Big win propels Gavin Bridgewater to podium
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“It is mindset and peaking in your energy as soon as you shake hands with that person so that when you’re going you’re coming at them with full force,” Gardner said. Only two matches have gone the full six minutes this season. He improved to 42-1 and has 37 pins after the quarterfinals. His first-round match against Muscatine’s Nathan Beatty lasted just 27 seconds. Gardner has been a pinning machine this season. “It shows my hard work, all the technique and the stuff you go through paid off.” “It definitely feels good with not even placing last year,” Gardner said. Gardner pinned Waterloo East’s Demaris Henderson in 3:33 to reach Friday night’s semifinals and assure himself of a top-six finish. The senior second-ranked 182-pounder secured his medal Friday. Western Dubuque’s Greyson Gardner was unsatisfied with last season’s finish so he dedicated a lot of time and effort in the offseason to return to Des Moines and bring home some hardware. He’s done it right his whole life.” Greyson Gardner gains medal The connection he makes through the sport of wrestling allows his relationships as they blossom. “There are reasons kids want to wrestle at the University of Iowa and one of those reasons is Ryan Morningstar’s love for (state of) Iowa wrestling,” Brands said. He has developed a good rapport with recruits, especially in-state talents Ben Kueter, of Iowa City High, the Jesuorogas and Martinsons from Southeast Polk, and Waverly-Shell Rock’s Aidan Riggins and Ryder Block competing at this year’s state tournament. Morningstar has become an effective recruiter, gathering talent that has resulted in Iowa’s two consecutive Big Ten titles and the 2021 NCAA championship. This is a tribute to everything Morningstar. “He comes from a family that is synonymous with wrestling in the state of Iowa. “He’s earned it,” Iowa Coach Tom Brands said. Morningstar also produced a successful post-collegiate freestyle career. Morningstar became a four-time NCAA qualifier for Iowa, helping the Hawkeyes to three national team titles and three Big Ten tournament championships. He was a Junior Nationals champion and was a member of Iowa’s Junior National Duals title team. Morningstar compiled a 167-4 career record at Lisbon.
Winning that first one and getting the monkey off your back helped me move forward with success.” “The year before was really painful,” Morningstar said. His freshman season resulted in a fourth-place finish, but he roared back with Class 1A titles at 140 as a sophomore and 152 his last two years. He had the unenviable task to follow his dad in the same program. “My sisters and mom and dad had a huge role in my success, undoubtedly.” “I am beyond blessed and grateful that I had parents that set a standard, held me accountable, had endless support for me and what I wanted to accomplish,” Morningstar said. In addition to the natural connection to the sport, his parents instilled work ethic and humility that has accompanied his awards. Jacque’s brothers were state medalists and a cousin was a state placewinner from Pleasant Valley. His mom, Jacque, has been a staunch supporter. Morningstar is the son of Scott Morningstar, who was Iowa’s second four-time state champion. “It’s an honor to be included with that elite group.”
“There are a lot of good memories at Veterans Auditorium and the group of guys I was around,” Morningstar said. He will be honored along with former Iowa City High three-time champion Kyle Anson, who was a club member with Morningstar, former Wartburg coach and two-time NCAA Division II champion Jim Miller, Maquoketa three-time state champion Cole Pape and his Cardinals coach Jeff Tampir and Mason City Newman three-time state champion and four-time finalist Derric Thomas. To go into the Hall of Fame is a lot of satisfaction.” “It’s not just part of my life,” said Morningstar, a two-time All-American for the University of Iowa and current Hawkeye assistant.