Women 1st, Men 2nd at Geris Duals

Harry Geris Memorial Dual Meet Tournament.  Alumni Hall, Western University.  November 15, 2014

The Harry Geris duals are a head-to-head dual format where teams directly compete against another team in each of the CIS weight classes. The format emphasizes overall team depth in each of the 11 men and 8 women weight classes

·        The mustang women won the women’s division, while the men place 3^rd.

·        Captain Steven Takahashi (57 kg) went undefeated as did women mustangs Madi Parks (51 kg) and Valerie Ouellette (48 kg).

·        Mustang, Kyle Bonk had a great win defeating Andrew Ballach (McMaster) by Technical Superiority 10-0 with a tactical match avoiding Ballach’s throws, and attacking with his speed keeping the standing position leg attacks. 

·        The mustangs prepare for the Ontario Senior Open Championships in Hamilton, Nov 22.

The tournament is named in honour of Harry Geris who died April 2008 while moving wrestling mats for an elementary school wrestling tournament.  Harry was a past coach at Western and the London-Western Wrestling Club who represented Canada on 3 Olympic teams. 

 Women:

• 48kg Valerie Ouellette
• 51kg Madi Parks
• 55kg Julia Lei
• 59kg Alysaa Medeiros
• 63kg Anna Mckee
• 67kg Alexa Momy
• 72kg Michelle Szilagyi
• 82kg Emma Tedball

Men:

• 54kg Eric Renaud
• 57kg Steven Takahashi
• 61kg Nick Xiang
• 65kg Dave Nisenbaum/Lauchlin MacDonald
• 68kg Caleb Rutner
• 72kg Alec Bauer/Jamie Golob
• 76kg Randeep Gill
• 82kg Ingmar Salvador-Guzman
• 90kg Kevin Marshall
• 100kg Kyle Bonk 

Men’s Results

• 1st  McMaster
• 2nd  Guelph
• 3rd  Western
• 4th  York
• 5th  Laurentian

Women’s Results

• 1st  Western
• 2nd  Guelph
• 3rd  Laurentian

Men’s Dual results:

• McMaster win 37-15 vs. York
• Guelph win 31-20 vs. Laurentian
• Western win 32-14 vs. York
• McMaster win 26-16 vs. Guelph
• York win 26-22 vs. Laurentian
• McMaster win 26-19 vs. Western
• Guelph win 37-15 vs. York
• Western win 40-9 vs. Laurentian
• McMaster win 40-7 vs. Laurentian
• Guelph win 28-18 vs. Western

Women’s Dual results:

• Guelph win 23-16 vs. Laurentian
• Western win 23-10 vs. Laurentian
• Western win 20-13 vs. Guelph