RECAP: Iowa wrestlers win four golds, one silver at hometown Pan-Am Championships

Tanner Lafever · May 11, 2026

My story from the weekend that was in Coralville - featuring some impressive work from the five Hawkeyes who took the mat, including an absolute masterclass by Kylie Welker against a World-class field:

Welker's wondrous run leads Iowa at hometown Pan-Ams - On3

Your Iowa placers:

Gold
- Everest Leydecker (55kg)
- Austin DeSanto (61kg)
- Real Woods (65kg)
- Kylie Welker (76kg)

Silver
- Stephen Buchanan (97kg)

lisa morales · May 11, 2026

The 10 people there thought it was exciting.

BroncHawk · May 11, 2026

Appreciate the write up!

One note:
Colombia is the country. Columbia is the sportswear brand, university, and city home to University of South Carolina.

lookleftgoright · May 11, 2026

BroncHawk said:
Appreciate the write up!

One note:
Colombia is the country. Columbia is the sportswear brand, university, and city home to University of South Carolina.

Who would have ever thought that the people in South America could not even spell the name of their own country correctly?

Tanner Lafever · May 11, 2026

BroncHawk said:
Appreciate the write up!

One note:
Colombia is the country. Columbia is the sportswear brand, university, and city home to University of South Carolina.

Good catch!

Apparently, I was so focused on spelling the names correctly that I forgot about the country

Tanner Lafever · May 11, 2026

lisa morales said:
The 10 people there thought it was exciting.

dt21 · May 11, 2026

i went to the distract of colombia once

Tanner Lafever · May 11, 2026

dt21 said:
i went to the distract of colombia once

Let me guess, you couldn’t focus the whole time you were there?

RECAP: Iowa wrestlers win four golds, one silver at hometown Pan-Am Championships

Tanner Lafever

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lisa morales

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BroncHawk

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lookleftgoright

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Tanner Lafever

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Tanner Lafever

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dt21

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