The 2025 edition of the U Sports National Championships was held on Friday February 28th and Saturday March 1st at Brock University in St-Catherines Ontario. The premier wrestling event for Student-Athletes, Quebec’s only university participating at the event would be Concordia University.
Connor Rooney and Liam Menard
Members of the Men and Women’s team would look to finish off the Varsity season strong, with the hopes of becoming an All-Canadian, a title reserved for the top two athletes in the country. Our Concordia athletes were accompanied as usual by Coach David Zilberman, a veteran coach at this event. The results were as follows:
Team Concordia Men
| Liam Menard (FS 68 kg) | ||
| Round | Opponent | Final Score |
| 1 | Ashton Bodnarchuk (SASK) | Win TF 11-0 |
| 2 | Isaac Le Morvan (ALB) | Loss DEC 10-10 |
| 4 | Zachary Ortencio (WEST) | Loss DEC 6-3 |
| 5 | Gianluca Fortino (MAC) | Loss Fall 10-4 |
| 7/8 | Brendon Maguire (CAL) | Win TF 11-0 |
| Final Placement: 7th | ||
| Connor Rooney (FS 76 kg) | ||
| Round | Opponent | Final Score |
| 1 | Aidan Gresik (ALB) | Win DEC 14-9 |
| 2 | Nick Hooper (CAL) | Loss TF 10-0 |
| 4 | Luken Lawson (MAC) | Loss TF 12-2 |
| 5 | Anthony Nighbor (ALG) | Win TF 10-0 |
| 5/6 | Michel Thomas (LETH) | Win Fall 11-0 |
| Final Placement: 5th | ||
| Sophia Bechard (WW 59 kg) | ||
| Round | Opponent | Final Score |
| 1 | Eve Maxwell-Nikiforuk (CAL) | Loss DEC 4-1 |
| 3 | Kaleigh Bruce (GUEL) | Win TF 12-1 |
| 4 | Bahar Zali (WEST) | Win Fall 12-0 |
| 5 | Peyton Shields (LETH) | Win DEC 8-3 |
| 3/4 | Caitlyn Clatney (SASK) | Loss Fall 0-4 |
| Final Placement: 4th | ||
| Alexia Sherland (WW 76-83 kg) | ||
| Round | Opponent | Final Score |
| 1 | Myah Philips (SASK) | Win DEC 19-10 |
| 3 | Vanessa Fonrose (MAC) | Win Fall 8-0 |
| 4 | Brudget Dearling (LETH) | Win Fall 4-0 |
| 5 | Risa Ferrari (WEST) | Win Fall 10-7 |
| 1/2 | Brianna Fraser (BROCK) | Loss TF 2-14 |
| Final Placement: Silver Medal | ||
Alexia Sherland All Canadian
Concordia would finish the event at 12th place for the Men and 10th for the Women. To qualify for this event is a rare accomplishment in an athlete’s career. To medal in one is even rarer still. Congratulations to all our University athletes this past weekend!
Our Team Concordia
At the Athlete’s Banquet