Western take 2 Gold, 2 Silver, & place top 6 in Team Competition

Mustangs take 6th at CIS Wrestling Championships – Takahashi wins CIS Rookie of the Year

CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) Wrestling Championships, Thunder Bay (February 25, 26, 2011).  The National University Championships. 

Mustang individual CIS results:

• 1^st  Steven Takahashi
• 1^st   Ilya Abelev
• 4^th   Kevin Ens
• 6^th   Josh Dawson
• 8^th   Rishav Ranjit
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• 2^nd   Jennifer Nguyen
• 2^nd   Larissa D’alleva
• 5^th   Liz Sera
• 6^th   Arlene Williams
• 7^th   Monica Varallo

CIS Rookie of the Year:  Steven Takahashi

  

Steven Takahashi executes a ‘trap-arm gut wrench” that eventually scores.  Takahashi defeated Gilbert Musonza (Regina) to win the 54 gk gold. 

Team Results

Men

• 1^st  Concordia  55 pts
• 2^nd  New Brunswick  52 pts
• 3^rd  Regina  49 pts
• 4^th  Saskatchewan 41 pts 
• 5^th  Guelph  34 pts
• 6^th   Western  29 pts
• 6^th  McMaster 29 pts
• 8^th  Alberta  26 pts
• 9^th  Lakehead  25 pts
• 10^th  Brock  20 pts

Women

• 1^st  Alberta  47 pts
• 2^nd  Calgary  45 pts
• 3^rd  Brock  44 pts
• 4^th  Lakehead  27 pts
• 5^th  Saskatchewan  26 pts
• 6^th  Western  25 pts
• 7^th  Concordia  24 pts
• 8^th  Gueph  22 pts
• 9^th  Memorial  12 pts
• 10^th  New   Brunswick  10 pts

  Dynamic action — as Steven Takahashi scores vs. Vaughn Gandy (Calgary).