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2015-16 Iowa State Wrestling Preview
11.02.2015 | Men's Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State wrestling team will begin their historic 100th season ranked No. 13 in the NWCA/ USA Today Coach's Poll. The Cyclones are coming off of an 11-2 record a season ago, the best since Kevin Jackson's first year at Iowa State in 2010.
Coach Jackson will have to do without a pair of seniors from the 2014-15 team in National Champion Kyven Gadson and two-time All-American Michael Moreno.
“You don't replace guys like Kyven Gadson and Michael Moreno,” Jackson said. “You don't replace those guys over night.”
Even with the departure of Gadson and Moreno, Jackson feels that his team is in a good position to compete. With some new faces taking on bigger roles and Lelund Weatherspoon and Tanner Weatherman bumping down a weight class, Jackson likes the way his line-up looks for 2015-16.
“We don't feel we lost a whole lot because of the redshirts we have stepping up and Lelund and Tanner moving down,” Jackson said.
Iowa State opens it season in Blacksburg, Virginia next Saturday afternoon. They'll take on the No. 6 Virginia Tech Hokies at Noon at Cassell Coliseum.
2015-16 Line-Up
125 – RJr. Kyle Larson
- 20-13 record (6-7 dual)
- Won the Kaye Young Open
- Finished third at the UNI Open
125 – RFr. Nathan Boston
- 7-2 record (Unattached)
- Cyclone Open Runner-Up
- Four bonus-point victories
133 – Sr. Earl Hall
- 27-8 record (10-3 dual)
- NCAA Qualifier – No. 7 seed (Round of 12)
- Wrestled to a 2-2 record at the NCAA Championships
- Big 12 runner-up
- Southern Scuffle Champion
- Finished fourth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
- Pinned 2015 NCAA champion Cody Brewer (1:02) in the ISU-OU dual
- Started 2015 off with 12-0 record, including five wins against top-10 opponents
- Won the Kaye Young Open
- Second on the team in wins (27)
141 – RJr. John Meeks
- 10-6 record (1-4 dual)
- 2014 UNI Open Champion
- 2015 Northern Plains Regional All-American (sixth-place)
- Defeated 2015 NCAA finalist Chase Pami en route to his All-American finish
141- So. Dante Rodriguez
- 19-8 record (6-2 dual)
- NCAA Qualifier – Unseeded
- Recorded a 1-2 record at the NCAA Championships
- Big 12 runner-up
- Dual All-American at UWW Junior Nationals (runner-up and eighth-place)
- Second on the team in falls with 12 last year
- Won the Kaye Young Open
149 – RJr. Gabe Moreno
- 26-7 record (11-2 dual)
- NCAA Qualifier – No. 9 seed
- Finished third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
- Second on the team in major-decision wins (5)
- Earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors for the second time
- Won the Kaye Young Open
157 – RFr. Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer
- 11-6 Record (Unattached)
- Five bonus-point victories
- 2015 UWW Junior Nationals All-American (sixth-place)
- 2015 University Nationals All-American (fourth-place)
157 – RFr. Logan Breitenbach
- 15-6 Record (Unattached)
- 10 bonus-point wins
- Kaye Young runner-up
- Finished fourth at the UNI Open
165- RSr. Tanner Weatherman
- 23-10 record (9-4 dual)
- NCAA Qualifier – No. 13 seed
- Big 12 runner-up
- Finished in seventh place at the Southern Scuffle
- Took home third place honors at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
- Paced the team in dual scoring, securing 101 total points behind 35 takedowns
- Won his 50th career match
- Won the Kaye Young Open
174 – RJr. Lelund Weatherspoon
- 18-7 record (10-3 dual)
- NCAA Qualifier – Unseeded
- Posted a 1-2 record at the NCAA Championships
- Big 12 runner-up
- Tied for the most technical-falls victories on the year (3)
- Won the Kaye Young Open
184 – RSo. Dane Pestano
- 6-3 record
- Took home fifth-place honors at the UNI Open
- Finished sixth at the Cyclone Open
197 – RFr. Marcus Harrington
- 19-5 record (Unattached)
- 10 bonus-point victories
- UWW Junior Nationals All-American (third-place)
- Finished third at Junior World Team trials
- Grand View Open Champion
- Brought home third-place at the UNI Open
- Finished third at the Cyclone Open
- Wrestled to a runner-up finish at the Kaye Young Open
285 – RJr. Quean Smith
- 14-11 record (5-7 dual)
- Pinned David Dill of California Baptist in 0:15, the fifth fastest fall in school history
- Finished sixth at the UNI Open
- Won the Kaye Young Open
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