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We are officially one week away from the start of the 2024 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational - the toughest in-season tournament of the collegiate wrestling season. Last year’s tournament was perhaps the toughest in a decade. This tournament isn’t quite as loaded, but it’s still an incredible field. Before we get into looking at this year’s tournament, we’ll look back at some recent history and see which schools have produced top-eight finishers in Vegas since 2018 (the last five tournaments - there was no tournament in 2020). Nebraska: (36) Caleb Smith - 3rd (125/2023), Brock Hardy - 6th (141/2023) 1st (141/2022), Ridge Lovett - 1st (149/2023) 3rd (149/2021), 3rd (133/2019), Peyton Robb - 4th (157/2023) 1st (157/2022) 5th (157/2021) 7th (157/2019), Lenny Pinto 4th (184/2023) 6th (184/2022), Silas Allred 5th (197/2023) 5th (197/2022), Liam Cronin 3rd (125/2022), Bubba Wilson 4th (165/2022) 8th (165/2021), Mike Labriola - 1st (174/2022) 1st (174/2021) 3rd (174/2019) 4th (174/2018), Chad Red - 3rd (141/2021) 5th (141/2019), Taylor Venz - 2nd (184/2021) 5th (184/2019) 2nd (184/2018), Eric Schultz - 2nd (197/2021) 5th (197/2019) 2nd (197/2018), Christian Lance 3rd (285/2021) 6th (285/2019), Collin Purinton - 8th (149/2019), Isaiah White - 1st (165/2019) 1st (165/2018), Zeke Moisey - 7th (125/2018), Tyler Berger - 3rd (157/2018) Ohio State: (29) Nic Bouzakis - 3rd (133/2023), Jesse Mendez - 1st (141/2023), Dylan D’Emilio - 4th (149/2023) 8th (149/2022), Paddy Gallagher - 7th (157/2023), Carson Kharchla - 3rd (174/2023) 8th (165/2022) 3rd (165/2021), Nick Feldman - 6th (285/2023), Malik Heinselman - 5th (125/2022) 8th (125/2019), Sammy Sasso - 1st (149/2022) 2nd (149/2021) 2nd (149/2019), Kaleb Romero - 4th (184/2022) 1st (184/2021), Ethan Smith - 2nd (174/2021) 4th (165/2019), Tate Orndorff - 4th (285/2019), Dylan Koontz - 6th (133/2019), Luke Pletcher - 1st (141/2019) 3rd (133/2018), Kollin Moore - 1st (197/2019) 1st (197/2018), Joey McKenna - 1st (141/2018), Micah Jordan - 3rd (149/2018), Ke-Shawn Hayes - 4th (157/2018), Myles Martin - 1st (184/2018), Chase Singletary - 6th (285/2018) Michigan: (23) Michael DeAugustino - 6th (125/2023), Will Lewan - 6th (157/2023) 4th (157/2022) 4th (157/2021), Cam Amine - 4th (165/2023) 5th (165/2021), Jaden Bullock - 6th (184/2023), Lucas Davison - 2nd (285/2023), Kurt McHenry - 8th (125/2022), Dylan Ragusin - 5th (133/2022) 1st (133/2021), Chance Lamer 7th (149/2022), Matt Finesilver - 7th (184/2022), Mason Parris - 1st (285/2022) 1st (285/2019), Jack Medley - 4th (125/2021), Cole Mattin - 4th (141/2021), Patrick Brucki - 6th (197/2021), Jelani Embree - 8th (184/2019), Drew Mattin - 5th (125/2018), Kanen Storr - 3rd (141/2018), Logan Massa - 4th (165/2018), Myles Amine - 1st (174/2018) Northern Iowa: (20) Julian Farber - 7th (133/2023), Cael Happel - 4th (141/2023) 2nd (141/2022), Parker Keckeisen - 1st (184/2023) 2nd (184/2022), Kyle Biscoglia - 3rd (133/2022), Colin Realbuto - 8th (149/2022), Austin Yant - 6th (165/2022), Tyrell Gordon - 5th (285/2022), Jacob Schwarm - 7th (125/2019), Michael Blockhus - 6th (141/2019), Max Thomsen - 5th (149/2019) 7th (149/2018), Bryce Steiert - 2nd (174/2019) 6th (165/2018), Taylor Lujan 4th (184/2019) 3rd (174/2018), Carter Isley - 5th (285/2019), Josh Albert - 5th (141/2018), Drew Foster - 3rd (184/2018) Purdue: (20) Matt Ramos - 7th (125/2023) 2nd (125/2022) 8th (133/2021), Parker Filius - 7th (141/2022) 6th (141/2021), Kendall Coleman - 2nd (157/2022) 5th (157/2021) 4th (157/2019), Devin Schroder - 2nd (125/2021) 2nd (125/2019) 8th (125/2018), Gerrit Nijenhuis - 8th (174/2021), Max Lyon - 7th (184/2021), Thomas Penola - 3rd (197/2021), Griffin Parriott - 4th (149/2019) 2nd (149/2018), Dylan Lydy - 1st (174/2019) 6th (174/2018), Christian Brunner - 2nd (197/2019) 5th (197/2018), Cornell: (18) Brett Ungar - 2nd (125/2023) 7th (125/2022), Vince Cornella - 8th (141/2023), Julian Ramirez - 2nd (165/2023) 1st (165/2022) 4th (165/2021), Jacob Cardenas - 4th (197/2023), Lewis Fernandes - 8th (285/2023), Vito Arujau - 1st (133/2022), Chris Foca - 3rd (174/2022) 3rd (174/2021), Yianni Diakomihalis - 1st (149/2021), Jonathan Loew - 3rd (184/2021), Chas Tucker - 1st (133/2019) 7th (133/2018), Brandon Womack - 8th (174/2019), Ben Darmstadt - 7th (184/2019), Max Dean - 6th (184/2018) NC State: (17) Kai Orine - 1st (133/2023), Ryan Jack - 2nd (141/2023) 3rd (141/2022), Jackson Arrington - 8th (149/2023) 5th (149/2022), Ed Scott - 3rd (157/2023) 3rd (157/2022), Dylan Fishback - 7th (184/2023), Trent Hidlay - 1st (197/2023) 1st (184/2022), 2nd (184/2019), Alex Faison - 8th (174/2022), Isaac Trumble - 1st (197/2022), Owen Trephan - 7th (285/2022), Tariq Wilson - 7th (141/2019), Hayden Hidlay - 2nd (157/2019), Thomas Bullard - 3rd (165/2019) Northwestern: (17) Trevor Chumbley - 8th (157/2023) 5th (157/2022), Chris Cannon - 8th (133/2022) 2nd (133/2021), Yahya Thomas - 3rd (149/2022) 4th (149/2021) 3rd (149/2019), Troy Fisher - 5th (174/2022) 5th (174/2021), Lucas Davison - 2nd (285/2022) 5th (285/2021), Ryan Deakin - 1st (157/2021) 1st (157/2019) 1st (157/2018), Michael DeAugustino - 3rd (125/2019), Shayne Oster - 6th (165/2019), Sebastian Rivera - 1st (125/2018) Oregon State: (17) Brandon Kaylor - 4th (125/2023) 4th (125/2022) 3rd (125/2021), Nash Singleton - 6th (149/2023), Matthew Olguin - 7th (165/2023) 3rd (165/2022), Travis Wittlake 2nd (174/2023), Boone McDermott - 4th (285/2023), Jason Shaner - 4th (133/2022), Aaron Olmos - 7th (174/2022), Trey Munoz - 8th (184/2022), Tanner Harvey - 2nd (197/2022), Devan Turner - 4th (133/2021), Grant Willits - 5th (141/2021), Gary Traub - 1st (285/2021), Ronnie Bresser - 2nd (125/2018), Hunter Willits - 8th (157/2018) Virginia Tech: (16) Caleb Henson - 2nd (149/2023), Bryce Andonian - 4th (157/2023), Sam Fisher - 8th (184/2023), Sonny Sasso - 6th (197/2023), Sam Latona - 6th (133/2022), Tom Crook - 5th (141/2022), Mekhi Lewis - 2nd (174/2022) 2nd (165/2018), Hunter Bolen - 3rd (184/2022) 3rd (184/2019), Andy Smith - 6th (197/2022), Joey Prata - 4th (125/2021), Mitch Moore - 8th (141/2019), John Borst - 7th (285/2019), Zack Zavatsky - 4th (184/2018), Tom Sleigh - 7th (197/2018) South Dakota State: (15) Tanner Jordan - 8th (125/2023) 6th (125/2022), Derrick Cardinal - 6th (133/2023), Cade DeVos - 1st (174/2023) 4th (174/2022) 4th (174/2021), Tanner Sloan - 3rd (197/2023), 3rd (197/2022), Clay Carlson - 6th (141/2022) 1st (141/2021), Cael Swensen - 6th (157/2022), Tanner Cook - 2nd (165/2022), Cade King - 5th (184/2022), AJ Nevills - 6th (285/2022) 6th (285/2021) Wyoming: (15) Jore Volk - 5th (125/2023), Gabe Willochell - 7th (149/2023), Joey Novak - 8th (197/2023), Jake Svihel - 6th (125/2021), Jacob Wright - 3rd (157/2021), Hayden Hastings - 7th (174/2021), 7th (174/2019), Tate Samuelson - 4th (184/2021), Stephen Buchanan - 1st (197/2021), Montorie Bridges - 2nd (133/2019) 6th (133/2018), Brian Andrews - 8th (285/2019) 7th (285/2018), Sam Turner - 8th (141/2018), Branson Ashworth - 5th (165/2018) Arizona State: (13) Kyle Parco - 3rd (149/2023) 2nd (149/2022), Jacori Teemer - 2nd (157/2023) 8th (157/2019), Richie Figueroa - 1st (125/2022), Michael McGee - 2nd (133/2022), Kordell Norfleet - 8th (197/2022), Cohlton Schultz 8th (285/2022), Brandon Courtney - 6th (125/2019), Josh Shields -2nd (165/2019, Anthony Valencia - 5th (174/2019), Zahid Valencia - 1st (184/2019), Tanner Hall - 2nd (285/2019) Iowa State: (13) Evan Frost - 2nd (133/2023), Anthony Echemendia - 7th (141/2023), Casey Swiderski - 5th (149/2023), David Carr - 3rd (165/2023) 3rd (157/2019), MJ Gaitan - 8th (174/2023), Will Feldkamp - 2nd (184/2023), Yonger Bastida - 1st (285/2023), Alex Mackall - 5th (125/2019), Todd Small - 4th (133/2019), Ian Parker - 4th (141/2019), Jarrett Degen - 6th (149/2019), Gannon Gremmel - 4th (285/2019) Minnesota: (11) Jake Gliva - 6th (133/2021), Jake Bergeland - 7th (141/2021), Michael Blockhus - 8th (149/2021), Mitch McKee - 2nd (141/2019), Brayton Lee - 1st (149/2019), Bailee O’Reilly - 8th (165/2019), Devin Skatzka - 4th (174/2019) 7th (174/2018), Sean Russell - 3rd (125/2018), Ethan Lizak - 4th (133/2018), Gable Steveson - 1st (285/2018) Utah Valley: (11) Demetrius Romero - 6th (174/2022) 3rd (165/2018), Evan Bockman - 4th (197/2022) 8th (197/2021), Haiden Drury - 3rd (133/2021), Jacob Armstrong - 8th (184/2021), Kimball Bastian - 6th (174/2021) 8th (174/2018), Tate Orndorff - 3rd (285/2019) 2nd (285/2018), Tanner Orndorff - 8th (197/2018) Navy: (9) Danny Wask - 4th (174/2023), Grady Griess - 5th (285/2023), Josh Koderhandt - 4th (141/2022) 5th (133/2021), Jake Koser - 7th (197/2022), Jacob Allen - 8th (125/2021), Andrew Cerniglia - 8th (157/2021), Jared Prince - 8th (149/2018), Spencer Carey - 5th (174/2018) Oklahoma: (9) Mitch Moore - 6th (149/2021), Justin Thomas - 7th (157/2021) 6th (157/2019), Darrien Roberts - 5th (184/2021), Jake Woodley - 4th (197/2021) 4th (197/2019), Tony Madrigal - 7th (133/2019), Dom Demas - 3rd (141/2019) 4th (141/2018) Stanford: (9) Tyler Knox - 5th (133/2023), Daniel Cardenas - 5th (157/2023), Hunter Garvin - 6th (165/2023), Lorenzo Norman - 7th (174/2023), Nick Stemmet - 7th (197/2023), Jaden Abas - 5th (149/2021), Shane Griffith - 2nd (165/2021), Nathan Traxler - 4th (197/2018) Binghamton: (7) Brevin Cassella - 8th (165/2023), Cory Day - 7th (285/2023), Anthony Sobotker - 7th (133/2021), Louie DePrez - 7th (197/2021) 6th (184/2019) 5th (184/2018), Joe Doyle - 8th (285/2021) Cal Poly: (5) Antonio Lorenzo - 5th (125/2021), Legend Lamer - 7th (149/2021), Evan Wick - 1st (165/2021), Adam Kemp - 6th (174/2021), Thomas Lane - 3rd (197/2019) Missouri: (5) John Erneste - 5th (133/2018), Jaydin Eierman - 2nd (141/2018), Connor Flynn - 7th (165/2018), Daniel Lewis - 2nd (174/2018), Zach Elam - 3rd (285/2018) Virginia: (5) Jack Mueller - 1st (125/2019), Jay Aiello - 8th (197/2019) 3rd (197/2018), Sam Krivus - 7th (141/2018), Will Schany - 8th (184/2018) Appalachian State: (4) Ethan Oakley - 8th (133/2023), Jonathan Millner - 4th (149/2022), Tommy Askey - 8th (157/2022), Will Formato - 7th (165/2022) Campbell: (4) Dom Zaccone - 4th (133/2023), Austin Murphy - 6th (174/2023), Taye Ghadiali - 3rd (285/2023), Josh Heil - 6th (149/2018) Clarion: (4) Brock Zacherl - 7th (149/2019) 4th (149/2018), Greg Bulsak - 6th (197/2019) 6th (197/2018) Harvard: (4) Yaraslau Slavikouski - 3rd (285/2022) 2nd (285/2021), Phil Conigliaro - 6th (165/2021) 7th (165/2019) Illinois: (4) Travis Piotrowski - 6th (125/2018), Mike Carr - 6th (141/2018), Eric Barone - 7th (157/2018), Joey Gunther - 8th (165/2018) North Carolina: (4) Lachlan McNeil - 3rd (141/2023), Austin O’Connor - 3rd (149/2018), Kennedy Monday - 6th (157/2018), Cory Daniel - 5th (285/2018) Pittsburgh: (4) Micky Phillippi - 2nd (133/2018), Taleb Rahmani - 5th (157/2018), Nino Bonaccorsi - 7th (184/2018), Demetrius Thomas - 4th (285/2018) Princeton: (4) Patrick Glory - 1st (125/2021), Quincy Monday - 2nd (157/2021), Travis Stefanik - 6th (184/2021), Luke Stout - 5th (197/2021) Columbia: (3) Cesar Alvan - 7th (157/2022), Josh Ogunsanya - 5th (165/2022) 7th (165/2021) North Dakota State: (3) Andrew Fogarty - 5th (165/2019), Brent Fleetwood - 4th (125/2018), Cam Sykora - 8th (133/2018) Northern Colorado: (3) Andrew Alirez - 2nd (141/2021), Mosha Schwartz - 5th (133/2019), Jacob Seely - 7th (197/2019) Ohio: (3) Garrett Thompson - 5th (165/2023), Sal Perrine - 5th (174/2023), Alec Hagan - 6th (149/2022) Oklahoma State: (3) Tagen Jamison - 3rd (141/2023), Izzak Olejnik - 1st (165/2023), Dustin Plott - 3rd (184/2023) Air Force: (2) Sam Wolf - 5th (184/2023), Wyatt Hendrickson - 4th (285/2022) CSU Bakersfield: (2) Chance Rich - 7th (133/2022), Angelo Mantinoni - 8th (141/2021) Kent State: (2) Jake Ferri - 7th (125/2021), Tim Rooney - 8th (133/2019) Rutgers: (2) Nick Suriano - 1st (133/2018), Anthony Ashnault - 1st (149/2018) Drexel: (1) Joey Goodhart - 8th (285/2018) Duke: (1) Mitch Finesilver - 5th (149/2018) Fresno State: (1) Jacob Wright - 5th (157/2019) Maryland: (1) Jaxon Smith - 2nd (197/2023) The Citadel: (1) Michael McAleavey - 7th (285/2021)

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