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Wrestlers stay busy in summer

Woodward News 6/5/04

Woodward wrestlers and coaches are taking part in national competitions this summer. They include:

Zack White: Wrestling for the Oklahoma National team at the Schoolboy National Duals in Warren, Ind., June 10-13. He will wrstlefreestyle and Greco-Rornan at , 120 pounds.

Joey Miller: Wrestling for Oklahoma National team at the USA Cadet Nationals in Fargo, N. D. on July 24-31. She wrestles at 98 pounds in freestyle and Greco. This is her second year on the team.

Derek Branson: Wrestling for Oklahoma Cadet National team in Greco at heavy- weight.

Matt Johnson: Wrestling on Oklahoma Junior National team at National Duals in Enid on June 28-July 3. Wrestles freestyle and Greco at 189 pounds. Will also wrestle in the USA Nationals July 24-31 in Fargo, N. D. at 171 pounds in freestyle and Greco.
Jerry Miller: Oklahoma director for women's wrestling. He will be coaching at the national competition in Fargo, N. D.
Greg Johnson: One of the Oklahoma coaches for the Oklahoma Junior National Dual team in Enid.

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Van Dusen and Lee win golds, Weitzel captures silver at the 2004 University World Championships

6/7/2004
John Fuller/USA Wrestling

U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers Marcie Van Dusen (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Stephany Lee (Honolulu, Hawaii) won gold medals at the 2004 University World Championships in Lodz, Poland, June 3-6.

Van Dusen, who won at 59 kg/130 lbs., outscored her four opponents 19-4, including a 6-0 win over Volha Serbina of Belarus in the gold-medal match.

Lee, coming off a third-place finish at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, pinned Agnieszka Wieszczek of Poland in the gold-medal match at 72 kg/158.5 lbs.

Other U.S. women who placed were Olympic Trials runner-up Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. and Tabithia Ramsey (Austin, Texas/UM-Morris) at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. Chun placed fourth and Ramsey places seventh.

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University Women's World Championships

6/5/2004
Lodz, Poland
Entered by John Fuller

Team Scoring
1. Poland, 57 pts.
2. Japan, 50 pts.
3. Ukraine, 39 pts.
4. Canada, 36 pts.
5. United States, 31 pts.
6. Chinese Taipei, 30 pts.
7. Belarus, 25 pts.
8. Greece, 21 pts.
9. Germany, 17 pts.
10. France, 13 pts.

Results By Weight
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold - Momoko Sera (Japan) by fall over Iwona Sadowska (Poland)
Bronze - Fani Psatha (Greece) dec. Clarissa Chun (United States), 7-5

51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold - Sylvia Bilenska (Poland) dec. Victoria Brandush (Ukraine), 5-0
Bronze - Palina Kascheyeva (Belarus) by fall over Claire Prieto (France)

55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Tetyana Lazareva (Ukraine)
Silver - Jessica Peterson (Canada)
Bronze - Yu Sekine (Japan)
4th - Magorzata Kruza (Poland)
5th - Filomena Curatella (Italy)

59 kg/130 lbs.
Gold - Marcie Van Dusen (United States) dec. Volha Serbina (Belarus), 6-0
Bronze - Breanne Graham (Canada) dec. Shu-Fang Chuang (Chinese Taipei), 6-3

63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold - Ayako Shoda (Japan) by tech. fall over Helen Hennick (Canada), 10-0
Bronze - Volha Khilko (Belarus) by fall over Katarzyna (Poland), 7-0

67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Gold - Martine Dugrenier (Canada) by tech. fall over Monika Maj (Poland), 11-0
Bronze - Zlatowa Waleria (Ukraine) dec. Susan Koller (Germany), 7-0

72 kg/158.5 lbs.
Gold - Stephany Lee (United States) by fall over Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland)
Bronze - Maria-Luiza Vivioni (Greece) dec. Ajako Murashima (Japan), 4-3

U.S. Results
48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) - 4th
LOSS Iwona Sadowska (Poland), 5-4
WIN Hajar Ashtiani (Finland), pin
WIN Wei-Chien Kao (Chinese Taipei), pin
LOSS Fani Psatha (Greece), 7-5

51 kg/112.25 lbs. - Tabithia Ramsey, Austin, Texas (UM-Morris) - 7th
LOSS Sylvia Bilenska (Poland), pin
LOSS Ying-Chi Wang (Chinese Taipei), pin
LOSS Claire Prieto (France), pin

59 kg/130 lbs. - Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) - 1st
WIN Sayuri Tatemoto (Japan), 3-1
WIN Breanne Graham (Canada), 5-1
WIN Arleta Wakuska (Poland), 5-2
WIN Volha Serbina (Belarus), 6-0

72 kg/158.5 lbs. - Stephany Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii (Missouri Valley) - 1st
WIN Chiu-Hsiang Chuang (Chinese Taipei), 12-0
WIN Ajako Murashima (Japan), score unavailable
WIN Agnieszka Wieszczek (Poland), pin

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O'Donnell named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week

6/2/2004
John Fuller/TheMat.com

Tela O’Donnell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) has been named TheMat.com Wrestler of the Week for the week of May 25-31.

Each week, TheMat.com will select an Athlete of the Week, based upon performance within wrestling for that week. The selection committee will consider any level of wrestling, from youth programs through the Senior level. The announcement will be made each week on Wednesday.

O’Donnell captured the 55 kg/121-pound women’s freestyle title at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Wrestling at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Ind. With the time of her finish, O’Donnell became the first American women’s wrestler to earn a spot on an Olympic Team.

O’Donnell pinned two-time World silver medalist Tina George twice in the best-of-three Championship Series to earn the Olympic birth.

In the Challenge Tournament, O’Donnell battled through a competitive field, defeating 2001 World silver medalist Stephanie Murata 11-0 and 2003 World bronze medalist Jenny Wong 5-2.

““I’m very excited right now. When I was little I dreamed of being an Olympian in ice-skating or something like that even though I’ve never ice-skated. I kind of forgot about that dream (of being and Olympian) though until I started wrestling and now here I am,” O’Donnell stated after her win.

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