Brad Vering, a former Northern Iowa assistant wrestling coach, won a silver medal at 185 pounds in Greco-Roman competition at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.

In the final round, Vering lost a 4-0, 4-0 match to Aleksey Mishin of Russia, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics.

Monday, former Iowa State wrestler Harry Lester earned a Greco-Roman bronze medal at 145.5 pounds.

Today, Mike Zadick of Solon wrestles at 132 pounds in freestyle. Zadick was second in the world last year.

Thursday, Iowa assistant coach Doug Schwab wrestles at 145.5, Iowa State national champion Joe Heskett competes at 163 and Iowa national champion Joe Williams wrestles at 185.

Sara McMann competes on Sunday.