Leydecker is ranked as the pound-for-pound No. 1 overall wrestler in the 2026 class, and she is widely considered to be one ...

When Clarissa Chun perched on the local pool’s starting blocks — readying for a race in the first sport to catch her heart, swimming — she was easily a foot shorter than the other girls on the line.

This story first appeared in HER Stories - Spring 2024, a biannual special section distributed by The Gazette that features stories of Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of ...

Three Iowa women's wrestlers participated in an international friendly meet with the Ukrainian national team on Dec. 18, ...

The woman’s growling voice booms through the darkened arena with the practiced legato and extended vowels of the best announcers in the business. And nooooowwww, wrestling for your Ioooooowwaaaaaa ...

The 40th class of the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame was celebrated this weekend, where among the honorees was Hawaii wrestling ...

Three days a week, 15 women’s wrestlers trot into the Carver-Hawkeye Arena strength and conditioning room. On a typical day, the Iowa women’s wrestling team works through medicine ball circuits while ...

Iowa women's wrestling coach Clarissa Chun is not one to speak loudly or in an overly confident fashion. However, when your team picks up six national champions and secures a team title in Year 1 of ...

After a historic inaugural campaign, the awards continue to pile up for the Iowa women’s wrestling team. Head coach Clarissa Chun was named the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year on April 20. The ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - University of Iowa head coach Clarissa Chun has been named the 2024 USA Wrestling Women’s Coach of the Year. Chun is being honored alongside Sara McMann. She is receiving the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa Hawkeyes women’s wrestling head coach Clarissa Chun has been named USA Today’s Women of the Year Honoree for the state of Iowa. The award is given every year to 12 ...

The Hawaii native was inducted into the National High School Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday in Seattle, Washington. Chun became just the third Hawaii athlete to make it into the hall. Back in 1998, ...