Lakehead’s wrestling teams competed at the OUA championships today, with both men’s and women’s squads taking finishing third overall, taking home bronze medals. Lakehead’s wrestlers finished 2nd overall among all schools in men’s and women’s combined points. “We had a strong day,” Thunderwolves wrestling coach Francis Clayton said. “It was nice to…
Lakehead’s wrestling team heads to Guelph this weekend for the OUA championships. The Thunderwolves will enter athletes in 18 of the 19 weight categories: 11 in the men’s, the 7 in the women’s. “My hope for each Lakehead wrestler is to put it all out there,” Thunderwolves wrestling coach Francis Clayton says….
Lakehead’s wrestling team had a successful road trip this weekend, winning the Ontario Junior Men’s Wrestling team title on Saturday, and coming second in the men and women combined category. The team also competed at the Western Open on Sunday. On Saturday, Ashley Gravelle and Erin Clayton collected third-place finishes in the…
Lakehead’s men’s and women’s varsity wrestling teams competed at the Brock Open this past weekend, placing second among varsity squads in combined team score. The women scored 14 points, and the men finished with 18, for a combined 32 points for Lakehead. “Our team members have been working hard at creating scoring…
The Lakehead University wrestling team hosted a meet against Algoma this past weekend, winning eight matches to Algoma’s five. The Thunderwolves began the meet with three straight wins before Algoma managed to put two wins together. Lakehead also managed to put another four-win streak together during the meet. “In general we wrestled…
For almost 50 years the Lakehead Wrestling Club has done an excellent job preparing wrestlers for the Lakehead University Varsity Team. This year is no exception as the Lakehead Wrestling Club has graduated three standouts that are now heading Lakehead in the fall to start their University careers. Maggie MacGillivray, Erin Clayton,…
Lakehead Wrestling is happy to announce the commitment of Klara Patel for the upcoming season. Klara is a graduate of Merivale High School in Ottawa, being coached by Takis Zervas, Chris Schrauwen, and Sarah Stringer. She is a 2017 OFSAA Champion (67.5 kg), a three time Provincial Medalist and a 2017 National…
The Lakehead Wrestling program is pleased to announce the commitment of John Campbell for this upcoming fall. Campbell was this year’s OFSAA Champion at 95 kg while attending Clarke Road Secondary School in London Ontario where he was coached by David Shoebottom. John was also a member of the London-Western Wrestling Club winning gold in…
