History
Hero Wrestling started as a different club called King of the Mat. Based out of King Edward Jr. High (where the name originates from) Coach Mike Dunn (then 27 years old) started a wrestling program at the school working with kids from ages 8-14 in 1994.
When the school program wasn't enough wrestling for the athletes in the room, Coach Mike founded King of the Mat Wrestling Club. This allowed high performace training for young athletes at an early age. This elite training turned kids who were only having one practise a week into excellent athletes who trained 5 times a week. Since then, King of the Mat Wrestling Club has had over a dozen National Champions, 3 dozen different medallists, and has been one of the best programs in the country.
National Champions
Clayton Codd- 1997
Laura-Jane Van Weibe- 1998, 1999, 2001
Steve Snyders- 1999, 2000, 2004
Tyrone Gardiner- 2013
CJ Hudson- 2005
Kristoff Coles- 2013
Josh Vandenbor- 2000
Lynden Hansen- 2004
Ahmed Abosafi- 2003
Laurie Evans- 1998
Jazzie Barker- 2012
Daniel Coles- 2014
Kaylee Welsh- 2018
University Athletes
Jeremy Ballantine- University of Regina
Jaret Coles- University of Regina
Steve Snyders- Brock University
Jay Allen- Brock University
Tyrone Gardiner- Trinity Western
CJ Hudson- Brock University
Monique Simard- University of Regina
Laurie Evans- Brock University
Jazzie Barker- University of Calgary
Gaston Tardif- Lakehead University
Will Grieve- University of Calgary
Ahmed Abosafi- University of Calgary
Daniel LeMaro- Simon Fraser University
Brendan Seppela- SImon Fraser University
Michael LeMaro- University of Calgary
Madison Dunn- University Alabama-Huntsville
Scott McLelland- University of Calgary
National Medallists
Jay Allin - Rando LeMaro - Clayton Codd - Laura-Jane Van Weibe - Steve Snyders - Tyrone Gardiner
CJ Hudson - Kristoff Coles - Amber-Lynn Van Weibe - Gaston Tardif - Jeremy Ballantine - Scott McLelland - Ron Bushfield - Andrew Hope - Will Grieve - Rhys Clarke - Andrew MacPherson - Michael LeMaro - Josh Vandenbor - Tyrone Gardiner - CJ Hudson - Kristoff Coles - Lynden Hansen - Ahmed Abosafi - Laurie Evans - Jazzie Barker - Daniel Coles - Daron Kirkendall - Brett Rediker - Monique Simard - Kendis Kirkendall - Jaret Coles - Madison Dunn - Andrea Llewellyn - Madison MacKenzie - Isabelle Joiner