Drake Ayala advanced to the 133-pound quarterfinals at the NCAA Championships on Thursday. / Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Drake Ayala got a glimpse of what Saturday night at the NCAA Wrestling ...

Iowa's Drake Ayala secured a return spot to the NCAA Wrestling Championships Friday night. Ayala is a three-time state champion for Fort Dodge Senior High. / X/Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling Drake Ayala ...

Drake Ayala finished second for Iowa at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships Saturday night. / Eric Hartline-Imagn Images University of Iowa junior Drake Ayala earned his second runner-up ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Iowa junior Drake Ayala wasn’t able to get as offensive as he liked, but Ayala never-the-less is headed back to the national finals after beating Wisconsin’s Zan Fugitt ...

PHILADELPHIA — Three Iowa men’s wrestlers — 133-pounder Drake Ayala, 165-pounder Michael Caliendo, and 197-pounder Stephen Buchanan — have won their respective quarterfinal matchups and will advance ...

Spencer Lee dropped a three-word reaction for Iowa Hawkeyes wrestler Drake Ayala, who clinched his second runners-up finish at the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships. Lee also played for the ...

Now, to me, let’s go climb that ladder.” A referee holds up the hand of Iowa No. 2 133-pound Drake Ayala after defeating Northern Iowa Julian Farber during the NCAA Men's Wrestling ...

Lucas Byrd celebrates after he beat Iowa’s Drake Ayala during the NCAA national championship match at 133 pounds on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Byrd is the 21st ...

PHILADELPHIA — All five Hawkeye wrestlers from session four have secured All-American status. Three of those wrestlers — 133-pounder Drake Ayala, 165-pounder Michael Caliendo, and 197-pounder Stephen ...

Some words may be mispronounced. Last year, Drake Ayala was the only University of Iowa wrestler to compete for a national title. Well, Ayala is back in the finals and this time he has company.

They largely had a successful dual season despite the injury to Jacori Teemer, some scrapes and bruises to guys like Drake Ayala and tough sledding almost all year at 125 and 141. They had some ...