2009 OUA championship: Brock successfully defends titles

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock Badgers successfully defended both their Ontario University Athletics (OUA) men's and women's wrestling titles at the 2008-09 OUA Wrestling Championships at Brock University on Saturday.

For the Brock men, it is their 15th consecutive OUA championship, and 16th in school history. The Badgers earned 83 points to take yet another Porter Trophy, nine more than the second place Lakehead Thunderwolves. The Guelph Gryphons finished in third spot with a point total of 42.

The Badgers women successfully repeated as OUA champions, and have won nine of the last 11 banners. Brock finished the competition with 51 points, seven better than the second-place Western Mustangs. Lakehead finished in third place with 39 points.

Individually, Brock wrestlers took home eight gold medals, including Alex Brown (Ottawa, Ont.) in the men's 82 kg division. Other Badgers earning gold included C.J. Hudson (Calgary, Alta.) in the men's 61 kg, Pete Simons (Campbellford, Ont.) in the men's 65 kg, Randy Pfrimmer (Oshawa, Ont.) in the men's 68 kg, Brad Trimble (Essex, Ont.) in the men's 76 kg, Jasmine Mian (Barrie, Ont.) in the women's 48 kg, Michelle Fazzari (Caledonia, Ont.) in the women's 59 kg and Celeste Rodrigues (Sudbury, Ont.) in the women's 63 kg. Pfrimmer was also named OUA Men's Rookie of the Year.

The Thunderwolves had the second-most individual gold medalists with five. Lakehead wrestlers who were golden included Huy Nguyen (Calgary, Alta.) in the men's 54 kg, Gaston Tardif (Calgary, Alta.) in the men's 57 kg, Chadd Lee (LaSalle, Ont.) in the men's 72 kg, Ben Eaglestone (Lake Echo, N.S.) in the men's 90 kg, and Emma Brightwell (Guelph, Ont.) in the women's 82 kg. Nguyen was named the OUA Men's Wrestler of the Year.

Other wrestlers earning gold were Guelph Gryphons Kyle Grant (Whitby, Ont.) in the men's 130 kg and Allison Leslie (Fergus, Ont.) in the women's 72 kg; Western Mustangs Sam Stewart (London, Ont.) in the women's 51 kg and Lesley McCallum (Woodstock, Ont.) in the women's 55 kg; and Jessica Fitzgerald (Bancroft, Ont.) of the Toronto Varsity Blues in the women's 67 kg. Fitzgerald was named the OUA Women's Wrestler of the Year, while Stewart was named the OUA Women's Rookie of the Year.

All individual gold medalists are named OUA First Team All-Stars while silver medalists are named Second Team All-Stars. These include Brock Badgers Aaron Fabiano (Windsor, Ont.) in the men's 54 kg, Tim Clement (Barrie, Ont.) in the men's 57 kg, Paul Rabjohn (Ajax, Ont.) in the men's 90 kg, Phil Vandenbeukel (Grimsby, Ont.) in the men's 130 kg, Kelly McNiven (Beamsville, Ont.) in the women's 55 kg and Jocelyn Dresser (Tottenham, Ont.) in the women's 82 kg. Lakehead wrestlers awarded silver medals include Clayton Sereres (Windsor, Ont.) in the men's 65 kg, Corey Lee (LaSalle, Ont.) in the men's 76 kg, Colten Woznow (Calgary, Alta.) in the men's 82 kg, Jessica Bershatsky (Watford, Ont.) in the women's 48 kg and Leah Dougherty (Renfrew, Ont.) in the women's 59 kg.

Rounding out the silver medalists are Guelph Gryphons Kevin Iwasa-Madge (Milton, Ont.) in the men's 61 kg, Nic Gavel (Cambridge, Ont.) in the men's 68 kg, Jenni Kaija (Sarnia, Ont.) in the women's 51 kg and Ashley Routliffe (LaSalle, Ont.) in the women's 67 kg; McMaster Marauders Dusan Milakara (Toronto, Ont.) in the men's 72 kg and Caitlyn Goodfellow (Barrie, Ont.) in the women's 63 kg; and Kirby Steinhoff (Simcoe, Ont.) of the Western Mustangs in the women's 72 kg.

Marty Calder of the Brock Badgers was named both the Men's and Women's OUA Coach of the Year.

The 2009 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Wrestling Championships will take place Feb. 27 and 28 in Calgary, Alta.

2008-09 OUA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Hosted by Brock University)

2008-09 OUA WRESTLING MAJOR AWARD WINNERS

Men's Coach of the Year - Marty Calder (Brock)
Women's Coach of the Year - Marty Calder (Brock)
Outstanding Male Wrestler - Huy Nguyen (Lakehead)
Outstanding Female Wrestler - Jessica Fitzgerald (Toronto)
Men's Rookie of the Year - Randy Pfrimmer (Brock)
Women's Rookie of the Year - Sam Stewart (Western)

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS

Brock - 83
Lakehead - 74
Guelph - 42
McMaster - 33
Western - 26
Toronto - 10
Queen's - 7

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS

Brock - 51
Western - 44
Lakehead - 39
Guelph - 36
Toronto - 11
McMaster - 10
Queen's - 6

54 KG MEN
1. Huy Nguyen (Lakehead)*
2. Aaron Fabiano (Brock)**
3. Shujon Mazumder (Toronto)
4. Ben Spitzke (Western)

57 KG MEN
1. Gaston Tardif (Lakehead)*
2. Tim Clement (Brock)**
3. Cameron Van Oort (McMaster)
4. Chen Shen (Western)
5. Nick Kew (Queen's)

61 KG MEN
1. C.J. Hudson (Brock)*
2. Kevin Iwasa-Madge (Guelph)**
3. Angelo Daniele (Lakehead)
4. Allan Middleton (McMaster)
5. Richie Sove (Western)

65 KG MEN
1. Pete Simons (Brock)*
2. Clayton Sereres (Lakehead)**
3. Daniel Fillman (Guelph)
4. Austin Van Horne (Western)
5. John Feng (Toronto)
6. Stephen Tricarico (McMaster)
7. Finn Lindsay (Queen's)

68 KG MEN
1. Randy Pfrimmer (Brock)*
2. Nic Gavel (Guelph)**
3. Ryan Blake (McMaster)
4. Brandon Gardner (Lakehead)
5. Andy Ross (Western)
6. Kelvin Hamilton (Queen's)
7. Allan Wu (Toronto)

72 KG MEN
1. Chadd Lee (Lakehead)*
2. Dusan Milakara (McMaster)**
3. Scott Hall (Brock)
4. Dave Eikelboom (Western)
5. Matt Sparling (Guelph)
6. Mark Lee (Queen's)
7. Sean Kang (Toronto)

76 KG MEN
1. Brad Trimble (Brock)*
2. Corey Lee (Lakehead)**
3. Nic Zablocki (Guelph)
4. Brett Ferguson (Western)
5. Alex Stevenson (Queen's)
6. Kevin Hsu (McMaster)

82 KG MEN
1. Alex Brown (Brock)*
2. Colten Woznow (Lakehead)**
3. Sean House (McMaster)
4. Nader Salame (Guelph)
5. Nick Bradley (Western)
6. Peter Massie (Toronto)

90 KG MEN
1. Ben Eaglestone (Lakehead)*
2. Paul Rabjohn (Brock)**
3. Kevin MacLellan (McMaster)
4. Eugene Sauve (Guelph)
5. Matt Fruchtman (Toronto)
6. Matt Bak (Western)

130 KG MEN
1. Kyle Grant (Guelph)*
2. Phil Vandenbeukel (Brock)**
3. Jason Chalifoux (Lakehead)
4. Adam Benish (McMaster)
5. Cory Palmer (Western)
6. Taylor Wood (Queen's)

48 KG WOMEN
1. Jasmine Mian (Brock)*
2. Jessica Bershatsky (Lakehead)**
3. Lindsay Oldham (Western)
4. Janine Wong (McMaster)

51 KG WOMEN
1. Sam Stewart (Western)*
2. Jenni Kaija (Guelph)**

55 KG WOMEN
1. Lesley McCallum (Western)*
2. Kelly McNiven (Brock)**
3. Alex Demars (Lakehead)
4. Karen Duquette (Guelph)

59 KG WOMEN
1. Michelle Fazzari (Brock)*
2. Leah Dougherty (Lakehead)**
3. Liz Sera (Western)
4. Kellie Heney (Queen's)
5. Sara Languay (Guelph)

63 KG WOMEN
1. Celeste Rodrigues (Brock)*
2. Caitlyn Goodfellow (McMaster)**
3. Aislynn Tofason (Lakehead)
4. Erin Cochrane (Western)
5. Mimi Rahneva (Guelph)
6. Jennifer Seidel (Toronto)
7. Katie Strang (Queen's)

67 KG WOMEN
1. Jessica Fitzgerald (Toronto)*
2. Ashley Routliffe (Guelph)**
3. Laura Steffler (Brock)
4. Katie Pasic (Queen's)
5. Kendra Ezack (Lakehead)
6. Jennifer Archibald (Western)

72 KG WOMEN
1. Allison Leslie (Guelph)*
2. Kirby Steinhoff (Western)**
3. Deborah Jehu (Brock)
4. Katelyn Proulx (Lakehead)

82 KG WOMEN
1. Emma Brightwell (Lakehead)*
2. Jocelyn Dresser (Brock)**
3. Steph de