TORONTO - For the first time in seven years the Western Mustangs are the OUA Women's Wrestling Champions after dethroning the six-time defending champion Brock Badgers earlier today at the OUA Wrestling Championships at the Tait McKenzie Centre.

In the women's competition, Western had three wrestlers win individual gold medals, one less than the Badgers, but edged the defending champions by two points with more second-place finishes (three to two) as well as a fourth-place result.

Western's Brianne Barry earned the OUA's most outstanding wrestler award after winning the gold medal in the 55kg class. She was a perfect 2-0 in the round robin and followed that up with a 4-0 victory in the final over Karleah Bonk from the Lakehead Thunderwolves.

Also winning individual titles for the Mustangs were Anna McKee in the 59kg class and Larissa D'Alleva in the 63kg division. McKee was named the OUA's rookie of the year following her victory, and head coach Ray #Takahashi# earned the coach of the year award.

Joining Western's gold medal winners on the podium were silver medal winners Madi Parks (48kg class), Valerie Ouellette (51kg class), Christine Schmidt (72kg class), while #Arlene Williams (67kg class) finished just out of the medals in fourth.

On the men's side of the event Western just missed out on third place totaling 50 points, only two back of the McMaster Marauders. Brock claimed the men's silver medal while the Guelph Gryphons took gold.

Western wrestlers earned five medals on the day, with Kevin Ens (120kg class), Riley Otto (90kg class), and Alec Bauer (76kg class) earning silver while Josh Proctor (72kg class) and Caleb Rutner (68kg class) won bronze. Finishing just off the podium was Ameed Lakhani (54kg class) who claimed a fourth place finish.

The Mustangs now get set for the CIS Wrestling Championships, being hosted from February 28 – March 1 by the UNB Varsity Reds in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
 
Men's
1. Guelph Gryphons (78)
2. Brock Badgers (75)
3. McMaster Marauders (52)
4. Western Mustangs (50)
5. Lakehead Thunderwolves (33)
6. York Lions (31)
7. Queen's Gaels (17)
8. Algoma Thunderbirds (15)
9. Laurentian Voyageurs (14)
10. Toronto Varsity Blues (9)
 
Women's
1. Western Mustangs (62)
2. Brock Badgers (60)
3. Guelph Gryphons (46)
4. Lakehead Thunderwolves (36)
5. McMaster Marauders (32)
6. York Lions (24)
7. Queen's Gaels (14)
8. Toronto Varsity Blues (8)
9. Laurentian Voyageurs (7)
10. Algoma Thunderbirds (4)
 
MAJOR AWARD WINNERS
 
Men's
Keegan Trophy (Outstanding Male Wrestler) – Tyson Frost, Guelph
Rookie of the Year – Sam Jagas, Brock
Community Service Award – Dylan Galloway, Laurentian
Coach of the Year – Doug Cox, Guelph
 
Women's
Outstanding Female Wrestler – Brianne Berry, Western
Rookie of the Year – Anna McKee, Western
Community Service Award – Urshian Khalid, York
Coach of the Year – Ray Takahashi, Western
 
MEN'S FINAL PLACINGS
 
54kg
1. Sam Jagas, Brock   
2. Oren Furmanov, Guelph    
3. Christopher Waltner, Lakehead     
4. Ameed Lakhani, Western   
5. Jordan Raghanandan, Toronto       
6. Armaan Neemuchwala, York         
7. Ryan Vilaca, Algoma         
8. Rahul Bansal, McMaster   
 
57kg
1. Brian Cowan, Brock                      
2. Dylan Galloway, Laurentian                     
3. Andrew Sinclair, McMaster                      
4. Elvir Uzunovic, Guelph                 
5. Ammar Bin Dhaban, Algoma                     
6. Nick Xiang, Western          
 
61kg
1. Jason Buckle, McMaster   
2. Zack Falcioni, Brock          
3. Navrit Wirach, Guelph      
4. Peter Shannon, Queen's     
5. Tommy Carroll, York        
6. Niroop Sinha, Algoma       
 
65kg
1. Kevin Iwasa-Madge, Guelph         
2. Chris Garneau, McMaster 
3. Jean Francoise Godin, Queen's     
4. Andrew McKenzie, Brock
5. Alex Aubin, Laurentian      
6. Gary Lynch, Lakehead      
7. David Nisenbaum, Western           
8. Daniel Palomo, York          
 
68kg
1. Jevon Balfour, Brock         
2. Ahmed Shimaya, McMaster         
3. Caleb Rutner, Western       
4. Brody Evans, Lakehead     
5. Luke Campbell, Guelph     
6. Aaron Williams, York
 
72kg
1. Ben Bradford, Guelph                   
2. Tyler Rowe, Brock            
3. Josh Proctor, Western                   
4. Greg Pierzchala, York                    
5. Tyler Ashurst, Lakehead               
6. Adam McKenna, Queen's             
7. Wylie Middleton, McMaster                    
 
76kg
1. Jake Jagas, Guelph 
2. Alec Bauer, Western          
3. Gabriel Turetsky, Brock    
4. Brandon Rynka, Toronto  
5. Scott Christian, Lakehead  
6. Thomas Marshall, Queen's           
7. Eric Steffler, McMaster     
 
82kg
1. Tyson Frost, Guelph         
2. Matrixx Ferreira, Brock     
3. Kevin Barret, McMaster   
4. Pavanir Dulai, York           
5. Sam Hanna, Western          
6. Jackson Taylor, Lakehead 
7. Ryan Karn, Laurentian      
 
90kg
1. Andrii Vorontsov, Brock   
2. Riley Otto, Western          
3. Omar Thomas, York          
4. Zane Zondervan, Guelph   
5. Joban Phulka, McMaster  
6. Mike Casagrande, Algoma 
7. Mark Brousseau, Lakehead           
 
120kg
1. Jeremy Latour, Guelph      
2. Kevin Ens, Western           
3. Preston Mikulasik, Lakehead        
4. Andrew Balloch, McMaster          
5. Ali Aladiani, York  
6. Dennon Armstrong, Algoma          
 
WOMEN'S FINAL PLACINGS
 
48kg
1. Jade Parsons, Brock           
2. Madi Parks, Western         
3. Monica Wood, McMaster 
4. Sarah Perez, York  
5. Natassya Lu, Guelph         
 
51kg
1. Carlene Sluberski, Brock    
2. Valerie Ouellette, Western 
3. Cierra Carere, Guelph        
4. Liz Wiggle, Queen's           
5. Christinna Walker, McMaster       
6. Nav Badwal, York 
7. Alexi Kreps, Lakehead       
 
55kg
1. Brianne Barry, Western     
2. Karleah Bonk, Lakehead    
3. Erica D'Angelo, McMaster
4. Marisa Scott, Guelph        
5. Lydia Congdon, Brock       
6. Emily Morgan, Laurentian 
7. Colleen Semple, York        
 
59kg
1. Anna McKee, Western
2. Jessica Brouillette, Brock
3. Emma Horner, Lakehead
4. Nicole Roach, McMaster
5. Emma Crouch, Guelph
6. Minna Liun, York
 
63kg
1. Larissa D'Alleva, Western 
2. Brittney Gearing, Brock    
3. AlisonCarrow, Guelph      
4. Angelina Sachetti, McMaster        
5. Tasha Doroodian, Algoma 
6. Urshian Khalid, York         
7. Tina Marr, Queen's           
8. Jenny Pranger, Lakehead   
 
67kg
1. Marissa Sorrel, Brock        
2. Kelsey Dayler, Lakehead   
3. Sarah Stringer, Guelph       
4. Arlene Williams, Western  
5. Samantha Demers, Laurentian       
6. Yi Quan, Queen's  
7. Lorraine Yeung, York         
 
72kg
1. Olivia DiBacco, Brock       
2. Christine Schmidt, Western           
3. Kira White, Lakehead        
4. Karlee Williams, Guelph    
5. Emily DeWitt, York          
 
82kg
1. Kelsey Gsell, Guelph        
2. Grace Bannerman, Toronto
3. Alysha Anderson, McMaster       
4. Amber Martin, Lakehead   
5. Kerri Malcolm, Queen's    
6. Emma Tedball, Western     
7. Monique Frenette-Talaga, York