Five Breakout Performances from the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

It never fails! With a tournament like the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, there are bound to be some breakout performances. This year was no exception. 

Breakout performance is such a difficult idea to classify. Some of these wrestlers that we’ve identified below have been known commodities to the college wrestling world for years, but over the weekend, they may have jumped to a different level. Others may have been largely unknown and announced themselves to the college wrestling world. However you wish to interpret the term, these are five of the breakout performances from Vegas. 

Zeth Romney (Cal Poly)

It’s probably not fair to label Zeth Romney as a “breakout” performer since he was the #11 seed at the 2024 NCAA Championships; however, I think it’s safe to say that Romney vaulted up a tier or two in fans' imaginary ranking levels. Before Vegas, Romney getting on the NCAA podium seemed like more of an outside chance than anything else. Now, he should be featured very prominently in the national rankings and we might need to look again to see if he’s a title threat. 

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