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Late Takedown Propels Amine to Olympic Bronze

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 [...]

2021-08-05T15:36:54-04:00August 5th, 2021|

Cliff Keen WC’s Tokyo 2020 Preview

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 [...]

2021-08-03T10:10:11-04:00August 3rd, 2021|

Amine Captures Third Straight European Medal with 86kg Bronze

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 [...]

2021-04-21T15:57:08-04:00April 21st, 2021|

Coon Claims 130kg Greco Title at U.S. Olympic Trials

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 [...]

2021-04-04T08:57:35-04:00April 4th, 2021|

Cliff Keen WC Captures Inaugural RTC Cup Crown

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 [...]

2020-12-06T11:25:51-05:00December 6th, 2020|

Cliff Keen WC to Host India’s Bajrang Punia for Month-Long Training Camp

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. [...]

2020-11-29T17:54:36-05:00November 29th, 2020|

Cliff Keen WC Crowns Three Champs at U.S. Junior/U23 Nationals

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 [...]

2020-11-15T17:16:28-05:00November 15th, 2020|

Massa, Parris Capture U.S. Senior National Freestyle Titles

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 [...]

2020-10-27T12:09:09-04:00October 27th, 2020|

Cliff Keen WC Returns to Competition with NLWC Freestyle Event

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 [...]

2020-09-17T21:34:25-04:00September 17th, 2020|

CKWC Head Coach Beloglazov Signs Contract Extension

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 [...]

2020-05-06T21:23:11-04:00May 6th, 2020|
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