This has been a remarkable time for Iowa sports. Take a moment and look back at what Hawkeye sports have accomplished in the past few years.
Iowa has had conference championships from both basketball programs, gymnastics, soccer, baseball, field hockey, and track and field. Several sports have produced All-Americans and Iowa (and NCAA) record books have been rewritten multiple times in multiple sports.
Iowa track and field continued its hot start to the season last weekend, competing in the Jim Crick Shootout. Speaking of All-Americans, reigning indoor 800m national champion Rivaldo Marshall put together another statement performance, setting the Iowa school record in the outdoor 800m race, winning the event in 1:45.86. Marshall’s blistering time is the third fastest in the NCAA this season and cracks the Olympic trials standard.
Marshall wasn’t the only Hawkeye who had a big weekend. In the women’s 800m, Katie Moore won the event in 2:10.45. Iowa also secured wins in the women’s 4x100m relay from Tionna Tobias, Lia Love, Holly Duax, and Paige Magee (44.44, 6th all-time) and 4x400m relay from Mariel Bruxvoort, Ali Dorn, Nylah Perry, and Duax (3:37.92).
Bruxvoort joined Duax and two-time champions on the weekend with a 57.58 400m hurdles run that earned her first place. Iowa’s final champion on the weekend was Kat Moody, who tossed the discus 55.95m to claim victory.
The Hawkeyes have to be ecstatic with their early season performances. Established stars like Moody, Bruxvoort, and Magee continue to put up huge performances, Marshall has been an enormous addition after coming from the junior college ranks last season and already new names are popping up in the early weeks of the outdoor season like Holly Duax.
Iowa’s proved that it can develop talent across all events. They’ve been posting top-10 marks week in and week out and over the past few months, and program records have been falling with regularity.
The Hawks are seeing some national recognition as well. The men’s team is ranked #3 in the 110m hurdles, #5 in the 800m, and #1 in the Midwest Region while the women’s team is #1 nationally in the 400m hurdles, #5 in the long jump, #6 in the 800m, and #8 in the 100m hurdles.
The Hawkeyes will split their squad between two California meets and a Florida meet next weekend as they look to continue their season-long heater.
Four Hawkeyes competed individually at the NCAA Regional meet last weekend in the final competition of the Hawks’ 2024 season. Ilka Juk started the meet for the Hawkeyes on beam. She put together a near-perfect routine, scoring 9.900 and finishing 6th. Emily Erb was next up for Iowa and matched Juk’s 9.900, her 5th 9.900 of the year. She tied for 9th in the event. Bailey Libby also competed on floor, scoring 9.850 in the debut of a new routine.
Karina Munoz was the final competitor for the Hawkeyes, competing in the all-around. Munoz, competing for the first time since pulling out of the Big Ten Championships with an injury, overcame an early fall on the beam to score 38.750 overall. None of the Hawkeyes qualified for the next round of the NCAA Championships.
It was a somewhat muted end to a tumultuous season for the GymHawks. Injuries plagued the group, and while it led to valuable experience for the underclassmen, it limited the overall ceiling of the team.
The program now has multiple questions to answer as it navigates an external investigation into Coach Larissa Libby and potential changes to the roster. There were impressive performances throughout the season, especially from Karina Munoz, which bodes well for the program’s future. Still, everything is on pause until the investigation is resolved.
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Iowa softball (16-15, 4-5) suffered a sweep at the hands of Purdue (17-18, 5-4) last weekend, dropping the opener 3-2 in extra innings before falling in a Saturday doubleheader, 4-0 and 2-1.
Friday’s game was an eight-inning thriller for the Hawkeyes and Boilermakers. Purdue took an early lead with a two-run home run in the second inning. Iowa nearly answered back in the third, loading the bases, but were held scoreless. Still, the Hawks kept pushing and finally broke through in the 6th when freshman Jena Young launched a solo shot into right field to cut the Purdue lead in half.
Young came through in the clutch again in the 7th inning, smacking a single back up the middle to tie the game with two outs.
The Hawkeyes put two runners on in the 8th inning but weren’t able to capitalize and the Boilermakers claimed the win with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the inning.
Iowa’s bats were again kept quiet in Saturday’s doubleheader. The Hawkeyes loaded the bases in the 1st and 2nd innings but couldn’t push any runs across, which came back to bite them when Purdue plated three in the bottom half of the 2nd. They added an insurance run in the 4th to take the 4-0 win.
In game 2, Iowa again loaded the bases in the 2nd inning, but this time pushed a run across on a bases-loaded walk from Rylie Moss. Jaylee Ojo put together a strong start on the mound, retiring 15 straight batters at one point and giving up no earned runs, but Purdue scored twice in the bottom of the 6th to take a late 2-1 lead. The Hawks threatened in the 7th, putting two runners on with two outs, but couldn’t find the tying run.
It was a frustrating weekend overall for the group. The team consistently threatened but never seemed to find a way to break the game open. Too often, the Hawks rely on stringing singles together to drive in runs. The group has just three home runs this season, all from Young who has been a force in her freshman year. Iowa’s pitching has been consistently solid-to-great all season so the recipe for success is there if the Hawkeye bats come alive. They’ll have another shot at it next weekend when they travel to take on Michigan (24-14, 6-3).
Both the men’s and women’s golf teams teed off for the Hawkeyes last weekend with the men competing in the Calusa Cup and the women competing in the Chattanooga Classic.
On the men’s side, Iowa’s leading scorer was Noah Kent, who tied for 9th (+2) after a 1st round 71 (-1). Mac McClear was the next-best finisher for the Hawks, tying for 22nd (+8). As a team, the Hawkeyes finished 7th (+28).
On the women’s side, a 2nd round 70 (-1) pushed Paula Miranda into a tie for 15th on Monday and she followed it up with a -4 67 in Tuesday’s final round to secure a top-five finish. Miranda jumped more than ten spots in both the 2nd and 3rd rounds to propel herself to a strong finish. The team finished 7th after a 16-shot improvement from round one to round two and a four-shot improvement from round two to round three.
Both teams will compete again next weekend, each traveling to Ohio for competitions.
Iowa tennis (9-9, 4-3) picked up a 5-2 win over Rutgers (10-9, 1-7) last weekend, pushing their conference record back over .500. Rutgers actually picked up the first two points of the meet, winning the doubles point and at court 6, but Iowa stormed back, winning each of the remaining five singles points to claim the win.
Hawkeye winners included Daianne Hayashida, Marisa Schmidt, Barbora Pokorna, Pia Kranholdt, and Vipasha Mehra.
The Hawks will host their final home matches of the season next weekend when Ohio State (13-6, 6-1) (4/12, 5:00 pm) and Penn State (5-12, 4-3) (4/14, 10:00 am) come to Iowa City.
The late boxing great George Foreman lies buried in a cemetery in the northwestern corner of Iowa – a place he has no connection to outside of a lone visit to the region nearly 40 years ago.
Foreman died March 21, 2025, at the age of 76 in Houston and was buried in Logan Park Cemetery at Sioux City, Iowa, a month later, city officials confirmed. Foreman’s family returned Thursday to his burial site, holding a news conference with Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott to reveal Foreman’s burial place, marked by a large monument that bears an image of him as a teen following his Olympic gold medal boxing win.
The family explained in a statement released by Sioux City officials that he had visited the Iowa city in 1988, and often recalled the sense of peace he experienced there.
After traveling to the city on April 17 last year to bury Foreman, his family said they immediately understood the region’s appeal.
“Our father lived a life of purpose, faith and gratitude,” the family said in a statement released by Sioux City officials. “To see him laid to rest in a place that brought him peace means everything to us.”
Scott joined the family at Foreman’s monument that lies just a few miles north of the Missouri River in an upper Midwest city of nearly 87,000 people. The cemetery overlooks the scenic Loess Hills, created by windblown silt deposits that reach up to 200 feet high (about 61 meters) and line the river along the Iowa border for 200 miles (322 kilometers).
“Their story is a reminder of how one place can stay with someone for a lifetime,” Scott said.
A native Texan, Foreman rose to fame when he made the 1968 U.S. Olympic boxing team, winning gold in Mexico City. He became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1973 by defeating the great Joe Frazier, only to lose the title a year later to Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle.”
A full 20 years later in 1994, Foreman became the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship at 45, defeating Michael Moorer in an epic upset.
Foreman retired in 1997 with a 76-5 career record.
He then moved on to the next chapter in his life as a businessman, pitchman and occasional actor, becoming known to a new generation as the face of the George Foreman Grill. The simple cooking machine sold more than 100 million units and brought him more wealth than boxing.
A biographical movie based on Foreman’s life was released in 2023.
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) — About 50 Iowans braved the threat of severe storms to hear from Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn at his town hall in Dubuque Friday night.
Lahn, a farmer and businessman, said his campaign is about solving the long-term systemic issues facing Iowans.
One priority is addressing what Lahn calls a cancer crisis in Iowa, as the state has the second-highest cancer rate in the country. Solving the crisis means ensuring Iowans have access to clean, nitrate-free drinking water, working with farmers to reduce agricultural runoff.
“Iowans are just ready for something that they should be able to count on, like clean drinking water,” Lahn said. “We have ways to clean up the drinking water in Iowa that isn’t on the backs of farmers, but is working alongside with them because they’re drinking the water too, and they want to do what’s right.”
Lahn also wants to stop Iowa’s “brain drain,” as more of Iowa’s college graduates left the state for opportunities elsewhere.
“Don’t leave! Give me some time! I’m going to fight to keep you here,” Lahn said. “I was one of these kids. I thought I had to leave the state to find something better. We have to prioritize Iowa’s incentive dollars to make sure they’re going to grow Iowa businesses that are going to be here for the long haul, so our kids have places to work.”
Running a distinct campaign feels challenging this election, as Lahn is one of five GOP candidates who want to be Iowa’s next governor, facing U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, former Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen, state Rep. Eddie Andrews and former state Rep. Brad Sherman.
Iowa Auditor Rob Sand is the only Democrat running for the state’s top office.
Lahn said he stands out by promising Iowa will be for Iowans, pledging to ban the use of eminent domain for private gain and tax out-of-state landowners and data centers at higher rates to lower property taxes.
“It always goes back to follow the money, so when it comes to not being a weak-kneed Republican today, I believe the paramount piece of that is answering only to the citizens of Iowa, not to special interests to pad their bottom line, but what’s best for the people of Iowa,” Lahn said.
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Iowa State announced Thursday the addition of women’s wrestling as its 18th varsity sport, with the program scheduled to begin competition during the 2027-28 academic year. The team is the first varsity sport added at the university since soccer in 1996. Iowa State will be the 12th school in the state of Iowa to have an NCAA women’s wrestling program.
The Cyclones will be only the second Power Four institution to feature a varsity women’s wrestling program, joining the University of Iowa.
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The university appointed Alli St. John, a two-time World Wrestling Championships silver medalist, as the program’s first head coach. St. John, who has spent the last three years with the Cyclone Regional Training Center, was a two-time women’s college national champion at King University.
“I am incredibly honored and grateful for the opportunity to be the first head coach of women’s wrestling at Iowa State University,” St. John said. “This is a historic moment not only for Iowa State University, but for the sport of wrestling, too. Iowa State has a rich wrestling tradition, and I’m excited to expand that legacy on the women’s side as we work to build a premier program in Ames that produces not only NCAA champions, but World and Olympic champions as well.”
The program will support a roster of 30 student-athletes with 10 scholarship equivalents, matching the scholarship limit of the men’s team. Official competitions will be held in Hilton Coliseum, with practice facilities in Beyer Hall.
The university also announced a major restructuring of its wrestling leadership, naming long-time men’s head coach Kevin Dresser as the Director of Wrestling. In this new capacity, Dresser will oversee both programs, assisting with fundraising and mentoring the coaching staff, which includes newly promoted men’s head coach Brent Metcalf.
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“The addition of women’s wrestling is an exciting opportunity for Iowa State Athletics,” Dresser said. “The fact that it is one of the fastest growing sports at the high school level coupled with the overall love of wrestling in the state of Iowa makes this a very good decision. I can envision the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk dual already and the excitement it will bring to the sport. I am excited to roll up my sleeves and help start another wrestling program.”
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