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| Home town | Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Iowa State Cyclones | ||||||||||||||
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Nick Gallick (born April 1, 1986) is a former wrestler and a bronze medalist at the 2009 NCAA Wrestling Championship. [1] [2] Before his injury, Gallick was ranked No. 1 in the nation at 141 pounds and was a contender for the national title at his weight class. [3]
Nick Gallick is one of the four sons of parents Monty and Jodi Gallick. [1] He was a Sunnyside High School wrestler, [4] where he won four Arizona state championships [5] from 2002 to 2005 [6] [7] and earned his place in the Arizona National Wrestling Hall of Fame. [8] He started at 103 pounds in 2002 and 2003, went on to compete at 119 pounds in 2004, and 125 pounds [6] in 2005. [7] Furthermore, Gallick was named as one of the Best 2004-05 High School Seniors by Dan Fickel of the Wrestling USA Magazine. [9]
Gallick attended college at the Iowa State University in 2005-2010. In 2008, Gallick won his first Big 12 Wrestling Championship title at 141 pounds when he defeated Nathan Morgan of Oklahoma State. [10] In the same year, he defeated defending NCAA champion J Jaggers of Ohio State at the NWCA All-Star Classic. [11] In 2009, Gallick secured his place as a top wrestler with a third-place finish at the 79th NCAA Championships [2] and earned two-time All-American honors. [12] [13] [14]
During his senior year, Gallick suffered a deep tissue bruise on his thigh at the Harold Nichols Open. The injury needed medical attention, which forced Gallick to sit out for a majority of the season. [3]
Cael Norman Sanderson is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler who is the current head coach of Penn State's wrestling team. As a wrestler, he won an Olympic gold medal and was undefeated in four years of college wrestling at Iowa State (159–0), becoming a four-time NCAA Division I champion (1999–2002). He is the only wrestler in NCAA Division I history to go undefeated in official matches with more than 100 wins. Sports Illustrated named his college career as the second most impressive college sports feat of all-time, behind the setting of four world records by Jesse Owens in a single hour at the 1935 Big Ten track and field conference championship meet.
James H. Hilton Coliseum, commonly Hilton Coliseum, is a 14,267-seat multi-purpose arena located in Ames, Iowa. The arena opened in 1971. It is home to the Iowa State University Cyclones men's and women's basketball teams, wrestling, gymnastics and volleyball teams.
Tim Floyd is a former American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He was formerly the head coach of several teams in the NCAA and the NBA. Floyd is also known as the coach of the Chicago Bulls for four seasons. He announced his retirement from coaching after the UTEP game on November 27, 2017.
The Iowa State Cyclones are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Iowa State University, located in Ames. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams in 12 sports.
Benjamin Lee "Ben" Peterson is a retired American freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. As a college wrestler, Peterson was a two-time NCAA champion at Iowa State. He founded the "Camp of Champs," which brought in Olympic wrestlers to train with high schoolers. Peterson also coached wrestling at Maranatha Baptist University for 28 years.
The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University (ISU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Cyclones play their home games at Hilton Coliseum on Iowa State's campus.
Kevin Andre Jackson is an American retired freestyle and folkstyle wrestler, and mixed martial artist. Following his competitive career, Jackson would become a wrestling coach.
Pittsburgh Panthers wrestling is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate wrestling program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt wrestling team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and hosts home meets at Fitzgerald Field House on the campus of the school. Since the Pitt wrestling program began in the 1912–1913 school year, it has produced 17 individual national champions and 82* All-American selections. The head coach of the Panthers since 2017 is Keith Gavin, who won a national championship with the Panthers in 2008.
The Iowa State Cyclones wrestling team represents Iowa State University (ISU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Cyclones are 8 time National Champions, 17 time National Runners-Up, and have 45 Top 4 "Trophy" Finishes. The team is coached by Kevin Dresser. The Cyclones host their home meets at Hilton Coliseum on Iowa State's campus. Iowa State became the second collegiate wrestling program to reach 1,100 dual wins on January 23, 2022.
Anthony Robles is an American wrestler who won the 2011 NCAA individual wrestling national championship in the 125-pound weight class, despite being born with only one leg. He is the author of the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion, which went on-sale September 27, 2012.
Jason Michael Welch is an American former wrestler. As a high school wrestler at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California, Welch was the 13th wrestler ever to win 3 California state championships. In 2008, Welch graduated and signed with Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Welch was a four-time national qualifier and a three-time NCAA All-American.
Carl Adams is an American retired wrestler, coach, businessman, and inventor.
Kyven Ross Gadson is an American amateur wrestler. Currently a senior competitor in amateur freestyle wrestling, earlier Gadson, while wrestling for the Iowa State Cyclones, was a three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling and won the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 197-lb weight class by pinning future Olympic and World Championship gold medalist Kyle Snyder in his final collegiate match.
Spencer Richard Lee (born October 14, 1998) is an American freestyle and former folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms. In freestyle, he won the US National championship in 2019 and was a three-time age-group world champion, once at the cadet level and twice at the junior level. As a folkstyle wrestler, Lee won the James E. Sullivan Award and the Dan Hodge Trophy twice, as well as three NCAA Division I national championships out of the University of Iowa. Lee was often considered one of the most dominant athletes in college athletics.
David Zabriskie is a retired American amateur wrestler and current wrestling coach for Elevation Fight Team in Denver. Zabriskie wrestled for the Iowa State Cyclones and is a three-time Big 12 Conference champion, three-time All-American in NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling, and won the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in the 285lb weight class in 2010.
Nicholas Piccininni is an American professional mixed martial artist and graduated folkstyle wrestler who currently competes in the flyweight division. As a wrestler, Piccininni became a three–time NCAA Division I All-American and a four–time Big 12 Conference champion out of the Oklahoma State University for John Smith.
Anthony Luis Echemendía Orduña is a Cuban freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 65 kilograms. In his native Cuba, Echemendia was a two-time Senior National medalist, a U23 National champion and a five-time age-group National champion.
Roman Guillermo Bravo-Young is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes internationally at 61 kilograms and collegiately at 133 pounds. In freestyle, he was the 2019 Junior Pan American champion and the 2018 U23 US national runner-up. As a folkstyle wrestler, Bravo-Young is the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Division I national champion and 2021 and 2022 Big Ten Conference champion and a three-time All-American out of the Pennsylvania State University.
David Aaron Carr (born March 28, 1999) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle, he was the '19 junior world champion at 74 kilograms representing the United States. As a folkstyle wrestler, Carr is an NCAA Division I national champion, three-time NCAA Division I All-American, and four-time Big 12 Conference champion, the second to win his conference four times at Iowa State University. He was also a four-time OHSAA champion as a high schooler.
Nathan "Nate" Gallick is an American NCAA champion, a two-time NCAA finalist and a three-time All-American for the Cyclones. Gallick has won two Midlands titles and three Big 12 Conference championships. Additionally, he was a U.S. Senior national champion, a four-time U.S. national team member, and finished third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
