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Men's Wrestling
Harold Nichols Cyclone Open
One Champ
Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, November 4
Ames, Iowa
9:00 AM
Iowa State
vs
Harold Nichols Cyclone Open
Cyclone Open Kicks Off 2017-18 Wrestling Season
11.03.2017 | Men's Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State wrestling team (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) opens the 2017-18 season, and the Kevin Dresser era, with the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open. This year's tournament features both an Open and a Freshman-Sophomore division.
The annual evented hosted by Iowa State is set for Saturday, Nov. 4. Doors to Hilton Coliseum will open at 8 a.m. with wrestling beginning at 9 a.m. There is no set time for finals, wrestling will continue throughout the day.
Where: Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Nov. 4 - 9:00 a.m. CT
Live Results: Live results and bracket updates will be available at trackwrestling.com.
Live Updates: Follow along with @CycloneWR on Twitter for Cyclone wrestling updates.
Cyclone Notebook
-The 2017-18 Iowa State wrestling season opens on Saturday with the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open.
-Iowa State begins a new era of wrestling in 2017-18 as head coach Kevin Dresser starts his first season as the Cyclones, head coach.
-Athletics Director Jamie Pollard made a splash hire in landing Dresser last spring. Dresser then hired what he's calling his "Dream Team" in associate head coach Mike Zadick, assistant coach Derek St. John and volunteer assistant coach Brent Metcalf.
-The Iowa State roster is as youthful as any in the country. The Cyclones currently have 30 wrestlers who are freshmen or sophomores and only seven who are juniors or seniors.
-To go along with the youth, the roster also features many new faces. Of the 37 athletes, only 21 are returners from 2016-17. Dresser and company have added 16 new wrestlers for 2017-18.
-The Iowa State redshirt freshman class is ready to take the mat. With the addition of Virginia Tech transfer Jarrett Degen, the class now features six wrestlers who were ranked in the top 100 coming out of high school.
-Leading the redshirt freshmen will be 141-pound hammer Kanen Storr. Last year, Storr wrestled to a 25-5 record with 14 bonus-point victories.
-Storr competed at the Midlands Championships as an unattached wrestler. The youngster wrestled extremely well, taking fifth place at 141 pounds.
-Storr became just the third Cyclone since 1982 to finish on the Midlands podium as a true freshman. In 2011, Tanner Weatherman finished fifth and in 2011 Jon Reader took seventh place.
-In freestyle, Storr competed in his first Senior Level competition at the Dave Schultz Memorial International alongside teammate Ian Parker. Storr and Parker were the top two finishing Americans taking second and third, respectively.
-Joining Storr and Parker in their first year of eligibility are former top-100 recruits Daniel Vega (125), Jarrett Degen (149), Sam Colbray (197) and Gannon Gremmel (285). All six will battle for the starting spot at their weight.
-Iowa State's lone returning 2017 NCAA qualifier, Marcus Harrington, is bumping up to heavyweight. Last year, Harrington qualified for the NCAA Championships with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship at 197 pounds.
-Redshirt senior Dane Pestano is making the jump up to 184 pounds after spending last season trying to make 165 pounds. Pestano was a NCAA qualifier in 2016 at 184 pounds.
-2015 NCAA qualifier Dante Rodriguez is back and healthy. He spent the last two seasons battling an elbow injury. Now a redshirt sophomore, Rodriguez and Degen will battle for the 149 pound starting spot.
-Hilton Coliseum will have a new look for wrestling this season. The team has elected to take down the partitioning curtain, and the entire arena will be open for home wrestling duals. They have also added new banners to the rafters highlighting all of Iowa State's "Trophy Finishes" (top four or better at NCAAs).
-Iowa State's home slate features eight home duals, the most since 2011-12. One of those eight, the matchup against Rider, will take place in Stephens Auditorium.
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