Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, hear from Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands, along with Alex Marinelli, Spencer Lee, Austin DeSanto, and Tony Cassioppi, ahead of this Sunday’s HWC Showdown Open at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

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• Iowa coach Tom Brands explains how the HWC Showdown Open came together: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2020/10/27/iowa-wrestling-coach-tom-brands-explains-how-hwc-showdown-open-came-together-xtream-arena-coralville/3756667001/

• Here are all the matchups for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Showdown Open on Nov. 1: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2020/10/02/hawkeye-wrestling-clubs-showdown-open-matchups-nov-1-spencer-lee-austin-dessanto-alex-marinelli-iowa/5894751002/

• Undercard added to Hawkeye Wrestling Club Showdown: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2020/10/26/hawkeye-wrestling-club-showdown-open-undercard-nelson-brands-abe-assad-max-murin-xtream-arena-moody/6048525002/

• Wrestling Takeaways: Drake Ayala becomes second Iowan to win Super 32 title: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2020/10/26/drake-ayala-fort-dodge-super-32-belt-iowa-high-school-wrestling-iahswr/6036975002/

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