NEWARK, N.J. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Real Woods swept Joey McKenna in the 65kg best-of-three-series at Final X on Saturday evening (June 14) at the Prudential Center to earn his spot on the 2025 U.S. senior freestyle world team. Woods earned wins of 7-3 and 5-4 in the championship series. He rallied late in [...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Real Woods claimed the 65kg title at the U.S. Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on Saturday (May 17) at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Woods will now face Joey McKenna in the best-of-three series at Final X, slated for Saturday, June 14, at the Prudential Center [...]
MONTERREY, Mexico -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Austin Gomez captured the 70kg freestyle title at the 2025 Pan American Championships on Sunday (May 11) at the Gimnasio Nuevo León Unido. Gomez spent just 2:11 on the mat in posting a 3-0 record with three consecutive first-period tech falls. He defeated former Iowa State teammate Ian [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added Wolverine alum Jacob Cardenas to its freestyle roster, the club announced on Tuesday (May 6). Cardenas is a three-time NCAA All-American and three-time U23 world medalist. "Jacob has been a terrific addition to our room over the last year," said CKWC head coach Alex Dieringer. [...]
TIRANA, Albania -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Real Woods and Will Lewan captured bronze medals and 65kg and 70kg, respectively, at the Muhament Malo tournament on Wednesday (Feb. 26) at the Feti Borova Venue. Woods posted a 4-1 record en route to his second senior-level medal in his CKWC competitive debut. He earned a 9-1 [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alex Dieringer will transition to the club's coaching staff, the CKWC announced on Wednesday (Oct. 9). Dieringer, a Hodge Trophy winner and three-time NCAA champion, officially retired from competition at the U.S. World Team Trials last month. He has been a part of the CKWC since 2020. [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club announced Thursday (Aug. 29) the addition of Real Woods to its freestyle roster. Woods, a four-time All-American and three-time conference champion at 141 pounds, will compete internationally at 65kg/143 pounds. "I'm excited to have Real join us in Ann Arbor," said Michigan head coach Sean Bormet. "I [...]
One of the Olympics' oldest sports, wrestling has been featured at every edition of the Summer Games except for 1900 -- which also took place in Paris. Wrestlers will take to the mat from Mon-Sun., Aug. 5-11 as part of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze across 18 total competitions, [...]
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Mason Parris captured the 125kg freestyle title at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial, the UWW's second Ranking Series event, held June 6-9 at BOK Sport Hall. It was Parris' second straight gold medal at the Budapest Ranking Series. Parris went 3-0 in a field that featured [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added Wolverine alum Will Lewan to its freestyle roster, the club announced on Thursday (May 16). A three-time All-American at Michigan, Lewan is also a Cadet world champion and has captured multiple age-level national titles in freestyle. "We are excited to keep Will at Michigan and [...]