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 ...

While unlikely, that would have given the Hawkeyes a mathematical chance to surge above Nebraska if they had flipped the results of Drake Ayala and Michael Caliendo's losses in the finals. Had those ...

Drake Ayala is headed back under the bright lights of the finals at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships. The former three-time state champion wrestler for Fort Dodge Senior High scored a 6-1 ...

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 ...

Drake Ayala got a glimpse of what Saturday night at the NCAA Wrestling Championships feels like last year. Ayala, a former three-time state champion at Fort Dodge Senior High, was the 125-pound ...

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 ...

On one hand, you have the Drake Ayalas, Michael Caliendos and Stephen Buchanans ... A guy who could be smiling, but isn't, is Ayala. The junior Hawkeye is even-keel, not because the job isn't finished ...

Of those dreams, five live on. Drake Ayala (133), Michael Caliendo (165), Patrick Kennedy (174), Stephen Buchanan (197) and Ben Kueter (285) each punched their ticket to Friday’s quarterfinal ...

University of Iowa junior Drake Ayala earned his second runner-up finish at the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships on Saturday night from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The former three-time ...

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 ...