Oklahoma State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fields vs. Nebraska Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fields vs. Missouri Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Pape Stedman Bradley Erekson Fields vs. Oklahoma Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fields vs. No. Illinois Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fields vs. Michigan Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fields at Wisconsin Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fields at Minnesota Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fields Purdue Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fuller at Indiana Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Fuller Penn State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fuller at Michigan State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fuller Illinois Goodale Dennis Tsirtsis Grunder Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Fuller Northwestern Goodale Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Stedman Bradley Erekson Bucklin Boise State Magnani Dennis Tsirtsis Eustice Johnston Luedke Perry Bradley Erekson Bucklin

7 Individual Season Statistics Overall Collegiate Dual Big Ten Dual Dual Pts. SV TB MD TF Pins Fastest Wrestler, Wt. Record Record Record Record Scored W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L Fall Trent Goodale, Lucas Magnani, Thomas Magnani, :46 Daniel Dennis, :05 Christopher Johnson, Gabe Ruhkala, Alex Tsirtsis, :21 Derek Coorough, :55 Ty Eustice, Alex Grunder, :43 Brett Stedman, :16 Joe Johnston, :46 Brad Medchill, Ryan Morningstar, :11 Eric Luedke, :34 Cole Pape, Oleg Polyatskiy, Joe Uker, :56 Chad Beatty, :56 Rick Loera, Jacob Neuzil, Mark Perry, :01 Ben Stedman, Paul Bradley, Phillip Keddy, Dane Pape, Dan Erekson, :41 Adam Fellers, Justin Neuzil, Chad Barkalow, Hwt Michael Bucklin, Hwt :11 Matt Fields, Hwt :49 Ryan Fuller, Hwt :44 Team Totals :41 SV - sudden victory, TB - tiebreak, MD - major decision, TF - technical fall

8 Dual Meet Statistics DUAL TEAM POINTS SCORED BY WEIGHT Opponent HWT TOTAL at Arizona State at Iowa State Northern Iowa Oklahoma State Nebraska Missouri Oklahoma Northern Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Purdue Indiana Penn State Michigan State Illinois Northwestern Boise State Totals INDIVIDUAL DUAL RECORD BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL DUAL PINS BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL DUAL TECHNICAL FALLS BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL DUAL MAJOR DECISIONS BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL DUAL DECISIONS BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL DUAL FORFEITS/INJURY DEFAULTS BY WEIGHT HWT TOTAL TEAM RECORD AT DUAL STARTING WEIGHT HWT TOTAL

9 Dual Match-By-Match Results Iowa 26, Arizona State 13 Saturday, November 26, Tempe, AZ Jeremy Mendoza (ASU) dec. Lucas Magnani (I), Daniel Dennis (I) pinned Adam Hickey (ASU), 5: Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Jason Robbins (ASU), Ty Eustice (I) maj. dec. Pat Payne (ASU), Joe Johnston (I) dec. Brian Stith (ASU), Patrick Pitsch (ASU) dec. Cole Pape (I), Mark Perry (I) pinned Alex Pavlenko (ASU), 3: Paul Bradley (I) maj. dec. Jason Trulson (ASU), Ryan Bader (ASU) maj. dec. Adam Fellers (I), 9-1 Hwt. - Cain Velasquez (ASU) dec. Ryan Fuller (I), 4-0 Iowa 20, Iowa State 15 Friday, December 2, Ames, IA Hwt. - Ryan Fuller (I) dec. Richard Schopf (ISU), Lucas Magnani (I) maj. dec. Ben Hanisch (ISU), Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Jesse Sundell (ISU), Nate Gallick (ISU) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I), Ty Eustice (I) dec. Jason Knipp (ISU), Trent Paulson (ISU) dec. Joe Johnston (I), Travis Paulson (ISU) dec. Cole Pape (I), Mark Perry (I) maj. dec. David Bertolino (ISU), Paul Bradley (I) dec. Kurt Backes (ISU), Joe Curran (ISU) pinned Adam Fellers (I), 6:14 Iowa 25, Northern Iowa 11 Thursday, December 8, Iowa City, IA Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Seth Wright (UNI), Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Chris Helgeson (UNI), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Ryan Osgood (UNI), Ty Eustice (I) maj. dec. Justin Swafford (UNI), Joe Johnston (I) dec. Chris Bitetto (UNI), Nick Baima (UNI) tech. fall Joe Uker (I), Mark Perry (I) pinned Curt Zinnel (UNI), 2: De Andre Nunn (UNI) dec. Ben Stedman (I), Andrew Anderson (UNI) dec. Adam Fellers (I), 3-2 Hwt. - Matt Fields (I) dec. Tyler Rhodes (UNI), 7-3 Oklahoma State 18, Iowa 14 Saturday, January 7, Iowa City, IA Mark Perry (I) maj. dec. Brandon Mason (OSU), Paul Bradley (I) dec. Rusty Blackmon (OSU), Jake Rosholt (OSU) dec. Dan Erekson (I), 6-10 Hwt. - Steve Mocco (OSU) dec. Matt Fields (I), Coleman Scott (OSU) dec. Lucas Magnani (I), Nathan Morgan (OSU) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Frishkorn (OSU) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I), Ty Eustice (I) dec. Zach Esposito (OSU) Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Kevin Ward (OSU), Johny Hendricks (OSU) dec. Eric Luedke (I), 4-10 Nebraska 24, Iowa 13 NWCA National Duals Saturday, January 14, Cedar Falls, IA Paul Donohoe (Neb) pinned Luke Magnani (I), 2: Patrick Aleksanyan (Neb) pinned Daniel Dennis (I), 1: Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Dominick Moyer (Neb), Tyler Eustice (I) maj. dec. Ryan Davis (Neb), Joe Johnston (I) dec. Chris Oliver (Neb), Marc Harwood (Neb) dec. Eric Luedke (I), Jacob Klein (Neb) dec. Mark Perry (I), Vince Jones (Neb) dec. Paul Bradley (I), BJ Padden (Neb) dec. Dan Erekson (I), Matt Fields (I) dec. Jon May (Neb), 3-1 Iowa 31, Missouri 12 NWCA National Duals Saturday, January 14, Cedar Falls, IA Luke Magnani (I) dec. Austin Devoe (MO), Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Tyler McCormick (MO), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Marcus Hoehn (MO), Tyler Eustice (I) maj. dec. Josh Wagner (MO), Joe Johnston (I) pinned Mike Chandler (MO), 3: Matt Pell (MO) dec. Cole Pape (I), Ben Askren (MO) pinned Ben Stedman (I), 2: Raymond Jordan (MO) dec. Paul Bradley (I), Dan Erekson (I) pinned Joey Garrity (MO), 0: Matt Fields (I) pinned Sean Connole (MO), 2:49 Iowa 21, Oklahoma 15 NWCA National Duals Saturday, January 14, Cedar Falls, IA Sam Hazewinkel (OK) dec. Luke Magnani (I) Daniel Dennis (I) maj. dec. Trey Blakely (OK) Teyon Ware (OK) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I) Tyler Eustice (I) tech. fall Brady Tarbosh (OK) 25-9; 7: Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Will Rowe (OK) Jarrod King (OK) dec. Eric Luedke (I) Mark Perry (I) pinned Cody Hilbun (OK) 3: Paul Bradley (I) dec. Justin Dyer (OK) Joel Flaggert (OK) dec. Dan Erekson (I) Jake Hager (OK) dec. Matt Fields (I) 2-1 Iowa 24, Northern Illinois 6 NWCA National Duals Saturday, January 14, Cedar Falls, IA Pat Castillo (NI) dec. Luke Magnani (I), Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Andy Hiatt (NI), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Josh Wooton (NI), Tyler Eustice (I) dec. Mike Grimes (NI), Joe Johnston (I) dec. Kalen Knull (NI), Eric Luedke (I) dec. Johnny Galloway (NI), Ben Stedman (I) dec. Danny Burk (NI), Paul Bradley (I) dec. Nick McClone (NI), Derick Hunsinger (NI) dec. Dan Erekson (I) 6-4SV Matt Fields (I) dec. Joe Sapp (NI), 6-3

10 Dual Match-By-Match Results Michigan 19, Iowa 13 NWCA National Duals Sunday, January 15, Cedar Falls, IA Luke Magnani (I) dec. Mike Watts (UM), Mark Moos (UM) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Josh Churella (UM) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I), Tyler Eustice (I) dec. Eric Tannenbaum (UM), Joe Johnston (I) dec. Steve Luke (UM), Josh Churella (UM) maj. dec. Eric Luedke (I), Nick Roy (UM) pinned Ben Stedman (I), 3: Paul Bradley (I) dec. Tyrel Todd (UM), Dan Erekson (I) dec. Willie Breyer (UM), Greg Wagner (UM) dec. Matt Fields (I), 4-0 Iowa 24, Wisconsin 7 Friday, January 20, Madison, WI Paul Bradley (I) dec. Justin Peterson (WIS), Dan Erekson (I) dec. Dallas Herbst (WIS), 8-5 Hwt. - Matt Fields (I) dec. Kyle Massey (WIS), Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Colin Cudd (WIS), Tom Clum (WIS) maj. dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Ed Gutnik (WIS), Ty Eustice (I) dec. Tyler Turner (WIS), Craig Henning (WIS) dec. Joe Johnston (I), Eric Luedke (I) dec. Jake Donar (WIS), Ben Stedman (I) dec. Mike Felling (WIS), 11-5 Minnesota 25, Iowa 9 Sunday, January 22, Minneapolis, MN Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Travis Lang, Mack Reiter (MN) maj. dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Manuel Rivera (MN) dec. Alex Tsirtsis (I), Dustin Schlatter (MN) dec. Ty Eustice (I), C.P. Schlatter (MN) dec. Joe Johnston (I), Matt Nagel (MN) dec. Eric Luedke (I), Mark Perry (I) dec. Gabriel Dretsch (MN), Roger Kish (MN) dec. Paul Bradley (I), Dan Erekson (I) dec. Mitch Kuhlman (MN), 6-3 Hwt. - Cole Konrad (MN) over Matt Fields (I), injury default Iowa 28, Purdue 11 Friday, January 27, Iowa City, IA 125 Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Brandon Tucker (P), Chris Fleeger (P) tech. fall Daniel Dennis (I), 5: Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Jason Cook (P), Ty Eustice (I) dec. Doug Withstandly (P), Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Jake Murphy (P), Eric Luedke (I) pinned Dan Bedoy (P), 6: Mark Perry (I) maj. dec. Nick Corpe (P), Ben Wissel (P) dec. Paul Bradley (I), Nathan Moore (P) dec. Dan Erekson (I), 10-8 (OT) Hwt. Ryan Fuller (I) maj. dec. Aaron Keough (P), 10-1 Iowa 30, Indiana 12 Sunday, January 29, Bloomington, IN Joe Dubuque (IU) maj. dec. Lucas Magnani (I), Andrae Hernandez (IU) maj. dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Alex Tsirtsis (I) pinned Nick Spatola (IU), 6: Ty Eustice (I) W by DQ Matt Cooper (IU) Joe Johnston (I) dec. Brandon Becker (IU), Eric Luedke (I) dec. Max Dean, Mark Perry (I) pinned Marc Bennett (IU), 5: Paul Bradley (I) dec. Justin Curran (IU), Brady Richardson (IU) maj. dec. Dan Erekson (I), 11-2 Hwt. - Ryan Fuller (I) dec. Dave Harman, 4-2 Penn State 21, Iowa 12 Friday, February 3, Iowa City, IA Joe Johnston (I) dec. Nathan Galloway (PSU), David Erwin (PSU) dec. Eric Luedke (I) James Yonushonis (PSU) dec. Ben Stedman (I), Eric Bradley (PSU) dec. Paul Bradley (I), Philip Davis (PSU) dec. Dan Erekson (I), 7-1 Hwt. - Ryan Fuller (I) dec. Joel Edwards (PSU), Tim Haas (PSU) pinned Lucas Magnani (I), 1: Jake Strayer (PSU) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. 5-2 DeWitt Driscoll (PSU) Ty Eustice (I) dec. James Woodall (PSU), 7-3 Michigan State 19, Iowa 17 Sunday, February 5, Iowa City, IA 184- Paul Bradley (I) dec. Joe Williams (MSU), Jeff Clemens (MSU) dec. Dan Erekson (I), Ryan Fuller dec. Max Lossen (MSU), Nick Simmons (MSU) pinned Lucas Magnani (I),Fall, 2: Jeff Wimberley (MSU) dec. (I) Daniel Dennis, Andy Simmons (MSU) dec. (I) Alex Tsirtsis, Ty Eustice (I) dec. Darren McKnight (MSU), Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Tony Greathouse (MSU), MD, Eric Luedke (I) maj. dec. Bryan Harney (MSU), MD, R.J. Boudro (MSU) maj. dec. Ben Stedman (I), MD, 13-3 Illinios 24, Iowa 13 Friday, February 10, Iowa City, IA Tyrone Byrd (IL) dec. Dan Erekson (I) 4-3 Hwt. - Ryan Fuller (I) dec. Matt Weight (IL), Kyle Ott (IL) pinned Trent Goodale (I), 3: Gabe Flores (IL)maj. dec. Daniel Dennis (I), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Cassio Pero (IL), Alex Grunder(I) dec. Troy Tirapelle (IL), Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Dan Zeman (IL), Mike Poeta (IL) maj. dec. Eric Luedke (I), Donny Reynolds (IL) maj. dec. Ben Stedman (I) Pete Friedl (IL) dec. Paul Bradley (I) 4-2

11 Dual Match-By-Match Results Iowa 20, Northwestern 16 Sunday, February 12, Iowa City, IA John Velez (NU) maj. dec. Trent Goodale (I) Daniel Dennis (I) dec. Daniel Quintela (NU), Alex Tsirtsis (I) dec. Ryan Lang (NU), Ty Eustice (I) maj. dec. Marty Gould (NU) Joe Johnston (I) maj. dec. Greg Hagel (NU) Eric Luedke (I) dec. Will Durkee (NU), Jake Herbert (NU) pinned Ben Stedman (I) 4: Paul Bradley (I) dec. Mike Tamillow (NU) Mat Delguyd (NU) dec. Dan Erekson (I) 6-3 Hwt. - Dustin Fox (NU) dec. Michael Bucklin (I) 9-5 Iowa 24, Boise State 13 Friday, February 17, Iowa City, IA Alex Tsirtsis (I) maj. dec. Jordan Brock (BSU), Ty Eustice (I) dec. Tyler Sherfey (BSU), Ben Cherrington (BSU) dec. Joe Johnston (I) Eric Luedke (I) tech. fall Lex Case (BSU), Mark Perry (I) pinned Johnny Nunez (BSU), 1: Paul Bradley (I) dec. K.C. Walsh (BSU), Casey Phelps (BSU) dec. Dan Erekson (I) 7-3 Hwt. - Andy Patrick (BSU) maj. dec. Michael Bucklin (I) Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Cory Fish (BSU), Scott Jorgensen (BSU) dec. Daniel Dennis (I), 12-7

12 Jim Zalesky is in his ninth season as head coach for the Iowa wrestling team. In eight years, he has compiled a record and coached 10 NCAA Champions, 20 Big Ten Champions and 40 all-americans. He was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2004, 1999 W.I.N. National Coach of the Year, and National Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1998 and The Hawkeyes have won the NCAA title nine of the past 15 seasons and Big Ten title 27 of the last 32 years. Iowa s recruiting classes consistently rank high in national wrestling publications, with the class ranked first by Amateur Wrestling News and second by Intermat. A three time national champion at Iowa, Zalesky was assistant coach and head recruiter under Dan Gable for seven seasons. He was named N.W.C.A. Assistant Coach of the Year in 1992 and Zalesky was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in June 2004, the University of Iowa Letterman s Club Hall of Fame and the Iowa High School Athletic Association Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Iowa wrestling Hall of Fame in Zalesky served for three seasons as an assistant coach at Minnesota before returning to Iowa. In 1989, the Gophers finished second to Iowa at the Big Ten Championships and seventh at the NCAA Championships He was a graduate assistant at Iowa in 1985 and As a wrestler, Zalesky enjoyed one of the most distinguished careers in Hawkeye annals. A four time all American ( ), he won national titles his last three years at 158 pounds. He was undefeated as a junior and senior, and concluded Head Coach Jim Zalesky Jim Zalesky Head Coach Ninth Year University of Iowa, 1984 his career with an 89 match winning streak. He was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 1984 NCAA Meet, and Amateur Wrestling News named him the Wrestler of the Decade for the 1980 s. Zalesky narrowly missed qualifying for a spot on the 1988 Olympic squad, finishing second (163 pounds) at the U.S. National competition. He is a member of the United States Coaches Association. Jim earned his B.G.S. degree from Iowa in He and his wife, Teri, have four children, Nicolette, Jaclyn, Zackery and Lucas. The Hawkeyes Under Zalesky In the eight seasons under Head Coach Jim Zalesky, the University of Iowa wrestling program has been at or near the top in number of individual NCAA and Big Ten Champions and number of NCAA team titles won. Here s the breakdown for each category: NCAA Champions 1. Iowa Oklahoma State 8 3. Iowa State 7 Minnesota 7 5. Illinois 5 NCAA Team Titles Won 1. Iowa 3 2. Minnesota 2 3. Oklahoma State 2 Zalesky s Coaching Record Big Ten Champions 1. Minnesota Iowa Illinois 7 4. Michigan 6 Penn State 6 Wisconsin 6 7. Michigan State 5 8. Ohio State 3 Purdue Northwestern 2 Overall Big Ten Big Ten NCAA Big Ten NCAA All- Year W-L W-L Place Place Champs Champs Amer st 1st nd 1st st 1st rd 2nd nd 4th nd 8th st 2nd th 7th th Total

13 Meet the Hawkeyes Lucas Magnani 125 Pounds Junior Long Island, NY (St. Anthony s/ Brown University) placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships... enters the NCAA Championships with an record... had an 8-8 dual record with a 3-3 mark in Big Ten duals... tied for first at the Spartan Open... went 2-3 at the Midlands Championships in major decisions posted a 12-6 overall season record, going 95 in collegiate competition at 125 pounds was 0-2 in dual matches placed second at Kaufman-Brand Open and fourth at Midlands Championships recorded two major decisions and one pin academic all-big Ten letterwinner redshirted recorded a 10-3 mark while competing unattached at 125 pounds placed third at Northern Iowa Open and fourth at Central Missouri State Open scored two major decisions and one pin. Magnani s Career Record WLF Big 10 Place NCAA Place competed at 125 pounds for Brown Univer- Year sity placed fifth at E.I.W.A. conference meet th High School -- prep career record was three- Career Record time state finalist, winning state title as a sophomore all-american and academic all-american also competed in lacrosse and soccer. Personal -- born January 21, 1984 son of Thomas and Helen Magnani his younger brother, Thomas, also wrestles at Iowa business major.

14 Lucas Magnani lbs. Lucas Magnani 125, Junior -- Long Island, NY (St. Anthony s/brown University) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 125 *Spartan Open - 1st place (tie) *Chris Schwartz (NW Missouri St.) W-Pin 5:52 1-0/0-0/0-0 *Caleb Dietrich (Loras) W-Pin 3:13 2-0/0-0/0-0 *Brandon Tucker (Purdue) W-D /0-0/0-0 Kaufman-Brand Open Pat Castillo (N. Illinois) L-D /0-1/0-0 Christian Smith (Virginia Tech) W-D /1-1/0-0 Nick Smith (Mankato) L-Pin 5:32 4-2/1-2/0-0 Jeremy Mendoza (Arizona St.) L-D /1-3/0-1 Ben Hanisch (Iowa St.) W-MD /2-3/1-1 Seth Wright (N. Iowa) W-D /3-3/2-1 Midlands Championships Jose Escobedo (Indiana) W-D /4-3/2-1 Zach Bigboy (Cal St. Bakersfield) W-MD /5-3/2-1 Tanner Gardner (Stanford) L-D /5-4/2-1 Seth Wright (N. Iowa) L-D /5-5/2-1 Coleman Scott (Oklahoma St.) L-D /5-6/2-2 NWCA National Duals Paul Donohoe (Nebraska) L-Pin 2:30 8-7/5-7/2-3 Austin Devoe (Missouri) W-D /6-7/3-3 Sam Hazewinkel (Oklahoma) L-D /6-8/3-4 Pat Castillo (Northern Illinois) L-D /6-9/3-5 Mike Watts (Michigan) W-D /7-9/4-5 Colin Cudd (Wisconsin) W-D /8-9/5-5 Travis Lang (Minnesota) W-D /9-9/6-5 Brandon Tucker (Purdue) W-D, , 10-9, 7-5 Joe Dubuque (Indiana) L-MD, , 10-10, 7-6 Tim Haas (Penn State) L-Pin 1: , 10-11, 7-8 Nick Simmons (Michigan State) L-Pin 2: , 10-12, 7-9 Cory Fish (Boise State) W-D , 11-12, 8-9 Big Ten Championships - 6th place Kyle Ott (Illinois) L-Pin 6: /11-13/8-9 Nathan Costello (Ohio State) W-D /12-13/8-9 John Velez (Northwestern) L-D /12-14/8-9 Collin Cudd (Wisconsin) L-Pin 2: /12-15/8-9

15 Meet the Hawkeyes Alex Tsirtsis 141 Pounds Sophomore Griffith, IN (Griffith) ranked sixth by AWN, seventh by Intermat and 11th by W.I.N... enters the NCAA Championships with an record... placed second at the KaufmanBrand Open... had a 6-2 record in Big Ten duals in major decisions... winner of seven of his last eight bouts... went 3-3 at the Midlands Championships... lost back-to-back bouts just once this season placed fifth at Big Ten Championships at 141 pounds compiled a overall record, going in collegiate competition went 9-6 in dual matches and 4-4 in Big Ten duals scored 35 team points in dual competition recorded seven major decisions and two pins won title at Kaufman-Brand Open and placed sixth at Midlands earned coaches appreciation team award letterwinner. High School -- undefeated in high school, compiling a record four-time state champion placed Tsirtsis Career Record WLF Big 10 Place NCAA Place sixth at 2004 FILA Junior World Freestyle Team Trials Year th -at pounds coach was Travis Wells rd Personal -- born July 12, 1985 son of Marino Tsirtsis Career Record: and Dawn Tsirtsis business management major.

16 Alex Tsirtsis lbs. Alex Tsirtsis 141, Sophomore -- Griffith, IN (Griffith) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 141 Kaufman-Brand Open - 2nd place Charles Lloyd (Minnesota) W-D /1-0/0-0 Chris Alt (Neb.-Omaha) W-D 7-5 SV-1 2-0/2-0/0-0 Dominick Moyer (Nebraska) W-D /3-0/0-0 Josh Wooten (N. Illinois) W-D /4-0/0-0 David Hoffman (Virginia Tech) L-MD /4-1/0-0 Jason Robbins (Arizona St.) W-D /5-1/1-0 Nate Gallick (Iowa St.) L-D /5-2/1-1 Ryan Osgood (N. Iowa) W-D /6-2/2-1 Midlands Championships Mike Hurley (Cleveland St.) W-MD /7-2/2-1 Eric Kruger (C. Michigan) L-D /7-3/2-1 Chad Hay (Illini WC) W-D /7-3/2-1 Joey Whittaker (Boston) W-MD /8-3/2-1 Dustin Hinschberger (Wartburg) L-D /8-4/2-1 Daniel Frishkorn (Oklahoma State) L-D /8-5/2-2 NWCA National Duals Dominick Moyer (Nebraska) W-D /9-5/3-2 Marcus Hoehn (Missouri) W-D /10-5/4-2 Teyon Ware (Oklahoma) L-D /10-6/4-3 Josh Wooton (Northern Illinois) W-D /11-6/5-3 Josh Chrella (Michigan) L-D /11-7/5-4 Ed Gutnik (Wisconsin) W-D /12-7/6-4 Manuel Rivera (Minnesota) L-D /12-8/6-5 Jason Cook (Purdue) W-MD, /13-8/7-5 Nick Spatola (Indiana) W-Pin, 6:21 (1) 15-8/14-8/8-5 DeWitt Driscoll (Penn State) W-D /15-8/9-5 Andy Simmons (Michigan State) L-D /15-9/9-6 Cassio Pero (Illinois) W-D /16-9/10-6 Ryan Lang (Northwestern) W-D /17-9/11-6 Jordan Brock (Boise State) W-MD /18-9/12-6 Big Ten Championships - 3rd place Jason Cook (Penn State) W-MD /19-9/12-6 Cassio Pero (Illinois) W-D /20-9/12-6 Andy Simmons (Michigan State) L-D /20-10/12-6 Ed Gutnik (Wisconsin) W-D /21-10/12-6 Josh Churella (Michigan) W-D /22-10/12-6

17 Meet the Hawkeyes Ty Eustice 149 Pounds Senior Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) placed third at the Big Ten Championships... ranked No. 2 by WIN and Intermat, No. 3 by AWN... enters the NCAA Championships with a 24-2 record... won the 149-pound title at the Kaufman Brand Open... only losses of the year came at the hands of No. 1 Dustin Schlatter (4-1), and Troy Tirapelle of Illinois (4-1) in duals, 6-1 in Big Ten bouts... six major decisions on the year, with one technical fall... opened the season all-american, placing fifth at 149 pounds at NCAA Championships placed third at Big Ten Championships posted an overall season record of 33-7, going 29-7 in collegiate competition went 12-3 in dual matches and 6-2 in Big Ten duals scored 42 team points in dual competition won title at Midlands Championships and placed third a Kaufman-Brand Open scored six major decisions and led team with three technical falls earned team all-america award letterwinner season record was at 149 pounds placed third at Big Ten Championships, defeating Ohio State s Jeff Ratliff, 7-6, in the consolation finals went 12-3 in dual competition and 7-1 in Big Ten duals his lone Big Ten dual loss was a 4-3 decision to Michigan s Ryan Churella in the second tiebreak period scored 42 team points in dual competition recorded three pins and two major decisions runner-up at Kaufman-Brand Open and placed sixth at Midlands Championships letterwinner season record was overall and 29-9 in collegiate competition at 149 pounds runner-up at Big Ten Championships, losing a 4-0 decision to eventual all- American Jared Lawrence of Minnesota also went 15-4 in dual competition and 7-1 in Big Ten duals scored 53 team points in dual competition went 3-0 in sudden victory matches and 2-1 in tiebreak matches placed third at Kaufman-Brand Open and fifth at Midlands Championships four of his nine season losses were to Minnesota s Lawrence recorded four major decisions, one technical fall and one pin shared team s Mike McGivern Most Courageous Wrestler Award with Joe Johnston letterwinner redshirted compiled a season record of 18-3 at 149 pounds while wrestling unattached won title at Mike McCready Open runner-up at Central Missouri State and Kaufman-Brand Opens placed fifth at UNI Open recorded three pins, one major decision and one technical fall was 1-0 in tiebreak matches. High School -- four-time state and five-time conference champion prep career record of includes perfect seasons of 39-0 as a sophomore and 45-0 as a senior AWN third-team all-american won title at 2001 Junior Freestyle Western Regional and placed seventh at 2001 Junior Freestyle Championships set school records for most wins by an eighth grader (34), most wins by a sophomore (39), most wins by a senior (45), career wins (191) and takedowns in a season (297), and state record for career takedowns (907) two-time team captain and MVW won six-year perfect attendance award and Blue Earth s Area Outstanding Athlete award as a senior two-time academic all-state selection lettered in football twice and golf once wrestling coach was Jack Eustice. Personal -- born August 12, 1982 son of Jack and Mona Eustice older brother, Luke, lettered for the Iowa wrestling team ( ) art and communication studies major. Eustice s Career Record Year W L F Big 10 Place NCAA Place nd rd rd 5th rd Career

18 Ty Eustice lbs. Ty Eustice 149, Senior -- Blue Earth, MN (Blue Earth) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 149 Kaufman-Brand Open - 1st place Brad Gregory (S. Dakota St.) W-MD /1-0/0-0 Justin Swafford (N. Iowa) W-D /2-0/0-0 Jason Knipp (Iowa St.) W-D /3-0/0-0 Brent Metcalf (Virginia Tech) W-D /4-0/0-0 Mike Grimes (N. Illinois) W-D /5-0/0-0 Pat Payne (Arizona St.) W-MD /6-0/1-0 Jason Knipp (Iowa St.) W-D /7-0/2-0 Justin Swafford (N. Iowa) W-MD /8-0/3-0 Zach Esposito (Oklahoma State) W-D /9-0/4-0 NWCA National Duals Ryan Davis (Nebraska) W-MD /10-0/5-0 Josh Wagner (Missouri) W-MD /11-0/6-0 Brady Tarbosh (Oklahoma) W-TF 25-9, 7: /12-0/7-0 Mike Grimes (Northern Illinois) W-D /13-0/8-0 Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan) W-D /14-0/9-0 Tyler Turner (Wisconsin) W-D /15-0/10-0 Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) L-D /15-1/10-1 Doug Withstandly (Purdue) W-MD, /16-1/11-1 Matt Cooper (Indiana) W-DQ (stall) 17-1/17-1/12-1 James Woodall (Penn State) W-D /18-1/13-1 Darren McKnight (Michigan State) W-D /19-1/14-1 Marty Gould (Northwestern) W-MD /20-1/15-1 Tyler Sherfey (Boise State) W-D /21-1/16-1 Big Ten Championships - 3rd place James Woodall (Penn State) W-D /22-1/16-1 Troy Tirapelle (Illinois) L-D /22-2/16-1 Eric Tannenbaum (Michigan) W-D 3-2 SV /23-2/16-1 Tyler Turner (Wisconsin) W-D /24-2/16-1

19 Meet the Hawkeyes Joe Johnston 157 Pounds Senior Prairie Village, KS (Shawnee Mission East) went 3-1 in sudden victory matches recorded eight major decisions, four pins and two technical falls on the season placed third at Central Missouri State and Kaufman-Brand Opens and sixth at UNI Open eight of his season losses were by three points or less shared team s Mike McGivern Most Courageous Wrestler Award with Ty Eustice letterwinner placed sixth at the Big Ten Tournament... ranked eighth by Intermat and ninth by W.I.N. amd AWN... enters the NCAA Championships with a 24-8 record... took first place at the Spartan Open... took second place at the Kaufman-Brand Open... fell to Alex Tirapelle (4-2) at NWCA All-Star Classic... leads the team with nine major decisions... has three falls all-american, placing second at 157 pounds at NCAA Championships placed third at Big Ten Championships posted a 30-9 overall season record, going 26-8 in collegiate competition went 11-4 in dual matches and 5-3 in Big Ten duals scored 47 team points in dual competition, which ranked second on the team won title at Kaufman-Brand Open and placed eighth at Midlands Championships recorded six major decisions, five pins and two technical falls earned team Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler award, John and Dorothy Sill Most Dedicated Wrestler award and all-american award letterwinner Iowa s Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship award winner for wrestling season record was at 157 pounds placed fourth at Big Ten Championships went 10-5 in dual matches and 5-3 in Big Ten duals won title at Flash Flanagan Open and placed second at Central Missouri State and Kaufman-Brand Opens scored 42 team points in dual competition recorded eight major decisions, five pins and four technical falls letterwinner season record was at 157 pounds placed fifth at Big Ten Championships went 10-5 in dual matches and 7-1 in Big Ten duals after joining the varsity lineup in January named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Feb. 19 for pinning Minnesota s Luke Becker in 3:50 and scoring a 13-9 win over Purdue s Clovis Crane to help Iowa win both dual meets scored 40 team points in dual competition redshirted compiled a 16-7 season record at 157 pounds while competing unattached placed third at Kaufman-Brand Open, sixth at UNI Open and seventh at Mike McCready Open recorded two pins and one major decision. High School -- two-time state and three-time conference champion prep career record was with 92 pins three-time first team all-sun Country, all-metro and all-johnson County selection three-time team captain named 2001 Kansas High School Athlete of the Year also selected Sun Country Wrestler of the Year, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner for the state of Kansas and OW at Johnson County Classic as a senior runner-up at 2001 high school national meet at 145 pounds AWN fifth-team all-american set school records in most falls in a season (32), most takedowns in a season (111) and most team points scored in a season (240.5) placed seventh at 154 pounds at 2001 Junior Freestyle Championships, after placing third in the West Regional won title and named OW at 2000 West Junior Freestyle Regional and Northern Plains Junior Freestyle Regional placed fourth at 58 kilograms on 1999 Cadet World Team placed third at 1998 Cadet Greco Roman Nationals and sixth at 1998 Cadet Freestyle Nationals lettered one year in soccer named first team academic all- American by Wrestling USA National Honor Society and four-year honor roll member wrestling coaches were Jeff Adams and Kevin Klemm. Personal -- born September 14, 1982 son of John and Christine Johnston art and environmental science major. Johnston s Career Record Year W L F Big 10 Place NCAA Place th th rd 2nd th Career:

20 Joe Johnston lbs. Joe Johnston 157, Senior -- Prairie Village, KS (Shawnee Mission East) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 157 *Spartan Open - 1st place *Jarrin Franklin (Purdue) W-Pin 3:06 1-0/0-0/0-0 *Mike Kerr (Augustana) W-D /0-0/0-0 *Mark Kapraun (Loras) W-MD /0-0/0-0 *Brad Bishop (Loras) W-MD /0-0/0-0 *Craig Henning (Wisconsin) W-D /0-0/0-0 Kaufman-Brand Open - 2nd place John Suter (NWI) W-Pin 0:46 (1) 6-0/1-0/0-0 Ryan Freeman (Oklahoma St.) W-MD /2-0/0-0 Moza Fay (N. Iowa) W-D /3-0/0-0 Kevin Ward (Oklahoma St.) W-D /4-0/0-0 Trent Paulson (Iowa St.) L-D /4-1/0-0 NWCA All-Star Classic ^Alex Tirapelle (Illinois) L-D /4-1/0-0 Brian Stith (Arizona St.) W-D /5-1/1-0 Trent Paulson (Iowa St.) L-D /5-2/1-1 Chris Bitetto (N. Iowa) W-D /6-2/2-1 Midlands Championships - 2nd place Yevgeniy Savenok (Wheaton) W-Pin 5:22 (2) 12-3/7-2/2-1 Matt Collum (Iowa Central CC) W-MD /8-2/2-1 Chris Bitetto (N. Iowa) W-D /9-2/2-1 Brandon Becker (Indiana) W-D /10-2/2-1 Alex Tirapelle (Illinois) L-D /10-3/2-1 Kevin Ward (Oklahoma State) W-MD /11-3/3-1 NWCA National Duals Chris Oliver (Nebraska) W-D /12-3/4-1 Mike Chandler (Missouri) W-Pin 3: /13-3/5-1 Will Rowe (Oklahoma) W-MD /14-3/6-1 Kalen Knull (Northern Illinois) W-D /15-3/7-1 Steve Luke (Michigan) W-D /15-3/8-1 Craig Henning (Wisconsin) L-D /15-4/8-2 C.P. Schlatter (Minnesota) L-D /15-5/8-3 Jake Murphy (Purdue) W-MD, /16-5/9-3 Brandon Becker (Indiana) W-D /17-5/10-3 Nathan Galloway (Penn State) W-D /18-5/11-3 Tony Greathouse (Michigan State) W-MD /19-5/12-3 Dan Zeman (Illinois) W-MD /20-5/13-3 Greg Hagel (Northwestern) W-MD /21-5/14-3 Ben Cherrington (Boise State) L-D /21-6/14-4 Big Ten Championships 6th place Jake Murphy (Purdue) W-MD /23-6/14-4 Brandon Becker (Indiana) W-D /24-6/14-4 Alex Tirapelle (Illinois) L-D /24-7/14-4 Steve Luke (Michigan) L-D /24-8/14-4 Craig Henning (Wisconsin) L-F Med. For. 29-9/24-8/14-4

21 Meet the Hawkeyes Eric Luedke 165 Pounds Junior Colby, KS (Colby/Colby CC) placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships... ranked 14th by AWN and W.I.N. and 15th by Intermat... enters the NCAA Championships with a record... has a 7-7 dual record with a 5-3 mark in Big Ten action... has four falls on the year, with a fastest coming in 1:34... took first at the UNI open... placed third at the Spartan Open and Kaufman-Brand Open NJCAA 165-pound national champion for Colby Community College season record was NJCAA 157-pound national champion for Colby Community College season record was High School -- won state 145-pound title as a senior after placing second as a sophomore and junior, and third as a freshman career record was also competed in cross country, football, tennis and golf. Personal -- born February 18, 1985 son of Brian and Judy Luedke pre-chiropractic major. Luedke s Career Record Year WLF Big 10 Place NCAA Place th

22 Eric Luedke lbs. Eric Luedke 165, Junior -- Colby, KS (Colby HS/Colby CC) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 165 *Spartan Open - 3rd place *Eric Morrow (NW Missouri St.) W-Pin 1:24 (1) 1-0/0-0/0-0 *Brandon Dufoe (Dubuque) W-TF 18-3, 5:19 2-0/0-0/0-0 *John Ficht (Unattached) W-D /0-0/0-0 *Cole Williams (Dubuque) L-D 3-1 SV-1 3-1/0-0/0-0 *Brady Hakeman (Upper Iowa) W-D /0-0/0-0 *Mitch Norton (Unattached) W-D /0-0/0-0 Kaufman-Brand Open - 3rd place Justin Snider (C. Oklahoma) W-Pin 1:34 (2) 6-1/1-0/0-0 Marc Harwood (Nebraska) W-D /2-0/0-0 Johnny Galloway (N. Illinois) W-Pin 8:00 (3) 8-1/3-0/0-0 Nick Baima (N. Iowa) L-D /3-1/0-0 Marc Harwood (Nebraska) W-Med. Forfeit 9-2/4-1/0-0 Cole Pape (Iowa) W-D /5-1/0-0 UNI Open - 1st place Mark Lukaszewski (Illinois) W-D /6-1/0-0 Dane Kuper (Iowa St.) W-MD /7-1/0-0 Nate Schut (St. Cloud St.) W-D /8-1/0-0 Andy Pickar (Minnesota St.) W-Pin 5:23 (4) 14-2/9-1/0-0 Joe Uker (Iowa) W-D /10-1/0-0 Midlands Championships *Mike Kelly (Wild WC) W-Pin 2: /10-1/0-0 Nick Baima (N. Iowa) L-D /10-2/0-0 Ray Blake (Stanford) L-D /10-3/0-0 Johny Hendricks (Oklahoma State) L-D /10-4/0-1 NWCA National Duals Marc Harwood (Nebraska) L-D /10-5/0-2 Jarrod King (Oklahoma) L-D /10-6/0-3 Johnny Galloway (Northern Illinois) W-D /11-6/1-3 Ryan Churella (Michigan) L-MD /11-7/1-4 Jake Donar (Wisconsin) W-D /12-7/2-4 Matt Nagel (Minnesota) L-D /12-8/2-5 Dan Bedoy (Purdue) W-Pin 6: /13-8/3-5 Max Dean (Indiana) W-D /14-8/4-5 David Erwin (Penn State) L-D /14-9/4-6 Bryan Harney (Michigan State) W-MD /15-9/5-6 Mike Poeta (Illinois) L-MD /15-10/5-7 Will Durkee (Northwestern) W-D /16-10/6-7 Lex Case (Boise State) W-tech. Fall 18-1 (6:45) 23-11/17-10/7-7 Big Ten Championships 6th place Bryan Harney (Michigan State) W-MD /18-10/7-7 David Erwin (Penn State) W-D /19-10/7-7 Ryan Churella (Michigan) L-D /19-11/7-7 Dan Bedoy (Purdue) W-D /20-11/7-7 Mike Poeta (Illinois) L-D /20-12/7-7

23 Meet the Hawkeyes Mark Perry 174 Pounds Sophomore Stillwater, OK (Blair Academy) runner-up at the Big Ten Championships... ranked No. 3 by all three ranking bodies... enters the NCAA Championships with a 16-3 record... missed part of the season with injury... has a team-best nine falls... 56% of wins have come via pin... placed second at the Miclands Championships of-16 wins have come via fall or major decision all-american, placing second at 165 pounds at NCAA Championships runner-up at Big Ten Championships posted a 32-5 overall mark, going 27-5 in collegiate competition went 12-2 in dual matches and 7-1 in Big Ten duals led squad in team points scored in dual competition (51), major decisions (8), pins (6) and quickest pin time (0:46) named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week February 9 for pinning his Penn State and Ohio State opponents in a combined total of 5:44 won title a Midlands Championships and placed third at Kaufman-Brand Open earned team Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler award, most pins award and all-american award letterwinner redshirted recorded a 14-0 overall mark while wrestling unattached at 165 pounds won titles at Northern Iowa Open, Upper Iowa Open and Cal-Davis Open recorded one major decision, two technical falls and eight pins won 163-pound gold medal at FILA Junior World Freestyle Team Trials, going 6-0. High School Dan Hodge Junior Trophy winner Dapper Dan and Dream Team member twotime national prep champion, helping team to three national titles during his career first wrestler to earn Outstanding Wrestler honors at prep national champion- ships twice three-time AISCS all-american prep career record of included 127 pins and an undefeated senior campaign of 39-0 two-time Ironman champion, winning Beast of the East tournament title senior year won senior national title, earning Outstanding Wrestler honors senior year team captain as a senior coaches were Jeff Buxton, Solomon Fleckman, Nate Burroughs, Wayne Catan and Jim Frick. Personal -- born June 16, 1984 son of Mark and Cathy Perry his father and uncles wrestled and coached wrestling at Oklahoma State University... art major. Perry s Career Record Year W L F Big 10 Place NCAA Place nd 2nd nd Career

24 Mark Perry lbs. Mark Perry 174, Sophomore -- Stillwater, OK (Blair Academy, NJ) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 174 Alex Pavlenko (Arizona St.) W-Pin 3:52 (1) 1-0/1-0/1-0 David Bertolino (Iowa St.) W-MD /2-0/2-0 Curt Zinnel (N. Iowa) W-Pin 2:11 (2) 3-0/3-0/3-0 Midlands Championships - 2nd place A.J. Gregg (Luther) W-Pin 2:44 (3) 4-0/4-0/3-0 David Bertolino (Iowa St.) W-MD /5-0/3-0 Kenny Robertson (E. Illinois) W-Pin 1:31 (4) 6-0/6-0/3-0 Donny Reynolds (Illinois) W-D /7-0/3-0 Jake Herbert (Northwestern) L-D /7-1/3-0 Brandon Mason (Oklahoma State) W-MD /8-1/4-0 NWCA National Duals Jacob Klein (Nebraska) L-D /8-2/4-1 Cody Hilbun (Oklahoma) W-Pin 3:11 (5) 9-2/9-2/5-1 Gabriel Dretsch (Minnesota) W-D /10-2/6-1 Nick Corpe (Purdue) W-MD /11-2/7-1 Marc Bennett (Indiana) W-Pin 5:28 (6) 12-2/12-2/8-1 Johnny Nunez (Boise State) W-Pin 1:01 (7) 13-2/13-2/9-1 Big Ten Championships 2nd place Kelly Flaherty (Wisconsin) W-P 2: /14-2/9-1 Nick Roy (Michigan) W-D /15-2/9-1 Donny Reynolds (Illinois) W-P 1: /16-2/9-1 Jake Herbert (Northwestern) L-P 4: /16-3/9-1

25 Meet the Hawkeyes Paul Bradley 184 Pounds Senior Tama, IA (South Tama) placed seveth at Big Ten Championships... ranked 11th by AWN, 12th by Intermat and 13th by W.I.N.... enters the NCAA Championships with an 12-8 record... won the Spartan Open 184-pound title... dropped a 4-2 decision to Pete Friedl of Illinois at the NWCA All-Star Classic... every loss this season has come to a ranked wrestler in Big Ten duals all-american, placing fifth at 184 pounds at NCAA Championships placed fourth at Big Ten Championships season record was overall and 24-9 in collegiate competition went 10-5 in dual matches and 4-4 in Big Ten duals scored 33 team points in dual competition won title at Midlands Championships lost a 3-2 decision to NCAA Champion Greg Jones of West Virginia at N.W.C.A. All-Star Classic in November scored four major decisions and one pin went 2-0 in tiebreak and 1-0 in sudden victory matches earned team all-american award and Mike McGivern Most Courageous Wrestler award letterwinner all-american, placing fourth at 184 pounds at NCAA Championships season record was overall and in collegiate matches runner-up at Big Ten Championships, losing a 3-2 decision to Penn State s Eric Bradley in the finals went 9-6 in Big Ten dual competition and 5-3 in Big Ten duals scored 37 teams points in dual competition recorded a team-leading six pins also scored five major decisions and one technical fall won title at Central Missouri State Open and placed second at Kaufman-Brand Open earned team all-american, most pins and most improved wrestler awards letterwinner went 14-7 overall and 11-7 in collegiate competition at 197 pounds and heavyweight lost a 5-2 decision to Minnesota s Garrett Lowney in his lone dual and heavyweight match won titles at Spartan and Central Missouri State Opens placed fourth at UNI Open and at FILA National Junior Freestyle Championships recorded one major decision and four technical falls on the season four of his season losses were by three points or less letterwinner redshirted compiled a 14-3 collegiate record and 15-3 overall record at 184 pounds while wrestling unattached recorded five major decisions, four pins and one technical fall won title at Pat Flash Flanagan Open placed second at Kaufman-Brand Open, third at Mike Mc- Cready Open and fifth at Central Missouri State Open ended the season on a seven-match winning streak. High School -- state champion as a senior after placing second as a sophomore and junior prep career record was with 92 pins three-time conference champion AWN sixth-team all-american won 178-pound title at 2001 Northern Plains Junior Freestyle Regionals set school record for most two-point near falls (43) and team set record for most team points scored academic all-conference as a junior Cadet National champion as a freshman, placing fifth as a sophomore two-time team MVW, winning team toughness award as a sophomore lettered four years in wrestling, two in football and one in baseball first team all-conference in football as a senior wrestling coach was Jay Hoskey. Personal -- born June 13, 1983 son of Ron and Jo Bradley health, leisure and sports studies major with a minor in education. Bradley s Career Record Year W L F Big 10 Place NCAA Place nd 4th th 5th th Career

26 Paul Bradley lbs. Paul Bradley 184, Senior -- Tama, IA (South Tama) Wt. Opponent (School) Result Overall/Collegiate/Dual Rec. 184 *Spartan Open - 1st place *Mitch Hager (Loras) W-D /0-0/0-0 *Matt Norton (Upper Iowa) W-Pin 1:14 2-0/0-0/0-0 *Justin Peterson (Wisconsin) W-D /0-0/0-0 *Matt Maciag (Wisconsin) W-D /0-0/0-0 NWCA All-Star Classic ^Pete Friedl (Illinois) L-D /0-0/0-0 Jason Trulson (Arizona St.) W-MD /1-0/1-0 Kurt Backes (Iowa St.) W-D /2-0/2-0 Rusty Blackmon (Oklahoma State) W-D /3-0/3-0 NWCA National Duals Vince Jones (Nebraksa) L-D /3-1/3-1 Raymond Jordan (Missouri) L-D /3-2/3-2 Justin Dyer (Oklahoma) W-D /4-2/4-2 Nick McClone (Northern Illinois) W-D /5-2/5-2 Tyrel Todd (Michigan) W-D /6-2/6-2 Justin Peterson (Wisconsin) W-D /7-2/7-2 Roger Kish (Minnesota) L-D /7-3/7-3 Ben Wissel (Purdue) L-D /7-4/7-4 Justin Curran (Indiana) W-D /8-4/8-4 Eric Bradley (Penn State) L-D /8-5/8-5 Joe Williams (Michigan State) W-D /9-5/9-5 Pete Friedl (Illinios) L-D /9-6/9-6 Mike Tamillow (Northwestern) W-D /10-6/10-6 K.C. Walsh (Boise State) W-D /11-6/11-6 Big Ten Championships Pete Friedl (Illinois) L-D /11-7/11-6 Tyrel Todd (Michigan) L-D /11-8/11-6 Joe Williams (Michigan State) W-D /12-8/11-6

27 Meet the Hawkeyes Dan Erekson 197 Pounds Freshman Eagle, ID (Eagle) placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships... enters the NCAA Championships with a record... placed first at the Spartan Open... placed third at the Kaufman-Brand Open... has Iowa s fastest fall at 0:41... went 4-2 at the UNI Open... was going to redshirt this season, but was called to action January 7 against Oklahoma State... first collegiate match was against defending NCAA Champion Jake Rosholt (L, 10-6). High School -- won 215-pound state title senior year, after placing second as a sophomore and junior career record of included 97 pins and an undefeated senior season of 39-0 four-time conference champion set school records in most pins and team points scored in a season team captain and school athlete of the year for wrestling as a senior won 215-pound Greco-Roman and freestyle titles at 2005 Junior West Regionals, placing second in freestyle and fourth in Greco-Roman at the National Junior Championships lettered four years in football honor roll student coach was Steve DeMers. Personal -- born March 11, 1987 son of Scott and Laurie Erekson education major. Erekson s Career Record Year WLF Big 10 Place NCAA Place th