Simon Fraser University junior wrestler Mallory Velte has booked her ticket to Paris, France this summer to compete in the 2017
Senior Women’s World Championships after winning her weight class at the U.S. world team trials last week in Las Vegas.
A two-time Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) champion and 2017 Lorne Davies Female Athlete of the Year award winner with SFU, Velte took the 63 kg weight class title.
A native of Sacramento, Velte won two straight matches over 2017 U.S. Open champion Jennifer Page, 10-8 in the first bout and 2-2 in the second bout.
“I lost to her at the U.S. Open, but I beat her at the Olympic trials. This feels good,” said Velte. “I am ready to win a world medal in Paris. I imagined this. Getting this win really feels good.”
Three of the eight weight classes on the U.S. senior women’s world team were won by wrestlers with SFU connections.
SFU alumnae and 2016 Olympic champion Helen Maroulis and Victoria Anthony will compete at the world championships in Paris, Aug. 21 to 26. Maroulis and Anthony were teammates at Simon Fraser, both winning four WCWA national titles.
Herdman draws Chiefs mini-camp invitation
Simon Fraser University linebacker Jordan Herdman is going to Kansas City.
A two-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Herdman is projected to be one of the top players selected this week in the CFL draft.
Although undrafted in the NFL draft, Herdman accepted an invitation this week to attend the Kansas City Chiefs’ rookie min-camp to showcase his skills.
