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  • 147. Off-Season Check-Ins
    from In The Room 06/02/22 10:48 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa’s Tom Brands, Iowa State’s Kevin Dresser, and Northern Iowa’s Doug Schwab. STORIES • Tom Brands on Iowa wrestling’s future, new facility, Real Woods, Ma...

  • 146. Mailbag Podcast!
    from In The Room 05/25/22 9:25 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody answers your questions in a mailbag podcast. STORIES • Cedar Rapids to host National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/...

  • 145. Wrestling Town, USA
    from In The Room 05/20/22 1:41 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Josh Schamberger and Luke Eustice from Think Iowa City about how Coralville’s Xtream Arena became America’s wrestling hotspot. STORIES • How Coralville and Xtream Arena...

  • 144. A Lot Happened At The U.S. Open
    from In The Room 05/03/22 9:32 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the busy U.S. Open weekend. STORIES • MJ Gaitan, Jakason Burks win UWW Junior Greco-Roman national titles: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/04/27/...

  • 143. Tough Match After Tough Match
    from In The Room 04/28/22 8:01 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with IHSAA’s Lewie Curtis about the upcoming changes to the Iowa high school wrestling postseason, and also talks with TJ Sebolt about this week’s Cadet world team trials. ST...

  • 142. Pickled Eggs and MMA
    from In The Room 04/22/22 4:28 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with two Iowa wrestling recruits: Kolby Franklin and Bella Mir. STORIES • Kolby Franklin, an Iowa wrestling recruit who’s now in Iowa City, eyes Junior national t...

  • 141. So. Many. Commitments.
    from In The Room 04/15/22 4:21 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with the latest Iowa women’s wrestling recruits. STORIES • National champs Sam Calkins and Bella Mir join Iowa women’s wrestling: https://www.hawkcentral.com/stor...

  • 140. It's About The Pursuit
    from In The Room 03/31/22 6:17 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings an older interview with Iowa women’s wrestling recruit Nyla Valencia and Northern Iowa wrestling coach Doug Schwab. STORIES • FROM FEBRUARY: Nyla Valencia becomes fourth commitm...

  • 139. You're Going To Be On That Wall
    from In The Room 03/22/22 10:03 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews and thoughts from the 2022 NCAA Championships. STORIES • Despite a multitude of injuries, Iowa wrestling takes third at 2022 NCAA Championships: https://www.hawkc...

  • 138. A Pretty Big Wrestling Nerd
    from In The Room 03/16/22 8:55 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with a few athletes and coaches ahead of the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships. STORIES • How Max Murin became Iowa’s easy-going, hard-nosed All-American threat: ...

  • 137. Dan Gable Remembers 1997
    from In The Room 03/15/22 11:12 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with former Iowa coach Dan Gable about the 1997 NCAA Championships, and also gets his thoughts on the 2022 NCAA Championships. STORIES • Iowa State wrestler Marcus Coleman hopes ...

  • 136. No Better Place For Spring Break Than Detroit
    from In The Room 03/15/22 12:43 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa coach Tom Brands, Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser, and Northern Iowa coach Doug Schwab ahead of the 2022 NCAA Championships STORIES • NCAA Wrestling: Bra...

  • 135. Let's Talk Brackets
    from In The Room 03/10/22 5:48 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with ACC correspondent Robbie Wendell to discuss the brackets for the 2022 NCAA Championships. STORIES • NCAA Wrestling: Bracket breakdowns for Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa: h...

  • 134. MFFs, Tigers, and Wolverines … Oh My!
    from In The Room 03/08/22 6:34 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Corby Van Deventer and Seth Duckworth to recap the Big Ten and Big 12 Wrestling Championships. STORIES • 17 things we learned from the 2022 Big Ten Championships: https...

  • 133. Every Guy Has To Score Points
    from In The Room 03/04/22 2:49 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa State’s Kevin Dresser and David Carr, plus Northern Iowa’s Doug Schwab ahead of the Big 12 Championships. STORIES • How Omi Acosta, a national wrestling...

  • 132. Questions Will Answer Themselves
    from In The Room 03/03/22 3:25 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with InterMat’s Earl Smith to discuss this weekend’s Big Ten Wrestling Championships. STORIES • Breaking down Iowa’s pre-seeds for the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships: ...

  • 131. Championship Lifestyle vs. Lucha
    from In The Room 03/02/22 3:11 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Grand View coach Nick Mitchell and Life U coach Omi Acosta ahead of the 2022 NAIA men’s wrestling national championships. STORIES • Wrestling Mailbag: Welcome to March! http...

  • 130. Get Fired Up In The State of Iowa (and Texas)
    from In The Room 02/11/22 7:16 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Doug Schwab, Kevin Dresser, Tom Brands, and a whole lot more. STORIES • Wrestling Mailbag: Iowa women’s wrestling recruiting, Bout at the Ballpark, UNI’s Wes...

  • 129. Grandpas & Bleepy Bleeps
    from In The Room 02/03/22 9:19 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa coach Tom Brands, Northern Iowa coach Doug Schwab, and new Iowa women’s wrestling recruit Kylie Welker. STORIES • World champ Kylie Welker becomes first...

  • 128. Make Things Go Your Way
    from In The Room 01/28/22 12:02 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody gets you ready for Friday’s big Iowa-Penn State dual, and also includes an interview with the Big Ten Network producers behind their newest documentary, “The B1G Story: The Brands Brothe...

  • 127. This One Is For The Girls
    from In The Room 01/24/22 10:57 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, hear from a handful of state champs from the Iowa girls wrestling state tournament. STORIES • IGHSAU will officially sponsor girls wrestling, starting in 2022-23: https://www.desmoinesregis...

  • 126. Portillo vs. Portillo
    from In The Room 01/13/22 10:10 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Justin and Josh Portillo, twin brothers and state champion wrestlers from Clarion-Goldfield-Dows who are now wrestling at Grand View and Nebraska-Kearney, respectively. O...

  • 125. An Iowa Conversation With InterMat's Earl Smtih
    from In The Room 01/06/22 9:28 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with InterMat’s Earl Smith about Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa as they kick off the second half of the 2021-22 season this weekend. STORIES • Wrestling Mailbag: More on Spen...

  • 124. Weekend Freestyle: Spencer, The Scuffle…and Gabe Arnold!
    from In The Room 01/04/22 4:19 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody hits on a lot of things. STORIES • Drake Ayala leads Iowa Hawkeye wrestlers at the Southern Scuffle: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/02/iowa-wre...

  • 123. Frank Gotch and Flo Rida
    from In The Room 12/17/21 12:48 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you numerous interviews to get you ready for the Iowa State-Purdue dual at Humboldt High School, and for the Journeymen Collegiate Wrestling Duals, where both Iowa and Northern Io...

  • 122. Cy-Hawk Recap: Bullies & Stall Outs
    from In The Room 12/08/21 1:14 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the intense Cy-Hawk dual in Ames. STORIES • Instant Reaction: Iowa wrestling beats Iowa State in Cy-Hawk dual: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/20...

  • 121. The Crown Jewel of Wrestling is Right Here
    from In The Room 11/22/21 9:12 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa women’s wrestling coach Clarissa Chun, and recaps the busy wrestling weekend, from the Hawkeyes to the Daktronics Open. STORIES • Meet Clarissa Chun, a ...

  • 120. There's Always Little Things To Look At
    from In The Room 11/17/21 11:31 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa coach Tom Brands, Hawkeye wrestlers Abe Assad, Zach Glazier and Alex Marinelli, and InterMat’s Austin Sommer. STORIES • Alex Marinelli tops Patrick Kenn...

  • 119. Let's Talk Lineups
    from In The Room 11/12/21 4:00 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody dishes some thoughts on the lineups for Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa, and also talks with West Delaware’s Wyatt Voelker and Ankeny’s Trever Anderson about their recent college comm...

  • 118. Takeaways from Media Days
    from In The Room 10/29/21 6:34 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings some quick highlights from his Media Days tour this past week. STORIES • ‘We need to win it again’: New motivations push Iowa wrestling team after NCAA championship: https://www...

  • 117. A Podcast with CorbyMat
    from In The Room 10/25/21 4:14 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings on Corby Van Deventer from InterMat and MatScouts to talk some wrestling ahead of this week’s media days. STORIES • Southeast Polk junior Nate Jesuroga leads Iowa high school wr...

  • 116. A Billion Dollars Buys You Awesomeness
    from In The Room 10/14/21 3:00 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody shares the story of how the Bout at the Ballpark came to be. STORIES • ‘Bout at the Ballpark’ to feature Iowa and Oklahoma State wrestling at Globe Life Field: https://www.hawkcentral....

  • 115. Stars In Your Right Hand
    from In The Room 10/08/21 6:31 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody discusses the 2021 Senior world championships, where Thomas Gilman won gold, and both the U.S. men’s and women’s freestyle teams took second. STORIES • Thomas Gilman wins Senior men’s ...

  • 114. #LuftTuff Goes Global
    from In The Room 10/01/21 1:05 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Charles City’s Lilly Luft, a 2021 state champion, a 16U All-American, and, recently, a top-four finisher at the Cadet Beach Wrestling World Championships in Romania. STO...

  • 113. You wish you could wrestle like a girl!
    from In The Room 09/24/21 10:52 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody discusses Iowa’s decision to add a women’s wrestling program. STORIES • University of Iowa adds women’s wrestling program, called ‘game-changer’ for the sport: https://www.hawkcentral....

  • 112. Who really is Number One?
    from In The Room 09/17/21 5:16 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Southeast Polk’s Nate Jesuroga and Iowa City West’s Hunter Garvin ahead of their matchups on Flowrestling’s Who’s Number One. STORIES • Two of Iowa high scho...

  • 111. Tough Decisions
    from In The Room 09/03/21 4:17 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter, as well as Little Hawk coaches Cory Connell and Mitchell Moore. STORIES • As Iowa City High’s Ben Kueter becomes a star, recruit...

  • 110. The wrestling possibilities of the ACC-Big Ten-Pac 12 Alliance
    from In The Room 08/27/21 12:49 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody explores a few wrestling ideas as it pertains to the ACC-Big Ten-Pac 12 Alliance announced earlier this week. STORIES • Thomas Gilman wins bronze medal in Olympic wrestling: https://ww...

  • 109. The Nuances of Greco-Roman, with 5PM's Timmy Hands
    from In The Room 08/18/21 10:22 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Timmy Hands from Five Point Move to discuss USA Wrestling’s Greco-Roman program, the 2020 Olympics, and where we go from here. STORIES • Thomas Gilman wins bronze medal in O...

  • 108. Up Next: The Stalemates Street League
    from In The Room 08/12/21 12:23 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Zach Bogle, the mastermind behind Stalemates, about the upcoming Stalemates Street League card on Friday in Des Moines. You can watch the Stalemates Street League by clicking...

  • 107. Recapping USA Wrestling's spectacular week at the 2020 Olympics
    from In The Room 08/09/21 5:31 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps USA Wrestling’s sensational performance at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. STORIES • Thomas Gilman becomes latest former Hawkeye wrestler to win Olympic medal: https://www.desm...

  • 106. Greco-Roman wrestling kicks off the Tokyo Olympics
    from In The Room 07/30/21 7:20 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with the U.S. Greco-Roman Olympic team. Below are some wrestling stories Cody’s written this summer. STORIES • At the Tokyo Olympics, Thomas Gilman’s chase for w...

  • 105. The U.S. women's freestyle Olympic team is ready to rock
    from In The Room 07/29/21 10:32 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with the U.S. women’s freestyle Olympic team. Below are some wrestling stories Cody’s written this summer. STORIES • Meet Nate Jesuroga, Southeast Polk’s star wr...

  • 104. Hear from the U.S. men's freestyle team ahead of the Olympics
    from In The Room 07/28/21 10:26 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with the U.S. men’s freestyle Olympic team. Below are some wrestling stories Cody’s written this summer. STORIES • Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands receives contr...

  • 103. Long Time, No Talk: National Duals, Fargo, and the Cadet World Championships!
    from In The Room 07/27/21 9:55 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody returns, with a recap of the busy summer of Iowa high school wrestling. STORIES • Three Iowa girls earn All-American honors at 16U women’s freestyle national championships: https://www...

  • 102. The big results from Iowa's Freestyle & Greco state tournaments
    from In The Room 05/10/21 7:54 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody rehashes the Iowa USAW freestyle and greco state tournaments at Southeast Polk. STORIES • 10 noteworthy performances from the Iowa Junior/16U freestyle state championships: https://www...

  • 101. Weekend Freestyle: Recapping the UWW Junior/Senior Nationals
    from In The Room 05/03/21 10:26 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the UWW Junior/Senior national championships at Xtream Arena in Coralville. STORIES • At the Junior world team trials, Iowa high-schoolers clashed with college wrestlers: https:...

  • 100. The Wrestling Nomad returns to chat UWW Junior world team trials
    from In The Room 04/29/21 3:09 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with the Wrestling Nomad about this weekend’s UWW Junior national championships. STORIES • Graceland’s Brennan Swafford, a two-time NAIA wrestling champ, announces transfer to Io...

  • 99. SEP's Nate Jesuroga is headed to the Cadet world championships!
    from In The Room 04/26/21 8:00 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps Iowa’s strong performance at the UWW Cadet World Team Trials. STORIES • Southeast Polk’s Nate Jesuroga makes Cadet freestyle world team: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/...

  • 98. Talking Cadet World Team Trials with Willie Saylor
    from In The Room 04/22/21 6:51 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody caught up with Willie Saylor from MatScouts to discuss the upcoming UWW Cadet World Team Trials. STORIES • Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman wins spot on U.S. Olympic Team: https:/...

  • 97. Meet the U.S. Greco-Roman Olympic Team
    from In The Room 04/14/21 5:19 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the greco-roman competition at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. STORIES • Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman wins spot on U.S. Olympic Team: https://www.desmoinesregis...

  • 96. Meet the U.S. Women's Freestyle Olympic Team
    from In The Room 04/12/21 5:14 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the women’s freestyle competition at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. STORIES • Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman wins spot on U.S. Olympic Team: https://www.desmoine...

  • 95. Meet the U.S. Men's Freestyle Olympic Team
    from In The Room 04/07/21 4:20 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the men’s freestyle competition at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. STORIES • Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman wins spot on U.S. Olympic Team: https://www.desmoinesr...

  • 94. Weekend Freestyle: Thomas Gilman is a 2021 Olympian, and other quick hits from the U.S. Olympic Trials
    from In The Room 04/06/21 12:41 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the Iowa wrestlers’ performances at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. STORIES • Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman wins spot on U.S. Olympic Team: https://www.desmoines...

  • 93. Former Hawkeye wrestler Thomas Gilman is ready to run down his lifelong dream
    from In The Room 04/01/21 3:54 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with former Iowa wrestler Thomas Gilman and gets you ready for this weekend’s Olympic Trials. STORIES • How an ‘uncomfortable’ year prepared Kyven Gadson for the Olympic Tri...

  • 92. Spencer Lee is now a two-time Hodge Trophy winner
    from In The Room 03/29/21 9:57 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Tom Brands and Spencer Lee after Spencer was named a co-winner of the 2021 Hodge Trophy. STORIES/VIDEOS • Spencer Lee wins second consecutive Hodge Trophy: https://www.hawkc...

  • 91. Recapping the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships
    from In The Room 03/23/21 10:22 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships, or tries to, anyways. STORIES/VIDEOS • The Iowa Hawkeyes are the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/spor...

  • 90. NCAA picks, finalists predictions, and a few more interviews
    from In The Room 03/17/21 11:36 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings his predictions and some final interviews before the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis. STORIES • Most dominant college athlete in the country? Iowa wrestler Spence...

  • 89. Wrestling Mailbag! Plus, interviews with Iowa's Tom Brands, Penn State's Cael Sanderson, and more
    from In The Room 03/16/21 9:40 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody answers your mailbag questions, and also brings you interviews with several coaches ahead of this week’s NCAA Championships in St. Louis. STORIES • Why the NCAA Championships are a hug...

  • 88. Weekend Freestyle: #D3Wrestle, NAIA Women, and welcome to NCAA Week!
    from In The Room 03/15/21 8:41 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the wrestling weekend and brings you interviews with some of college wrestling’s best competitors ahead of the 2021 NCAA Championships. STORIES • Meet Parker Keckeisen, Northern...

  • 87. NCAA Championships bracket breakdown, and Wartburg coach Eric Keller
    from In The Room 03/11/21 8:07 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody breaks down the brackets for the 2021 NCAA Championships and catches up with Wartburg coach Eric Keller ahead of the NWCA Division III national championships this weekend. STORIES • NC...

  • 86. Weekend Freestyle: Iowa wins Big Tens (again), ISU and UNI combine for four Big 12 champs, and more
    from In The Room 03/09/21 5:21 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the busy wrestling weekend: Iowa winning the Big Ten tournament, Iowa State and Northern Iowa took third and fifth at the Big 12 tournament, Life U topped Grand View in the NAIA, ...

  • 85. Grand View wrestling goes for a 10th-straight NAIA title
    from In The Room 03/05/21 2:49 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Grand View coach Nick Mitchell, and Viking wrestlers Justin Portillo, Carson Taylor and Greg Hagan ahead of the NAIA National Championships this weekend. STORIES/VIDEOS ...

  • 84. Breaking down the Big 12 preliminary brackets, plus Doug Schwab and Kevin Dresser
    from In The Room 03/04/21 12:05 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody breaks down the Big 12 tournament pre-seeds, and also catches up with Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser and Northern Iowa coach Doug Schwab before the Big 12 Championships. STORIES • Iowa...

  • 83. Breaking down the Big Ten pre-seeds, plus Tom Brands, Alex Marinelli, Spencer Lee
    from In The Room 03/02/21 10:56 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody breaks down the Big Ten tournament pre-seeds, and also catches up with Iowa coach Tom Brands and Hawkeye wrestlers Spencer Lee and Alex Marinelli ahead of this weekend’s Big Ten Champion...

  • 82. Recapping the fantastic 2021 Iowa HS state wrestling tournament
    from In The Room 02/23/21 6:08 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the 2021 state wrestling tournament. STORIES • Centerville’s Matthew Lewis becomes Iowa’s 29th four-time state champ: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/...

  • 81. Weekend Freestyle: Iowa State beats Northern Iowa, and it's STATE WEEK
    from In The Room 02/15/21 9:07 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps a busy wrestling weekend: Iowa State beat Northern Iowa, America’s top men and women freestylers competed, and it’s officially STATE WEEK. STORIES • Iowa State tops Northern Iow...

  • 80. At long last, Iowa State will wrestle Northern Iowa this weekend
    from In The Room 02/12/21 7:03 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Northern Iowa coach Doug Schwab and Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser ahead of this weekend’s ISU-UNI showdown at Hilton Coliseum. STORIES • Iowa wrestling pauses due to C...

  • 79. Weekend Freestyle: Iowa wins despite COVID issues, HS sectionals, USAW steps up for NCAA's D-III
    from In The Room 02/08/21 6:50 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the wrestling weekend that was — Northern Iowa’s win over Northern Illinois, Iowa’s wins over both Purdue and Ohio State, and the Cyclones’ wins over the Dakotas. STORIES • With...

  • 78. South Dakota St. coach Cody Caldwell and the 'Iowa Jackrabbits'
    from In The Room 02/04/21 9:45 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, lots of interviews to get you ready for this weekend’s action. You’ll hear from South Dakota State’s Cody Caldwell, Iowa State’s Brent Metcalf and David Carr, Northern Iowa’s Doug Schwab, and...

  • 77. Weekend Freestyle: Cowboys top both UNI, ISU, Hawkeyes thrash Illinois
    from In The Room 02/01/21 8:40 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the busy college wrestling weekend, where the Hawkeyes beat Illinois and Oklahoma State beat both Northern Iowa and Iowa State. STORIES • Iowa wrestling moves to 3-0 after big w...

  • 76. Oklahoma State is coming to Iowa … to wrestle UNI and ISU
    from In The Room 01/29/21 4:32 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Seth Duckworth to talk Oklahoma and Oklahoma State wrestling ahead of the Cowboys’ roadtrip to wrestle both Iowa State and Northern Iowa. STORIES • Inside the evolution...

  • 75. Bonus Pod: Hear from all the 2021 girls' state wrestling champs
    from In The Room 01/26/21 7:24 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with all 12 girls’ state wrestling champions. STORIES/VIDEOS • Girls’ State Wrestling: Iowa’s numbers are growing, but so it the overall depth and talent: https:/...

  • 74. Weekend Freestyle: Girls State, plus Iowa, ISU, UNI all win
    from In The Room 01/25/21 7:27 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps a very busy wrestling weekend, with the girls’ state tournament, Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa all won, and some notable results from the high school season. STORIES • Girl...

  • 73. Iowa heads to Minnesota, Iowa State wrestles Oklahoma … at UNI
    from In The Room 01/22/21 4:13 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews from Iowa coach Tom Brands, Hawkeye wrestlers Kaleb Young and Max Murin, and Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser. STORIES • Charlotte Bailey is pushing to grow girls’ ...

  • 72. Weekend Freestyle: Nelson Brands enjoys wrestling, MIZ tops ISU and UNI, and Waukee, West Delaware highlight HS's Week 6
    from In The Room 01/18/21 7:37 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps a busy wrestling weekend: Iowa beat Nebraska, Iowa State and Northern Iowa both lost to Mizzou, and it was another exciting weekend in high school wrestling, too. STORIES/VIDEOS ...

  • 71. Top-ranked Hawkeyes begin 2021 sprint against Nebraska
    from In The Room 01/15/21 2:27 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa wrestlers Michael Kemerer, Alex Marinelli, Jaydin Eierman and Tony Cassioppi ahead of the Hawkeyes’ season-opener against No. 5 Nebraska. STORIES • Why ...

  • 70. Weekend Freestyle: UNI wins openers, ISU rolls, SEP vs. W-SR highlights busy high school schedule
    from In The Room 01/11/21 10:04 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps Northern Iowa’s wins over South Dakota State and North Dakota State, Iowa State’s wins over Loras and Nebraska-Kearney, and some notable high school results from the weekend. STO...

  • 69. 'Breaking-dancing and headstands': Northern Iowa is ready to wrestle in 2021
    from In The Room 01/08/21 8:56 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Northern Iowa wrestling coach Doug Schwab, and Panther wrestlers Brody Teske, Carter Isley, Keegan Moore and Lance Runyon. STORIES • New-look UNI wrestling t...

  • 68. 'Are you listening, NCAA?' Hear from Iowa coach Tom Brands and Hodge winner Spencer Lee
    from In The Room 01/06/21 11:22 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you interviews with Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands and 2020 Hodge Trophy winner Spencer Lee. STORIES • For Iowa’s Spencer Lee, the 2020 Hodge Trophy is motivation for the 2021 ...

  • 67. Weekend Freestyle: Iowa State beats Wartburg, SEP-Don Bosco thriller, and Iowa, UNI schedules
    from In The Room 01/04/21 6:45 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the weekend that was in Iowa wrestling: Iowa State’s win over Wartburg, Southeast Polk’s win over Don Bosco, and the release of Iowa’s and Northern Iowa’s schedules. STORIES • L...

  • 66. Iowa State is deep, talented, and ready for the 2021 season
    from In The Room 12/31/20 1:10 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, hear from Iowa State coach Kevin Dresser, as well as Cyclone wrestlers Ian Parker, Jarrett Degen, Gannon Gremmel and David Carr, as they host their virtual media day ahead of Sunday’s dual ag...

  • 65. Charlotte Bailey and girls' wrestling in Iowa
    from In The Room 12/28/20 8:33 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Charlotte Bailey, a key player behind Iowa’s growing girls’ wrestling movement. STORIES • Meet Charlotte Bailey, a driving force behind Iowa’s growing girls’ wrestling movem...

  • 64. Southeast Polk's Jake Agnitsch, Ankeny's Caleb Rathjen, and the first half of the '20-21 HS season
    from In The Room 12/21/20 11:16 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Southeast Polk coach Jake Agnitsch and Ankeny senior Caleb Rathjen. STORIES • Takeaways and observations from Week 3 of the Iowa high school wrestling season: https://www.de...

  • 63. Nick Mitchell discusses Grand View taking aim at the all-time consecutive dual win streak record
    from In The Room 12/15/20 12:25 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Grand View coach Nick Mitchell as the Vikings are taking aim at college wrestling’s all-time record for consecutive dual victories. STORIES • Grand View takes aim at al...

  • 62. Dan Gable is presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    from In The Room 12/07/20 11:00 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you the audio from the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, where President Donald J. Trump presented wrestling icon Dan Gable with the highest honor a United States civilian c...

  • 61. Weekend Freestyle: Iowa wrestlers won 9 national titles at the UWW Junior and U23 national championships
    from In The Room 11/19/20 3:22 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the UWW Junior and U23 national championships, where 9 — yes, 9! — wrestlers from Iowa won national titles in freestyle and greco-roman. STORIES • Wrestling: Lujan, Shapiro, Att...

  • 60. The national outlook on the upcoming winter sports season
    from In The Room 11/11/20 6:44 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you some updates from the National Federation of State High School Associations regarding the completion of fall sports and a look ahead to the winter — specifically, wrestling se...

  • 59. Weekend Freestyle: What did we learn from the HWC Showdown Open?
    from In The Room 11/03/20 12:47 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, a weekend freestyle recapping the HWC Showdown Open from Xtream Arena. STORIES/VIDEOS • Jaydin Eierman adds signature win at Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Showdown Open: https://www.desmoinesreg...

  • 58. Tom Brands, Alex Marinelli, Spencer Lee talk HWC Showdown Open
    from In The Room 10/28/20 7:34 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, hear from Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands, along with Alex Marinelli, Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, and Tony Cassioppi, ahead of this Sunday’s HWC Showdown Open at Xtream Arena in Coralville. ...

  • 57. USA Wrestling won't be going to the 2020 World Championships. Sad Face.
    from In The Room 10/22/20 6:03 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings you a press conference from USA Wrestling, where USAW’s President Bruce Baumgartner, Executive Director Rich Bender and others give context behind USA Wrestling’s decision to not ...

  • 56. IHSAA's Lewie Curtis provides an update on the '20-21 HS wrestling season
    from In The Room 10/20/20 4:30 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with Lewie Curtis from the Iowa High School Athletic Association to get an update on what the 2020-21 high school wrestling season will look like. STORIES • Analysis: Projec...

  • 55. Weekend Freestyle: U.S. Senior Nationals was a blast, you guys
    from In The Room 10/13/20 12:45 AM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody gives a freestyle recap of the 2020 U.S. Senior National Championships. STORIES/VIDEOS • Jaydin Eierman shines in first opportunity to wrestle in front of Iowa fans:https://www.desmoin...

  • 54. The Senior National Championships are here, and we've got interviews!
    from In The Room 10/08/20 11:08 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with some Iowa and Iowa State wrestlers who are competing at the 2020 Senior National Championships this weekend in Coralville. STORIES • COVID-19 won’t halt USA Wrestling’s...

  • 53. Weekend Freestyle: Night of Conflict was Fire Emoji, you guys
    from In The Room 09/28/20 10:00 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody recaps the tremendous action from this past weekend’s Night of Conflict. STORIES • Iowa’s best high school wrestlers put on an show at Night of Conflict: https://www.desmoinesregister....

  • 52. IAWrestle's Night of Conflict looks like a lot of fun
    from In The Room 09/24/20 7:28 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody catches up with IAWrestle’s Lars Underbakke to break down the upcoming Night of Conflict in Sioux City. STORIES • Longtime Southeast Polk wrestling coach Jason Christensen announces hi...

  • 51. Previewing Beat The Streets and the NLWC Event with USA Wrestling
    from In The Room 09/17/20 5:07 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody joined USA Wrestling’s latest episode of Moments off the Mat to discuss the upcoming Beat The Streets and Nittany Lion Wrestling Club events with USAW’s Taylor Miller and Mike Willis. S...

  • 50. IHSAA's Lewie Curtis discusses the possibility of a '20-21 Iowa high school wrestling season
    from In The Room 08/25/20 8:57 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with Lewie Curtis of the Iowa High School Athletic Association about different possibilities regarding the ’20-21 high school wrestling season. STORIES • Here’s what the ’20-21 c...

  • 49. Hey! I watched some wrestling last week!
    from In The Room 07/28/20 10:44 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. In this episode, Cody recaps some of the wrestling he watched over the last week, in South Dakota and in Bettendorf. He offers some quick takeaways from the action. STORIES • USA Wrestling’s Senior national ch...

  • 48. Wartburg coach Eric Keller on growing up and wrestling in Iowa
    from In The Room 07/08/20 9:08 PM

    Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks Wartburg wrestling coach Eric Keller on growing up in Indianola, wrestling at Northern Iowa and what it’s been like coaching in Waverly for a decade. STORIES • A look at who’s r...