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Iowa Becomes First Power 5 School To Add Women's Wrestling 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa declared Thursday it will end up being the principal Power Five school to add a ladies' wrestling project and it will start rivalry in the 2023-24 season. 사설토토

"Being the first is immense," Iowa men's wrestling trainer Tom Brands said. "Being the first is significant." 

Iowa's men's program is falling off its 24th NCAA public title. Athletic chief Gary Barta said adding a ladies' program had been talked about for quite some time. 

"(Wrestling) is essential for the historical backdrop of Iowa," Barta said. "It's important for the college's DNA." 

A quest for a lead trainer will start this fall. 

The NCAA perceived ladies' wrestling as an arising sport in all divisions in 2020. There are 45 ladies' intercollegiate wrestling programs, remembering five for Iowa. 

The game is developing at the secondary school level — 32 states have an endorsed young ladies secondary school wrestling state title. Young ladies wrestling isn't authorized by the two secondary school athletic relationship in Iowa, however has a state competition supported by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association. In excess of 600 young ladies took an interest in wrestling in Iowa last season. 

The Hawkeye Wrestling Club has been supporting female grapplers since 2017. Terry Steiner, the U.S. Ladies' public mentor, won a NCAA individual title and was important for three NCAA title groups when he wrestled at Iowa in the mid 1990s. 

"Ladies' wrestling is amazing," Brands said. "There are young ladies around the country, all throughout the world, who will see this. It's just effective." 

Brands has since a long time ago upheld female wrestling, telling the NCAA Board of Governors in a 2017 letter that "it is very much past due for ladies to partake in the chances of this extraordinary game." The college's new wrestling building made arrangements for development in 2022 incorporates preparing offices. 

"Honestly, Tom was in my ear three, four, five years prior saying, 'Come on chief, we should go. How about we get ladies' wrestling added,'" Barta said. "We were not prepared to do that yet, however we were watching it." 

Brands will be associated with the training search, yet he accentuated the ladies' program will be discrete.