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 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:@? H9:=6 8@:?8 `dh\` :? 9:D AC6A 42C66C]k^AmkAm%H@ pr{ DFC86C:6D D=@H65 9:D 2D46?E :?E@ E96 w2H<6J6D’ =:?6FA[ :?4=F5:?8 2 D64@?5 <?66 :?;FCJ D:I >2E496D :?E@ 9:D D64@?5 D62D@? :? x@H2 r:EJ] qFE E@52J W%9FCD52J[ |2C49 `hX[ H96? 96 DE6AD @?E@ E96 >2E E@ 7246 |@C82? $E2E6’D tF86?6 w2C?6J :? r=6G6=2?5 7@C 2 7:CDE\C@F?5 }rpp `ch\A@F?5 >2E49[ q=@4< <?@HD 2== E96 EC:2=D 2?5 EC:3F=2E:@?D 92G6 366? 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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.
