Delgado, Griego take 5th at Cliff Keen Invitational

Saturday, December 3

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Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite

Sophomore Corey Griego (top) pinned his opponent to win his fifth-place match.

Photo by: Scobel Wiggins/Oregon State Athletics

December 03, 2016 | Wrestling

Cliff Keen Invitational results

By: Athletic Communications

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Senior Joey Delgado and sophomore Corey Griego both took fifth place on Saturday to lead the Oregon State wrestling team to a 16^th-place finish at the Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Beavers moved up nine places from Friday's opening round and tied with Eastern Michigan with 34 points. They improved eight spots from their 2015 Cliff Keen finish.

Griego was 6-2 overall and capped an impressive run through the consolation bracket after losing his opening-round match by pinning Ricky Robertson of Wisconsin in 1:03 in their fifth-place match. He went 3-1 on Saturday and avenged that opening-round defeat with an 8-5 decision over Tom Sleigh of Bucknell in the third-place quarterfinals.

Delgado won his fifth-place match by medical forfeit over Solomon Chishko of Virginia Tech. He was 3-1 on Saturday and went 5-2 overall.

Junior heavyweight Cody Crawford lost 5-1 to Gage Hutchinson of Eastern Michigan on Saturday in his first consolation match and was eliminated with a 2-2 mark.

On Friday, senior Joey Palmer (141) and redshirt freshman Weston Dobler (174) each advanced to the consolation round of 16 before being eliminated with 2-2 records.

Also, Kegan Calkins (125), Abraham Rodriguez (157), Rodney Williams (165) and Bob Coleman (184) each went 0-2 and were eliminated. Freshman 134-pounder Devan Turner did not compete.

The Beavers resume action on Dec. 15, at Utah Valley University. The Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 18) and the Midlands (Dec. 29-30) conclude competition for the calendar year.

They begin Pacific-12 Conference action against Stanford on Jan. 30, 2017, also at Gill Coliseum. They are five-time defending Pac-12 champions.

This year's Pac-12 Championships are Feb. 26, at Stanford. The NCAA Championships are March 16-18 at St. Louis.

For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/Beaverwrestling, or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling.

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Complete results:

Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

KEGAN CALKINS (125): Pinned by Mitchell Brown (Utah Valley), 4:45; dec. by Steven Bulzomi (Binghamton), 17-11; eliminated.

JOEY PALMER (141): Dec. by Will Koll (Cornell), 12-10; maj. dec. Tyler Sage (Arizona State), 10-2; tech. fall over Kenny Astle (Western Wyoming), 21-6; pinned by Cole Martin (Wisconsin), 0:44; eliminated.

JOEY DELGADO (149): Dec. Timothy Rooney (Kent State), 3-2; dec. Walker Dempsey (Stanford), 3-2; dec. by Solomon Chishko (Va. Tech), 8-2; dec. Nick Barber (Eastern Michigan), 4-2; dec. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 5-3; dec. by Justin Oliver (Central Michigan), 8-2; def. Solomon Chishko (Va. Tech), medical forfeit; fifth place.

ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ (157): Maj. dec. by Paul Fox (Stanford), 16-4; dec. by Taylor Cahill (Clarion State), 3-1; eliminated.

RODNEY WILLIAMS (165): Tech. fall by Demetrius Romero (Boise State), 16-1; dec. by Michael Eckhart (American), 5-3; eliminated.

WESTON DOBLER (174): Dec. Matt Hebel (Western Wyoming), 5-2; tech. fall by Myles Amine (Michigan), 17-2; dec. Seth Williams (Ohio State), 5-2; dec. by Nolan Kistler (Cal Baptist), 7-3; eliminated.

BOB COLEMAN (184): Dec. by Wesley Schultz (Wyoming), 7-6; dec. by Scott Marmoll (Clarion State), 6-2; eliminated.

COREY GRIEGO (197): Maj. dec. by Tom Sleigh (Lehigh), 14-3; tech. fall over Corey Van Dorn (Nebraska-Kearney), 18-2; dec. Dylan Reynolds (Edinboro), 7-2; dec. Jake Waste (Cal Baptist), 5-2; dec. Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield), 6-5; dec. Tom Sleigh (Bucknell), 8-5; dec. by Kollin Moore (Ohio State), 11-6; pinned Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin), 1:03; fifth place.

CODY CRAWFORD (hwt.): Pinned Devin Nye (Kent State), 2:28; dec. Trevor Smith (Army), 9-2; maj. dec. by Ty Walz (Va. Tech), 17-7; dec. by Gage Hutchinson (Eastern Michigan), 5-1; eliminated.