|
DOROTHY YEATS WINS GOLD AT GUELPH OPEN
January 29, 2012
|
Vanier champion wrestler Dory Yeats won a Gold Medal at the big Guelph Open, perhaps the most important University tournament of the year. She again took top honours in the 67 kg category in the competition which finished on January 21st. Congratulations, Dory! To see a great action shot of Dory throwing an opponent, click here. To see fuull tournament results, click here. |
|
WRESTLING ALUM WINS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
November 30, 2011
|
Congratulations to Michael Noonan who became only the 4th Concordia student in the past 22 years to receive a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Michael wrestled at Vanier in 2006 and 2007 where he won numerous medals at various competitions. His announcement was highlighted in a story in the Montreal Gazette as well as other publications. Click for more on his win. |
|
THREE WRESTLING ALUMS WIN QFAE AWARDS
November 30, 2011
|
Vanier was pleased to find out that wrestling alumna Nikita Chicoine not only won a $2000 award from the Quebec Federation for Athletics Excellence at their awards ceremony of November 30th, but that she was also picked by the federation as their Woman Athlete of the Year!
Two other Vanier wrestling alums who also picked up awards were David Tremblay and Greg Rossy. All are competing as part of the Concordia University program. Click for more on this win. |
|
DOROTHY YEATS KEEPS ON WINNING!
November 21, 2011
|
Vanier wrestler Dorothy Yeats has won yet another Gold Medal. This time she took top honours in the 67 kg category and was also named Women's MVP of the University of Toronto Wrestling Invitational Tournament held on Saturday, November 19th. Congratulations again, Dorothy! Your consistent excellence is a matter of great pride for the College. Click for full tournament results.
|
Martine Dugrenier & Dorothy Yeats received Saputo
Sponsorships of $10,000 and $3500 respectively |
DUGRENIER & YEATS RECEIVE BACKING FROM SAPUTO
October 6, 2011
|
| Saputo Inc. has announced its sponsorship of Martine Dugrenier and Dorothy Yeats. Saputo has been supporting Martine since 2005, through the Québec Foundation for Athletic Excellence. Last summer, Martine won the Spanish Grand Prix, the Canada Cup, the Austrian Grand Prix, and the German Grand Prix. Martine is preparing for the 2012 Olympics. Dorothy Yeats had a tremendous year as well, winning Gold in several major tournaments. Read the Press Release. |
|
DOROTHY YEATS AND VINCE DE MARINIS
STRIKE GOLD IN AUSTRALIAN TOURNEYS
August 22, 2011
|
| In August a group of Montreal wrestlers traveled to Australia to compete in the Commonwealth Championships and the Australian Cup held in Melbourne. Dorothy Yeats (far left) won the gold medal in both tournaments in the senior age group, and was also awarded the Outstanding Wrestler for both events! |
| Vanier wrestler Vince De Marinis (seen above left next to Dorothy) won a Gold Medal at the Australian Cup in the 60kg category in Junior Men's Freestyle Wrestling. Vanier alum David Zilberman coached the national teams at the two events. Click for the full results. |
|
YEATS WINS GOLD AT UNDER-18 NATIONALS
April 9, 2011
|
| Vanier wrestler Dorothy Yeats continued her recent successful competitions by taking no less than 1st place in the 65 kg category at the Under-18 Canadian National Championships which were held in Windsor, Ontario on April 9, 2011. Congratulations to Dorothy for providing us with yet another strong showing. Full listing of placements. |
|
GREG ROSSY WINS GOLD AT NATIONALS
DOROTHY YEATS WINS A SILVER MEDAL
March 27, 2011
|
|
Greg Rossy (left) won a Gold Medal in the heavyweight category at the Junior National Wrestling Championships held in Edmonton March 24-27. Team mates Dorothy Yeats won a silver in the 67 kg category and Jordan Lee Byer won a bronze in the 96 kg category. Way to go, everyone!
|
|
|
EIGHTH NATIONAL TITLE FOR DUGRENIER
DAVID TREMBLAY WINS HIS 1ST NATIONAL TITLE
March 27, 2011 |
|
Competing in the under-67 kg category at the Senior Championships in Edmonton, Martine Dugrenier won her eighth national title and was also nominated by her federation for the Female Athlete of the Year award for a fourth time.
|
Her victory will allow her to defend her world title at the upcoming World Championships which will be held in Turkey this autumn. But Dugrenier will not be the sole representative of the Belle Province at the Worlds. Montreal's David Tremblay (55 kg), another alum from Vanier College's wrestling program, won the national title in his weight category for the first time in his career. With the win, David also gets a direct pass to the World Championships. David beat Steven Takahashi from Ontario in the final, allowing him to also represent the country at the Pan American Games next fall as well as at the Worlds.
|
David Tremblay |
David Zilberman |
Nikita Chicoine |
ALL THESE ALUMNI WON GOLD MEDALS |
CONCORDIA TEAM WINS CIS MEET
VANIER ALUMNI LEAD THE WAY
February 28, 2011
|
Former Vanier wrestlers David Tremblay (57 kg), David Zilberman (130 kg) and Nikita Chicoine (67 kg) all won Gold Medals to lead the Concordia Wrestling team (coached by our own Victor Zilberman) to a first-place showing at the 2011 Canadian Inter-university Sports Championships held on February 25-26 in Thunder Bay.
The conclusion of the day – the men’s heavyweight division final - was the deciding factor in the hotly-contested men’s championship. In that match, David Zilberman defeated Charles Thoms of UNB (90-130 kg category) to give Concordia a total of 55 points to UNB’s 52. See photo.
Victor Zilberman was named Men's Coach of the Year. |
Victor Zilberman |
ZILBERMAN IS FIRST 10-TIME COACHING AWARD WINNER
November 19, 2010
|
| It was recently announced that Vanier Physical Education teacher Victor Zilberman, coach of World Champion Martine Dugrenier was the first ever ten-time winner of a Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award. “These awards are a great opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of many of our great coaches, including our first 10-time recipient of this award, wrestling coach, Victor Zilberman,” stated John Bales, Chief Executive Officer, Coaching Association of Canada. Congratulations, Victor! Read the press release. |
Jordy Steen & Greg Rossy |
SUCCESS AT 2010 CONCORDIA INVITATIONAL
NOVEMBER 2, 2010
|
| Vanier wrestlers Jordy Steen (82 kg) and Greg Rossy (130 kg) were among winners announced at the Concordia University Invitational which featured 120 wresters from across Canada and the U.S. held on October 30-31. Other winners included Vanier wrestling alums Nikita Chicoine of the Concordia team and Gabriel Choeke from the YMHA team. |
|
JAMES MANCINI WINS SILVER AT
2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
OCTOBER 9, 2010
|
| Vanier wrestling alumnus James Mancini won a sliver medal at this year's Commonwealth Games held in India. James beat Danial Amas from Nigeria, then Viorel Etco from Scotland before he was finally beaten in the finals by the hometown favourite from India, Yogeshwar Dutt. Read the whole story. |
Martine Dugrenier |
DUGRENIER CELEBRATES THREE-PEAT AT WORLDS!
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
|
| Vanier wrestling alum and Physical Education teacher Martine Dugrenier amazed us all with the accomplishment of winning her third consecutive world title. Martine won the gold medal in her 67 kg weight category at this year's Senior World Wrestling Championships in Moscow. Martine, you are so awesome! Read more about her win. |
Victor Zilberman |
ZILBERMAN WINS GRANT TO PREPARE FOR OLYMPICS
MAY 13, 2010
|
| Vanier Physical Education teacher Victor Zilberman, coach of World Champion Martine Dugrenier was among 10 elite coaches awarded $10,000 grants from Chevrolet's "Making Dreams Possible" program. Zilberman said, "... coaches are really producing behind the scenes. So, this kind of recognition motivates us to work even harder." Victor also recently won Quebec Coach of the Year for a 3rd time in December. Congratulations! Read an article about this award. |
|
KARYANNE WINS GOLD AT NATIONALS
GREG ROSSY WINS BRONZE
March 30, 2010
|
|
Karyanne Lacoursière-Roberge (left) placed first at the Canadian National Wrestling Championships, held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Greg Rossy (right) placed 3rd at the same tournament. Karyanne will be competing at the World Championships this summer in Hungary with the Canadian National Wrestling Team. Congratulations!
|
|
|
|
|
Also at the at the Canadian Championships, world champion (and Vanier Phys Ed teacher) Martine Dugrenier (left) and Vanier wrestling alum James Mancini (right) won gold medals in their weight categories.
As well, Vanier alumni wrestlers Nikita Chicoine and David Tremblay had bronze medals.
|
|
RECENT NEWS FROM JANUARY 24, 2010
Vanier wrestlers competed at the Gryphon Tournament of Champions in Guelph Ontario and posted first place results for Jordy Steen (84 kg), Jordan Byers (96 kg) and Greg Rossy (heavyweight) plus a 2nd place result for Karyanne Lacoursière-Roberge (51 KG). They are below, left to right. |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM DECEMBER 22, 2009
At the Quebec Sports Gala, Vanier Physical Education teachers Victor Zilberman and World Champion Martine Dugrenier were among the top 3 finalists for Quebec Coach of the Year, and Quebec Female Athlete of the Year for all sports. While Martine was not selected for the top award, Victor won the Quebec Coach of Year for the 3rd time. (He previously won in 1982, and 1985). More on Martine. Congratulations to you both!
|
Victor Zilberman and Martine Dugrenier
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM DECEMBER, 2009
Our Vanier wrestlers competed at the Kris Kringle tournament in Ontario and posted first place results for Jordy Steen (84 kg), Jordan Byers (96 kg) and Greg Rossy (130 kg) as well as a 2nd place result for Kary-Ann Roberge (All are seen below from left to right). |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Our Vanier wrestlers competed last weekend at Beamsville Bucs Invitational Tournament in Ontario. They all placed 1st in their weight categories: Congratulations to Malka Windheim 62 kg; Kary-Ann Roberge 55 kg; Alex Lauzon 87 kg; Jordy Steen 83 kg; Jordan Byers 95 kg. (Below)
|
|
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Congratulations to Vanier College wrestlers Jordan Byers (85 kg), Alex Lauzon (86 kg) and Jordy Steen (82 kg) who won gold medals, and Kerry-Ann Roberge (55 kg) Silver (seen at right), and Malka Windheim (60 kg) Bronze at this weekend's Early Bird Wrestling tournament in Hagersville ON, where over 400 wrestlers from Ontario and Quebec participated. All of these wrestlers and also Gregory Rossy (with the exception of Jordy and Malka) represented Quebec at the last August's Canada Games. |
Karyanne Roberge |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Greg Rossy (right) of Vanier College won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the Concordia University Annual Invitational Wrestling tournament held on October 25, 2009. Karyanne Roberge (far right) placed 3rd at 48 kg. Over 120 wrestlers from Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes and the US participated in this event. A week later, Greg was named Amateur Athlete of the Week by the Gazette. Find out more. |
Greg Rossy and Karyanne Roberge |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Without a doubt, Vanier wrestling alumna Martine Dugrenier is currently the most successful woman wrestler in all of Canada. She cemented that reputation by winning her second straight World Championship in her weight category on September 25, 2009 at the World Wrestling Championships held in Herning, Denmark. To find out more and see photos from the gold medal match, click here. |
 |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM JULY 12, 2009
Vanier wrestling alum and 2008 World Champion Martine Dugrenier won yet another Gold Medal, this time at the Spanish Grand Prix held in Madrid. She won in the 67 kg finals after first defeating the American Lauren Knight and then German Jennifer Bünten. As well, her male Vanier alumni counterparts, David Tremblay (55 kg) and James Mancini (60 kg) won Bronze Medals in their respective weight classes. Read the whole story. |
 |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM APRIL 9, 2009
Vanier wrestlers performed admirably at the Under-18 National Wrestling Championships held in Fredericton, New Brunswick on the weekend of April 4th and 5th.
Our top results came from Gregory Rossy (seen at top right) who nabbed a silver medal in greco-roman as well as a bronze in freestyle.
Continuing Vanier's tradition of also producing strong women wrestlers, our very own Karyanne Lacoursière (seen at bottom right) won a bronze medal at the Under 18 Nationals in freestyle.
Congratulations to all Vanier wrestlers for yet another strong showing on the national stage. See photos. |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM MARCH 2, 2009
Concordia wrestlers and particularly Vanier alumni had a fine showing at the 2009 CIS Canadian University Championships. At the top of the list was David Tremblay (at top right) who not only won Gold in the 61 Kg weight class, but was also named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.
Another former Vanier wrestler who was tops in his division was Alex Dyas (at bottom right) who won the Gold Medal in the 90Kg weight class. Other former Vanier wrestlers to mount the podium were David Zilberman who won Bronze in the 130 Kg weight class and Nikita Chicoine won Bronze in the the Women's 67 Kg weight class.
They all helped propel Concordia to one of their best ever team showings in the Canadian Championships. Concordia improved from their 2008 team finish of 10th place to 3rd place this year. Congratulations to the wrestlers for a great showing both on a team as well as on an individual level. Read more. |
|
PREVIOUS NEWS FROM FEBRUARY 16, 2009
Many Vanier wrestling alumni have qualified for the upcoming Canadian National Wrestling Championships thanks to their finishing in either 1st or 2nd place in their categories at the Atlantic University Championships which just concluded in Fredericton, NB. Men's winners included:
|
|
|
|
|
Gabriel Choueke
(52 kilograms) |
David Tremblay
(61 kilograms) |
Serguei Guevorkian
(76 kilograms) |
Alex Dyas
(90 kilograms) |
David Zilberman
(heavyweight) |
On the women's side, Alumna Nikita Chicoine (67 kg) won her event. Nikita is seen at right.
They all advance to the 2009 Nationals which will be held in Calgary on February 28th. Good luck! |
|
PREVIOUSLY FROM DECEMBER 2008
| VANIER
WRESTLERS SHINE AT TWO COMPETITIONS |
| |
We're pleased to announce that Gregory Rossy as well as to Karyanne Lacoursière-Roberge, two of Vanier's best current wrestlers, both performed admirably at two recent meets. At the Beamsville Invitational (St. Catherine’s ON) they both finished in first place. Then, at the Quebec Open, Gregory finished in first place while Karyanne finished second. Congratulations to both! |
PREVIOUSLY FROM OCTOBER 2008
| MARTINE DUGRENIER WINS GOLD AT 2008 WORLDS! |
 |
Former Vanier wrestler Martine
Dugrenier (left), won the Gold Medal in the 67-kilogram class at the world championships which finished in Tokyo on Monday, October 13, 2008. The victory was all the more sweet for Martine following her disappointment at the Beijing Olympics where she lost two close matches, both in the dying seconds.
She was the subject of an article in the Toronto Star as well as many other newspapers. Get the whole story of this great victory. |
ALSO FROM OCTOBER 2008: David Tremblay wins at Concordia Invitational
|
 |
Vanier College's very own David Tremblay was first in the 57 kg category at the 2008 Concordia University Invitational Wrestling tournament which finished on October 25, 2008.
See the article that appeared in the Montreal Gazette. |
FROM AUGUST 2008
| VANIER
WRESTLING ALUMNI GAVE THEIR ALL AT OLYMPICS |
 |
Two
former Vanier wrestlers who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
are David Zilberman (left) and Martine
Dugrenier (at David's right), both among
Canada's top wrestlers. Martine just missed a shot at the gold medal
when she lost in the very last minute to 5-time world champion Kaori
Icho and then suffered a similar last-minute loss in the bronze
medal match to Randi Miller of the United States. Read
more. David lost his match to Kurban Kurbanov of
Uzbekistan. |
FROM
NOVEMBER 2007:
|
VANIER
WRESTLERS WIN AT CONCORDIA U WRESTLING INVITATIONAL |
David
Tremblay and Nikita Chicoine
|
The
Annual Concordia University Wrestling Invitational was held Sunday,
Nov 4. More than 120 athletes from the U.S., Brazil, Ontario, the
Maritimes and Quebec participated. Vanier wrestlers as well as wrestling
alumni figured prominently in the winners. Concordia's Alex Dyas
(82 kg) and Tyler Marghetis (76 kg) won their divisions. For Vanier,
Gabriel Choueke (55 kg), David Tremblay (60 kg) and Nikita Chicoine
(63 kg) won their weight classes. For the Montreal-YMHA Wrestling
Club, David Zilberman (96 kg), Cleo Ncube (72 kg), James Mancini
(65 kg) and Nick Ghaeni (68 kg) won their weight classes. |
FROM APRIL
2007:
|
VANIER
WRESTLERS DOMINATE AT MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
Vanier College hosted
this year's Montreal International Wrestling Tournament over the
weekend of April 7-8 and took home the lion's share of the medals.
Over 120 wrestlers from the U.S. and Canada participated in the
event, and almost all of the winners were either current Vanier
athletes or alumni of the Vanier Wrestling program under coach
Victor Zilberman. See the tournament results at right. |
 |
FROM
MARCH 2007:
VANIER
WRESTLERS WIN GOLD AT NATIONAL JR. CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to
the Vanier College wrestlers who competed at the
Junior Canadian National Championships March 17-18, 2007 in Charlottetown,
PEI. Our very own David Tremblay won a Gold Medal and was
selected as the Outstanding Male Wrestler of the Tournament. Not
to be outdone, Nikita
Chicoine also won a Gold Medal and was selected as the Outstanding
Female Wrestler of the Tournament. Gabriel Choueke won a
Bronze Medal. |
FROM
FEBRUARY 2007: David Tremblay was also the subject of a recent
article by Gazette writer Arpon Basu. The article focused on the tremendous
success that he's been enjoying at national and international competitions,
as well as the important role played by his coach (and Vanier teacher)
Victor Zilberman. Read the article in its entirety. Click
for 
VANIER
ALUMNI WRESTLERS SHINE AT INTERNATIONAL TOURNEYS
David
Zilberman |
Martine
Dugrenier |
Congratulations to
Vanier Athletics wrestling alumni David Zilberman and Martine
Dugrenier who both have had strong showings over the past
three years in international tournaments. At the recent World
Championships held in China in October 2006, Martine won her second
consecutive silver medal while David placed fifth. In June 2006
in Molgolia, David Zilberman placed 2nd at the World University
Championships while Martine placed third. |
At the 2004 World University
Championships, Martine won the Gold Medal and David placed 2nd. Read
more about David and Martine.
CURRENT
VANIER WRESTLERS TEAR UP TOURNAMENT CIRCUIT
PREVIOUS
COMPETITIONS:
Montrealers Win Six
CP; The Gazette / Published: Monday, February 5, 2007
Montreal wrestlers earned
six first-place finishes at the University of Western Ontario Open in
London, Ont. during the weekend. Concordia's Tyler Marghetis, Patrick
Okpalugo, and women's wrestler Hana Askren topped their weight classes,
as did Vanier College's David Tremblay. Nick Gkaeni and Martine
Dugrenier of the Montreal YMHA club also took top spots.
Wrestling: Feast of medals
CP; The Gazette / Published: Monday, January 22, 2007
Montreal YMHA Wrestling Club
athletes had a strong showing at the annual Guelph University Open this
weekend. Misha Japardidze and Martine Dugrenier won gold, Giya
Sissaouri and David Tremblay took silver, while Patrick Okpalago
grabbed bronze. Meanwhile, 480 wrestlers from Canada and the U.S. competed
in the Essex Junior Invitational in Sarnia, Ont. Kulbur Gill of the
Montreal YMHA club won gold and Michael Noonan of Vanier College
captured silver.
December 2-3, 2006: University of Toronto Open: All three Vanier
wrestlers won first place:
1st in 57 kg: David
Tremblay
1st in 90 kg: Alex
Dyas
1st in Women's
69 kg: Nikita Chicoine - Also voted Outstanding Wrestler of the
tournament.
November, 2006: London, Ontario Junior Invitational. Over 500 wrestlers
from across Canada competed in this tournament. Vanier's Michael
Noonan won gold, while Gabriel Choueke won silver.
From The Gazette; CP; AP / Published: November7, 2006
SIX
MEDALS WON
Six Montreal wrestlers won their respective weight division during the
weekend at the McMaster Invitational in Hamilton, Ont. YMHA wrestlers
Rajveer Talhan (61 kilograms), Gurveer Talhan (65 kg), Tyler Marghetis
(76 kg), Alex Dyas (90 kg) and Hana Askren (48 kg women) won
their divisions, as did Vanier College's Nikita Chicoine (59
kg women). Vanier's Gabriel Choueke (54 kg) and David Tremblay
(57 kg) finished second. Meanwhile, at the Clansman Invitational in
Vancouver, Jamie Mancini of the Montreal YMHA finished third
in the 60-kg division.
From The Gazette;
CP; AP / Published: October 31, 2006
Wrestling: Quebecers Golden
More than 120 wrestlers from
Canada and the United States participated at the Concordia University
Annual Invitational held on Sunday, October 29th. Quebec gold medallists
were Tyler Marghetis and David Zilberman of Concordia University;
Hana Askren, Garveer Talhan and Jamie Mancini of the Montreal
YMHA Wrestling Club (and former Vanier wrestler); and Alex Dyas,
David Tremblay, Gabriel Cheyveke and Nikita Chicoine of Vanier College.
See full
tournament results from the Concordia website.
October 4, 2006: McMaster University Tournament. Alex Dyas
and Nikita Chicoine won gold medals dominating their weight classes.
Their team-mates David Tremblay and Gabriel Choueke placed
second.
MORE ON DAVID
ZILBERMAN
David was Athlete of the Year at Vanier College and then went on to
Concordia where he received the identical honour as their male Athlete
of the Year. He is a 6-time Canadian National Champion. View David's
web page
from the Wrestling Canada website.
MORE ON MARTINE
DUGRENIER
Martine has won the Canadian Senior National Championships for the last
three years. She also received twice Concordia's Athlete -of-the-year
honour. View Martine's web
page from the Wrestling Canada website.
Photo taken at
the 2006 FISU World University Championships held in Ulaan Bator Mongolia.
David Zilberman (left in photo) finished 2nd. In the same meet, Martine
Dugrenier placed 3rd.
Photo from
the 2006 World Championships where David (right) placed 5th and Martine
(left) was 2nd.
Coach Victor Zilberman is seen in the center.
BACK
TO ATHLETICS HOME PAGE
|
VANIER WRESTLING IN THE NEWS 
