Wrestling Competes at 37th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

Friday, November 30

Las Vegas, NV

All Day

Brown University

Cliff Keen Invitational

Wrestling Competes at 37th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

11/30/2018 10:06:00 PM | Wrestling

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Junior Trey Keeley earned two wins, and four other Bears gained one win apiece as Brown University wrestling competed at the 37^th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

At an event that featured 13 of the top 25 and five of the top 10 teams in the nation, the Bears totaled six wins on the day, including one technical fall and two major decisions.

"The Cliff Keen Invitational is an event that features some of the nation's top teams and wrestlers every year," Brown head coach Todd Beckerman said. "This was a good chance for us to test ourselves against high-level competition early in the season. We'll learn from today and use these lessons to prepare ourselves for two more challenging tournaments before getting into our dual season."

At 125 pounds, Keeley (Washington, Ill.) tallied victories over Oklahoma's Christian Moody and No. 11 seeded Cole Verner of Wyoming in consolation action. Keeley remained in competition with his 15-9 win over Verner before dropping a decision to Clarion's Tyshawn White.

Junior Zach Krause (Plainfield, Ill.) registered a 15-0 technical fall win over Ethan Wendell of Highline in the round of 32 at 149 pounds.

Seniors Christian LaBrie (Exeter, R.I.) and Jon Viruet (Springfield, Mass.) each posted a major decision victory. LaBrie topped American's Kizhan Clarke, 10-1, in the consolation at 157 pounds, and Viruet beat Navy's Tanner Skidgel, 14-0, in the round of 32 at 165 pounds.

Freshman Colin Realbuto (Somers, N.Y.) added a 7-4 win over Harvard's Tyler Tarsi in consolation competition at 141 pounds.

At the conclusion of its competition on the day, Brown stood in 34^th place out of 43 schools in the team standings. Among EIWA foes, the Bears ranked ahead of Binghamton (37^th) and just behind American (32^nd) and Harvard (33^rd).

Next, Brown competes at the Midlands Championships in Hoffman Estates, Ill., from Dec. 29-30.

Brown Results

125 Pounds
Trey Keeley (2-2)
Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) def. Keeley in Round of 32, Dec. 2-0
Keeley def. Christian Moody (Oklahoma) in Consolation, Medical Forfeit
Keeley def. (11) Cole Verner (Wyoming) in Consolation, Dec. 15-9
Tyshawn White (Clarion) def. Keeley in Consolation, Dec. 13-7

133 Pounds
Hunter Kosco (0-2)
(4) John Erneste (Missouri) def. Kosco in Round of 32, Fall 1:49
Brian Courtney (Virginia) def. Kosco in Consolation, Dec. 4-3

141 Pounds
Colin Realbuto (1-2)
(3) Michael Carr (Illinois) def. Realbuto in Round of 32, Dec. 8-3
Realbuto def. Tyler Tarsi (Harvard) in Consolation, Dec. 7-4
(9) Nate Limmex (Purdue) def. Realbuto in Consolation, MD 12-2

149 Pounds
Zach Krause (1-2)
Krause def. Ethan Wendell (Highline) in Round of 32, TF 15-0
(3) Grant Leeth (Missouri) def. Krause in Round of 16, Dec. 9-5
Daxton Gordon (Cal Baptist) def. Krause in Consolation, Injury Default

157 Pounds
Christian LaBrie (1-2)
Eric Barone (Illinois) def. LaBrie in Round of 32, Fall 8:00 SV
Labrie def. Kizhan Clarke (American) in Consolation, MD 10-1
Dom Mandarino (Stanford) def. LaBrie in Consolation, Dec. 4-2

165 Pounds
No. 17 Ranked, No. 10 Seeded Jon Viruet (1-2)
Viruet def. Tanner Skidgel (Navy) in Round of 32, MD 14-0
(7) Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) def. Viruet in Round of 16, Dec. 6-4
Joshua McClure (North Carolina) def. Viruet in Consolation, Dec. 5-4

174 Pounds
Bryce Rogers (0-2)
(1) Myles Amine (Michigan) def. Rogers in Round of 32, MD 11-3
Robert Patrick (Virginia) def. Rogers in Consolation, Dec. 6-1

184 Pounds
No. 16 Ranked, No. 8 Seeded CJ LaFragola (0-2)
Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State) def. LaFragola in Round of 32, Dec. 3-1 SV
Will Schany (Virginia) def. LaFragola in Consolation, Dec. 9-2

285 Pounds
Ian Butterbrodt (0-2)
(8) AJ Nevills (Fresno State) def. Butterbrodt in Round of 32, Dec. 8-1
(9) Zach Elam (Missouri) def. Butterbrodt in Consolation, Dec. 3-1