COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Two-time NCAA champion
Mark Perry has been named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for March 18-24.
The top-ranked Hawkeye wrestling team won its 21st national title and crowned two individual champions in Perry and sophomore 149-pounder
Brent Metcalf at the 2008 NCAA Championships last weekend in St. Louis, MO. It was Iowa's first team title since 2000, and the first time the Hawkeyes crowned more than one NCAA champion since
Doug Schwab and T.J. Williams won titles in 1999. Iowa scored 117.5 team points in the victory, more than doubling its NCAA point total (57) from 2007. Iowa and runner-up Ohio State were the only teams with two individual champions.
Perry Earns National Honor :: Hawkeye senior 165-pounder named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week