IOWA LAKES WRESTLING WILL HELP HOST
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES

The new wrestling program at Iowa Lakes Community College will help host the National Junior College Athletic Association wrestling tournament in 2010 in Des Moines.

The NJCAA agreed recently to hold the national wrestling tournament in Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in February of 2010.  All four community college schools that have a wrestling program in Iowa will contribute to the event. Iowa Lakes’ role will be to help provide volunteers to staff the event.

“Having Iowa Lakes Community College wrestling as a new program in the fall of 2008 is exciting,” said Head Coach Jason McCloud. “Being able to be a co-host of the 2010 NJCAA National Tournament in Des Moines keeps adding to the excitement. I have heard that ‘The Barn’ is a great venue to watch wrestling, and I am looking forward to a spectacular event for our student athletes.”  

McCloud also emphasized the importance of Iowa to the sport of wrestling and what a great opportunity co-hosting will be for Iowa Lakes Community College.

“Iowa is synonymous with wrestling and to help host a NJCAA National Championship in our second year will be incredible opportunity and experience for our program,” he said.

To find out more information on wrestling at Iowa Lakes, or more information about athletics at Iowa Lakes, visit www.iowalakes.edu and click on ‘athletics’ in the left menu bar.