Six Cyclones Finish on Podium at CKLV

LAS VEGAS – Six Cyclones finished on the podium at the Cliff Keen Invitational this weekend inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Iowa State placed fifth as a team with 89.5 points.

The Cyclones finished behind Virginia Tech (90), Ohio State (110.5), Nebraska (115) and champion Oklahoma State (192).

Evan Frost led the way for ISU with a runner-up finish at 133 pounds. He carved through his bracket before falling to Cal Poly's Zeth Romney, 7-3, in the finals.

It marked Frost's second runner-up finish at the CKLV in as many years.

At 149 pounds, Anthony Echemendia placed fourth with a 4-2 record in the tournament.

Jacob Frost (141, 5^th), Paniro Johnson (157, 7^th), Evan Bockman (184, 6^th) and Christian Carroll (197, 8^th) also earned podium finishes.

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Iowa State is back in action Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. against North Dakota State at Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa.

Iowa State Results
No. 9 Adrian Meza (125) - DNP
R32 – W-D vs. Ryan Meek (Ohio), 8-4
R16 – L-D vs. No. 8 Maximo Renteria (ORST), 8-2
C16 #2 – W-D vs. Koda Holeman (CALP), 8-5
C8 #1 – W-MD vs. Carson Wagner (BING), 11-2
C8 #2 – LBF vs. No. 6 Brendan McCrone (OHST), 1:49

No. 2 Evan Frost (133) – Runner-Up
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-D, vs. Stockton Obrien (WYO), 16-10
QF – WBF vs. No. 7 Julian Chlebove (ASU), 6:59
SF – W-D vs. No. 3 Tyler Knox (STAN), 3-1
F- L-D vs. No. 5 Zeth Romney (CALP), 7-3

Jacob Frost (141) – 5^th Place
R32 – W-D vs. Elijah Griffin (CBU), 8-4
R16 – L-TF vs. No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OHST), 19-4 (4:27)
C16 #2 – W-MD vs. Riley Edwards (APP), 16-3
C8 #1 – W-D, vs. No. 10 Kai Owen (COL), 10-6
C8 #2 – W-D vs. Jameson Garcia (HARV), 8-3
C4 – W-MFF vs. No. 3 Cael Happel (UNI)
Consis Semi – L-D vs. Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY), 8-7
5^th-Place Match – W-MFF vs. Sam Latona (VT)

No. 3 Anthony Echemendia (149) – 4^th Place
R32 – W-D vs. Kaden Keiser (APP), 11-4
R16 – W-D vs. Cameron Catabone (MICH), 4-2
QF – W-MD vs. No. 6 Jesse Vasquez (ASU), 8-0
SF – L-D vs. No. 2 Ridge Lovett (NEB), 9-6
Consis Semi – W-D vs. No. 8 Carter Young (OKST), 4-2
3^rd-Place Match – L-F vs. No. 4 Jaden Abas (STAN), 1:42

No. 5 Paniro Johnson (157) – 7^th Place
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-D vs. No. 12 Rafael Hipolito (VT), 5-2 SV-1
QF – L-D vs. No. 4 Paddy Gallagher (OHST), 2-1 TB-1
C8 #2 – W- D, vs. Grigor Cholakyan (STAN), 2-2 TB-1 RT
C4 – L-MD vs. No. 11 Caleb Fish (OKST), 11-0
7^th-Place Match – W- MFF vs. No. 12 Rafael Hipolito (VT)

No. 5 MJ Gaitan (165) - DNP
R32 – WBF vs. Tyler Sagi (Navy), 1:59
R16 – W-D vs. Cesar Alvan (COL), 5-4
QF – LBF vs. No. 4 Hunter Garvin (STAN), 2:56
C8 #2 – L-MFF vs. Kyle Mosher (HOF)

Aiden Riggins (174) - DNP
R32 – W-MD vs. No. 10 Adam Kemp (CALP), 11-3
R16 – L-MD vs. Brevin Cassella (BING), 11-0
C16 #2 – L-D vs. Joseph Martin (NW), 11-6

No. 5 Evan Bockman (184) – 6^th Place
R32 – W-MD vs. Timothy McDonnell (ORST), 16-4
R16 – W-TF vs. Gerrit Nijenhuis (CSUB), 19-4 (6:22)
QF – W-D vs. Nathan Haas (CBU), 8-1
SF – L-MD vs. No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI), 11-1
Consis Semi – L-MFF vs. No. 3 Bennett Berge (SDSU)

No. 8 Christian Carroll (197) – 8^th Place
R32 – WBF vs. Andrew Macchiavello (NCST), 4:34
R16 – W-D vs. No. 9 Wyatt Voelker (UNI), 10-6
QF – L-TF vs. No. 1 Jacob Cardenas (MICH), 16-1 (2:26)
C8 #2 – W-MD vs. Ben Vanadia (PUR), 15-6
C4 – L-D vs. No. 5 Luke Surber (OKST), 2-0
7^th-Place Match – L-D vs. No. 9 Wyatt Voelker (UNI), 6-1

Daniel Herrera (285) - DNP
R32 – W-TF, Jackson Mankowski (STAN), 20-4 (6:31)
R16 – L-TF vs. No. 1 Wyatt Hendrickson (OKST), 16-0 (4:17)
C16 #2 – WBF vs. Danny Church (HOF), 3:18
C8 #1 – WBF vs. No. 9 Jordan Greer (OHIO), 6:36
C8 #2 – L-MD vs. No. 6 Jimmy Mullen (VT), 10-1

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Players Mentioned

Evan Bockman

Christian Carroll

Anthony Echemendia

Evan Frost

Jacob Frost

MJ Gaitan

Daniel Herrera

Paniro Johnson

Adrian Meza

Aiden Riggins

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