Cyclones Prepare for NCAA Wrestling Championships

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State heads to the NCAA Championships this week, with nine Cyclones in the field. It is the fourth-straight year that Iowa State has sent at least eight wrestlers to the national championships. Three Cyclones are seeded in the top 10 in the nation at their individual weight classes. Action begins on Thursday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

KEY STORYLINES

-The Cyclones are sending nine wrestlers to Detroit. This is the fourth-straight year Iowa State has sent at least eight, matching a streak of sending 10 wrestlers every year from 2007-2010.
-Defending national champion David Carr (157) is looking to become the 17th Cyclone to win at least two national titles. Jake Varner (2009-10) was the last Cyclone to win back-to-back national titles.
-Jarrett Degen became the first five-time NCAA qualifier in school history. Degen is a two-time All-American at 149 pounds, finishing seventh in 2019. Degen is one of 24 five-time NCAA qualifiers in the field this year. At 149 pounds, Degen is one of three at his weight class.
-Ian Parker (141) and Marcus Coleman (197) became the 47th and 48th wrestlers in school history to qualify at least four times for the NCAA Championships. Parker earned All-American honors in 2019, while Coleman has qualified four times at three different weight classes.
-Over the last two seasons, David Carr has allowed just three takedowns. Two of those takedowns came in the championship match of the Daktronics Open in the season opener this year, as Carr defeated seventh-ranked Peyton Robb of Nebraska 7-5 (SV). He held a 60-1 takedown differential last season, while having a 72-2 advantage this season. Carr recorded 16 takedowns en route to his third Big 12 title.
-Ramazan Attasauov (133) and Yonger Bastida (197) are the only two wrestlers in the field that are listed as being international wrestlers on their school's official roster. Attasauov hails from Nalchik, Russia, while Bastida is from Trinidad, Cuba. Of the nine qualifiers from Iowa State, they hail from eight different states/countries. The eight different states/countries for qualifiers is the most by any team in the field.
-David Carr won his third Big 12 Championship in Tulsa, becoming the 16th Cyclone to win at least three conference titles. He is the fifth Cyclone to do it during the Big 12 era, while also becoming the 32nd wrestler in Big 12 history to win three titles.

NCAA Championship Schedule:
March 17: 11 a.m. – Session I – 1^st Round – ESPNU
March 17: 6 p.m. – Session II – 2^nd Round – ESPN
March 18: 10 a.m. – Session III – Quarterfinals – ESPNU
March 18: 7 p.m. – Session IV – Semifinals – ESPN
March 19 – 10 a.m. – Session V – Medal Matches – ESPNU
March 19 – 6 p.m. – Session VI – Finals – ESPN
*All times listed are central

Iowa State First Round Matches:

125: No. 26 Kysen Terukina vs. No. 7 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State)
133: No. 24 Ramazan Attasauov vs. No. 9 Michael Colaiocco (Penn)
141: No. 13 Ian Parker vs. No. 20 Parker Filius (Purdue)
149: No. 17 Jarrett Degen vs. No. 16 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma)
157: No. 1 David Carr vs. No. 32 Jordan Slivka (Ohio) or No. 33 Derek Holschlag (UNI)
174: No. 24 Joel Devine vs. No. 9 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska)
184: No. 8 Marcus Coleman vs. No. 25 Michael Battista (Virginia)
197: No. 10 Yonger Bastida vs. No. 23 Braxton Amos (Wisconsin)
285: No. 24 Sam Schuyler vs. No. 9 Lucas Davison (Northwestern)

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Players Mentioned

Ramazan Attasauov

Yonger Bastida

David Carr

Marcus Coleman

Jarrett Degen

Joel Devine

Ian Parker

Sam Schuyler

Kysen Terukina

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