{"id":3245,"date":"2018-02-01T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernwrestling.ca\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2018-02-01T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T15:34:27","slug":"wrestlers-compete-home-ontario-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/westernwrestling.ca\/wrestlers-compete-home-ontario-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestlers compete at home and Ontario Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Western Wrestling team had a busy and successful weekend. The majority of the team competed at the Western Open hosted in Thames Hall.\u00a0 The Mustangs were led by 48kg wrestler Christine Grafe<\/strong> who won gold. Grafe went a perfect 3-0 on the day to earn the title. Three other mustang women placed in the top six; 4th<\/sup> Olivia Cirillo<\/strong> 67kg, 5th<\/sup> Rachael Gibson<\/strong> 59kg, and 6th<\/sup> Jessica Ly<\/strong> 72kg.<\/p>\n On the Men\u2019s side the mustangs won three Bronze medals. Brayden Ambo<\/strong> in the 76kg division, Jackson Brownin<\/strong>g at 82kg and in the 120kg division by Maharus Noorani<\/strong>. Other Mustangs in the top six included; 5th<\/sup> Greg Clark<\/strong> 61kg, 5th<\/sup> Lauchlin MacDonald<\/strong> 65kg, 5th<\/sup> Bennet Jaworski<\/strong> 76kg and 6th<\/sup> Collin Johnston<\/strong> 82kg. London-Western Wrestling Club member Adam MacFadyen<\/strong> won a silver medal at 65kg.<\/p>\n Three members of the team travelled to Windsor to compete at the Ontario Junior championships. First year mustang Anthony Parker<\/strong> won gold in the 125kg division. Chris Nikolaou<\/strong> won a Bronze medal in the 57kg and wrestling in the 79kg division Adam Pacyga<\/strong> was 5th<\/sup>. \u00a0Three members of the London-Western Wrestling Club also competed at the Ontario Juniors. Brayden Todd<\/strong> placed 2nd<\/sup> at 57kg, John Campbell<\/strong> placed 3rd<\/sup> at 92kg and Jeremy Nickles<\/strong> was 4th<\/sup> in the 65kg division.<\/p>\n Next up for the Mustangs are the OUA Championships on Feb 11th<\/sup> at Brock University.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u00a0Rachael Gibson turning her opponent in the x- ankles<\/p>\n