Iowa wrestling yet again posts staggering attendance numbers

No matter you do, don’t label wrestling as simply one other sport on the College of Iowa.

Whereas soccer will all the time get the eye—it’s by far the most well-liked sport within the nation and the Hawkeyes are typically fairly good at it—the wrestling mat is the true image of the Hawkeye State.

From the highschool stage the place we simply noticed future Hawkeyes dominate on the IHSAA State Wrestling Championships to the collegiate ranks with a mixed 34 nationwide championships inside the state of Iowa (thanks in your contribution Cornell School), few states embody the spirit of wrestling just like the Hawkeye State. I imply, the positioning of the primary ever wrestling nationwide championship was within the state of Iowa.

Wrestling isn’t the opposite sport coinciding with basketball in Iowa Metropolis as it’s for different faculties, it’s the essential attraction. It’s the hearth within Carver–Hawkeye Area that retains the fanbase going by way of the extraordinarily chilly Iowa winters.

The stats again up simply how a lot Iowans love their wrestling, too. As reported by FloWrestling, Iowa averaged over 14,000 per residence twin for the second yr in a row this season. They’ve additionally averaged over 10,000 throughout 5 of the previous seven seasons. The previous two years post-Covid actually inform the entire story. Carver-Hawkeye Area is bought out for each Iowa twin, one thing we’ve recognized for the reason that starting of the season.

Iowa enters the postseason with a 15-1 twin document and very a lot in competition for each the Large Ten and nationwide championships. With the success of the Iowa program this yr in addition to the pedigree of incoming recruits, don’t anticipate these attendance numbers to dip anytime quickly!

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