NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan -- Graduate student Stevan Micic and fifth-year senior Myles Amine of the University of Michigan wrestling team placed fifth at 57kg/125 pounds and 86kg/189 pounds, respectively, at the 2019 UWW Senior World Championships, which ended today (Sunday, Sept. 22) at Barys Arena. By virtue of their top-six world finishes, both Wolverines qualified for [...]
2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sat-Sun., Sept. 14-22 Barys Arena • Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan • Live Video/Results | Tournament Site | USA Wrestling | Flowrestling | Cliff Keen WC Twitter The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club will have six representatives vying for gold at the 2019 UWW Senior World Championships over the next week (Sat-Sun., Sept. 14-22) at Bays Arena [...]
TALLINN, Estonia -- University of Michigan sophomore Mason Parris used his signature fireman's carry and finished it with a first-period fall to defeat Iran's Amir Hossein Abbas Zare in the gold-medal final at 125kg/275 pounds at the Junior World Championships on Wednesday (Aug. 14) at the Tondiraba Ice Hall. Parris posted a perfect 4-0 record in [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club has added former Maryland heavyweight standout Youssif Hemida to its 2019-20 senior-level freestyle roster, the club announced on Monday (Aug. 5). Hemida, a two-time NCAA All-American (2018, '19), will compete internationally in the 125kg/275-pound freestyle weight class. "We look forward to Youssif joining our team and bringing [...]
MINSK, Belarus -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Stevan Micic and Myles Amine captured silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2019 European Games on Wednesday (June 26) at the Sport Palace. Micic represents Serbia internationally, while Amine wrestles for San Marino. Both are three-time NCAA All-Americans and team captains at Michigan. Micic fell to Azerbaijan's [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Adam Coon qualified for his second straight U.S. Greco-Roman World Team at 130kg/286 pounds, sweeping the best-of-three final against Cohlton Schultz, 8-0 and 5-1, at Final X on Saturday evening (June 15) at Nebraska's Bob Devaney Sports Center. After cruising in the first match, Coon had to rally [...]
AKRON, Ohio -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Alec Pantaleo earned Outstanding Wrestler honors in recognition of his dominant run en route to the 70kg/154-pound freestyle title at the USA Wrestling U23 World Team Trials on Sunday (June 2) at the Louis and Freda Stile Athletic Field House. Pantaleo posted a perfect 7-0 record and outscored [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. -- University of Michigan rising sophomore Mason Parris rallied in the championship series, winning the final two bouts, to secure the 125kg/275-pound freestyle title at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Junior World Team Trials last weekend (May 17-18) at Reynolds Coliseum. With the win, Parris secured a spot on the U.S. junior world team [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Adam Coon captured his second straight 125kg/275-pound freestyle title at the 2019 Marine Corps U.S. Open on Saturday (April 28) at the South Point Arena. Coon headlined a contingent of five CKWC senior-level placewinners. With his victory, Coon earned an automatic berth in the 125kg final of [...]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club's Adam Coon pinned his way to the 130kg/286-pound Greco-Roman gold medal at the 2019 Pan-American Championships on Thursday evening (April 18) at the CeNARD Sports Complex. It was Coon's first competition since capturing a Greco world silver medal in October. Coon went 3-0 on the day with [...]