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Former Iowa State All-American Casey Swiderski signing with Oklahoma State

IMG_6598by:Nick Kosko•03/26/25•

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Photo by Ames Tribune-USA TODAY Network. Oklahoma Vs Iowa State

Former Iowa State wrestling All-American Casey Swiderski is signing with Oklahoma State, On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed. Swiderski spent the last three seasons with the Cyclones.

Swiderski was ruled out with an injury all season and did not wrestle in 2024-25. He was listed at 141 pounds after going 149 the previous season.

In 2023-24, Swiderski went 20-5 en route to a 7th place finish in Kansas City, becoming an All-American. As a freshman in 2023, Swiderski finished 12-12 and had a Blood Round finish, one win shy of All-American honors.

“Casey suffered a knee injury earlier this week in practice and will have surgery tomorrow to repair that knee,” head coach Kevin Dresser said in November. “He will use his redshirt for the 2024-25 season, and we look forward to his return in the spring and his final two years of eligibility.”

Things changed though as Swiderski opted to explore his options in the portal. He’ll now wrestle under David Taylor in Stillwater. The Cowboys had three finalists and two national champions in 2025 en route to a third place finish at the tournament.

Dean Hamiti won it at 174 and Wyatt Hendrickson stunned Gable Steveson at heavyweight to win the crown. Swiderski will be under Taylor, an Olympic Gold Medalist, fresh off one heck of a coaching job.

“That was one of the greatest matches I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” Taylor said. “That’s almost like, surreal in the corner to think they ‘We have a chance here, right? We got a chance here.’ And Wyatt came over (and I said) ‘go get it.’ you know? (Think about Dean Hamiti) beating two separate national champions to win, right? Wyatt beating two separate national champions to win. I think that’s our staff, all of everybody in our program and the things that we’re trying to do.”

Hendrickson beat defending champion Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) in the semis before knocking off Steveson. Trailed 4-2 with 40 seconds left, Hendrickson finally got in on a shot and managed to battle through Steveson’s sprawl to take him down.