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Featured Image: York wrestler (far right) claims bronze at Pan-Am. | Courtesy of York Lions
Alexandria Town will be returning home with a shiny bronze medal hanging around her neck.
Town clinched third place in her first-ever international competition—the Pan American Games in Lima Peru, on May 5.
Competing in the 57 kg weight category, Town earned a 10-0 victory over Colombia’s Eva Gonzalez Landazury in the quarter final, before losing a heartbreaker—8-5—in the semi-final to Mexico’s Alejandra Romero Bonilla.
However, she coasted to a bronze medal in her final match, as she won 10-0 against Dominica’s Yessica Oviedo Perez.
Town qualified for the tournament by winning gold in the Canadian senior national championships this past March—her first national championship.
She is the most decorated women’s wrestler in York’s history, having won three OUA medals, and two U SPORTS medals. She’s also York’s first OUA all-star, and U SPORTS all-Canadian.
Town credits part of her success to coach Eamonn Dorgan. “He’s the reason I got back into wrestling after high school and the reason I’m still wrestling today. He understands how I work best.
“I never expected to take wrestling this far, yet here I am years later winning U SPORTS medals and taking home national championships,” says Town, whose focus is shifting towards the Olympics. “I’ve come this far with the opportunities and support I receive from York University. Now I want to push my training to the next level and see how far I can go… I’m starting to see things with Tokyo 2020 vision.”
