EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Cory Land (133 pounds), Ryder Downey (165 pounds) and Wyatt Voelker (heavyweight) all rose to the top of the podium for the UNI wrestling team on Sunday, each capturing individual titles at SIU Edwardsville’s Cougar Clash at First Bank Arena.
Northern Iowa’s three champions were among 14 Panthers to earn placement in the tournament en route to a team title for the Panther Train. UNI recorded three technical fall victories, six major decisions and three falls, with the fastest coming from Jared Simma, who defeated Bronson Baxter (Little Rock) in three minutes, 43 seconds.
Land secured his title at 133 pounds after a close, high scoring match against Easton Hilton (Missouri) finishing with a 16-13 victory in the finals. Ryder Downey earned a top-ten win in the 165 pound finals over No. 8 Braeden Scoles (Illinois) with a 11-2 major decision victory, while Voelker dominated the heavyweight competition, defeating No. 8 Luke Luffman (Illinois) 8-5 in the finals.
Trever Anderson finished second at 125 pounds, as did Garret Rinken (133 pounds) who defeated 2024 NCAA champion and 20th ranked Richard Figueroa (Oklahoma State) by a 10-9 score in the quarterfinals. Jared Simma (174 pounds) also finished in second place, which included a sudden victory over No. 20 Colin Kelly (Illinois) in the semifinals.
RJ Weston secured third place at 157 pounds, while Julian Farber (133 pounds), Ethan Basile (149 pounds) and Izzy Moreno (174 pounds) all took home fourth place.
CJ Walrath (184 pounds) ended his competition in sixth place, with Brandon Paez (125 pounds), Jack Thomsen (165 pounds) and Adam Ahrendsen (285 pounds) all finishing in seventh place.
Full results of UNI wrestlers can be found below.
TEAM STANDINGS
UNI – 190
Oklahoma State – 187
Illinois – 157
Missouri – 135
SIU Edwardsville – 127.5
Brown – 92.5
Northern Colorado – 49
Little Rock – 35.5
UP NEXT
The Panthers return to action next Sunday, Dec. 14 as they host No. 12 Missouri in Big 12 Conference dual action. Competition is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. CT inside the McLeod Center with live coverage available on FloWrestling.
Tickets for the 2025-26 UNI wrestling regular season can be purchased online through the UNI Ticket Office, by calling 319-273-4849 or through email at tickets@uni.edu.
FULL UNI RESULTS (#Intermat/Flowrestling rankings listed)
125 | Trever Anderson (3-1) | 2nd Place
W – Aydan Thomas (Northern Colorado), 2-0
W – Gary Steen (Oklahoma State), 2-0
W – CJ Campbell (Illinois), 4-0
L – #25/18 Spencer Moore (Illinois), 5-1
125 | Brandon Paez (3-2) | 7th Place
L – #25/18 Spencer Moore (Illinois), 15-0 TF
W – Bryson Valdez (Northern Colorado), 4-1
W – Tyson Roach (Little Rock), 4-1
L – Gary Steen (Oklahoma State), 4-0
W – Hank Benter (Missouri), 9-1 MD
125 | Bowen Downey (0-2) | DNP
L – Caelan Riley (Illinois), 5-3
L – Gary Steen (Oklahoma State), 4-2
133 | Garret Rinken (3-1) | 2nd Place
W – Rin Sakamoto (Oklahoma State), Fall 5:25
W – #20/NR Richard Figueroa (Oklahoma State), 10-9
W – Marcel Lopez (SIUE), 6-3
L – #NR/13 Ronnie Ramirez (Oklahoma State), 8-2
133 | Julian Farber (2-2) | 4th Place
W – Porter Mateck (SIUE), Fall 4:42
L – #NR/13 Ronnie Ramirez (Oklahoma State), 5-1
W – Sam Smith (Oklahoma State), 7-1
L – Marcel Lopez (SIUE), 4-3
141 | Cory Land (4-0) | 1st Place
W – Owen Uhls (Missouri), 8-3
W – JJ McComas (Oklahoma State), 4-2
W – KJ Evans (Northern Colorado), 11-1 MD
W – Easton Hilton (Missouri), 16-13
149 | Ethan Basile (3-2) | 4th Place
W – Joey Iamunno (Brown), 12-5
W – Will Baysingar (Illinois), 8-4
L – Caleb Tyus (SIUE), 10-8
W – Kolter Burton (Oklahoma State), 10-4
L – Seth Mendoza (Missouri), 21-3 TF
157 | RJ Weston (3-1) | 3rd Place
W – Dominic Frontino (Brown), 11-4
L – #7/7 Kannon Webster (Illinois), Fall 5:28
W – David Gleason (Missouri), 9-3
W – Dominic Frontino (Brown), 4-1
157 | Chris Labrecque (0-2) | DNP
L – Hayden Whidden (SIUE), 15-1 MD
L – Dominic Frontino (Brown), 20-2 TF
157 | Cael Rahnavardi (1-2) | DNP
L – J Conway (Missouri), 14-5 MD
W – Eric Almarinez (SIUE), 14-2 MD
L – PJ Murphy (SIUE), 5-4
165 | Ryder Downey (4-0) | 1st Place
W – Logan Swaw (Illinois), 15-1 MD
W – Dominic Bambinelli (Missouri), 5-3
W – Ishmael Guerrero (Oklahoma State), 14-4 MD
W – #8/9 Braeden Scoles (Illinois), 11-2 MD
165 | Jack Thomsen (2-2) | 7th Place
W – Cody Wagner (Little Rock), 17-1 TF
L – #6/9 Braeden Scoles (Illinois), Fall 6:18
W – Logan Swaw (Illinois), 8-6
L – Max Norman (Brown), 18-4 MD
L – Dominic Bambinelli (Missouri), MFF
174 | Izzy Moreno (4-2) | 4th Place
W – Caleb Neal (SIUE), 7-0
L – # 16/9 Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State), 19-3 TF
W – Bronson Baxter (Little Rock), 15-0 TF
W – Taye Wilson (Little Rock), 8-7
L – Colin Kelly (Illinois), 9-2
W – Danny Heiser (Missouri), MFF
174 | Jared Simma (3-0) | 2nd Place
W – Bronson Baxter (Little Rock), Fall 3:43
W – Drew Clearie (Brown), 5-4
W – #20/28 Colin Kelly (Illinois), 6-3 SV
L – #16/9 Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State), MFF
184 | CJ Walrath (1-0) | 6th Place
W – Logan Cole (Missouri), 4-2
L – Thomas Sandoval (Brown), MFF
L – Joey Braunagel (Illinois), MFF
197 | Carson Babcock (0-2) | DNP
L – #NR/24 Cade Lautt (Illinois), 2-0
L – Trevor Dopps (Oklahoma State), 5-2
HWT | Wyatt Voelker (3-0) | 1st Place
W – Ryan Boersma (Illinois), 8-5 SV
W – Alex Semenenko (Brown), 4-1
W – #9/8 Luke Luffman (Illinois), 8-5
HWT | Adam Ahrendsen (2-2) | 7th Place
L – #9/8 Luke Luffman (Illinois), 15-4 MD
W – Enzo Cappabianca (Northern Colorado), 1-0
L – Jarrett Stoner (Missouri), 13-8
W – Kaden Darwin (Little Rock), 10-0 MD
HWT | Cameron Geuther (0-2) | DNP
L – #25/23 Jarrett Stoner (Missouri), 17-2 TF
L – Peter Marinopoulos (Illinois), 8-2