COLORADO SPRING, Colo. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Adam Coon and Mason Parris captured the heavyweight titles at Greco-Roman and freestyle, respectively, at USA Wrestling's World Team Trials Challenge Tournament over the weekend (Sat-Sun., May 20-21). With their WTT titles, Coon and Parris both qualify for Final X, slated for Saturday, June 10, in Newark, [...]
ZAGREB, Croatia -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Myles Amine captured the 86kg/189-pound silver medal at the 2023 European Championships on Wednesday (April 19) at Arena Zagreb. It was Amine's fourth straight medal at the European Championships and fifth Euro medal since 2020. Amine fell to Greece's Dauren Kurugliev, 3-1, in the championship final. He earned [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added NCAA champion and four-time All-American Nathan Tomasello to its senior-level freestyle roster, the club announced on Wednesday (Feb. 1). Tomasello, who most recently took second place at the 2021 U.S. World Team Trials, will compete internationally at 61kg this season. "I have always had tremendous [...]
Zagreb, Croatia -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo captured the 70kg gold medal -- his second gold in less than two weeks -- at the Zagreb Open on Wednesday (Feb. 1) at the Dom Sportova arena. It was the first UWW Ranking Series event of the 2023 season. Pantaleo, who also claimed gold at [...]
NICE, France -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo kicked off 2023 with a dominant performance and 70kg gold medal at the annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix on Saturday (Jan. 21) at the Salle Leyrit arena. Pantaleo posted a 3-0 record, outscoring his opposition 32-1, including a 12-1 win over Georgia's Giorgi Tcholadze in the [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club announced Wednesday (Jan. 11) the return of world silver medalist and three-time Michigan All-American Adam Coon to the club's roster. Longtime USA Wrestling Greco-Roman coach Momir Petkovic, himself an Olympic champion and four-time world medalist, has joined the CKWC coaching staff and will personally coach Coon at [...]
CORALVILLE, Iowa -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo and Nick Suriano helped the United States capture the men's freestyle title at the 2022 Wrestling World Cup, held Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 10-11) at XStream Arena. Team USA defeated Iran, 6-4, the final dual on Sunday evening. Pantaleo earned a pair of wins at 70kg, [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Olympic gold medalist and longtime USA Wrestling Greco-Roman national coach Steve Fraser will join the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club staff as the Chief of Donor and Alumni Relations, the club announced on Monday (Oct. 17) after sharing privately at its annual football tailgate over the weekend. Fraser held the same position with [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club announced today (Wednesday, Sept. 28) the addition of two-time NCAA champion Nick Suriano to its senior-level freestyle roster. Suriano, who captured the 125-pound NCAA title last March in Detroit, will compete in the 57kg freestyle weight class "We are thrilled Nick has chosen to continue to make [...]
BELGRADE, Serbia -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's J'den Cox and University of Michigan graduate Stevan Micic captured medals at the 2022 UWW World Wrestling Championships on Saturday (Sept. 17) at Stark Arena. Cox claimed silver at 92kg for his sixth world/Olympic medal, while Micic, who wrestles internationally for Serbia, claimed bronze at 57kg for the [...]