Thursday, December 11, 2008

Iowa Vs. Northern Iowa


Iowa's Brent Metcalf, left, flips Northern Iowa's Charlie Ettelson, right, during their 149 lbs. wrestling match Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Metcalf won the match 24-9, and Iowa won the meet 30-12.
©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

Iowa's Alex Tsirtsis, top, attempts to pin Northern Iowa's Trent Washington, bottom, during their 141 lbs. wrestling match Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Tsirtsis won the match 14-2, and Iowa won the meet 30-12.
©Dawn J. Sagert/The Waterloo Courier

This was my first wrestling meet ever. I didn't realize how much I'd like wrestling...or ANY sport, for that matter. At least photographing it anyway. I'm still working on my timing, but I'm learning. It was also pretty fun setting up lights from the catwalk. :-)

2 comments:

m.alexandra said...

The second photo is really a great shot. nice, active work throughout.

Dawn J. Sagert said...

Thank you.