CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club captured the inaugural RTC Cup team title, defeating the combined squad of Southeast RTC and New Jersey RTC, four matches to two, in the championship final on Saturday night (Dec. 5) at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Mason Parris clinched the dual win in the final bout, rolling [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club/Michigan RTC will host three-time world medalist Bajrang Punia of India for a month-long training camp in December, the club announced Sunday (Nov. 29). Already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after his bronze-medal world finish in 2019, Bajrang is currently ranked No. 2 in the world at 65kg. [...]
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club boasted three freestyle champions at USA Wrestling's Junior and U23 National Championships, as Michigan freshman Dylan Ragusin claimed the junior title at 57kg/125 pounds and junior/sophomore Will Lewan and Youssif Hemida won U23 titles 70kg/154 pounds and 125kg/275 pounds, respectively, on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 15) at CHI Health [...]
CORALVILLE, Iowa -- University of Michigan sixth-year senior Logan Massa and junior Mason Parris captured freestyle titles at 74kg/163 pounds and 125kg/275 pounds, respectively, at USA Wrestling's 2020 Senior National Championships on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 11) at Xtream Arena. Massa repeated as 74kg champion -- he also claimed the U.S. title in December during his Olympic [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Six Cliff Keen Wrestling Club wrestlers are slated to compete in the freestyle event hosted by the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club this Saturday (Sept. 19) in State College, Pennsylvania. It will be the first competitive action for all CKWC participants in six months and will mark Alex Dieringer's CKWC debut after joining [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club and head coach Sergei Beloglazov have agreed to a contract extension in conjunction with the postponement of the Tokyo Games and the start of a new Olympic cycle, the club announced on Wednesday (May 6). Over the last two years, since his arrival in Ann Arbor, Beloglazov [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added three-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer to its senior-level freestyle roster, the club announced on Tuesday (April 21). Dieringer, the 2016 Hodge Trophy winner, has been on the U.S. National Team each of the last four years and will compete internationally in the 86kg/189-pound freestyle weight [...]
HAVANA, Cuba -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo captured the 70kg/154-pound gold medal -- the first medal of his senior-level career -- at the Cerro Pelado International on Sunday (Feb. 16) at the Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva. Pantaleo, a 2019 U.S. U23 world team member, posted a perfect 5-0 record and defeated fellow [...]
ROME, Italy -- Fifth-year senior Myles Amine and graduate student Stevan Micic of the University of Michigan wrestling team claimed silver and bronze, respectively, the European Championships this weekend (Feb. 14-16) at the PalaPellicone arena. The event served as the second UWW Ranking Series event and moved both Wolverines into the top four in the world [...]
ROME, Italy -- University of Michigan graduate student Stevan Micic highlighted the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's performance at the Matteo Pellicone with a bronze-medal finish at 57kg/125 pounds on Saturday (Jan. 18) at the PalaPellicone arena. The event served as the first UWW Ranking Series event. Micic defeated Ukraine's Andrii Yatsenko, 5-2, in his bronze-medal match, [...]