ISTANBUL, Turkey - At the 2011 World Wrestling Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, Brock's Tonya Verbeek and Jessica Bondy MacDonald both medalled with Verbeek adding a silver medal and MacDonald bronze.

"This is a great accomplishment for both our program's wrestlers," said Brock head coach Marty Calder. "They have both worked very hard in 2011 and have excelled on the international stage. They now have one step to go at the Olympic Trials in December leading up to the 2012 Olympics in England."

Verbeek, a two-time Olympic medalist, captured a silver medal finishing with a 4-1 overall record. In her opening match she defeated Russia's Mariya Gurova (W 0-1, 1-0, 1-1), She then went on to defeat Mongolia's Nomin-erdene Batbaatar (W 5-0, 2-0), Azerbaidjan's Yuliya Ratkevich (W 0-1, 1-0, 3-0), and Ukraine's Tetyana Lazareva (W 0-1, 3-1, 1-0) in the semi-finals. In the finals she lost two rounds to one against two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and nine-time World Champion Saori Yoshida from Japan (L 1-0, 2-2, 3-2).

Jessica Bondy MacDonald captured a bronze medal at the worlds after posting a 3-1 overall record. She posted victories against Spain's Maria del Mar Serrano Barcelo (W pinfall 5-0), China's Yanan Sun (W pinfall 5-0) and Japan's Mareka Shidochi (W 6-1, 1-0) in the bronze medal match. Her lone loss came against the eventual world champion from Russia Zamira Rakhmanova (L 4-0, 6-4).