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Hawkeyes To Compete at National Duals Invitational

The University of Iowa men’s wrestling team has accepted entry to the 2025 National Duals Invitational it was announced Tuesday
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s wrestling team has accepted entry to the 2025 National Duals Invitational it was announced Tuesday.
The event will be held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 15-16. The 16-team event will feature a total purse of more than $1 million. The top eight teams will each earn payouts, with the winning squad receiving $200,000. The second- and third-place teams will earn $150,000, while fourth place earns $75,000. Fifth through eighth place payouts will be: $50,000, $40,000, $25,000, and $20,000, respectively. All participating teams will receive $20,000 for attending.
Automatic entry is awarded to the top 12 teams in the final 2025 NCAA Division I standings (Penn State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Cornell, NC State, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Virginia Tech and Michigan). To secure their spots, these 12 must complete their participation agreements by April 15. The remaining spots will be filled through a random drawing on April 24 … more at … https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2025/04/15/hawkeyes-to-compete-at-national-duals-invitational

April 19, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Three-Time All-American McNeil Transfers to Michigan

Three-time All-American Lachlan McNeil has announced his transfer destination. McNeil will get a bit closer to home and finish his career with the University of Michigan. 
McNeil earned All-American honors every year he competed for the University of North Carolina – finishing fourth as a freshman, sixth as a sophomore, and fifth as a junior. In each of the last two seasons, McNeil has earned the #6 seed at the NCAA Championships. The ACC has typically been loaded in McNeil’s weight class, so he was third in his first two tries and a runner-up to returning national champion Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) in 2025. 
With two of the top-four finishers at NCAA’s at 149 lbs out of eligibility, McNeil will be the third-highest returning placewinner at the weight. He’ll give Michigan an immediate spark at the weight. In 2025, Michigan saw redshirt freshman Dylan Gilcher make the national tournament after finishing eighth in the Big Ten; however, he went 0-2 in Philadelphia. 
Michigan is one of the programs that has benefited the most from seniors in the transfer portal. They had two All-Americans of that variety in 2025 and three in 2024. In 2022, Nick Suriano came aboard for his last year of eligibility and won a national title at 125 lbs. … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/college/big-10/three-time-all-american-mcneil-transfers-to-michigan-r100201/

April 19, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment