UVU Wrestling team announces 2022-23 schedule
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU wrestling team hopes to bounce back after a 5-6 season plagued with injuries and COVID cancellations in 2021-22.
Athletes share experiences and insights on overcoming adversity
Reading Time: 7 minutes Student-athletes are some of the most admired and respected students on campus. With that admiration comes a spotlight that shines brightly, and along with it, scrutiny and constant pressure. Behind the scenes of the life of a student-athlete, things are certainly no layup. Student-athletes must find balance and dedicate their time to a variety of […]
LaMont and Drury fall in Session III at NCAA Championships
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Valley wrestling team had two remaining competitors heading into Session III at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on the morning of Friday, March 18 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich. However, both redshirt junior Taylor LaMont and freshman Haiden Drury had their championship weekends come to an end. As the 21st seed in […]
LaMont and Drury go 1-1 each at NCAA Championships, will compete Friday
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Valley wrestling team had three wrestlers competing in the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships heading into Session I on Thursday, March 17. After Session II on Thursday evening, two Wolverines will compete at Session III on the morning of Friday, March 18. Both Taylor Lamont and Haiden Drury will advance to the next round. […]
Wolverines fall to BIG 12 foes Wyoming and Missouri
Reading Time: 2 minutes After five consecutive meets were postponed over the last two weeks due to COVID-19, the Utah Valley University wrestling team returned to the mat Saturday, Jan. 29 with two home matches against Big 12 foes Wyoming and No. 13 Missouri. The Wolverines were narrowly defeated by both opponents, losing to Wyoming by 17-23 and to […]
The QuickFire Podcast ‘Wolverines of the Year’ Awards
Reading Time: 4 minutes On this week’s episode of the Quickfire Podcast, we gave out the Wolverines of the Year awards, highlighting the top achievements of UVU’s athletes in 2021. Last year was arguably the most successful year across the board in UVU Athletics history, so there were plenty of great options to choose from. Men’s Coach of the […]
Wolverine Performers of the Week
Reading Time: 2 minutes There has been a whole lot to be excited about as a Wolverine recently in athletics. Highlighting the top performers of the past week for UVU, we kick it off with the Fardaws Aimaq and Justin Harmon of the men’s basketball team, who both put up huge numbers in the Wolverine win against No. 12 […]
Three Wolverines podium as UVU finishes 15th at CKLV Invitational
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Utah Valley Wolverines (5-1) were able to finish 15th in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Wolverines had three podium finishes in the tournament. No. 29 freshman Haiden Drury (133) finished third in the tournament, going 4-1 overall after two straight wins to finish. Three of his wins were […]
Wolverines go 3-1 at UNC Duals to begin the season
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Valley wrestling team kicked off it’s 2021-22 season going 3-1 at the Northern Colorado Duals in Greeley, Colorado on Nov. 7. The Wolverines defeated a trio of non-Division I foes in Doane University, Northern Idaho College, and Northwest Kansas Tech before narrowly losing to Big 12 foe Northern Colorado. The Wolverines lost the […]
Taylor LaMont finishes fifth after dropping bronze match at U23 Worlds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley redshirt junior Taylor LaMont lost his bronze medal match against Azerbaijan’s Nihad Guluzade on Tuesday that led to a fifth-place finish at the U23 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. LaMont, who was wrestling for team USA, competed in the 121 pound weight class. The competition took place from Nov. 1-3 at Belgrade’s Belexpocentar. […]