Jaydin Eierman

Jaydin Eierman

Eierman in 2019
Personal information
Birth name	Jaydin Selsor Clayton
Born	(1996-05-02) May 2, 1996 (age 28) Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb) 141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Medal record Men's freestyle wrestling Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima 65 kg Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes NCAA Division I Championships 2021 St. Louis 141 lb Big Ten Championships 2021 State College 141 lb 2022 Lincoln 141 lb Representing the Missouri Tigers NCAA Division I Championships 2019 Pittsburgh 141 lb MAC Championships 2017 Cedar Falls 141 lb 2018 Mt. Pleasant 141 lb 2019 Norfolk 141 lb

Jaydin Selsor Eierman (né Clayton: born on May 2, 1996, in Columbia, Missouri) is an American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competed internationally at 65 kilograms and collegiately at 141 pounds.^[1][2] In freestyle, Eierman won the US Open Nationals in 2021, medaled at the 2019 Pan American Games, earned runner–up honors at the 2018 US Open Nationals and was the 2019 US U23 National Champion.^[3][4] In folkstyle, he was the 2021 NCAA DI National runner-up and won a Big Ten championship in 2021 for the University of Iowa. He was a three–time NCAA All-American and a three–time MAC champion for the Missouri Tigers, before transferring to Iowa.^[5][6]

Folkstyle career

High school

Eierman was born to Heather Thurston in Columbia, Missouri, where he attended Tolton High School. As a high schooler, Eierman went on to become the second undefeated wrestler in the history of Missouri to claim four MSHSAA titles in four years of varsity.^[7] Entering his senior year, he committed to the Missouri Tigers.^[8] After graduation, Jaydin changed his last name Clayton to Eierman, honoring his life-long coach Mike Eierman.^[9]

College

University of Missouri

In his first season ('15–'16), Eierman was redshirted and compiled a 22–2 record at 133 pounds competing unattached in open tournaments.^[10] As a freshman, he moved up to 141 pounds and went on to compile a 29–7 record, claimed a Mid-American Conference title and placed fifth at the NCAAs, becoming an All-American.^[11][12] As a sophomore, Eierman improved his record to 34–3, repeated as the MAC champion and went on to place fourth at the NCAA championships.^[13][14] In his final year officially competing as a Tiger, Eierman racked up a 28–4 record, won his last MAC title (named Outstanding Wrestler) and went on to keep improving his position as an All-American at Nationals, placing third.^[15] For 2019–2020, Eierman took an Olympic redshirt.^[16] As a Tiger, Eierman went 89–14 overall.^[17]

University of Iowa

In November 2019, Eierman transferred to the University of Iowa.^[18] Coming back to folkstyle, Eierman went 5–0 during regular season, with notable wins over Anthony Echemendia from Ohio State, Chad Red from Nebraska and Dylan Duncan from Illinois.^[19][20][21] On February 8, it was announced that the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team had suspended all team related activities during regular season due to COVID-19 results.^[22] At the B1G Championships, Eierman made it to the finals with another win over Chad Red, and defeated Penn State's Nick Lee to claim the title, also helping the Hawkeyes claim the team championship.^[23] At the NCAAs, Eierman got notable falls to make his first final, defeating ninth-seeded Dresden Simon and fourth seeded Tariq Wilson. In a razor close match against finalist Nick Lee, in overtime, Eierman was defeated by Lee, claiming runner-up honors and helping to Iowa's first team title in 11 years.^[24] He received the 2021 Wade Schalles Award for best collegiate pinner.^[25] As the NCAA granted winter athletes one more year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eierman came back for the 2021–2022 season, as a sixth-year senior.^[26]

Freestyle career

2017–2018

During his first years competing in senior freestyle, Eierman most notably placed second at the 2018 US Open and third at the 2018 US World Team Trials.^[27] He also competed internationally, placing eight at the Polish Open.^[28]

2019–2021

Eierman started off 2019 by placing fifth at the US Open and the US World Team Trials and followed up by becoming the US U23 National Champion and representative for the U23 World Championships.^[29][30] Four days before the event, it was announced that Eierman would replace Zain Retherford and attend the 2019 Pan American Games, in which he ended up bringing a bronze medal to the United States.^[31][32] He went on to place eight at the U23 World Championships.^[33] In 2020, Eierman placed fifth at the US National Championships, and earned the biggest win of his career when he defeated World and Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili at the HWC Showdown Open.^[34][35] In May 2, 2021, Eierman claimed his first US Open National Championship.^[36]

Freestyle record

Senior Freestyle Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location
2021 US Open at 65 kg
Win	41–20	Dom Demas	8–4	May 1–2, 2021	2021 US Open National Championships	Coralville, Iowa
Win	40–20	Luke Pletcher	9–5
Win	39–20	Noah Hermosillo	Fall
Win	38–20	Justin Benjamin	TF 18–8
Win	37–20	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	4–1	November 1, 2020	HWC Showdown Open	Iowa City, Iowa
2020 US Nationals 5th at 65 kg
Loss	36–20	Joey McKenna	TF 0–10	October 10–11, 2020	2020 US Senior National Championships	Coralville, Iowa
Loss	36–19	Evan Henderson	5–13
Win	36–18	Matthew Kolodzik	6–5
Win	35–18	Ethan Lizak	Fall
Win	34–18	Jordin Humphrey	TF 11–0
Win	33–18	Joey Jones	TF 10–0
2019 US Nationals DNP at 65 kg
Loss	32–18	Frank Molinaro	2–8	December 20–22, 2019	2019 US Senior National Championships	Fort Worth, Texas
Win	32–17	Rob Mathers	16–15
Loss	31–17	Nick Lee	6–10
Win	31–16	Ali Yousefi	TF 13–0
2019 U23 World Championships 8th at 65 kg
Loss	30–16	Ernazar Akmataliev	13–13	October 29, 2019	2019 U23 World Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	30–15	Abolfazl Hajipouramiji	Fall
2019 Pan American Games at 65 kg
Win	29–15	Agustín Destribats	TF 15–4	August 9, 2019	2019 Pan American Games	Lima, Peru
Loss	28–15	Alejandro Valdés	TF 0–10
2019 US U23 Nationals and World Team Trials at 65 kg
Win	28–14	Luke Pletcher	9–6	May 31 – June 2, 2019	2019 US U23 National Championships – World Team Trials	Akron, Ohio
Loss	27–14	Luke Pletcher	11–12
Win	27–13	Luke Pletcher	8–5
Win	26–13	Kanen Storr	3–2
Win	25–13	Carter Happel	TF 12–1
Win	24–13	John Burger	TF 14–4
Win	23–13	Alex Hrisopoulos	TF 12–2
Win	22–13	Christopher Lawley	TF 10–0
2019 US World Team Trials 5th at 65 kg
Loss	21–13	Frank Molinaro	8–10	May 17–19, 2019	2019 US World Team Trials Challenge	Raleigh, North Carolina
Win	21–12	Dom Demas	20–15
Win	20–12	Dean Heil	TF 13–2
Loss	19–12	Frank Molinaro	7–11
2019 US Open 5th at 65 kg
Loss	19–11	Frank Molinaro	5–8	April 24–27, 2019	2019 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss	19–10	Zain Retherford	3–11
Win	19–9	Dean Heil	Fall
Win	18–9	Bryce Meredith	Fall
Win	17–9	Joey Ward	8–5
Win	16–9	Kyle Todrank	TF 10–0
2018 Poland Open 8th at 65 kg
Loss	15–9	George Bucur	TF 10–21	September 7–9, 2018	2018 Poland Open	Warsaw, Poland
Win	15–8	Beka Lomtadze	Fall
2018 US World Team Trials at 65 kg
Win	14–8	Andy Simmons	9–5	June 22–23, 2018	2018 Final X: Lehigh - True thirds	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Loss	13–8	Logan Stieber	1–7	May 18–20, 2018	2018 US World Team Trials Challenge	Rochester, Minnesota
Loss	13–7	Logan Stieber	5–10
Win	13–6	Jayson Ness	Fall
2018 US Open at 65 kg
Loss	12–6	Joey McKenna	3–7	April 24–28, 2018	2018 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	12–5	Nick Dardanes	TF 10–0
Win	11–5	Logan Stieber	6–5
Win	10–5	Jayson Ness	7–4
Win	9–5	Jake Tanenbaum	TF 14–4
2017 US U23 World Team Trials at 65 kg
Win	8–5	Brock Zacherl	5–4	October 7–8, 2017	2017 US U23 World Team Trials	Rochester, Minnesota
Win	7–5	Matt Findlay	Fall
Loss	6–5	Boo Lewallen	TF 5–15
Win	6–4	Devin Tortorice	TF 11–1
Win	5–4	Logan Smith	TF 11–0
2017 US World Team Trials DNP at 65 kg
Loss	4–4	Kellen Russell	TF 0–10	June 9–10, 2017	2017 US World Team Trials Challenge	Lincoln, Nebraska
Loss	4–3	Zain Retherford	TF 2–14
2017 US Last Chance Qualifier WTT at 65 kg
Loss	4–2	Mario Mason	8–11	May 19–22, 2017	2017 US Last Chance Qualifier World Team Trials	Rochester, Minnesota
Win	4–1	Anthony Abidin	Fall
Win	3–1	Michael Prieto	TF 11–0
2017 US Open DNP at 65 kg
Loss	2–1	Nick Dardanes	TF 6–17	April 24–27, 2017	2017 US Open National Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	2–0	Devin Reynolds	TF 16–6
Win	1–0	Leroy Barnes	TF 10–0
NC	0–0	Jordan Oliver	NC (overturned)

NCAA record

NCAA Championships Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event
2021 NCAA Championships at 141 lbs
Loss	18–6	Nick Lee	SV 2–4	March 18–20, 2021	2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	18–5	Tariq Wilson	Fall
Win	17–5	Dresden Simon	Fall
Win	16–5	Cole Matthews	5–3
Win	15–5	Cayden Rooks	TF 20–5
2019 NCAA Championships at 141 lbs
Win	14–5	Dom Demas	2–0	March 21–23, 2019	2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	13–5	Mitch McKee	8–5
Loss	12–5	Yianni Diakomihalis	5–6
Win	12–4	Kyle Shoop	8–3
Win	11–4	Cameron Kelly	10–8
Win	10–4	Chris Debien	Fall
2018 NCAA Championships 4th at 141 lbs
Loss	9–4	Joey McKenna	2–7	March 15–17, 2018	2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Win	9–3	Nick Lee	MD 12–4
Loss	8–3	Yianni Diakomihalis	SV–1 4–6
Win	8–2	Brock Zacherl	Fall
Win	7–2	Eli Stickley	Fall
Win	6–2	Austin Headlee	12–6
2017 NCAA Championships 5th at 141 lbs
Win	5–2	Anthony Ashnault	5–2	March 16–18, 2017	2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Loss	4–2	Bryce Meredith	4–8
Win	4–1	Matt Kolodzik	6–2
Win	3–1	Joey McKenna	MD 8–0
Loss	2–1	Dean Heil	5–6
Win	2–0	Colton McCrystal	9–6
Win	1–0	Logan Everett	MD 15–3

Stats

Season	Year	School	Rank	Weigh Class	Record	Win	Bonus
2021	Senior	University of Iowa	#1 (2nd)	141	12–1	92.31%	61.54%
2019	Junior	University of Missouri	#5 (3rd)		28–4	87.50%	62.50%
2018	Sophomore		#2 (4th)		34–3	91.89%	70.27%
2017	Freshman		#8 (5th)		29–7	80.56%	44.44%
Career					103–15	87.29%	61.02%

References

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External links

• Jaydin Eierman at the International Wrestling Database