PREVIEW: Iowa sending 14 current/future Hawkeyes to U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials

Tanner Lafever · Tuesday at 2:19 PM

Here's my preview for this weekend's festivities in Geneva, Ohio (May 29-31) - featuring two touchdowns worth of Hawkeyes in action:

14 Iowa-tied entries set for U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials - On3

U20 WTT entries
57kg - **Paul Kenny
65kg - **Dawson Youngblut
125kg - *Michael Mocco

*2026 signee, **2027 commit

U23 Nationals entries
57kg - Joey Cruz, Keyan Hernandez
61kg - Anthony Lavezzola
70kg - Miguel Estrada, Jordan Williams
74kg - Isaiah Fenton, Claudio Torres
79kg - Joseph Kennedy
86kg - Tyrel Miller
92kg - Harvey Ludington, Brody Sampson

Pinne24 · Thursday at 8:15 PM

Tanner Lafever said:
Here's my preview for this weekend's festivities in Geneva, Ohio (May 29-31) - featuring two touchdowns worth of Hawkeyes in action:

14 Iowa-tied entries set for U23 Nationals & U20 World Team Trials - On3

U20 WTT entries
57kg - **Paul Kenny
65kg - **Dawson Youngblut
125kg - *Michael Mocco

*2026 signee, **2027 commit

U23 Nationals entries
57kg - Joey Cruz, Keyan Hernandez
61kg - Anthony Lavezzola
70kg - Miguel Estrada, Jordan Williams
74kg - Isaiah Fenton, Claudio Torres
79kg - Joseph Kennedy
86kg - Tyrel Miller
92kg - Harvey Ludington, Brody Sampson

Not one champion. Oh, didn't initially see Harvey.

Tanner Lafever · 2026-05-29T06:58:13-0500

Pinne24 said:
Not one champion. Oh, didn't initially see Harvey.

Spicolli · 2026-05-29T07:35:35-0500

Paul Kenny wrestling for HWC

grasshawk40 · 2026-05-29T09:00:40-0500

Pinne24 said:
Not one champion. Oh, didn't initially see Harvey.

"HEY EVERYONE! I NEED ATTENTION"

-pinne24

HawkeyeInOlathe · 2026-05-29T09:18:34-0500

Pinne24 said:
Not one champion. Oh, didn't initially see Harvey.

wow way to destroy us with your well thought reply. Find another team moran

HawkeyeInOlathe · 2026-05-29T09:20:02-0500

Spicolli said:
Paul Kenny wrestling for HWC

he tried to piss that lead away. I am guessing he ran out of gas.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T09:21:51-0500

Kenny looked like he was going to cruise to a tech then got put on his back and lost all momentum. Hangs on for a 9-8 win.

Praguehawk · 2026-05-29T09:27:27-0500

GableBeer said:
Kenny looked like he was going to cruise to a tech then got put on his back and lost all momentum. Hangs on for a 9-8 win.

Thanks for updates. Pls keep ‘em coming.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T09:30:43-0500

Youngblut beats Landers 4-0.

SodaCostanza · 2026-05-29T09:54:56-0500

Kenny looked pretty tired prior to the break. Looked great before he started to tire.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T09:59:16-0500

Paul Kenny 10-0 tech over #5 seed.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T10:07:54-0500

Youngblut gets teched by Kellen Wolbert

ILLHawk135 · 2026-05-29T11:48:33-0500

Kenny looked great in the quarters, has so many ways to score. Has Burnett in the semis

ILLHawk135 · 2026-05-29T11:55:07-0500

Some interesting results today already. Asher Cunningham lost to a D2 kid who had made a final Fargo against Melvin miller I believe a couple years ago. Antonio mills went 0-2 losing to farnsworth and munaretto which I wouldn’t have expected either result. What makes it more interesting is him and munaretto are both going to Ohio state and look to be both be 25ers at least to start their careers. Camryn Howard who is suppose to be the next big thing from KD lost to Mac crosson who’s from Iowa but going to Nebraska. Don’t know how big of a recruit he was? Michael white who it seems like Oklahoma state is really high on got teched in a minute against a South Dakota kid. Also Kody Rutledge who on paper looks like has no spot to start for Oklahoma state in the near future beat Will Denny, wonder how long he’d be okay not starting

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T11:57:13-0500

Mocco wins 11-0 to move into the semis.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T12:06:34-0500

Burnett beats Kenny 6-1. Kenny was not able to generate much offense.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T13:04:54-0500

Mocco 10-0 tech in 26 seconds and is into the challenge finals against Dreshaun Ross.

Nashville_Hawk · 2026-05-29T13:09:02-0500

GableBeer said:
Mocco 10-0 tech in 26 seconds and is into the challenge finals against Dreshaun Ross.

Thank you sir.

VakAttack · 2026-05-29T13:13:57-0500

GableBeer said:
Mocco 10-0 tech in 26 seconds and is into the challenge finals against Dreshaun Ross.

Is that going to be today?

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T13:16:11-0500

VakAttack said:
Is that going to be today?

Will be up in about 15-20 minutes.

VakAttack · 2026-05-29T13:47:48-0500

Kenny just teched his consi semi opponent Mikey Ruiz.

sdvike · 2026-05-29T13:57:15-0500

GableBeer said:
Will be up in about 15-20 minutes.

Will it be on mat 4?

VakAttack · 2026-05-29T14:01:45-0500

sdvike said:
Will it be on mat 4?

Mocco on deck on Mat 4.

VakAttack · 2026-05-29T14:09:22-0500

Mocco going now on Mat 4.

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T14:17:33-0500

Ross techs Mocco 11-0.

VakAttack · 2026-05-29T14:18:40-0500

GableBeer said:
Ross techs Mocco 11-0.

Mocco clearly struggled with Ross' length there. Three guys coming in at that weight, and right now Mike is clearly #3. Hopeful he can make big leaps.

SEWAHawk · 2026-05-29T14:35:47-0500

VakAttack said:
Mocco clearly struggled with Ross' length there. Three guys coming in at that weight, and right now Mike is clearly #3. Hopeful he can make big leaps.

I think Mocco is going to be much more competitive against Merrill in folk, especially when he fills out.

Mocco has the only takedowns while Merrill is winning off of pushouts.

Ross on the other hand…

Waukhawk · 2026-05-29T14:47:35-0500

I can't wait to see Ross v Keuter next season. DR is gonna be a problem.

Corby2 · 2026-05-29T14:56:00-0500

VakAttack said:
Mocco clearly struggled with Ross' length there. Three guys coming in at that weight, and right now Mike is clearly #3. Hopeful he can make big leaps.

Ross was 232.5 , Mocco 240.5 and Merrill 259.9. Ross up 7 lbs from the open

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T15:16:07-0500

Kenny up 8-0 early in the first and falls off a cliff, gets pinned late in the second.

Zapuj268 · 2026-05-29T15:16:24-0500

terrible match by kenny

GableBeer · 2026-05-29T15:37:21-0500

Merrill teched Dreshaun in Match 1.

Anon752501 · 2026-05-29T15:45:12-0500

SEWAHawk said:
I think Mocco is going to be much more competitive against Merrill in folk, especially when he fills out.

Mocco has the only takedowns while Merrill is winning off of pushouts.

Ross on the other hand…

This didn’t age well. Takedown and leg lace for the tech fall.

sdvike · 2026-05-29T15:46:45-0500

SEWAHawk said:
I think Mocco is going to be much more competitive against Merrill in folk, especially when he fills out.

Mocco has the only takedowns while Merrill is winning off of pushouts.

Ross on the other hand…

Merrill will push most guys around. Mocco will need to fend him off regardless of will get hit for a lot of stalls against him. Heavies are hard to gauge. A guy like Merrill could get ridden hard and might not be so good when he is on top. Of the 3, I think Mocco has the most upside, wish we could have got his dad on staff.

chipackhawk · 2026-05-29T15:53:01-0500

sdvike said:
Merrill will push most guys around. Mocco will need to fend him off regardless of will get hit for a lot of stalls against him. Heavies are hard to gauge. A guy like Merrill could get ridden hard and might not be so good when he is on top. Of the 3, I think Mocco has the most upside, wish we could have got his dad on staff.

You could look at it this way - if his dad was on staff then he would have to spread his time equally among the upper weights. This way he can spend all the time he wants with him whenever he may be around. Just looking for positives - that's how I choose to roll.

sdvike · 2026-05-29T15:53:06-0500

Corby2 said:
Ross was 232.5 , Mocco 240.5 and Merrill 259.9. Ross up 7 lbs from the open

I think its the length of Ross that gives Mocco problems and strength as well. Mocco got in once to his ankle but seemed to give up on it just as quickly as he got in on it. Mocco will get stronger but will still have the length of Ross to figure out. Cant wait to watch these guys in folk.

sdvike · 2026-05-29T16:00:10-0500

chipackhawk said:
You could look at it this way - if his dad was on staff then he would have to spread his time equally among the upper weights. This way he can spend all the time he wants with him whenever he may be around. Just looking for positives - that's how I choose to roll.

Agree and likely wouldnt make sense for Steve with his academy in Florida.

chipackhawk · 2026-05-29T16:04:25-0500

sdvike said:
I think its the length of Ross that gives Mocco problems and strength as well. Mocco got in once to his ankle but seemed to give up on it just as quickly as he got in on it. Mocco will get stronger but will still have the length of Ross to figure out. Cant wait to watch these guys in folk.

Being able to roll with Kueter on a regular basis will be as good a way as any to figure out what to do with length.

sdvike · 2026-05-29T16:13:29-0500

chipackhawk said:
Being able to roll with Kueter on a regular basis will be as good a way as any to figure out what to do with length.

True. BK is a tough one to get in on. Off topic, but just wondering how the 5 for 5 is going to work out with both Mocco and BK for 2 more years. Im sure Michael isn't going to want to give up 2 years of eligibility.

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