Men's Wrestling | 2/15/2021 12:50:00 PM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced its weekly honors for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 14, with Wartburg wrestler
Kyle Briggs (Sr., Cedar Rapids, Iowa) named the Male Athlete and Wrestler of the Week, and Wartburg men's track sprinter
Dallas Wright (Sr., Carlisle, Iowa) awarded the Male Runner of the Week.
The No. 1/2-ranked Wartburg wrestling team rounded out its 2021 American Rivers Conference schedule with a 47-3 win over Nebraska Wesleyan University along with a 28-5 victory over Loras College to finish 8-0 during conference action to clinch the A-R-C title on Saturday, Feb. 13 inside Levick Arena.
Kyle Briggs, a fifth-year senior, completed the conference schedule with an undefeated 7-0 record. At 174 lbs. on Saturday, he won by fall over NWU's Talan McGill in 36 seconds and followed with a 8-0 major decision over Loras' No. 7-ranked Jacob Krakow. The conference wrestler of the week award is the fourth of Briggs' career.
The Knights have now collected the A-R-C Wrestler of the Week award for the fourth consecutive week, with Briggs following laurels from
David Hollingsworth (Feb. 8),
Kris Rumph (Feb. 1) and
Zane Mulder (Jan. 25).
The remainder of the Wartburg wrestling 2021 schedule is to be determined.
Senior sprinter
Dallas Wright won the 400-meter dash during the Buena Vista University Triangular to help guide the Knights to a team victory on Saturday, Feb. 13 in Storm Lake, Iowa.
His time of 49.43 ranks second in Division III and cracked Wartburg's indoor Top-10 list. The award is the second of Wright's career.
Wartburg track & field returns to Hoover Fieldhouse next Saturday, Feb. 20, hosting an American Rivers Conference Triangular meet against Loras and Nebraska Wesleyan during the 2021 Liz Wuertz Indoor Invite.
