Alert Top Story College Wrestling: Iowa's Block ready for national championship debut JIM NELSON, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa Mar 19, 2026 Mar 19, 2026 Updated Mar 21, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ryder Block has imagined for a long time what it would be like to wrestle under the bright lights of an NCAA Championship.kAmxE’D E2<6? q=@4< =@?86C E92? 96 925 9@A65 H96? 96 D:8?65 H:E9 E96 &?:G6CD:EJ @7 x@H2 27E6C 2 DE6==2C 42C66C 2E (2G6C=J\$96== #@4< H96C6 96 H2D 2 7@FC\E:>6 DE2E6 7:?2=:DE 2?5 E9C66\E:>6 492>A:@? 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NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Iowa's Block not satisfied with just being an All-American Hawkeye sophomore will go back to work after breaking through and finishing sixth at 149 in his first appearance at the NCAA championships.
