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Branch Bolsters Wrestling Roster with Transfers and Late Signees

  University of Wyoming wrestling head coach Mark Branch announced a half dozen signees Tuesday. Three transfers and a trio of high schoolers are set to join the Cowboys ahead of the 2024-25 season. A pair of the transfer additions…

Wrestling Controls Dual En Route to 22-12 Victory Over Wolverines 

Sloan Swan hasn’t wrestled a whole bunch this season for the University of Wyoming. The 157-pound freshman has competed in a couple tournaments and a couple duals but hasn’t been a consistent fixture in the lineup. Swan made another start…

Cowboy Wrestling Announces 2023-24 Schedule  

Head Wrestling Coach Mark Branch announced the 2023-24 schedule Wednesday morning. The Cowboys will host seven events at home including three duals against ranked opponents along with hosting one tournament at home. The schedule features a total of 13 duals including six…

Cowboys Earn Runner Up Finish at Reno Tournament of Champions 

By Cobe Wastler Communications Coordinator University of Wyoming Athletics Reno, Nevada (Dec. 18, 2022) –The Wyoming Cowboy wrestling squad put together a strong performance on Sunday at the Reno Tournament of Champions inside of the Reno Events Center coming away with…

Buchanan Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals  

The Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling squad kicked off the NCAA championships on Thursday with the first two sessions of wrestling inside the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. For the second season in a row Stephen Buchanan booked a spot in…

Wyoming Wrestling Crowns Four Champions at Cowboy Challenge Tournament

STILLWATER, Okla. (Feb. 14, 2021) – The Cowboys crowned four champions, the most of any competing team, Sunday afternoon in Stillwater with all four winning wrestlers upsetting top ten opponents in the finals. Jacob Wright (157), Hayden Hastings (174), Tate Samuelson…

Cowboys Down Air Force for First Conference Win of the Season

Laramie, Wyo. (Jan. 30, 2021) – The Wyoming wrestling team picked up their first conference win of the season Saturday night against Air Force inside the Arena-Auditorium. The Cowboys won seven of the ten matches on their way to a 22-9…

Cowboys Return to the Desert for Reno Tournament of Champions

UW looking for its fifth-straight top-four finish at the event   LARAMIE, Wyo. (Dec. 12, 2019) – For the second consecutive weekend, the Wyoming wrestling team will be traveling out to the desert to the state of Nevada as the…

Branch Welcomes Three With New Signing Class

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 13, 2019) – Head Coach Mark Branch has announced the signings of three student-athletes that will join the Wyoming wrestling team beginning next fall. Darren Green, Gage Hockett and Brett McIntosh all signed their National Letters of…

UW Wrestling signs four

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 8, 2017) – Head coach Mark Branch and the Cowboy wrestling program added four new recruits on Wednesday as Jacob Greenwood (Livermore, Colo.), Logan Jensen (South Jordan, Utah), Tate Samuelson (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Chase Zollman (Poway,…