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Iowa State Wrestling Receives NCAA Trophy

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State wrestling received its fourth-place trophy from the 2024 NCAA Championships on Tuesday, but you might be asking yourself, “why did Iowa State receive a trophy in August for a tournament that was in March?”
It was a historic season, Iowa State’s best since 2010, but one that originally finished without an NCAA trophy in hand. Traditionally, the NCAA has always awarded the top four teams at the NCAA Championships a trophy, but following the 2023 season, the NCAA elected to do away with the fourth-place trophy, citing financial reasons.
In the first season after the decision was made, it was Iowa State who finished in fourth place and narrowly missed out on a trophy finish.
Final team scores from the 2024 NCAA Championships:
1. Penn State – 172.5
2. Cornell – 72.5
3. Michigan – 71.0
4. Iowa State – 68.5
5. Iowa – 67.0
🌪️🚨🌪️ pic.twitter.com/IF7Bq19SgB— Iowa State Wrestling (@CycloneWR) March 24, 2024
In July, the NCAA Competition Oversight Committee voted to reverse course and to reinstate the fourth-place trophy going forward, as well as retroactively award the Cyclones their trophy for 2024. It officially marks Iowa State’s 45th trophy finish in program history (eight national titles, 16 runner-up finishes, 13 third-place finishes, eight fourth-place finishes). … more at … https://cyclones.com/news/2024/8/14/iowa-state-wrestling-receives-ncaa-trophy.aspx

August 24, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized