Jaydin Eierman
Eierman in 2019
Personal information
Birth nameJaydin Selsor Clayton
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-05-02) May 2, 1996 (age 27)
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAmateur wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima 65 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Iowa Hawkeyes
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 St. Louis 141 lb
Big Ten Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 State College 141 lb
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lincoln 141 lb
Representing the Missouri Tigers
NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pittsburgh 141 lb
MAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cedar Falls 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2018 Mt. Pleasant 141 lb
Gold medal – first place 2019 Norfolk 141 lb

Jaydin Selsor Eierman (née 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%

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