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The Imphal Free Press - India 6/11/04

IMPHAL, Jun 9: The Manipur Wrestling association has informed all women wrestlers that a trial will be held on June 13 at 7.00 am at SAG hall Khuman Lampak.

The selected players will represent Manipur in the 8th senior national women’s free style wrestling championship 2004 to be held from June 24 to 26 at Jammu organised by the J&K wrestling association under the aegis of the Wrestling Federation of India.

The weight checkup will be held on June 12 at 8.00 am at Khuman Lampak SAG hall. Wrestlers should be about 20 years of age and produce age proof certificates, according to a press statement

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Valley's Lee claims world wrestling championship

Thursday, June 10, 2004
By Chris Allen/Sports Editor

LODZ, Poland -- Missouri Valley College women's wrestler Stephany Lee rebounded from her disappointment at not making the first U.S. Olympic team to earn a gold medal Saturday at an international event in Lodz, Poland.
Lee, a sophomore from Honolulu, Hawaii, beat all three opponents at the University Women's World Championships for first place in the 72 kilogram class. She was one of four American medalist, with Marcie Van Dusen of the Sunkist Kids Wrestling Club the only other champion for a U.S. squad which finished fifth among the 10 countries represented.

After beating Chiu-Hsiang Chuang of Chinese Taipei and Japan's Ajako Murashima to reach the finals, Lee recorded a pin against Agnieszka Wieszczek of Poland for the title. A former Valley wrestler, Clarissa Chun of Kapolei, Hawaii -- who has been training at the U.S. Olympic Center during the last two years -- split her four 48 Kg matches to finish in fourth place.

Lee was third in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last month at Indianapolis, reaching the championship match in the first stage of the meet. Early in May, she won the gold medal at the Pan American Championships in Guatemala City. Lee is ranked third among U.S. Senior Women at 72 Kg and first among U.S. College and North American College Women at 80 Kg by TheMat.com.

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A top female athlete joins grads ready to wrestle with life after high school.

01:22 AM PDT on Friday, June 11, 2004
By D.S. PEREZ / The Press-Enterprise

HEMET - When she first came to West Valley High School as a freshman,
Shannon Silvett wanted to set the mark for running the fastest mile in
school history.

She didn't reach her goal. But Silvett, the school's female athlete of
the year who graduated alongside more than 380 other seniors Thursday
night, did something else deserving of attention. Silvett, 17, is the first West
Valley female wrestler to win a full-ride scholarship in the sport, courtesy
of Missouri Valley College, one of the nation's top-ranked women's
wrestling programs.

During the ceremony at the campus football stadium, Silvett and her
fellow graduates heard Principal Kris Logan tell them that their 13 years of
education was either finished or headed in a new direction. She told
them they would become tomorrow's doctors, military heroes or crime-scene
investigators.

DeeAnn Bradley / He Press-Enterprise
West Valley High seniors Valedictorian Desiree Fabunan, Salutatorian
Bryan Parker and Salutatorian Megan Law cheer on fellow graduates at West
Valley High's graduation ceremony. 380 seniors received diplomas Thursday.

West Valley's valedictorian for 2004 was Desiree Fabunan, who finished
with a 4.33 GPA. West Valley also had two salutatorians, Megan Low and Bryan
Parker.

In his speech, Parker said that 13 years ago no one thought about
graduation as they stepped into kindergarten with their parents filming and
hugging them, then hoping they'd take the right bus to get home.

The Stanford-bound Fabunan told classmates to enjoy the moment as they
would get the biggest hugs in their lives from friends and family wishing
them the best.

For Silvett, who also was on the school's varsity basketball, track and
cross-country teams, her future will feature different kinds of hugs.
More like grappling, actually.

The 5-foot-5-inch Silvett started wrestling as a junior. She was 135
pounds when she started, but got more serious as the year went on. She
finished wrestling at the 154-pound weight class, going 28-14 against other
girls and sometimes boys.

Not everyone agreed with her change of sports.

"Some people - some women - don't agree. My dad wasn't thrilled," she
said, adding he gave her a harder time for wrestling than for piercing her
body or streaking her hair.

At Missouri Valley, Silvett aims to major in psychology and eventually
join the FBI.

Silvett said she would like more girls to follow in her footsteps onto
the wrestling mat.

"They can go out and do it. It's a physical sport, but you have to be
tough and take it. I think, 'I may get hurt, but I give hurt back,' " she
said.