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3 Iowa wrestlers claim national titles
Posted: 03.21.2010 at 2:51 PM
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OMAHA, NEB. (AP) -- Iowa completed its dominating run through the NCAA championships with three of its five finalists winning
national titles Saturday night. 

Matt McDonough won at 125 pounds, Brent Metcalf at 149 and Jay Borschel at 174. 

Borschel was among five top seeds to end with perfect seasons. The others were Jayson Ness of Minnesota at 133, J.P. O'Connor of Harvard at 157, Andrew Howe of Wisconsin at 165 and Jake Varner of Iowa State at 197. 

Other champions were Cornell's top-seeded Kyle Dake at 141, Missouri's sixth-seeded Max Askren at 184 and top-seeded
heavyweight David Zabriski of Iowa State. 

Iowa won a third straight team title with 134.5 points, far ahead of Cornell and Iowa State.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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