[ChrisMWilliams]

AMES, Iowa Iowa State wrestling head coach Kevin Jackson has announced the signing of eight prep wrestlers for the 2010-11 season. An influx of talent is set to join the Cyclones for their next campaign. Several of the future Cyclones are in-state talents and a few of the signees sport familiar names to Iowa State wrestling faithful.

Joining the ISU squad next year will be Joey Cozart (Brandon, Fla.), Mikey England (Centerville, Iowa), Ryak Finch (Safford, Ariz.), Kyven Gadson (Waterloo, Iowa), Luke Goettl (Clarksdale, Ariz.), Brandon Jones (West Des Moines, Iowa), Michael Moreno (Urbandale, Iowa) and Trevor Voelker (Adel, Iowa).

More online at Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports.

[sodakjoe]

So for people who really follow this stuff...how good are these guys?

[MNCyGuy]

Originally Posted by sodakjoe

So for people who really follow this stuff...how good are these guys?

and is Arizona some sort of wrestling hotbed?

[Bader]

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

and is Arizona some sort of wrestling hotbed?

I don't know that it's a hotbed, but didn't KJ come from Arizona? I think the training center he worked at was based there. I'm sure he got a very good look at the local talent

[joefrog]

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

and is Arizona some sort of wrestling hotbed?

I would think it is pretty good. Probably a top 10 state? I think KJ probably has some good contacts, so that helps.

[tccoach]

Moreno's dad wrestled for Iowa State, and he is rated the #22 recruit in the country. Credit to Coach Jackson, it had to be difficult to keep the interest of some recruits after Sanderson left.

[CycoCyclone]

Four signees (Cozart, 152 pounds; Finch, 119 pounds; Gadson, 189 pounds; and Moreno, 171 pounds) reside within Intermat’s Class of 2010 Top 100 ranking. Cozart, Finch and Moreno are all ranked within the top-30 wrestlers in the nation by the website. The foursome holds six state titles and 10 prep finals appearances between them.

[isumellie]

http://www.wrestlingusa.com/02%20wus...sRankings.html

119
1. Ryak Finch (Safford, AZ)
17. Brandon Jones (West Des Moines Valley, IA)

135
8. Luke Goettl (Mingus, AZ)

171
5. Michael Moreno (Urbandale, IA)
9. Kyven Gadsen (Waterloo East, IA)
27. Mike England (Centerville, IA)

215
25. Trevor Voelker (Dallas Center-Grimes, IA)

[Clonester]

Originally Posted by MNCyGuy

and is Arizona some sort of wrestling hotbed?

The Gallicks might have some influence here.

[CycoCyclone]

Originally Posted by Clonester

The Gallicks might have some influence here.

good point.

We're going to be very good for some time to come.

[cyclone13]

Does anyone know whom Cornell, PSU, Minnesota and Iowa get ?

[leg4cy]

Originally Posted by cyclone13

Does anyone know whom Cornell, PSU, Minnesota and Iowa get ?

I'm too lazy to look up the recruiting class rankings, but I believe that counting Iowa State, those are the top 5 recruiting classes.

[crooksie_26]

Right now the top classes are probably between Iowa, Cornell and Penn St.

Iowa signed 7 guys in the top 100 recruits.
Cornell signed 3 guys in the top 50
Penn St signed 4 guys in the top 47 3 in the top 16
Northwestern signed 6 guys in the top 100.
Ohio St signed 3 guys in the top 44
Minny has 3 in the top 66
ISU 4 guys in the top 70
Cal Poly 4 guys in the top 93
AZ State 3 guys in the top 82...

Iowa probably has top as everyone of their guys are in the top 100, but there is a lot of parity this yr in recruiting, I think our guys are pretty good, its good to see us sign more guys from iowa then Iowa this year 5 to 3...Hopefully we can coach up some of the unranked guys and make them into studs....But as we've seen in the past just because you aren't ranked in the top 100 doesn't mean they aren't good...We got a solid class that address's a lot of our needs since we have such a senior laden squad this year...I have all the faith in KJ!!

here is a link to all the signings so far.

InterMat - Powered By RevWrestling

[clones_jer]

Originally Posted by crooksie_26

Right now the top classes are probably between Iowa, Cornell and Penn St.

Iowa signed 7 guys in the top 100 recruits.
Cornell signed 3 guys in the top 50
Penn St signed 4 guys in the top 47 - 3 in the top 16
Northwestern signed 6 guys in the top 100.
Ohio St signed 3 guys in the top 44
Minny has 3 in the top 66
ISU 4 guys in the top 70
Cal Poly 4 guys in the top 93
AZ State 3 guys in the top 82...

Damn, Cael's not messing around is he?

[isumellie]

Originally Posted by clones_jer

Damn, Cael's not messing around is he?

It helps when you sign twin brothers that are ranked #2 and #5 in the nation.