The New Year continued on as more tournaments were contested and athletes at the various levels would use these matches to prepare for the upcoming competitions, the National Championships and U-Sport National Championships. This weekend saw athletes from many clubs and many age groups compete at the Elite XC tournament in Cambridge Ontario and the Guelph Open, held in Guelph Ontario.
On Saturday, January 21, Concordia University, Heritage Regional High School, The Montreal Wrestling Club, the Patriotes de St-Cesaire and Vanier College all sent wrestlers aged Bantam to U23 to the Elite XC tournament. The results were as follows:
Concordia University
U23 Men 70 kg: Liam Menard Silver Medal
U23 Men 79 kg: Connor Church Gold Medal
Heritage Regional High School
Open Boys 60-64 kg: Cruz Lewis Gold Medal
Montreal Wrestling Club
Open Girls 47-52 kg: Madison Chalton Silver Medal
Open Girls 64-65- kg: Giuliana Iannuzzi Gold Medal
A coachable moment
Patriotes de St-Cesaire
Bantam Boys 40-42 kg: Loïc Rainville Silver Medal
Open Boys 55-57 kg: Jacob Jutras Gold Medal
Open Boys 60-64 kg: Josué Daigneault Aguilar 5th place
Open Boys 65-69 kg: Exaucé Luhungi Mondo 4th place
Open Boys 72-75 kg: Nathan Rainville Gold Medal
Open Boys 72-75 kg: Andrew Blais 5th place
Open Girls 47-52 kg: Malyka Hotte 4th place
Open Girls 47-52 kg: Laurie Bourgault 5th place
Open Girls 64-65- kg: Rose Forgues Silver Medal
Open Girls 67-70- kg: Rose Lacoste Gold Medal
Vanier College
Open Boys 60-64 kg: Logan Suh Silver Medal
Congratulations to our younger athletes for their fine performances this weekend!
A podium moment at 64-65 kg Girls
Guelph Open
The Guelph Open was held at Guelph University on Sunday January 22nd. The only tournament held out east for athletes looking for Carding points, the Guelph Open attracts athletes from all over the country, giving it the well deserved reputation of being a “mini” Senior National Championships.
Quebec was once again well represented at the competition as a large number of clubs made their way down to the tournament. CLIC, Concordia University, the Montreal Wrestling Club and Triton Top Team Performance Wrestling club all sent athletes and the the results were the following:
Concordia University
Women 62 kg: Laurence Beauregard Gold Medal
Men 86 kg: Alex Moore Gold Medal
Men 92 kg: Jeremy Poirier Gold Medal
Montreal Wrestling Club
Women 50 kg: Jade Dufour 6th place
Men 65 kg: Jason Luneau Gold Medal
Men 74 kg: Stone Lewis Silver Medal
Triton Top Team Performance
Men 57 kg: Kanerahtens Bush 5th place
Men 70 kg: Renan Puglia 4th place
Men 86 kg: Maxim Cote 4th place
Men 86 kg:Jeremie Blain 6th place
Men 92 kg: Xavier Lauzon Silver Medal