STILLWATER, Okla. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's J'den Cox won the best-of-three championship series at 92kg to claim the spot on the U.S. Senior Freestyle World Team at the first of USA Wrestling's two Final X events on Friday night (June 3) at Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena. Cox claimed the first and third matches to [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo captured the 70kg title at the U.S. Open on Saturday evening (April 30) at the South Point Arena. It is Pantaleo's first 2021 senior national championship. Pantaleo earned a 3-2 win over Jordan Oliver in the championship final, taking the initial lead on a first-period [...]
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Myles Amine captured the 86kg/189-pound gold medal at the European Championships on Wednesday (March 30) at the BOK Sports Hall. It was Amine's first international gold and his fourth straight European medal. He is also the first wrestler from San Marino to win a European title Amine, who [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added two-time world champion J'Den Cox to its senior-level freestyle roster, the club announced on Monday (Jan. 10). Cox has claimed five total Olympic and world medals since 2016. "Everyone looks forward to J'Den's full-time arrival to Ann Arbor," said Michigan head coach Sean Bormet. "His [...]
The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo, Alex Dieringer and Mason Parris will compete at the 2021 U.S. World Team Trials this weekend (Sat-Sun., Sept. 11-12) at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Action starts at 10 a.m. CDT each day, while the best-of-three finals are slated for 2 p.m. CDT on Sunday. The World Team [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added former Oklahoma State heavyweight standout Derek White to its senior-level freestyle roster, the club announced on Friday (Aug. 13). "Derek will be a great addition to our CKWC roster," said Michigan head coach Sean Bormet. "We are very proud of our recent heavyweight success, both [...]
CHIBA, Japan -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Myles Amine, a current University of Michigan graduate student, scored the winning takedown with just 10 seconds remaining to rally past India's Deepak Punia, 4-2, and capture Olympic bronze at 86kg/189 pounds on Thursday (Aug. 5) at Makuhari Messe Hall. Amine is the second Olympic medalist in U-M [...]
The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Stevan Micic and Myles Amine will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this week at the the Makuhari Messe convention center. Micic, the No. 1 seed at 57kg, and Amine, the No. 3 seed at 86kg, have the same competition schedule, opening up with the round of 16 and quarterfinal at [...]
WARSAW, Poland -- University of Michigan graduate student Myles Amine captured a bronze medal at 86kg/189 pounds at the European Championships on Wednesday (April 21) at the Arena COS Torwar. Amine, who wrestles for San Marino internationally, defeated Slovakia's Boris Makoev, 6-4, in the medal match. He scored first and last in the bout, finishing on [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Adam Coon swept the best-of-three championship series to capture the 130kg/286-pound Greco-Roman title at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Saturday night (April 3) at Dickies Arena. Coon, who claimed the 130kg Greco spot for the third straight year and was a 2018 world silver medalist, still [...]