Only one word best describes the world of wrestling in 2021, and that word is “weird.” Pretty much nothing went as it should or as people predicted: the pandemic continued to disrupt independent and ...

Women’s wrestling took another big step on Wednesday, officially being approved as an NCAA championship sport by the Division I Council. Women's wrestling is the 91st championship sport and the sixth ...

The NCAA is adding women’s wrestling as a championship sport. Division I voted in favor on Wednesday, followed by Divisions II and III on Friday. Women’s wrestling, which has been on the Olympic ...

This story is featured in the January/February 2025 issue of ESSENCE. On April 10, 2021, wrestling fans at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, witnessed history. Performers Bianca Belair and ...

On September 23, 2021, the University of Iowa Athletics announced the addition of women's wrestling to its intercollegiate athletics program. With this move, Iowa became the first NCAA Division I ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — When Clarissa Chun was introduced as the first head coach in the history of the Iowa women’s wrestling program in 2021, her goal was to “build a winning program in Wrestling Town, ...

Tricia Saunders (left) and Clarissa Chun, the University of Iowa women’s wrestling head coach, hug Thursday before watching the premiere of the “Lady Hawks” documentary at FilmScene in Iowa City.