Kanen Storr Finishes Eighth In Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Iowa State's Kanen Storr brought home eighth-place at 141 pounds at the 2017 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Storr battled with the nation's best as his bracket featured 12 wrestlers ranked in the top-20.

The eighth-seeded Storr reached to CKLV podium with a 5-3 decision over Purdue's Nate Limmex. Late in the third, Storr trailed the Boilermaker 3-2. With eight seconds remaining in the third period, Storr connected on a shot to take a take a 4-3 lead. Limmex was hit with a third caution call, giving Storr one point to solidify the victory.

He would go on to drop a 4-2 decision to Pitt's Nick Zanetta, sending him to the seventh-place match. For seventh, Storr fell to Minnesota's No. 3 Thomas Thorn by pin in 3:43.

Redshirt freshman Jarrett Degen and redshirt junior Marcus Harrington also advanced to day two, but were eliminated in the round of 12.

Next Up
Iowa State returns home next weekend to take on Wyoming in their Big 12-opener. The Cyclones and Cowboys will take the mat on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The dual will be on Cyclones.TV.

Match-by-Match Day Two
141: No. 8 Kanen Storr dec. Nate Limmex (Purdue), 5-3.
Nick Zanetta (Pitt) dec. No. 8 Kanen Storr, 4-2.
No. 3 Thomas Thorn (Minnesota) fall No. 8 Kanen Storr, 3:43.

149: Michael Sprague (American) dec. No. 10 Jarrett Degen, 5-4.

285: Shawn Streck (Purdue) fall Marcus Harrington, 3:43.

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