IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa juniors Sammy Brooks and Cory Clark were crowned Big Ten champions Sunday in front of 11,904 wrestling fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes placed second in the Big Ten Championships team race with 127 points. Penn State won the title with 150.5 points. Ohio State (126), Nebraska (117), and Rutgers (106.5) rounded out the top five.
Clark upset top-seeded Zane Richards of Illinois, 2-1, at 133. The pair traded escapes in regulation, wrestled through a scoreless sudden victory, and finally determined a winner when Clark escaped in the first tiebreak break period.