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.
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Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers assesses the Cyclones’ spring
Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers assesses the Cyclones’ spring
Spring commencement arrives at Iowa State this weekend, with a whole new generation of Cyclones set to get their diplomas and move on to the next things in their lives.
The options and choices will set their path for, potentially, the years and decades ahead.
Which got me thinking about the choices and circumstances of this school year that came for Iowa State athletics. There were no shortages of inflection points at which, it seems, programs and an entire athletics department pivoted to new directions.
Let’s explore.
This seems to be the most discussed “Sliding Doors” moment for Iowa State football fans regarding head coach Matt Campbell’s departure to Penn State. And with good reason. It’s the most obvious, could have had the most immediate impact on the program and would have been largely seen as a continuation of the most successful run in school history.
Would promoting the Iowa State offensive coordinator, though, have been the right move?
If you assume a best-case scenario in which some of the star Cyclone players on offense – think Rocco Becht, Ben Brahmer, Carson Hansen, etc. – stay at Iowa State and a bulk of the coaching staff does as well, there are still likely defections that weaken the roster. Nothing like we saw back in December, but, still, there would be holes – and Campbell’s shoes – to fill by a first-time head coach taking over for a legend.
The calculation, as I see it, has to be – does the Year 1 continuity and relative stability gained by hiring Mouser provide for better long-term results than hiring Jimmy Rogers, who has the benefit of head-coaching experience?
It certainly would have made the fan base feel better back in December, but would it have positioned Iowa State to have better results in 2027 and beyond?
The roster almost certainly would have been “better” in 2026 if Iowa State retained Mouser, but would that have created a more solid foundation for the future or just delayed decay?
This “What If” becomes a lot less intricate and interesting if Rogers just wins a ton this fall and going forward.
I think this is the most interesting question on the list.
By reports, Penn State was on the verge of hiring Sitake from BYU when the Cougars’ boosters – led by the Crumbl Cookie fortune – banded together to put together a financial package to keep Sitake in Provo.
What if they hadn’t, though?
Sitake goes to Penn State, and Dec. 5, 2025, is an uneventful day in Iowa State history rather than one of its most feverish.
But … what happens a few weeks later when Sherrone Moore is fired at Michigan?
Rather than plucking 66-year-old Kyle Whittingham from Utah/forced retirement, do the Wolverines try to make a Michigan Man out of an Ohioan? Does Campbell inherit the seat of Bo Schembechler?
And, for the sake of this thought exercise, if Campbell did move to Ann Arbor, does the timing of that decision change athletics director Jamie Pollard’s options and calculus about Iowa State’s opening? Is Jimmy Rogers still available? Or would he have taken a different opening or opted not to leave Pullman at that later date? Is Mouser the answer in this scenario?
Or is the Buckeye State distaste for the state Up North too much and Campbell returns for Year 11 at Iowa State?
Addy Brown on what went wrong in Iowa State’s loss to Syracuse
Iowa State’s Addy Brown talks about her team’s struggles in a loss to Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament.
Iowa State women’s basketball was 14-0 on Jan. 4 when it played Baylor in Waco, and the season felt sure to realize the potential that was clear before it started with one of coach Bill Fennelly’s best rosters.
The Cyclones, though, returned home with their first loss and with Addy Brown sidelined with a back injury.
Four more losses in a row followed, and when Brown returned to the floor after six weeks, the Cyclones’ season was floundering.
They salvaged an NCAA Tournament bid, but a first-round exit gave way to a roster collapse with nine players – including Brown and superstar Audi Crooks – leaving via the transfer portal, putting Fennelly’s tenure and future under fire.
If Brown doesn’t get hurt – or just isn’t out as long – does that change the trajectory of the season? The offseason? And what the eventual end of Fennelly’s Iowa State career looks like?
The most recent “What If” I think is also the most straightforward.
If Jefferson’s ankle doesn’t roll in the early minutes of Iowa State’s first-round NCAA Tournament blowout win over Tennessee State, I think the Cyclones get a long second weekend in Chicago, but the Final Four drought probably remains intact.
Jefferson’s rebounding and offensive impact are, I think, enough to give the Cyclones the edge against Tennessee, but Michigan, the Cyclones’ would-be Elite Eight opponent, was just a juggernaut.
I’m not sure even a full-strength Iowa State team would have had more than a puncher’s chance. The Wolverines were just one of the best college basketball teams we’ve seen over the last few decades.
Iowa State columnist Travis Hines has covered the Cyclones for the Des Moines Register and Ames Tribune since 2012. Contact him at thines@amestrib.com or (515) 284-8000. Follow him on X at @TravisHines21.
One of the top Iowa high school football prospects in the state has made his college decision official.
Iowa City Regina High School senior-to-be Tate Wallace has announced he has verbally committed to the University of Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference. Wallace picked the Golden Gophers and head coach PJ Fleck over a finalists Notre Dame, Nebraska, Arizona, Arizona State and Wisconsin.
Wallace narrowed down his list of schools to six at the end of April before making his final decision.
The 6-foot-2, 226-pound linebacker is considered the No. 2 overall prospect in the state of Iowa for high school football, and is the No. 21 linebacker in the Class of 2027, according to 247Sports.
In the 247Sports Composite rankings, Wallace is No. 2 in Iowa high school football, No. 29 at linebacker and No. 359 for the Class of 2027.
Wallace currently holds 16 total offers including from the previously mentioned Minnesota, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Arizona, Arizona State, Wisconsin, Iowa State, Kansas State, Purdue, Tennessee, West Virginia, Eastern Michigan, Miami (Ohio), Toledo, UNLV, North Dakota and North Dakota State.
As a junior, Wallace registered almost 50 tackles on defense, with 29 of them being counted as solo stops. He had 18 tackles for loss, 8.5 quarterback sacks and forced two fumbles, as Iowa City Regina advanced to the state championship game of the Iowa High School Athletic Association State Football Championships.
Wallace also hauled in 40 passes for 611 yards with 10 receiving touchdowns on offense for the Regals. As a two-way player for Iowa City Regina during his sophomore season, Wallace had 27.5 tackles, including 16 solo stops, four tackles for loss and a quarterback sack, adding 51 receptions for 752 yards and eight touchdowns.
Back in March, Wallace announced seven spring visits to Notre Dame, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Kansas State and Arizona State. He also visited Tennessee this past fall, taking in an SEC contest with the Volunteers.
Along with his success on the football field, Wallace helped lead the Regals to the Iowa High School Athletic Association Boys State Basketball Tournament this past winter. He earned High School on SI all-state honors in the process.
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