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INNER CIRCLE
NEWSLETTER
March 1st, 2023
Hawks!Zero Hour and the postseason is finally here! The term Zero Hour is the hour at which a planned military operation is scheduled to start. Coach Gable applied that mentality to wrestling when he talked to his teams leading up to the competition. Much like Gable, Tom and Terry Brands still talk
to their athletes about Zero Hour and the importance of getting ready to go into battle! And March is championship season! Our team is preparing for a fight!
The B1G Championships are in Ann Arbor, MI this Saturday & Sunday followed by the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, OK - March 16-18, 2023. Our Hawkeyes finished the dual season with a 15-1 record and stayed undefeated at CHA. Spencer Lee is leading the HAWKEYES into the postseason in pursuit of his 3rd
Hodge Trophy and his 4th NCAA Championship! We have so much to be excited about! #BOOM! GO HAWKS!
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CLUB UPDATE
Pat Lugo (65kg), Austin DeSanto (61kg), and Cody Chittum (70kg) just competed at the UWW Rankings Series Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt! Dan Dennis coached DeSanto to a bronze medal and Chittum to silver! DeSanto & Chittum were
both 3-1 in the tournament while Lugo was 2-1. All of our guys wrestled very well. Chittum lost in the finals to the 2022 U23 world champion and Austin fell to the Ukrainian in the semifinals. Lugo lost to the eventual bronze medalist from Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals. All of the matches from the tournament are archived on Flowrestling.org.
UWW Rankings tournaments help seed athletes at World & Olympic Championships. The point system awards points in two ways; tournament placement and bracketing size. With our guys placing third and second, they each received 4pts & 6pts respectively. They also get 8pts additional points for having 10-20 athletes in their brackets.
Total Rankings Points for our guys: DeSanto 12pts,
Chittum 14pts.
Training full-time and traveling to this event would not be possible without you and our Inner Circle Members! Your financial support to our organization is impacting our athletes' lives in a meaningful way every single day. Thank you so much for believing in our team and for supporting our pursuit of excellence!
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HAPPENING NOW
We are currently working on bringing you more 50 Year Anniversary graphics, merchandise, and content! We only celebrate our 50th once, so everything we put out is limited edition and won't be replicated! Make sure you don’t miss out on these offerings by reading our newsletters all year long and by following us on our social media channels - Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.
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We are
also spending a lot of time planning our Annual Banquet - 50 Years of Excellence, to be held Saturday, May 6, right here in Iowa City. Registration is now open! If you
or someone you know is interested in sponsoring a table for the event, contact our team at banquet@hawkeyewrestlingclub.com or call (563)299-6453 for more information.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
We have ONE pre-match social left for the season! The University of Iowa is heading to Tulsa, OK for the NCAA Championships and we’d like you to join us between sessions on Friday, March 17. The event will be at Hyatt Regency Tulsa in downtown Tulsa, about a 5-minute walk from the BOK Center! We hope you can come - All are welcome! Below is a complete list of our upcoming events!
- Pre-Match Socials | Before home duals | Area bars & restaurants | Registration Not
Required
- Annual Banquet | Friday, May 19 | The Graduate Hotel - Iowa City | Opening Now
- Riverside Golf Outing | Monday, June 26 | Blue Top Ridge Golf Course | Registration Opens April
- Okoboji
Golf Outing | Friday, July 28 | Emerald Hills Golf Club | Registration Opens May
- Trap Shoot | Saturday, Oct. 14 | Highland Hideaway Hunting | Registration Opens August
- Private Clinic | TBD (Mid Nov.) | Iowa City, IA | Registration Opens August
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ONLINE STORE
If you want HWC gear look no further! We now have a general store that lives on our website! Orders typically get sent out the same
day if they are received before 3:00 pm! We just added two 50-year anniversary tee shirts and stocking caps, along with a hoodie and coaching polo! Supplies are limited so get your orders in today!
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We appreciate your continued support and are extremely grateful for the opportunities you have provided our athletes over the years. Your financial support impacts aspiring athletes' lives every day!
If you ever have any questions about the HWC, please don’t hesitate to ask, we are happy to help. GO HAWKS!
Chad Beatty
Executive Director
HAWKEYE WRESTLING CLUB
hawkeyewrestlingclub.com
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Rokfin & YouTube
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JOIN THE INNER CIRCLE
Join the Inner Circle and get in touch with other fans, support your favorite athletes and coaches, and help the Hawkeye Wrestling Club grow into a community for wrestlers and fans across the state.
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