Saturday, Panther freshman Max Thomsen and sophomore Drew Foster finished the 2017 NCAA Division I championships at the Scottrade Center on the rise.
Thomsen overcome two tough losses, including a close loss in Friday night's semifinals, to finish fifth at 149 pounds, the highest finish for a UNI freshman since Mark Schwab took fifth in 1986. Foster followed suit by winning his final match of the championships to finish seventh at 184 in a weight class that returned six All-Americans.
Those two closing performances helped UNI finish 18th with 25.5 points, the third-highest finish under Schwab behind 15th-place finishes in 2013 and 2014.