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IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2016-17 WRESTLING NOTES No. 14 Iowa State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) No. 14 Iowa State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 Friday, Nov. 6, 2016 South Dakota State (0-0, 0-0) North Dakota State (0-0, 0-0) 7:00 p.m. CT - Frost Arena 2:00 p.m. CT - Scheels Center 2016-17 SCHEDULE CYCLONE HEADLINES NOVEMBER 1. Iowa State opens the season with a pair of Big 12 duals to start the season. The Cyclones will take on 4 at South Dakota State* 7:00 p.m. South Dakota State on Friday evening at 7 p.m. and will close out the weekend with a matchup against 6 at North Dakota State* 2:00 p.m. the Bison of North Dakota State on Sunday at 2 p.m. 13 Cycloen Open All Day 2. In 2015-16, ISU posted a 10-6 dual mark. The double-digit wins marked the second-consecutive season 26 at Northern Colorado* 3:00p.m. that a Kevin Jackson-led squad won 10 or more duals in a season. 6 at Wyoming* 3:00 p.m. 3. Five Cyclones begin the year ranked in the national polls. Earl Hall (5, 5, 4), Gabe Moreno (17, 16, 14), Lelund Weatherspoon (7, 6, 7), Patrick Downey (7, 9, 6) and Marcus Harrington (17, 19, 19) all begin the DECEMBER year slotted in the top-20 in FloWrestling, TheOpenMat and Intermat rankings. 2-3 at Cliff Keen Invitational All Day 4. Hall (7), Weatherspoon (6) and Downey (5) are all coming off of All-America finishes in 2015-16. The (Las Vegas, Nevada) Cyclones are one of just eight squads in the country to return three or more 2016 All-Americans. 10 Iowa 7:00 p.m. 29-30 at Midlands Championships All Day 5. The Cyclones also return two other 2016 NCAA-Qualifiers in Kyle Larson and Dante Pestano. (Evanston, Illinois) 6. ISU finished third at the newly-expanded Big 12 Conference Championship. Weatherspoon won his second-career conference title, making him the 56th wrestler in program history to win multiple JANUARY conference championships. 6 Arizona State# TBA 7. Iowa State’s lineup returns many familiar faces. In total, 15 members of this year’s team saw action as 14 at North Carolina 6:00 p.m. a starter in dual competition in 2015-16. Those 15 wrestlers accounted for 85 percent of Iowa State’s 20 Northern Iowa 7:00 p.m. total dual wins last season. 27 Oklahoma*# 7:00 p.m. 8. Hall and Weatherspoon are both knocking on the door of 100 career wins. Hall has tallied 81 career 29 Oklahoma State* 2:00 p.m. wins, and Weatherspoon has compiled 70 career victories. In 2015-16, Hall compiled 33 total wins, while Weatherspoon racked up 27. FEBRUARY 10 at Pittsburgh 6:00 p.m. 9. After shuffling around his lineup quite often last season, Coach Jackson’s lineup features several weight changes. Moreno will be bumping down to 141 pounds, Dane Pestano will be cutting down to 12 at West Virginia* 1:00 p.m. 165 pounds and Downey is set to wrestle at 184 pounds. 19 Minnesota 2:00 p.m. 10. Iowa State’s dual season is jam-packed with Big 12 matchups. The Cardinal and Gold are slated to face MARCH seven out of the nine other Big 12 and Big 12 affiliate squads. 4-5 Big 12 Championships* All Day 11. In 2017, the Big 12 Championship makes its debut at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. The conference (Tulsa, Okla.) championship will be hosted at the BOK Center in 2017 and 2018. 16-18 NCAA Championships All Day 12. The 2017 NCAA Championship is returning to the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. Last year, the (St. Louis, Mo.) Cyclones finished 12th (35 points) at the national finals, which were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Home matches in bold All times central 13. In the offseason, Iowa State named Dana Vote the new Iowa State Wrestling Director of Operations. Big 12 Conference match* 14. Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson is in his eighth year leading the Cyclones. Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series^ Beauty and the Beast# For more notes and information, follow us on Twitter: @CycloneWR IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS Location Ames, Iowa PROBABLE LINEUP Enrollment 36,660 Weight Ranking Name Year Hometown 2016-17 Overall/Dual Record 125 Kyle Larson RSr. West Des Moines, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 Nickname/Mascot Cyclones/Cy OR Jonathan Marmolejo RSo. Carol Stream, Ill. 0-0 / 0-0 Colors Cardinal & Gold 133 Nathan Boston RSo. Versailles, Ky. 0-0 / 0-0 Arena Hilton Coliseum (8,524/14,376) 141 17, 16, 14 Gabe Moreno RSr. Urbandale, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 President Dr. Steven Leath OR John Meeks RSr. Des Moines, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard 149 Chase Straw RFr. Independence, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 Website cyclones.com OR Blayne Briceno RJr. Simi Valley, Calif. 0-0 / 0-0 All-Time Record/Years 1023-291-21 (.766) 157 Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer RSo. Cheektowaga, N.Y. 0-0 / 0-0 Facebook Iowa State Wrestling 165 Colston DeBlasi RFr Kansas City, Mo. 0-0 / 0-0 Twitter @CycloneWR 174 7, 6, 7 Lelund Weatherspoon RJr. Jackson, Mich. 0-0 / 0-0 OR Carson Powell RSr. Ankeny, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 184 7, 9, 6 Patrick Downey RJr. Baltimore, Md. 0-0 / 0-0 197 17, 19, 19 Marcus Harrington RSo. Waterloo, Iowa 0-0 / 0-0 OR Samuel Colbray Fr. Hermiston, Ore. 0-0 / 0-0 285 Quean Smith RSr. Detroit, Mich. 0-0 / 0-0 OR Nick Nolting RFr. Wichita, Kan. 0-0 / 0-0 Rankings: FloWrestling 10/31/16, TheOpenMat 10/31/16, Intermat 10/3116 Contact Brad DePrez, Student Assistant Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-867-8331 [email protected] Iowa State Wrestling • National Champions: ‘33, ‘65, ‘69, ‘70, ‘72, ‘73, ‘77, ‘87 KEVIN JACKSON Head Coach • 8th Season Hometown: Lansing, Mich. College: U.S. Sports Academy / Univ. Travis Paulson of Americas ‘05) Assistant Coach Wife: Robin Eighth Season at ISU Children: Cole, Bailee, Trinity, Brynn Iowa State ’07 and Kira Twitter: @CoachKJ_ISU Angel Escobedo Former Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Volunteer Coach Champion, Kevin Jackson is in his eighth season as Third Season at ISU Iowa State’s head wrestling coach. In his initial year at the helm, Jackson coached two NCAA individual Indiana ’10 champions en route to a third-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Jackson’s efforts with the Cyclone squad in his inaugural campaign didn’t go unnoticed, as he was honored as Amateur Wrestling News magazine’s 2010 Rookie Coach of the Year. Jackson coached the ISU grapplers to a 13-2 overall dual record, Trent Paulson with a perfect 4-0 mark in Big 12 action. In 2010-11, Jackson’s squad finished the year with a 9-10 mark in dual competition. Assistant Coach The year was highlighted by senior Jon Reader, who went 39-0 en route to an individual Third Season at ISU NCAA title at 174 pounds. After a down year in 2011-12, Jackson was able to rally his troops and bounce Iowa State ’07 back strongly in 2012-13. After a 1-3 start, Jackson’s Cyclones won 10 of their last 12 duals, finishing second at the 2013 Big 12 Championships and 11th at the NCAA Championships. Dana Vote A 12th-place team finish at the NCAA Championships kept the Cyclones in the Director of Operations nation’s top-15 in 2014, as Kyven Gadson (4th - 197), Michael Moreno (5th - 165) and Earl Hall, Jr. (8th - 125) each worked their way onto the NCAA podium. Two wrestlers First Season at ISU crowned Big 12 Champions (Gadson and Lelund Weatherspoon), as Jackson coached Buena Vista ’08 Weatherspoon to becoming the Cyclones’ first freshman Big 12 champion since David Zabriske in 2007. Jackson coached the 2014-15 Iowa State wrestling squad to its best regular season performance since 2010. The Cyclones finished with an 11-2 dual record (.846) and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the coaches’ poll. ISU finished runner-up Kyven Gadson champions to Oklahoma State at the 2015 Big 12 Championships, and qualified seven grapplers for the NCAA Championships. Graduate Assistant At the 2015 NCAA Championships, Jackson coached Kyven Gadson to a perfect First Season at ISU 5-0 record, including a fall in the 197-pound finals. Gadson credited Jackson for showing him the move that he used, “The Gadson”, to pin Kyle Snyder in the Championship Iowa State ’14 bout. The Cyclones sent six wrestlers to the 2016 NCAA Championship in New York City. Jackson’s squad put three wrestlers on the podium, with Earl Hall (7th - 133), Lelund Weatherspoon (6th - 174) and Patrick Downey (5th - 197) all earned All-America honors. Weatherspoon was the only unseeded wrestler to reach the semifinals at any weight. Jackson was named the 2016 Cadet World Team head coach, where he led a group of the Nation’s best to a runner-up finish at the 2016 Cadet World Championships. The second-place finish is tied for the best in USA Cadet World team history. Jackson steered the team to three individual gold medals, two silver and three bronze. Under Jackson’s tutelage at Iowa State, ISU has placed at least one wrestler at the top of the podium every year at the conference tournament.