As a redshirt freshman last season, Illinois wrestler Isaiah Martinez won the 157-pound NCAA championship and the Big Ten championship while becoming the first freshman to record an undefeated seas… ...

In freestyle wrestling, Martinez is a two-time U.S. Open National champion (three-time finalist) and was a 2017 U.S. U23 World Team Member. But he knew he wanted to be involved in coaching in some ...

Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez, wrestling at 157 pounds, won an individual title at the NCAA wrestling championships. Martinez won with a last-second takedown for a 6-5 win over Penn State freshman ...

The most decorated wrestler in Illinois history is returning to the Illini program as an assistant coach. Illinois second-year head coach Mike Poeta announced on Friday that two-time NCAA champion ...

Penn State wrestling’s Vincenzo Joseph defeats Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez 6-1 to win his second national title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Quicken Loans ...

After the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Wrestling underwent a change in culture and leadership. ... Jordan Burroughs (Nebraska WTC) vs. Isaiah Martinez (Illinois RTC) ...

Isaiah Martinez is a beast. He looks like a man sculpted out of marble — a perfectly chiseled 157 pounds that would make Michelangelo proud. Admittedly, he’s not the most technically sound wrestler.

Whenever Isaiah Martinez talks about wrestling, one word always seems to come up: legacy. Once again, Martinez added to his already impressive legacy on Sunday, defeating No. 2 Logan Massa for his ...

Trailing 2-0 in the second period of the second match, Martinez rattled off five consecutive points for a 5-2 lead. Burroughs rallied again with a takedown and caution to tie the match at 5, but ...

It's OK, Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson says, for fans and media to get obsessed and absorbed in big bouts such as Saturday's showdown between his own Jason Nolf and Illinois' Isaiah ...

Oklahoma State's Dean Heil, Illinois' Isaiah Martinez, Penn State's Zain Retherford and Ohio State's Kyle Snyder will all have the opportunity to become three-time national champions when the 2018 ...

Ingleside — Antwaan Gross 17, Salvador Galardo 11, Isaiah Ledezma 22, Izaiah Ramos 2, Trystan Edison 6, Cobe Reeves 10 Kingsville — Carter 6, Villarreal 20, Munoz 18, Garcia 20, Martinez 3 ...