Northern Iowa wrestling has five champions at Daktronics Open

Northern Iowa wrestlers traveled to South Dakota for the Daktronics Open at South Dakota State University on Sunday. The Panthers crowned five weight-class champions and won the team championship.

Among the notable teams in attendance were the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State and a handful of wrestlers from Minnesota and Iowa State.

Cael Happel (141 pounds), Adam Allard (149), Ryder Downey (157), Jared Simma (174) and Wyatt Voelker (197) were UNI's individual champions.

Trever Anderson finished third at 125, outpacing teammates Bowen Downey and Brandon Paez. Anderson looks to have the advantage at 125 as UNI looks to replace Kyle Gollhofer after his injury.

Same goes for Allard and Ryder Downey in their classes, who out-performed their teammates to keep a hold on their starting spots. Ryder Downey is particularly a surprise, defeating teammate RJ Weston 3-0 in the final.

Here are the full results for Panther wrestlers:

• 125 lbs - Trever Anderson (3rd)

• 133 lbs - Julian Farber (2nd)

• 141 lbs - Cael Happel (1st)

• 149 lbs - Adam Allard (1st)

• 149 lbs - Ethan Basile (2nd)

• 149 lbs - Cael Rahnavardi (3rd)

• 157 lbs - Ryder Downey (1st)

• 157 lbs - RJ Weston (2nd)

• 165 lbs - Evan Yant (2nd)

• 165 lbs - Izzy Moreno (3rd)

• 174 lbs - Jared Simma (1st)

• 174 lbs -Carson Babcock (2nd)

• 174 lbs - Kaleb Olejniczak (3rd)

• 184 lbs - CJ Walrath (2nd)

• 197 lbs - Wyatt Voelker (1st)

• 197 lbs - Kalob Runyon (3rd)

• 285 lbs - Jose Valdez (2nd)

Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.

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