Quebec wrestlers from Concordia University and the Montreal Wrestling Club NTC were in action in Summerside Prince Edward Island for the Non-Olympic Trials for the 2022 World Championships and the 2022 Canada Cup.
Day one featured the trials for the Non-Olympic weight classes as Concordia University’s Virginie Gascon (55 kg), Laurence Beauregard (59 kg) and Amanda Savard (65 kg) were in action for the Women while Sam Garland (70 kg) and Sam Barmish (79 kg) competed on the Men’s side.
Sam Barmish wins a close one to qualify his spot for the World Championships
For the Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, Jade Dufour (55 kg) was the sole representative for the Women while Jason Luneau (61 kg) and Vincent De Marinis competed for the Men.
Results for the Women were quite strong as here are the final placings:
55 kg: Jade Dufour (Montreal Wrestling Club NTC) 2nd
55 kg: Virginie Gascon (Concordia University) 3rd
59 kg: Laurence Beauregard (Concordia University) 2nd
65 kg: Amanda Savard (Concordia University) 3rd
Vincent De Marinis completes a dominant win
On the Men’s side, results were also quite good:
61 kg: Jason Luneau (Montreal Wrestling Club NTC) 1st
70 kg: Vincent De Marinis (Montreal Wrestling Club NTC) 1st
79 kg: Sam Barmish (Concordia University) 1st
All wrestlers who placed first qualify their spot for the World Championships this September in Serbia, Belgrade. Congratulations to our Quebec Wrestlers and on to the Canada Cup!