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Wrestling Mailbag: Iowa's 1997 team, young and old NCAA wrestlers, Alex Marinelli, team race breakdown

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the greatest team performance ever at the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

I'm talking, of course, about the 1997 Iowa team, which won the title that season with a staggering 170 team points at the UNI-Dome, still the NCAA record.

That also happened to be Dan Gable's final year as Iowa's head wrestling coach.

What a way to go out, right?

The Hawkeyes went 15-1 in duals that season, which included two wins over Iowa State — 26-13 and 20-18 — and their only loss came to Oklahoma State, 21-13 in the finals of the National Duals.