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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -The U.S. Olympic Team Trials are returning to Iowa City in 2016. USA Wrestling spokesman Gary Abbott told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the meet staged to set the American team headed to the 2016 Rio Games will be held at the University of Iowa next April. The U.S. staged the trials in Iowa City, home of the nationally prominent Iowa Hawkeyes, to sellout crowds back in 2012.
The Americans won a pair of gold medals in London later that year, including a dominant showing by star Jordan Burroughs. Burroughs is expected to headline the latest crop of wrestlers competing for a spot on the team for Rio.
Brisk ticket sales could lead to a new attendance mark at this week’s Drake Relays. The all-time attendance mark of 45 thousand 838 was set two years ago. Dave Haskin is an associate athletic director at Drake. He says they’re very encouraged with how people have been responding to the event and they look forward to a great end to the Relays week. Haskin says the biggest growth in ticket sales has been for the Friday night session which was first added to the schedule back in 2006.
There are still tickets to the Saturday session available right now but Haskin says they are on pace for a 50th straight sellout, and fans shouldn’t wait until the last minute to purchase their tickets. Haskin says tickets for the first session in the stadium today (Thursday), are five dollars.
(Learfield Sports)
Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis says the Hawkeye offense won’t change with new starting quarterback C.J. Beathard but they will take advantage of his strengths. After two seasons as the backup to Jake Rudock Beathard was named Iowa’s starting quarterback just days after a Taxslayer Bowl loss to Tennessee.
He says they have done some things different in the passing game that they think fit Beathard, in terms of trying to stretch the field, so there will likely be more of those kinds of things. Davis says they will try to take advantage of Beathard’s arm by stetching the field more in the passing game.
He says he hopes the threat of the deep ball will help out a run game that struggled for much of last season. Davis says Beathard does a good job of reading defenses and will have no trouble changing the play at the line of scrimmage when needed.
The Hawkeyes close out spring drills with an open practice on Saturday.
(Learfield Sports)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kolten Wong homered and drove in the tiebreaking run with a double in the eighth inning to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. Wong finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs. He had a two-run homer in the second inning and a single in the fourth.
Jon Jay drew a one-out walk off Blake Treinen (0-2) in the eighth and moved to third on Yadier Molina’s single. Wong then sliced a double down the left-field line, scoring Jay to break a 5-5 tie. Matt Adams added a solo homer in the ninth off Rafael Martin to close the scoring.
Kevin Siegrist (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings and Trevor Rosenthal got the last three outs for his fifth save. St. Louis won for the sixth time in seven games.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard says he’ll return to work full time on Monday, just weeks after suffering a heart attack. Pollard met with the media Wednesday for the first time since suffering the attack while at a track meet at the University of Northern Iowa in early March.
Pollard underwent open heart surgery the next day. The 50-year-old Pollard says an artery tear, known as a dissection, caused his attack. Pollard added that he’s fortunate the attack happened at a place where there were medical personnel on hand.
AMES, Iowa (AP) – The Mayo Clinic says Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg is expected to be released on Thursday, less than a week after open-heart surgery. Hoiberg had surgery at the clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on Friday to replace his aortic valve, a procedure he put off twice during the season. Hoiberg is expected to need 4-6 weeks of recovery before returning to work.
Hoiberg retired from the NBA following the 2004-05 season following heart issues. He just completed his fifth season at Iowa State, leading the Cyclones to four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and back-to-back Big 12 tournament titles.
Des Moines native Lolo Jones has withdrawn from the 2015 Drake Relays. KCCI-TV says according to Drake Relay officials, Jones, the No. 3 women’s 100-meter hurdler in the world, will not participate in that event or the shuttle hurdle relay, due to a minor injury she suffered during her workouts leading up to the Relays.
Despite Jones’ absence, the women’s Beijing World Championship Preview women’s 100-meter hurdles will feature six of the top 10 hurdlers in the world and defending Relays champion Kristi Castlin along with Olympic gold medalist Dawn-Harper Nelson.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Higher purses have helped the Drake Relays attract some of its deepest fields in recent years. This year’s meet in the Iowa capital will feature many of the world’s best athletes.
Stars like LaShawn Merritt, Javier Culson, Dawn Harper-Nelson and hometown favorite Lolo Jones will headline the field for the 106th annual meet, which begins in earnest Thursday and concludes on Saturday.
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