Women's Wrestling

Team Information

Head Coach: Marcus Nieman

Assistant Coach:

Contact Information:
Marcus Nieman
Head Coach, Men's Wrestling
c/o Department of Athletics and Recreation
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6
marcusniemann@hotmail.com

OUA/CIS: OUA

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Women's Wrestling News

Queen's Wrestler Off To CIS Finals
Kingston, ON (February 28, 2007) - Queen's Golden Gael wrestler Shannon Mullins leaves today for the CIS Championships at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Mullins qualified for the women's 55 kilogram weight class courtesy of her bronze medal finish at the OUA Finals two weeks ago in Toronto. Shannon heads into Friday's preliminary action as the seventh seed and will find out which pool of wrestlers in her weight class she will face. The third year Terra Cotta, Ontario native will need to finish first or second in her pool to advance to the medal round on Saturday. Action gets under way at noon eastern time on Friday with the medal round scheduled for 2:30pm eastern time on Saturday.

Women's Wrestler Qualifies For CIS Championships
Toronto, ON (February 17, 2007) - Queen's Golden Gael wrestler Shannon Mullins was the lone bright spot at the OUA Finals in Toronto Saturday winning a bronze in the women's 55 kilogram weight class. Mullins with the third place finish qualifies for the CIS Championships on March 2-4 at the University of Saskatchewan. The Terra Cotta Ontario native won the bronze by defeating Lesley McCallum of the University of Western Ontario. It will be the second straight year that Mullins has qualified for the National Championships. The closest any other Gael wrestler got to a top three finish and a CIS berth was Chris Levy who finished fourth in the men's 54 kilogram weight class losing in the bronze medal match to Guelph's Kevin Christiaens.

Gaels Wrestling Team At OUA Finals This Weekend
Kingston, ON (February 14, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's wrestling team compete at the OUA Championships this weekend at the University of Toronto. The Gaels have been battling injury and illness the last couple of weeks but still have high hopes for this years provincial finals. Perennial medal contender Shannon Mullins leads on the women's side. Mullins has medaled at four exhibition meets this season in the women's 55 kilogram weight class, winning gold at the University of Toronto Invitational in December, winning silver at the Queen's Invitational and claiming bronze at the Toronto and Brock Opens. Shannon was the lone Gael wrestler to qualify for the CIS Championships last season finishing sixth in St. Catherines. She knows that to win gold she will have to find a way to defeat Kingston native and defending CIS Champion Terri McNutt of the University of Western Ontario. For the men Chris Levy is a key component in the 54 kilogram weight class. This season Levy had his best performance at the Queen's Open to win the title by defeating Western's Matt Steele in the final. His last exhibition meet two weeks ago at Western saw him win his first round match despite a broken hand before losing in the next match to defending CIS champion Jamie Macari of Brock. Eric Bertrand has also had an outstanding exhibition season for Queen's winning a bronze at the University of Toronto Invitational and defeating defending OUA medallist Leonard Payne of McMaster in the men's 120 kilogram weight class. Overall the Gaels as a team look to improve on last year's OUA standings which saw the men finish sixth and the women finish seventh.

Wrestling Battles Illness and Injury At Western
London, ON (February 4, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's wrestling team had a tough weekend at the Western Open in London, Ontario. Battling the flu and injuries the team was still able to win some important matches at their last competition before the OUA Championships. Golden Gael Chris Levy in the men's 54 kg battled through a broken hand to win his first match before bowing out in the next round to defending CIS champion Jamie Macari of Brock. Also Queen's athlete Eric Bertrand defeated OUA medalist Leonard Payne of McMaster before having to pull out due to illness. The Gaels are now off till February 17th in Toronto for the OUA championships as wrestlers try to qualify for the CIS championships March 2nd and 3rd at the University of Saskatchewan.

Three Medals For Wrestlers At Queen's Invitational
Kingston, ON (January 28, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's wrestling teams won a gold, silver and bronze medal at Sunday's Queen's Invitational at the Bartlett Gym. Chris Levy won the gold as he had his best performance of the season and won the 54 kilogram over Matt Steele of Western. Gaels outstanding wrestler Shannon Mullins made it to the final in the women's 55 kilogram but lost to CIS champion Terri McNutt of the Western Ontario Mustangs. The other Tricolour medal was claimed by Shannon Westgarth who took the bronze in the women's 63 kilogram. Overall the Gaels finished fourth in the women's team standings behind Brock, Western and first place Lakehead. As for the men they finished tied for sixth with Concordia and Toronto, Brock won the team title.

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Queen's Wrestler Wins Bronze At Brock
St. Catharines, ON (January 14, 2007) - Queen's Golden Gaels wrestler Shannon Mullins won a bronze medal at the Brock Open this weekend in St. Catharines. Shannon won the medal in the women's 55 kilogram weight class. Queen's wrestler Chris Levy had the best performance on the men's side courtesy of a fifth place finish in the men's 54 kilogram category. The Gaels travel to Guelph next Saturday for the Guelph Open before returning home January 28th for the Queen's Invitational.

Shannon Mullins Wins Gold at U of T Wrestling Tournament
Toronto, ON (December 3, 2006) - Shannon Mullins won gold in the women's 55 kg weight category at the U of T Wrestling Tournament. Mullins finished the first half of the season with a strong performance which included defeating two strong competitors from Western, placing her at the head of the pack in the hunt for OUA gold next semester. Shannon Westgarth finished fourth in the women's 63 kg division. Strong performances were put in also by Jason Howes who placed 6th overall in the men's 90 kg division and by Eric Bertrand who placed a hard fought 4th in an extremely competitive men's 120 kg weight.

Men's & Women's Wrestling
Toronto, On (Nov. 11, 2006) - At the Toronto Open Eric Bertrand won a bronze medal in the130 kg class as did veteran Shannon Mullins in the 55kg women's class. Chris Levy placed 5th in the men's 54kg class. A strong showing by a number of rookie team members.

Women's CIS Wrestling
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (4 Mar. 2006) - In CIS Women's Wrestling Championship action lone participant Shannon Mullen placed 6th in the 55 kg weight category. The points garnered by Mullen's gave the Queen's team a 11th place tie out of 12 schools participating at the Championships.

Season Summary
Shannon Mullins, who placed second at the OUA Championships in the women’s 55 kg weight event, had our best result this season. She narrowly lost a very close and tough battle in the gold medal final, and was recognized as an OUA All-Star for her outstanding effort. At the national Championships, Shannon put in a great effort and placed 6th. On the men’s team, Eric Bertrand, a first year wrestler in the130 kg weight category, led the men’s team to a respectable solid finish at the OUA Championships. With several strong performances at the OUA Championships, the team standings remained the same, while almost doubling team points from last year. Next year, the team hopes to see a return of our men standing on the podium at the OUA's. The Gaels have a good core of athletes returning next year who are committed to reaching that goal.

OUA Wrestling Championships at Lakehead

Women – 6th overall
55kg - Shannon Mullins – 2nd
59kg - Katie Pasic – 6th
72kg - Shannon Westgarth – 5th

Queen's Wrestling Invitational
KINGSTON, Ont. (29 Jan. 2006) - At the Queen's Invitational Wrestling Meet the men's team placed 11th out of 16 teams participating in the meet. Nate French placed 4th in the 57 kg category. On the women's side the team placed 6th out of 11 teams. Shannon Mullins brought home a bronze medal in the 55 kg weight category. The team will be travelling to London this weekend for the Western Invitational.
Results (pdf file)...

Women's Wrestling @ Concordia Invitational
Shannon Mullens captured the gold medal in the women's 55kg weight class, defeating opponents from UNB and Ottawa.