Marion Native Super-Wrestler Matt McDonough is Entering US Olympic Team Trials

Matt McDonough told the University of Iowa News Service that that he's dreamt of being an Olympic athlete all his life.

The Marion native and UI junior is one step closer, as he just entered the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for wrestling.

"When you're young and you have those dreams, they slowly become more reality and with each step I take," he said in a news release. "I am on a mission to do this, and I have to do whatever it takes to get there."

All of this comes after the wrestler placed first in a NCAA title tournament last March, which is also his second NCAA title victory, the first of which he won when he was a freshman. If you feel like faulting him for not taking the NCAA crown last year, I'm here to remind you he was 2011's runner up.

The impressive numbers don't stop there.

That victory in March was coincidentally his 100th career victory. That made his record 100 - four. Yes, he's lost four times in his career. He's also the sixth wrestler from the UI to place in the NCAA finals three times.

The graduate is clearly doing well for himself. If you feel like supporting him, or you feel like watching world class wrestlers compete, you can check out the 2012 US Olympic Trials in wrestling when it comes to Iowa City this Saturday and Sunday at the Carver Hawkeye Arena.