CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University wrestling returns to action at the annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at Westgate Hotel Paradise Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from Friday, Dec. 5 to Saturday, Dec. 6 with competition set to begin at noon ET/9:00 a.m. PT (FloWrestling) on Friday and 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT (FloWrestling) on Saturday.

What to Know

• Harvard's lineup at the event is set to feature Logan Brzozowski at 125 pounds, Dante Frinzi at 141 pounds, Jack Crook at 149 pounds, No. 19 Jimmy Harrington at 157 pounds, Joseph Cangro at 165 pounds, Ben Smith at 174 pounds, Matthew Walsh at 184 pounds, Hudson Skove at 197 pounds, and Daniel Bittner at 285 pounds.
• Friday's first session which begins at noon ET (9:00 a.m. PT) will include the pig-tail, round of 32, and round of 16 in the championship side of the bracket alongside three rounds in the consolation side of the bracket. Friday's evening session which starts at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT) will feature the championship quarterfinals and two more rounds in the consolation side of the bracket.
• Saturday's action will include the championship semifinals, the consolation semifinals, and consolation finals (fifth and seventh-place matches) in the day's first session starting at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT) prior to the championship finals (first and third-place matches) beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT).
• The event is set to feature 32 teams, including Air Force, Appalachian State, No. 18 Arizona State, California Baptist, No. 29 Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, No. 44 Columbia, No. 22 Cornell, No. 44 Edinboro, No. 38 Franklin & Marshall, No. 50 Harvard, No. 4 Iowa State, No. 10 Michigan, No. 29 Navy, No. 44 Northern Illinois, No. 50 Northwestern, No. 35 Ohio University, Oklahoma State, No. 19 Oklahoma, No. 28 Oregon State, Presbyterian, No. 38 Princeton, No. 23 Purdue, No. 35 Rider, Sacred Heart, No. 25 South Dakota State, No. 9 Stanford, No. 38 Utah Valley, VMI, No. 17 Virginia Tech, No. 15 West Virginia, and No. 31 Wyoming. Rankings reflect FloWrestling's team tournament rankings.
• In the college rankings, senior 157-pounder Jimmy Harrington ranks at No. 19 in WrestleStat, No. 21 in Wrestling Report, No. 19 in FloWrestling, and No. 23 in Intermat while junior 149-pounder Jack Crook stands at No. 32 in Intermat.
• At the 2025 Keyston Classic, the Crimson tallied four placers, including Jimmy Harrington (second at 157 pounds), Joseph Cangro (fourth at 165 pounds), Matthew Walsh (sixth at 184 pounds), and Dante Frinzi (seventh at 141 pounds) at The Palestra in Philadelphia on Nov. 23.
• Senior Jimmy Harrington earned Ivy League Wrestler of the Week honors on Nov. 11 after winning the 157-pound title at the Journeymen Classic behind a 3-0 record. He opened competition with a 13-1 major decision over Owen O'Connor of Army before topping Binghamton's Fin Nadeau, 12-7. In the finals, Harrington beat Penn State's Joe Sealey with a 10-9 decision.
• At the Crimson's season-opening event senior Jimmy Harrington won the 157-pound weight class, first-year Sidney Tildsley took the blue pool at 141 pounds, and sophomore Logan Brzozowski finished as the runner-up at 125 pounds as Harvard opened its 2025-26 season at the 2025 Journeymen Collegiate Classic on Nov. 9 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
• The Crimson's captains for the 2025-26 season will include senior 157-pounder Jimmy Harrington, junior 149-pounder Jack Crook, and junior 133-pounder Coleman Nogle.
• Harvard welcomes six first-years to the program in the Class of 2029. The group includes 165-pounder Robby De Haven, heavyweight Dylan Greenstein, 157-pounder Wyatt Hepner, 184-pounder Robert Kucharczk, 174-pounder Ben Smith, and 141-pounder Sidney Tildsley.
• Closing out the 2024-25 season, Jimmy Harrington represented the Crimson at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, competing in the 157-pound weight class and earning a victory to advance to day two of the championships.
• The tournament portion of Harvard's 2025-26 schedule includes the Journeymen Classic (Nov. 9), Keystone Classic (Nov. 23), Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 5-6), and the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30).
• The Crimson will open its dual season with the NWCA Multi-Division National Duals (Jan. 9-10) in Cedar Falls, Iowa before facing off in seven duals against Northeast opponents from Jan. 25 to Feb. 22, including five Ivy League opponents.
• The 2026 Ivy League Championship will take place in New York, New York on Mar. 8 ahead of the 2026 NCAA Championships from Mar. 19-21 in Cleveland, Ohio.
• In 2024-25, Harvard finished in fourth place in Division I for the NWCA Team GPA Award as part of the organization's annual recognition of scholastic achievement across the sport.
• Jay Weiss, The David G. Bunning '88 Head Coach for Harvard Wrestling, enters his 32^nd season as the leader of the Crimson after beginning his tenure at Harvard in 1994-95. 

Next Up

Harvard competes at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships (B1G+) from Monday, Dec. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 30 at Ryan Fieldhouse in Evanston, Illinois.