Two UI wrestlers suspended over campus rabbit hunt | Crime

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Two University of Iowa wrestlers have been suspended from the team after they were arrested for illegally hunting rabbits on the University’s campus.Athletic director Gary Barta has confirmed that freshmen Alex Meyer and Connor Ryan were arrested Tuesday, November 20 by campus police. Barta says they used BB guns and air rifles during the hunt.

Both freshmen were suspended indefinitely and will face disciplinary action through the university. Connor Ryan is a Bettendorf native who graduated from Bettendorf High School in 2012.

Neither has wrestled in a match so far this season for Iowa, according to reports.