From:  Westernmustangs.ca

Fresh off of completing a strong first year of university competition Mustangs wrestler Julie Steffler will be spending May touring Europe with the Canadian Junior National Women’s Wrestling Team. The tour, scheduled for May 6-20, allows Steffler to compete in two international tournaments, as well as participate in international training camps.

Steffler secured her place on the national by winning the 55kg Freestyle Women’s Division at the Junior National Championships in mid-March.

The Mustangs women’s wrestling Rookie of the Year will weigh-in on May 9, and compete the following day at the Berceanua & Igora International Wrestling Tournament in Bucharest, Romania.

Following the competition, Steffler will spend four days at a training camp for the Canadian, Spanish, and Uzbekistani teams.

Two days later, on May 17, Steffler will be back on the mats at the Jovenes Promesas International Wrestling Tournament in Jan Javier, Spain.

Closing out the tour is two day training camp on May 17, and 18.

Practices will be held,

• Monday 4:30-6:30 pm
• Tuesday 6:30-8:00 pm
• Thursday 6:30-8:00 pm
• Additional practices can be arranged on an individual basis.

Steven Takahashi went 3-1 win-loss to win Bronze at the Pan Am Championships.  Teammate, Josh Proctor went 1-3 in the Greco Roman 71 kg division.

Congratulations to both team members.

71 kg – Josh Proctor (4^th)
vs. Guilleon Silva (BRA) – L 1-3
vs. Juan Carlos Villarroel (BOL) – W 9-0
vs. Jose Oliveros (VEN) – L 8-11
vs. Pat Smith (USA) – L 0-9

57 kg – Steven Takahashi (3/15) – BRONZE
vs. Pedro Mejias Rodriguez (VEN) – W 13-2
vs. Agustin Destribats (ARG) – W 10-0
vs. Zachary Sanders (USA) – L 3-10
vs. Yersor Hernandez (COL) – W 4-0

Josh Proctor and Steven Takahashi will represent Canada at the Senior Pan Ams in Santiago, Chile.  Josh will compete in the 71 kg Greco Roman division while, Steven will compete in the 57 kg Freestyle division.  As a mustang, Josh won the 2014 CIS Championships, while Steven won in 2015.  Past mustang, and now Alumni Coordinator, Bill Hogarth was named Team Leader.

http://www.westernmustangs.ca/news/2015/4/22/WREST_0422153145.aspx

Mustang, Steven Takahashi, was recognized as Western’s top male athlete who has made the “… greatest contribution to Intercollegiate Athletics within the University” by being named the 79th winner of the Dr. Claude Brown Trophy.

http://www.westernmustangs.ca/news/2015/4/8/GEN_0408153104.aspx

Steven Takahashi with Caroline Earhardt (female FWP Jones Trophy recipient)

Steven has won 4 OUA & CIS titles and has represented Canada at numerous international events such as the Pan American Games (Bronze, MEX 2011), the World Senior Championships (2014 UZB), the World FISU  Championships (RUS 2013) to name a few.  Steven was recognized as Top 8 CIS Academic All-Canadian (Governor General’s Award) in 2013.  Takahashi will graduate with a BSc (Kinesiology) in June 2015, and will consider further studies after the 2016 Olympics.

As a builder inductee, Clive Llewellyn started as a successful wrestler in his own right, participating in two Olympic Games (1976 and the boycotted 1980 Games), winning a silver medal at the Pan American Games in 1975 and competing at the World Championships in 1975. A wrestler in high school, at the University of Western Ontario, at Lakehead University and on the Canadian National Wrestling Team, Llewellyn went on to build opportunities for future wrestlers. In the late 70s Clive founded the Metro Toronto Wrestling Club, coached the University of Toronto Wrestling Team, and was a National Team member. In 1979 Llewellyn entered Law School at Western Ontario while a National Team member and became an Olympic Team member. In 1982, after completing his Law Degree, Llewellyn relocated to Calgary where he founded the Calgary Wrestling Club in 1984. A former member of the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Executive, 1983 through 1987 Clive was an Executive for Alberta Amateur Wrestling and President in 1991. In 2005 Clive was elected to the Wrestling Canada Lutte Executive, became President of Wrestling Canada Lutte in 2007 and was named to United World Wrestling Legal Committee in 2007.

As a builder, Llewellyn takes pride in the company he now keeps.

“I am very honoured to be included in the Hall of Fame with my own mentors Lew Martin, Glynn Leyshon, Frank Corning, and Josip Mrkoci, who have been very inspirational and be included with the many others who have contributed so much to wrestling in Canada,” says Llewellyn.

The Wrestling Canada Lutte Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to recognize outstanding achievement and contribution to Olympic wrestling in or for Canada. There are two categories of membership in the Hall of Fame, the athlete category and the builder category. The athlete category recognizes the achievements of those wrestlers who have represented Canada at major international competitions or Games. The builder category formally recognizes the contribution, leadership and abilities of those individuals who participate in the development of wrestling. A complete list of inductees since 1975 can be found at: http://wrestling.ca/programs/hall-of-fame.

Three mustangs won CIS medals including gold medalist, Steven Takahashi who won his 4th CIS individual title.  Madi Parks won silver in the 53 kg women’s division, while teammate, Alyssa Medeiros won bronze in the 59 kg weight class.

The women’s team placed 5th overall, while the men’s team placed 8th in team standings.  Other mustangs placing were:

• 4th  Valerie Ouellette 51 kg
• 4th  Caleb Rutner 68 kg
• 4th  Richard Balfour 72 kg
• 5th  Alexa Momy 63 kg
• 6th  Kyle Bonk-Dann 100 kg
• 7th  Eric Renaud 54 kg
• 7th  Alec Bauer 76 kg
• 8th  Ethan Smith 65 kg

Steven was selected as Mustang Athlete of the Week:  http://www.westernmustangs.ca/awards.aspx?aow=278

Steven Takahashi and Riley Otto are training in Cuba with the Canadian National Team at the Cuban National Training Centre in Havana.  Takahashi (57 kg) and Otto (86 kg) both won the OUA Championships Feb 14 and will compete in the upcoming CIS Championships Feb 27, 28 in Edmonton.  They will accompany 6 other teammates, along with 4 teammates on the women’s side.

The Western mustangs captured 12 medals including 4 gold at the OUA Wrestling Championships.  The men’s team had an impressive 8 individual medals and placed 3rd overall as a team. The women’s team placed 2nd overall and qualified 4 team members to the CIS Nationals to be held in Edmonton, Feb 27, 28.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Men’s
1. McMaster (83)
2. Brock (82)
3. Western (64)
4. Guelph (46)
5. York (40)
6. Lakehead (31)
7. Laurentian (25)
8. Queen’s (13)
9. Ryerson (6)
10. Toronto (5)
11. Algoma (4)

Women’s
1. Brock (59)
2. Western (46)
3. Guelph (44)
4. McMaster (37)
5. Lakehead (34)
6. Laurentian (19)
7. York (12)
8. Algoma (11)
9. Toronto (8)
10. Queen’s (5)

Individual Results:

• 1st Steven Takahashi 57 kg
• 1st  Alec Bauer 76 kg
• 1st  Riley Otto 90 kg
• 1st  Alexa Momy 63 kg W
• 2nd  Valerie Ouellette  48 kg W
• 2nd  Madi Parks 55 kg W
• 3rd  Alyssa Medeiros 59 kg W
• 3rd  Eric Renaud 54 kg
• 3rd  Ethan Smith 65 kg
• 3rd  Caleb Rutner 68 kg
• 3rd  Richard Balfour 72 kg
• 3rd  Kyle Bonk  100 kg