Five Cyclones Place at Michigan State Open

EAST LANSING, Michigan – Five Cyclones finished on the podium at the Michigan State open on Saturday, including four freshmen in their ISU debuts.

In the fresh/soph division, Jake Miller (157) and Valentine Popadiuc (141) earned runner-up finishes while Liam Kelly placed third and TJ Koester finished sixth. Miller and Popadiuc both dropped close finals matches.

Carter Pearson (133) was the lone Cyclone to place in the open division. He reached the semifinals by pinning Northwestern's No. 26 Massey Odiotti in the quarterfinals before eventually placing fifth.

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Iowa State Placements
Fresh/Soph Division
133 - Thunder Lewis, DNP
141 - TJ Koester, 6^th Place
141 - Valentine Popadiuc, 2^nd Place
157 - Jake Miller, 2^nd Place
165 - Liam Kelly, 3^rd Place
165 - David Perez, DNP

Open Division*
133 - Carter Pearson, 5^th Place
157 - Kane Naaktgeboren, DNP
174 - Jacob Helgeson, DNP
197 - CJ Carter, DNP

*Competed unattached

Players Mentioned

CJ Carter

Jacob Helgeson

Liam Kelly

TJ Koester

Thunder Lewis

Jake Miller

Kane Naaktgeboren

Carter Pearson

David Perez

Valentine Popadiuc

Sponsors

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