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Iowa State Wrestling Line-up Taking Shape After Off-Season Acquisitions

Iowa State bolstered its line-up in the off-season. Will it be enough to compete for a trophy at the NCAA Championships?
Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser doesn’t know his 2024-25 line-up, but he knows he has plenty to work with following a fourth-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championships. The Cyclones kick things off at home with a dual against Stanford on November 1 and Navy on November 8. 
There are moving pieces with potential starters changing weights or redshirting. Christian Carroll, a two-time U20 World teamer, transferred from Oklahoma State and fills a void at 197, a weight Iowa State didn’t qualify at the NCAA Championships. Carroll has four years of eligibility remaining.
Cuban-born Osmany Diversent, a two-time Junior Pan-Am champion, will add depth at the lower weights. He has physical gifts but his transition from freestyle to folkstyle remains to be seen.  “We’ve got an athletic team,” Dresser said. “We have some real athletes. It’s one thing to be an athlete but we have to toughen them up. The best athletes in wrestling don’t always win because it’s seven minutes long. You have to be an athlete and a tough guy. If you can get both of those going you’ll have a really good team at the end of the year. “We’ll start looking at everybody’s weights in the mid-fall and see where everyone is weighing naturally. We don’t have any major guys watching their weight right now. Once we get to the fall we’ll start nailing it down a little more. We’ll get a better feel in September. We didn’t have 141 or 149 figured out until November so I think the underlying story … more at … Flowrestling.org/Iowa-state-wrestling-line-up-taking-shape-after-off-season-acquisitions

July 5, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized