InterMat's All-Quarter Century Team: Iowa State

Our All-Quarter Century feature moves on to one of the premier programs throughout the history of our sport - Iowa State. The Cyclones have had their ups and downs during this quarter century, still they have managed to capture a handful of NCAA team trophies and have finished second at nationals twice.

Oh, by the way, Iowa State had one of the greatest collegiate athletes ever finish his career during the last 25 years. At the time, Cael Sanderson was only the second wrestler to win four DI national championships. He remains the only one to go undefeated.

Looking at our first, second, and third teams, there actually weren’t that many crazy decisions compared to other schools. Seeing Joe Heskett on the second team is a bit shocking. He was one of the biggest stars of his era; however, you also have David Carr. A good problem to have for Cyclones fans.

One oddity for Iowa State is the lack of superstars at 125 and 149 lbs during this time. We used a couple of wrestlers who were also eligible for consideration at 133 for the second and third team at 125. The first team member at 25 only wrestled one year for ISU.

Wrestlers considered for the three teams had to compete from 2001 to 2025. For the wrestlers early in this timeframe, their entire collegiate body of work was considered. Only collegiate results were taken into consideration. Even if a wrestler was successful at multiple weights, they were only selected for one weight - typically, it was based on the strongest possible first team.

After the three All-Century teams, there are some fun facts about Iowa State’s results over the past 25 years.

Here are the programs we’ve already covered

Cornell

Illinois

Lehigh

Minnesota

Missouri

NC State

First team

125 lbs - Andrew Long: Creston, Iowa - 2x AA (3,2), 2010 NCAA runner-up, 2010 Big 12 runner-up, 2011 Big Ten champion

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