SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – On Saturday, February 8, a total of 22 student-athletes from the Guelph Gryphons varsity wrestling program represented the University of Guelph at the 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships in Sault Ste. Marie, with Algoma University serving as host of the conference championships for a second consecutive season. The Gryphons made nine trips to the OUA podium (2 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze) while finishing in 4th-place in the final team standings on both the men's and women's sides, respectively. The nine medals is the most trips to the OUA podium for Guelph since the 2019-20 season when they also reached the podium on nine occasions.
 
Kelyn Young, a 21-year-old from Brampton, Ontario, added the second OUA gold medal of her standout Gryphon wrestling career. Young, a psychology major at the University of Guelph with a minor in neuroscience, is in her final year of her undergraduate studies and third season competing with the Gryphons women's wrestling program. Young claimed OUA gold in the women's 50kg weight class, defeating Brock University's Samantha Romero in the final to earn top spot on the podium. Young was also named an OUA major award winner at the conclusion of the conference championships, as she took home the honour of "OUA Female Wrestler of the Year." Young becomes just the third Gryphon woman ever to be named OUA Wrestler of the Year (joining Natassya Lu in 2016-17, and Tara Hedican who earned the honour twice in 2001-02 & 2002-03). Young will look to carry the momentum from a strong OUA showing into nationals later this month in February, with the Brampton native having claimed U SPORTS bronze medals at each of the past two nationals.
 
The other OUA gold medal for the Gryphons on Saturday came from Brennan Laplante Brady in the men's 72kg weight class. The 21-year-old from Kingston, Ontario topped the OUA podium, defeating Brock's Hamazah Al-Qayse in the final. For Laplante Brady, an English major at the University of Guelph, it marks a one-place improvement on the OUA podium after having earned OUA silver a season ago.
 
The Brock Badgers were crowned OUA champions on the men's and women's sides. Full details below. The nine Gryphon wrestlers who reached the OUA podium have earned the opportunity to compete at nationals (Feb. 28-March 1), with Brock University set to serve as the hosts of the 2025 U SPORTS Wrestling Championships.
 

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Gryphon Medalists at 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships
 
GOLD
Kelyn Young (women's 50kg)
Brennan Laplante Brady (men's 72kg)
 
SILVER
Kaleigh Bruce (women's 59kg)
 
BRONZE
Casey Harkley (men's 68kg)
Cooper Feke (men's 61kg)
Brooklyn Glasgow (women's 53kg)
Mitchel Schechinger (men's 125kg)
Dawson Skelton (men's 100kg)
Kylee Lubbers (women's 68kg) 
 

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Team Standings
 
Women
GOLD – Brock - 80 points
SILVER – Western - 66 points
BRONZE – McMaster - 51 points
Guelph - 46
Lakehead - 31
York - 22
Algoma - 21
Queens - 19
Carleton - 18
TMU - 8
UofT - 3
 
Men
GOLD – Brock - 90 points
SILVER – Western - 66 points
BRONZE – McMaster - 50 points
Guelph - 46
TMU - 31
York - 27
Lakehead - 25
UofT - 22
Algoma - 11
Carleton - 11
Queens - 7
 

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OUA Major Award Winners | 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships

Outstanding Female Wrestler – Kelyn Young (Guelph)
Outstanding Male Wrestler – Gavin Eldridge (Western
Female Rookie of the Year – Isata Mansary (Western)
Male Rookie of the Year – Zakir Ibrhimkheil (Brock)
Women's Coach of the Year – Marty Calder (Brock)
Men's Coach of the Year – David Collie (Brock)
Male Student-Athlete Community Service Awards – Mark Summers (Western)
Female Student-Athlete Community Service Awards - Nevaeh Pine (Algoma)
 

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Women's Medalists | 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships
 
50kg
Gold – Kelyn Young (Guelph)
Silver – Samantha Romero (Brock)
Bronze – Jess Hong (Carleton)
 
53kg
Gold – Serena Di Benedetto (McMaster)
Silver – Francesca Lo Greco (Brock)  
56kg
Gold – Kendall Dettloff (Western)
Silver - Arely Torales (York)
Bronze - Olivia Mathezer (Brock)
 
59kg
Gold – Olivia Lichti (McMaster)  
62kg
Gold – Michaela Rankin (Brock)
Silver – Jonelle Clarke (Western)
Bronze – Macy Malysiak (McMaster)
 
 
65kg
Gold – Bronwyn MacGregor (Brock)
Silver – Prabhleen Randhawa (York)
Bronze – Myah Kyle (Western)
 
68kg
Gold – Vanessa Keefe (Brock) Bronze – Kylee Lubbers (Guelph)
 
72kg
Gold – Isata Mansary (Western)
Silver – Marthe Laplante-Brady (Queen's)
Bronze – Rachel Hall (Brock)
 
76kg
Gold - Megann Nkenglack (McMaster)
Silver – Paige Baynham (Western)
Bronze – Cassie Corbett (Brock)
 
83kg
Gold – Brianna Fraser (Brock)
Silver – Vanessa Fonrose (McMaster)
Bronze – Lilah Fraser (Algoma)
 

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Men's Medalists | 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships
 
57kg
Gold – Treye Trotman (Western)
Silver – Zakir Ibrahimkheil (Brock)
Bronze – Stephan Niron (York)
 
61kg
Gold – Garette Saunders (Brock)
Silver – Blayne Helou (McMaster)
Bronze – Cooper Feke (Guelph)
 
65kg
Gold – Gavin Eldridge (Western)
Silver – Dechlan Papadopoulos (TMU)
Bronze – Mason Mastroianni (Brock)
 
68kg
Gold – Gabe Blanchette (Brock)
Silver – Zachary Ortencio (Western)
Bronze – Casey Harkley (Guelph)
 
72kg
Gold – Brennan Laplante Brady (Guelph)
Silver –  Hamazah Al-Qayse (Brock)
Bronze – Armaan Jawandha (McMaster)
 
76kg
Gold – Cole Coghill (Brock)
Silver – Luken Lawson (McMaster)
Bronze – Patrick Salvador-Guzman (Western)
 
82kg
Gold – Lukas Geske (Western)
Silver – Max Budgey (Brock)
Bronze – Chase Birch (Lakehead)
 
90kg
Gold – Yazdan Farokhizad (Brock)
Silver – Irman Kang (McMaster)
Bronze – Ali Dahcha (York)
 
100kg
Gold – Callum Knox (Brock)
Silver – Arjun Cheema (TMU)
Bronze – Dawson Skelton (Guelph)
 
125kg
Gold – Roger Li (Brock)
Silver – Mark Summers (Western)
Bronze – Mitch Schenchinger (Guelph)
 

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