The Lakehead Thunderwolves wrestling team is happy to announce the signing of Jessica Hong of Ottawa, Ontario. “We are very excited having Jessica join our program in the Fall,” Thunderwolves coach Francis Clayton says. “She is a natural 49-50kg wrestler, and will give our team depth in the lighter weight classes.” “I’m…
The Lakehead Thunderwolves Athletics family celebrated the 2018/2019 this afternoon by handing out their awards at the Annual Awards Gala. Leashja Grant of the women’s basketball team earned the Female Athlete of the Year award and Wrestling’s Marco Palermo walked away with the Male Athlete of the Year award. Grant, who hails…
Lakehead’s wrestling team competed at the USPORTS national championships in Calgary this weekend, and the Thunderwolves will return home with two medals: Marco Palermo earned gold in men’s 61kg, and Megan Smith grabbed bronze in women’s 48kg. “A lot of things came together,” head coach Francis Clayton said, “I’m happy our athletes…
Lakehead’s wrestling team heads to Calgary late this week for the USPORTS national championships, with 12 Thunderwolves athletes making the trip. Nine wrestlers qualified through the OUA championships, and three more through a new wildcard process that fills each weight class into an eight-person bracket. “It’s a good group we’ll be sending,”…
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…
