2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational - Here's Who Won
2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational - Here's Who Won
See the results for the 30-team 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, held Dec. 5-6 at the Westgate Hotel Paradise Event Center in Las Vegas.

The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational once again brought a plethora of talent to the Entertainment Capital of the World, and the 30 teams from across the country did not disappoint.
This year’s event was the 43rd edition and took place at the Westgate Hotel Paradise Event Center on Friday and Saturday.
The entire competition was broadcast live to wrestling fans in the United States on FloWrestling and the FloSports app, and the replays will remain there so fans can revisit their favorite moments or watch anything they missed.
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There’s no doubt the annual Cliff Keen Invitational is the premier collection of collegiate talent outside of the season-ending NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Among the participants were a handful of teams ranked in the top 10 of the latest FloWrestling 2025-2026 NCAA DI Wrestling Rankings, released Dec. 1, more that landed among the top 50 and many ranked individuals in every weight class.
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Scroll down to see all of the results from this year’s event at the Westgate Hotel Paradise Event Center.
2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Results
All results from the 2025 CKLV Invitational on Dec. 5-6:
Finals
- 125 – Strickenberger, West Virginia, def. Renteria, Oregon State (DEC 8-6)
- 133 – Frost, Iowa State def. Larkin, Arizona State (MFFL 0-0)
- 141 – Echemendia, Iowa State def. Griffin, Rider (DEC 6-2)
- 149 – Joy, Cornell def. Rivera, Princeton (FALL 2:18)
- 157 – Watters, West Virginia def. Zerban, Iowa State (MFFL 0-0)
- 165 – Blaze, Purdue def. Ruiz, Arizona State (DEC 4-2)
- 174 – Schubert, Oklahoma def. Wask, Navy (DEC 5-4)
- 184 – Conway, Franklin & Marshall def. Mantanona, Michigan (DEC 5-0)
- 197 – Elam, Iowa State def. Novak, Wyoming (DEC 7-3)
- 285 – Bastida, Iowa State def. Carroll, Wyoming (DEC 5-3)
Semifinals
- 125 – Maximo Renteria, Oregon State DEC Nico Provo, Stanford 7-6
- 125 – Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia DEC Stevo Poulin, Iowa State 7-4 SV
- 133 – Evan Frost, Iowa State DEC Luke Willochell, Wyoming 13-7
- 133 – Kyler Larkin, Arizona State DEC Dillon Campbell, Virginia Tech 9-8
- 141 – Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State MD Jack Consiglio, Stanford 12-2
- 141 – Elijah Griffin, Rider DEC Nash Singleton, Oregon State 8-2
- 149 – Jaxon Joy, Cornell TF Kaleb Larkin, Arizona State 15-0 2:53
- 149 – Eligh Rivera, Princeton DEC Jacob Frost, Iowa State 11-4
- 157 – Vinny Zerban, Iowa State DEC Daniel Cardenas, Stanford 7-5
- 157 – Ty Watters, West Virginia F Stoney Buell, Purdue 6-1 2:38
- 165 – Nicco Ruiz, Arizona State MD Marcus Espinoza-Owens, South Dakota State 13-3
- 165 – Joey Blaze, Purdue DEC Ty Whalen, Princeton 4-2
- 174 – Carter Schubert, Oklahoma DEC Moses Espinoza-Owens, South Dakota State 2-1
- 174 – Danny Wask, Navy DEC Brody Conley, West Virginia 4-1
- 184 – James Conway, Franklin & Marshall DEC Isaac Dean, Iowa State 9-5
- 184 – Brock Mantanona, Michigan MD Brian Soldano, Oklahoma 18-5
- 197 – Rocky Elam, Iowa State DEC Justin Rademacher, Oregon State 4-3
- 197 – Joey Novak, Wyoming DEC Rune Lawrence, West Virginia 6-2
- 285 – Christian Carroll, Wyoming DEC Spencer Lanosga, Navy 8-5 SV
- 285 – Yonger Bastida, Iowa State TF Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly 23-4 4:38
To see the complete results from the 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, beginning with Friday's Round of 32, click here.
Final Team Standings
- 1. Iowa State – 183.5
- 2. Michigan – 99
- 3. Stanford – 97.5
- 4. West Virginia – 97
- 5. Arizona State – 92
- 6. Oklahoma – 80.5
- 7. Wyoming – 70.5
- 8. South Dakota State – 61.5
- 9. Cal Poly – 56.5
- T10. Oregon State – 56
- T10. Purdue – 56
- 12. Cornell – 50
- 13. Northwestern – 49.5
- 14. Columbia – 48
- 15. Princeton – 38
- 16. Navy – 36.5
- 17. Virginia Tech – 35.5
- 18. Utah Valley – 31.5
- 19. Franklin & Marshall – 28.5
- T20. Ohio – 28
- T20. Rider – 28
- 22. Northern Illinois – 26
- 23. Air Force – 21
- 24. Harvard – 14
- 25. Cal State Bakersfield – 9.5
- 26. California Baptist – 9
- 27. Appalachian State – 7
- 28. Edinboro – 4.5
- 29. Virginia Military Institute – 3.5
- 30. Sacred Heart – 3
How To Watch The Replay Of The 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
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What Teams Competed At The 2025 Cliff Keen Invitational?
The 2025 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational featured 30 teams from across the collegiate wrestling landscape. All regions of the United States were represented, from the West Coast to the Northeast.
Here are the schools that made the trip to the Westgate Hotel Paradise Event Center in Las Vegas for the 43rd edition of the event:
- Air Force
- Appalachian State
- Arizona State
- California Baptist
- Cal Poly
- CSU Bakersfield
- Columbia
- Cornell
- Edinboro
- Franklin & Marshall
- Harvard
- Iowa State
- Michigan
- Navy
- Northern Illinois
- Northwestern
- Ohio University
- Oklahoma
- Oregon State
- Princeton
- Purdue
- Rider
- Sacred Heart
- South Dakota State
- Stanford
- Utah Valley
- VMI
- Virginia Tech
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Results From The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Since 2010
Team Champions At The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Since 2010
- 2024: Oklahoma State
- 2023: Iowa State
- 2022: Nebraska
- 2021: Nebraska
- 2019: Nebraska
- 2018: Ohio State
- 2017: Ohio State
- 2016: Ohio State
- 2015: Missouri
- 2014: Minnesota
- 2013: Oklahoma
- 2012: Ohio State
- 2011: Ohio State
- 2010: Cornell
2025-2026 FloWrestling NCAA DI Wrestling Rankings
As of Dec. 1, 2025
- Penn State – 119 points (Previous: 1)
- Ohio State – 98.5 points (Previous: 3)
- Iowa – 92.5 points (Previous: 2)
- Iowa State – 89.5 points (Previous: 4)
- OK State – 66 points (Previous: 5)
- NC State – 62.5 points (Previous: 6)
- Nebraska – 60 points (Previous: 7)
- Illinois – 37 points (Previous: 11)
- Stanford – 35.5 points (Previous: 9)
- Michigan – 33.5 points (Previous: 10)
- Minnesota – 26.5 points (Previous: 11)
- SD State – 26.5 points (Previous: 25)
- Missouri – 25 points (Previous: 13)
- Little Rock – 23.5 points (Previous: 14)
- Penn – 23.5 points (Previous: 16)
- West Virginia – 23.5 points (Previous: 15)
- Lehigh – 22 points (Previous: 8)
- Virginia Tech – 21 points (Previous: 17)
- Rutgers – 19 points (Previous: 20)
- Cornell – 18.5 points (Previous: 22)
- Arizona State – 18 points (Previous: 18)
- Oklahoma – 16.5 points (Previous: 19)
- Purdue – 15 points (Previous: 23)
- Pittsburgh – 14 points (Previous: 24)
- Wisconsin – 14 points (Previous: 20)
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