Six Cyclones Advance to Quarterfinals at CKLV

LAS VEGAS – Iowa State advanced six into the quarterfinals, and nine Cyclones remain alive in competition, after Session I of the Cliff Keen Invitational Friday.

The Cyclones sit in third place in the team race with 31.5, trailing Nebraska (35.5) and Oklahoma State (37).

Continuing a trend from last season, the Cyclones chased bonus points every chance they could. Iowa State registered 12 bonus points in the first session with three falls, two tech falls and three major decisions.

Iowa State went 8-0 in the Round of 32 to open the tournament. In the Round of 16, Evan Frost (133), Anthony Echemendia (149), Paniro Johnson (157), MJ Gaitan (165), Evan Bockman (184) and Christian Carroll (197) won their matches to advance into the quarterfinals.

Adrian Meza (125), Jacob Frost (141) and Daniel Herrera (285) are still alive on the consolation side of their brackets.

Quarterfinals and consolation rounds begin at 8 p.m. (CT) on FloWrestling.

Iowa State Results
No. 9 Adrian Meza (125)
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 – vs. Carson Wagner (BING)

No. 2 Evan Frost (133)
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-D, vs. Stockton Obrien (WYO), 16-10
QF – vs. No. 7 Julian Chlebove (ASU)

Jacob Frost (141)
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 – vs. No. 10 Kai Owen (COL)

No. 3 Anthony Echemendia (149)
R32 – W-D vs. Kaden Keiser (APP), 11-4
R16 – W-D vs. Cameron Catabone (MICH), 4-2
QF – vs. No. 6 Jesse Vasquez (ASU)

No. 5 Paniro Johnson (157)
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-D vs. No. 12 Rafael Hipolito (VT), 5-2 SV-1
QF – vs. No. 4 Paddy Gallagher (OHST)

No. 5 MJ Gaitan (165)
R32 – WBF vs. Tyler Sagi (Navy), 1:59
R16 – W-D vs. Cesar Alvan (COL), 5-4
QF – vs. No. 4 Hunter Garvin (STAN)

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)
R32 – W-MD vs. Timothy McDonnell (ORST), 16-4
R16 – W-TF vs. Gerrit Nijenhuis (CSUB), 19-4 (6:22)
QF – vs. Nathan Haas (CBU)

No. 8 Christian Carroll (197)
R32 – WBF vs. Andrew Macchiavello (NCST), 4:34
R16 – W-D vs. No. 9 Wyatt Voelker (UNI), 10-6
QF – vs. No. 1 Jacob Cardenas (MICH)

Daniel Herrera (285)
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 – vs. No. 9 Jordan Greer (OHIO)

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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