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Kalob Runyon
- Position:
- Wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Hill, Iowa
- High School:
- Southeast Polk HS
Bio
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HONORS:
2024: Big 12 All-Academic First Team
2023: Big 12 All-Academic First Team
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25): Posted a 9-3 record at 197 pounds with two major decisions, two technical falls and one pin with one dual victory ... Picked up dual win against Nebraska-Kearney ... Placed fourth at the Grand View Open and sixth at the Soldier Salute.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Posted a 5-5 record with one major decision, one technical fall and two falls at 197 pounds ... Went 0-4 in duals ... Third place at the Daktronics Open ... Tied for first place at the Jim Koch Open ... Competed at the Collegiate Duals against Columbia, Ohio State and North Carolina State ... First Team Academic All-Big 12.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022-23): Made his collegiate dual debut with a 9-2 win over Brian Finnerty (West Virginia) ... Fourth place at Daktronics Open (197 pounds) ... Third at 197 pounds at the Cyclone Open ... Tied for fifth at the UNI Open, pinning Chase McCleish (Jackrabbit Wrestling Club) in 4 minutes, 42 seconds ... Competed in one extra bout at the Collegiate Duals ... Wrestled in three extra bout in duals, with a 5-2 win over Jesse Cassatt (Missouri) and a 3-1 victory against Seth Seago (Oklahoma) ... Finished the season with a 10-6 record ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team
FRESHMAN (2021-22): Redshirted ... Competed unattached at 197 pounds ... Sixth place at Grand View Open ... Fifth in the freshman/sophomore division at Harold Nichols Cyclone Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner in wrestling ... Took fourth at the Iowa high school state championships as a junior ... Qualified for the state tournament as a sophomore ... Helped team win the state duals and take second in the traditional tournament as a sophomore and junior ... Was a team captain his junior and senior years ... Earned second team All-State honors ... Two-year letter winner for football ... Football captain senior year ... Earned fist team All-Conference and First Team All-State honors in football as a senior.
PERSONAL: Parents are Bob and Suzanne Runyon and brother of Lance Runyon, who is also on the team … Junior and senior year of high school was involved in mentors for Violence Prevention (MVP) … Helped coach a a local wrestling club ... Favorite memory while competing was winning a dual state title two years in a row ... Picked UNI, because it felt like home ... Biggest influences are SED wrestling coaches, because they taught self-confidence, discipline, how to be a good man and helped prepare for the future ... Best lesson learned in life so far is "Don't wait to be great. Go make it happen for yourself" ... Majoring in coaching / movement and exercise science.
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HONORS:
2024: Big 12 All-Academic First Team
2023: Big 12 All-Academic First Team
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2024-25): Posted a 9-3 record at 197 pounds with two major decisions, two technical falls and one pin with one dual victory ... Picked up dual win against Nebraska-Kearney ... Placed fourth at the Grand View Open and sixth at the Soldier Salute.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2023-24): Posted a 5-5 record with one major decision, one technical fall and two falls at 197 pounds ... Went 0-4 in duals ... Third place at the Daktronics Open ... Tied for first place at the Jim Koch Open ... Competed at the Collegiate Duals against Columbia, Ohio State and North Carolina State ... First Team Academic All-Big 12.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2022-23): Made his collegiate dual debut with a 9-2 win over Brian Finnerty (West Virginia) ... Fourth place at Daktronics Open (197 pounds) ... Third at 197 pounds at the Cyclone Open ... Tied for fifth at the UNI Open, pinning Chase McCleish (Jackrabbit Wrestling Club) in 4 minutes, 42 seconds ... Competed in one extra bout at the Collegiate Duals ... Wrestled in three extra bout in duals, with a 5-2 win over Jesse Cassatt (Missouri) and a 3-1 victory against Seth Seago (Oklahoma) ... Finished the season with a 10-6 record ... Big 12 All-Academic First Team
FRESHMAN (2021-22): Redshirted ... Competed unattached at 197 pounds ... Sixth place at Grand View Open ... Fifth in the freshman/sophomore division at Harold Nichols Cyclone Open.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner in wrestling ... Took fourth at the Iowa high school state championships as a junior ... Qualified for the state tournament as a sophomore ... Helped team win the state duals and take second in the traditional tournament as a sophomore and junior ... Was a team captain his junior and senior years ... Earned second team All-State honors ... Two-year letter winner for football ... Football captain senior year ... Earned fist team All-Conference and First Team All-State honors in football as a senior.
PERSONAL: Parents are Bob and Suzanne Runyon and brother of Lance Runyon, who is also on the team … Junior and senior year of high school was involved in mentors for Violence Prevention (MVP) … Helped coach a a local wrestling club ... Favorite memory while competing was winning a dual state title two years in a row ... Picked UNI, because it felt like home ... Biggest influences are SED wrestling coaches, because they taught self-confidence, discipline, how to be a good man and helped prepare for the future ... Best lesson learned in life so far is "Don't wait to be great. Go make it happen for yourself" ... Majoring in coaching / movement and exercise science.
| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK FALL |
| 2021-22* | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 2:17 |
| 2022-23 | 10-6 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2:29 |
| 2023-24 | 5-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1:34 |
| 2024-25 | 9-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0:47 |
| CAREER | 32-19 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 5-5 | 3-1 | 5-0 | 0:47 |
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