{"id":219319,"date":"2026-01-04T02:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/219319\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:51:08","slug":"iowa-sends-4-to-soldier-salute-semifinals-iowa-hawkeyes-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/219319\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Sends 4 to Soldier Salute Semifinals – Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORALVILLE, Iowa \u2014 The University of Iowa men\u2019s wrestling team will send four athletes into Saturday morning\u2019s Soldier Salute semifinals at Xtream Arena.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes will be represented in the championship bracket at four different weight classes, looking to advance to Saturday night\u2019s finals at 141, 157, 174 and 197 pounds.<\/p>\n

Nasir Bailey<\/a> captured the win at 141 over Nick O\u2019Neill of UNC, recording a tough 3-1 decision. Jordan Williams<\/a> won his match at 157 against UNI\u2019s Cael Rahnavardi, taking a late lead to advance, 8-6.<\/p>\n

Gabe Arnold<\/a> won at 174, downing Wyoming\u2019s Lane Foard, 5-1. Harvey Ludington<\/a> finished off quarterfinal competition with a 2-1 win over Anthony Harris of Oklahoma, finding a reversal in the last 45 seconds to take the match.<\/p>\n

Session III of the Soldier Salute will begin at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday. The action will be streamed live on B1G+.<\/p>\n

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS
125 – Sebastian Degennaro (OU) tech. fall Keyan Hernandez<\/a> (UI), 16-0
141 – Caedyn Ricciardi (NAVY) dec. Kale Petersen<\/a> (UI), 7-2
141 – Nasir Bailey<\/a> (UI) dec. Nick O`Neill (UNC), 3-1
157 – Jordan Williams<\/a> (UI) dec. Cael Rahnavardi (UNI), 8-6
157 – Laird Root (UNC) dec. Victor Voinovich (UI), 4-2
174 – Gabe Arnold<\/a> (UI) dec. Lane Foard (WYO), 5-1
197 – Harvey Ludington<\/a> (UI-UA) dec. Anthony Harris (OU), 2-1<\/p>\n

CONSOLATION RESULTS
R2
125 – Joey Cruz<\/a> (UI) dec. Ostin Blanchard (NDSU), 4-2
141 – David Saenz (WYO) dec. Jace Rhodes<\/a> (UI), 9-7
165 – Joey Kennedy (UI) dec. Sebastian Robles<\/a> (UI), 8-7
184 – Tyrel Miller (UI) fall Primo Catalano (ARMY), 1:38
R3
125 – Joey Cruz<\/a> (UI) tech fall Logan Graf (SDSU), 20-4
133 – Hayden Mills (NEB) tech fall Anthony Lavezzola<\/a> (UI), 17-2
149 – Kael Voinovich<\/a> (UI) major dec. Zytavius Williams (NDSU), 20-7
149 – Kael Voinovich<\/a> (UI) med. forfeit Nikade Zinkin (NEB)
165 – Charlie Darracott (UNC) major dec. Joey Kennedy (UI), 12-4
174 – Leister Bowling (UI) dec. Nadav Nafshi (UNA), 3-2
184 – Tyrel Miller (UI) med. forfeit Connor Gaynor (SDSU)
197 – Brody Sampson<\/a> (UI) dec. Rowan Udell (ISU), 7-3
R4
125 – Joey Cruz<\/a> (UI) won by decision over Hank Benter (Missouri) (Dec 12-5)
125 – Keyan Hernandez<\/a> (UI) dec. Koufax Christensen (OU), 7-3
141 – Kale Petersen<\/a> (UI) major dec. David Saenz (WYO), 13-2
149 – Kael Voinovich<\/a> (UI) SV1 Logan Paradice (UNI), 2-1
157 – Victor Voinovich (UI) major dec. Conner Doherty (ARMY), 14-4
174 – Lane Foard (WYO) dec. Leister Bowling (UI), 4-1
184 – Tyrel Miller (UI) tech. fall Shane McConville (SDSU), 18-1
197 – Robert Platt (UNC) tech. fall Brody Sampson<\/a> (UI), 17-2
R5
125 – Sefton Douglass (WYO) dec. Joey Cruz<\/a> (UI), 5-4
125 – Bowen Downey (UNI) dec. Keyan Hernandez<\/a> (UI), 4-3
141 – Kale Petersen<\/a> (UI) dec. Max Brady (UNI), 7-3
149 – Kael Voinovich<\/a> (UI) SV1 over Cole Brooks (WYO), 13-10
157 – Victor Voinovich (UI) dec. David Gleason (MIZZ), 4-2
184 – Nash Banko (Army Prep) fall Tyrel Miller (Iowa), 1:35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORALVILLE, Iowa \u2014 The University of Iowa men\u2019s wrestling team will send four athletes into Saturday morning\u2019s Soldier…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-219319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}