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enjoyable as it was successful. She excelled at the collegiate and internation- al levels, becoming Simon Fraser’s first four-time WCWA individual champion and earning her second Junior World title. “My years at Simon Fraser were spent with an inspiring team of girls who were always willing to push you and support you in becoming your best,” she said. “It was awesome to become the first four- time WCWA champion alongside team- mate and best friend, Helen Maroulis, and under Coach Mike Jones. I had also started competing at the Senior level in the U.S. Being a part of the team played a major role in my progress both as an athlete and as a person, so this was a great way to finish out my time on a team that gave me so much.”
Life took her from Canada back to the U.S. where she was a resident-athlete of the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. from 2011-12. Although she is no longer a resident, she enjoys the challenge of training both at home in California and at the OTC in Colorado.
“The OTC is a truly awesome place, designed to help people achieve their Olympic dreams,” she said. “You meet a new set of challenges training away from the Center, but I have found a training sit-
uation in California with Coach Valentin Kalika that is perfect for where I am at currently in my career.
“I still head out to the OTC every one to two months to grind it out in that sweet new wrestling room, and am thankful that I can use both locations in conjunction to get what I need training-wise.” Since college, she has been finding success in a variety of places. She has competed on the World team, and won multiple championships abroad at compe- titions like the Cerro Pelado International in Cuba and the Pan American Championships.
“All of these competitions, and each one in between, have taught me bits of crucial information that I've needed to keep moving forward in aiming to achieve the overarching goal of becoming a World and Olympic champion,” said Anthony, who placed fifth at the 2013 Senior World Championships despite moving up a weight class. Still striving for excellence everywhere, she isn’t overlooking competitions at home.
Recently, she was victorious over 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and World champion Clarissa Chun in the finals of the 2015 Dave Schultz Memorial International.
With an accomplishment that she describes as her “first big domestic win,”
she is excited to continue down the path to her lifelong goal of becoming that champion on both the World and Olympic stages.
“It was awesome to win that competi- tion against such a respectable opponent, as well as win the Outstanding Wrestler award,” Anthony said of the Schultz title. “This was my first big domestic win. I've won a handful of tournaments overseas, but hadn't reached the top of the podium domestically yet, so it felt good to achieve this.”
Anthony followed her Schultz win by capturing a title in Cuba two weeks later. Anthony pinned two-time World bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe in that tourna- ment.
Lampe defeated Anthony to make the 2013 and 2014 U.S. World Team at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
“I think that whoever makes our team at 48 kg will be podium ready,” U.S. National Coach Terry Steiner said. “Victoria has looked good the past few months, and is in a good training situation right now and is on a good periodization plan. “Victoria has loads of talent, she just needs to continue to make adjustments and keep improving. Victoria has been on top of the World at the Junior level and definitely has the capability at the Senior level as well.”
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