Practice facility gets green light

Plans and a budget ($8.72 million) for an indoor athletic training facility received approval from the Iowa Board of Regents during its July 18 meeting in Cedar Falls. The 92,000-square-foot building will be constructed over the existing artificial turf practice field west of Jack Trice Stadium. Construction should begin this December and be completed a year later.

Private gifts raised by the athletic department and the ISU Foundation will pay for the building.

– ISU media relations

Holker, Roberson named captains

Iowa State wrestlers Aaron Holker and Zach Roberson have been named Iowa State’s captains for the 2002-03 wrestling season.

Holker helped lead the Cyclones to a runner-up finish at the 2002 NCAA Championships by winning the tournament’s 141-pound title in his first year donning an Iowa State singlet. The Brigham Young University transfer finished the year with a 32-7 record.

Roberson, who earned All-America status as a sophomore last season, wrapped up last season with a 22-11 mark and a seventh-place showing in the 133-pound bracket at the 2002 NCAA Championships.

– ISU media relations