KM's Kennedy staying in shape ahead of freshman season at Iowa

The Hawkeye commit is in off-season mode.

With spring sports cancelled and future seasons still up in the air... local athletes are hopeful they'll get back out on the court?

Field?

Or mat soon.

???t news three's zach gilleland shows us how one local wrestler is staying in shape.xxx after he won this third consecutive state championship this march, i asked the question... what's next for patrick kennedy.

The coronavirus has flipped the sporting world upside down, so for the number one wrestler in the country at 182 pounds, what really is next?

"this time of year is kind of like, get your thoughts right, get your mental state right, make sure your body is healthy and if you need to take time off, take time off.

It's offseason mode for patrick kennedy (pop) whose working on staying healthy.

After graduating early from kasson mantorville not much has changed this spring.

The university of iowa commit is taking the time to work on the fundamentals.

But what has changed are his plans for the summer.

"i was going to do the u.s. open in vegas."

Kennedy planned on using the tournament as a springboard to the world juniors?

A collection of some of the best amatuer wrestlers on the planet.

He said a cancellation of the tourney won't affect his goal of becoming an olympian.

"it hurts but it's just a junior world championship, it won't affect my senior run.

It doesn't really affect me too much i just have to get back in the room and keep getting better."

The former komet is trading in his blue and black for black and gold.

He's training for his freshman season with the hawkeyes but there's still a lot of uncertainty that goes along with covid.

"i don't know if the college season will even happen this year.

I'm more just working on getting stronger in the weight room and getting my wrestling fundamentals better."

Kennedy misses the mat, and is preparing the way he would, pandemic or not.

"competition wise yeah i am but i'm still getting in my reps in the wrestling room so it's keeping me on edge."

Zach gilleland, kimt news three./// as of right now, the ???a has not made a decision on whether to cancel