TEMPE-- Sun Devil Wrestling is gearing up for their second tournament of the season this weekend, as they'll be heading to Las Vegas for the highly-touted Cliff Keen Invitational. Matches are set to begin at 10:00 a.m. MST on Friday and conclude with championship matches at 4:00 p.m. MST on Saturday. The tournament will be streamed on FloWrestling, and matches can be followed through live brackets here.
We're heading to Las Vegas for the Cliff Keen Invitational this weekend ??#ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/R7QpaS153T
— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) November 29, 2023
ASU finished sixth in Las Vegas last year, with Richard Figueroa claiming the 125lb title with wins against tough opponents that included current one-seed Matt Ramos. Without Figueroa this weekend, ASU will look to Jacori Teemer and Kyle Parco, who are both the two seeds in their respective brackets. Last year, Parco ran through his bracket before dropping the championship match to 4x All-American Sammy Sasso. With seven of the top 10 wrestlers at 149lbs competing, Parco is 2-0 against wrestlers in the bracket's top 10.
Teemer's 157lb bracket includes six of the nation's top 10 wrestlers, and has the potential to end in a championship matchup between No. 4 Teemer and No. 3 Peyton Robb. The two have faced off twice, with Robb taking both close matches in the '19 Cliff Keen and '22 NCAA Championships. Teemer will look to set the records straight in 2023.
It doesn't get any better than 157 at the CKLV ?? pic.twitter.com/rdZxNkiosf
— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) November 29, 2023
Julian Chlebove (133lb) and Tony Negron (184lb) are competing in the Cliff Keen Invitational for the first time, and are seeded fourth and sixteenth, respectively. Ranked No. 10 by FloWrestling, Chlebove is 2-0 on the season and has a win against ten seed Caden McCrary. No. 22 Negron comes into the tournament at 5-1 with an upset win over the eight seed, Gavin Kane, already under his belt.
The 2023 CKLV is LOADED!
— FloWrestling (@FloWrestling) November 28, 2023
Check out the pre-seeds in the article below ??
Sun Devil Seeds:
133lb - No. 4 Julian Chlebove
149lb - No. 2 Kyle Parco
157lb - No. 2 Jacori Teemer
184lb - No. 16 Tony Negron
Up Next
The Sun Devils will head to Evanston, IL, to compete in the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30.