UNI Wrestling: Isley Makes Run at Junior World Team Trials

USA Wrestling World Team Trials

June 9-10, 2017
Bob Devaney Center - Lincoln, Nebraska
Senior division: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. / 6 to 8 p.m. June 10
Watch information and brackets at FloWrestling.org

LINCOLN, Neb. – UNI wrestling's Carter Isley (KAR-ter EYES-lee) grabbed two wins in the 120-kilogram freestyle division at the Junior World Team Trials before being edged out in the finals of the challenge tournament.

Isley was edged out 3-1 by Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club's Jordan Wood, who represented the U.S. at the UWW Junior World Championships in France September 2016. Wood redshirted his first year of college at Lehigh.

Isley will return to UNI as a redshirt freshman. With 10 falls this season, Isley was the pin leader for the Panthers in 2016-17. He won two open tournaments competing unattached in the heavyweight division. As a prep wrestler, he was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation among high school heavyweights. He won two consecutive state titles at the Iowa tournament for Albia High School.

Two more competitors with ties to UNI wrestling will compete tomorrow in the senior division of the World Team Trials. Former All-American Joe Colon and Blaize Cabell will wrestle in the senior division.

Winners from each weight class in the senior division will go on to compete for Team USA in the World Wrestling Championships set in Paris, France, Aug. 21-26.

CARTER ISLEY'S MATCHES

QUARTERFINALS: Isley dec. Brandon Metz (Bison Wrestling Club), 4-0
SEMIFINALS: Isley dec. Shawn Streck (Boilermaker RTC), 3-1
FINALS: Jordan Wood (Lehigh Valley Wrestling Club) dec. Isley, 3-1

Blaize Cabell
Cabell was a three-time NCAA qualifier while competing for UNI. Illness knocked him out of the 2016 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships as a senior. He bounced back by winning the Last Chance Qualifier to earn a spot at the Olympic Trials in 2016. Cabell qualified for this weekend by winning the 2017 Last Chance Trials at 125 kilograms. He is a native of Independence, Iowa.

Joe Colon
Colon will compete in the 61-kilogram weight class. He most recently took sixth at the 2017 U.S. Open. Logan Stieber has earned a bye until the finals. Colon earned All-America honors for UNI with a third-place finish in the 2014 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships at 133 pounds. It was the highest finish of any Panther since 2005. He was the third Panther under head coach Doug Schwab to become an All-American. Colon is a Clear Lake, Iowa, native.

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