Telford, Trotman Golden for the second week in a row

Toronto, ON –  For the second weekend in a row, the Mustang wrestling team travelled down the 401 to Toronto to compete at the York Open. Faith Telford and Treye Trotman both won gold, their second in as many weekends, as the women’s and men’s team took home 3rd and 5th overall finishes, respectively.

Faith Telford, competing in the 72kg division, won three matches. Telford, last week’s U Sport wrestler of the week, had two pins on her way to the final, where she had a dominating 11-0 victory to claim gold.

Treye Trotman, a first-year King’s student, went 3-0 on the day to win his second gold in as many tournaments. Trotman won the gold without giving up a point while scoring 32 points. He beat all three opponents by technical superiority.

The Mustang women’s team finished 3rd  in the team standings, while the Men’s team finished 5th. In the overall combined standings, Western was 3rd.

“Today was a good tournament for our team. We had several tough matches, and our athletes found ways to win, which is nice to see at this time of year,” remarked head coach Scott Proctor. “Our coaching staff has stressed since the beginning of the season that we want to use these early tournaments to gain feedback on what the athletes need to improve on.”

Other Mustangs who brought home medals were; 2nd Hannah VanderSlagt, 50kg, 2nd Ella Doornaert, 63kg, 3rd Duncan Blake, 57kg and 3rd Lukas Geske, 82kg.

“It was nice to see the athletes start to use what they have been working on in practices over the past weeks,” Proctor said.

Top Six Finishers:

1st Faith Telford

1st Treye Trotman

2nd Hannah VanderSlagt

2nd Ella Doornaert

3rd Duncan Blake

3rd Lukas Geske

4th Aimee Petrea Chiripuci

4th Thomas Fortier

5th Jonelle Clarke

5th Chase Ritter

6th Kendall Dettloff

6th Olivia Disimone

6th Lucas DiPonio

6th Patrick Salvador Guzman

The Mustangs will wrap up the first half of their season on Saturday in St. Catharines when they participate in the Ontario Senior Open.