Kent State University
Clarion Open
Wrestling Heads to Clarion Open to Start 23-24 Campaign
11/3/2023 4:23:00 PM | Wrestling
KENT- The 2023-24 wrestling season gets underway this Sunday, heading to western Pennsylvania to participate in the 2023 Clarion Open.
The Flashes will send 29 wrestlers to the event that will have participants from 18 different schools. The open will be a double elimination tournament through the 10 weight classes. Kent State could potentially face wrestlers from several MAC schools that will compete in this year's Open.
Kent State opens the 23-24 season ranked 11th in the MAC's pre-season wrestling rankings. The rankings were based off the Wrestle Stat rankings. Keegan Knapp is ranked fourth in the MAC at 157 pounds and will be competing this Sunday. The Flashes have a trio of wrestlers ranked in the MAC's top six in their respective weights as senior transfer Jordan Decatur (141-5th) and Blake Schaffer (197-6th) join Knapp but neither will be competing this weekend.
The Open will be streamed on FloWrestling, a subscription based streaming service. Sunday's Open will start at 9 a.m. and run all day. Kent State will be back in action next Sunday at West Virginia where they will face the Mountaineers and Duke.
Wrestlers
- Adán Benavidez-125
- Nico Calello-125
- Gunner Havens-125
- Zachary Starr-125
- Ryan Aquilani-133
- Pablo Castro-133
- Matt Ellis-133
- Landen Hacker-133
- Jackson Collins-141
- Billy Meiszner-141
- Cael Andrews-149
- Michael Lewarchick-149
- Kaden Setzer-149
- Charles Spencer-149
- Ethan Barr-157
- Dillon Carlson-157
- Michael Garcar-157
- Keegan Knapp-157
- Hunter Andel-165
- Aaron Ferguson-165
- Ashton Breen-174
- Holden Martin-174
- Waylon Wehler-174
- Kyle Snider-184
- Miles Ashbough-197
- Trent Thomas-197
- Corey Boerio-285
- Josh Boggan-285
- Brentan Simmerman-285
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