The 2022 Canadian Wrestling Trials were held in Edmonton Alberta at the University of Alberta from May 26th-28th. The trials were used to determine the national team members for the Seniors, Juniors and Cadet teams in Freestyle, Women’s Wrestling and Greco-Roman. Quebec clubs were well represented at the event as CLIC, Concordia University NTC, Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk WC, Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, les Patriotes de St-Cesaire, Triton Performance WC and Vanier College competed in the event.
Our Quebec wrestlers competed hard, many of them putting up dominant performances to secure their places on their respective National Teams.
The results for the Cadet Men were as follows:
65 kg: Nathan Rainville Patriotes de St-Césaire: Gold Medal and Outstanding Wrestler
Nathan Rainville vs. Nolan Stewart
The results for the Junior Women were as follows:
59 kg: Inara Bardai Triton Performance WC: 6th place
The results for the Junior Men Were as follows:
70 kg: Stone Lewis Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal and Outstanding Wrestler
74 kg: Yann Heymug Vanier College: 4th place
79 kg: Connor Church Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
92 kg: Xavier Lauzon Triton Performance WC: Bronze Medal
97 kg: Emile Forgues Patriotes de St-Césaire: Silver Medal
Stone Lewis vs. Elijah Lazar
Connor Church vs. Jai Sodhi
The results for the Senior Women were as follows:
50 kg: Jade Dufour Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Bronze Medal
53 kg: Jayd Davis Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: 5th place
55 kg: Virginie Gascon Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
59 kg: Laurence Beauregard Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
65 kg: Amanda Savard Concordia University NTC: Silver Medal
68 kg: Linda Morais Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
72 kg: Alexia Sherland Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: 6th place
Laurence Beauregard vs. Mia Friesen
Linda Morais vs. Katie Mulkay
The results for the Senior Men were as follows:
57 kg: Trevor Banks Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Bronze Medal
61 kg: Jason Luneau Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
70 kg: Vincent De Marinis Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
70 kg: Stone Lewis Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Silver Medal
70 kg: Renan Puglia Triton Performance WC: 6th place
74 kg: Samuel Barmish Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Bronze Medal
79 kg: Guseyn Ruslanzada Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
86 kg: Julien Choquette Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: 6th place
86 kg: Maxim Cote Triton Performance WC: 4th place
86 kg: Alex Moore Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Gold Medal
92 kg: Jeremie Blain Triton Performance WC: 5th place
97 kg: Jeremie Poirier Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Silver Medal
125 kg: Aly Barghout Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: Bronze Medal
Jason Luneau vs. Pritpaul Johal
Vincent De Marinis vs. Stone Lewis
Guseyn Ruslanzada vs. Jai Sodhi
Alex Moore vs. Hunter Lee
The results for Junior Greco-Roman were as follows:
97 kg: Xavier Lauzon Triton Performance WC: Bronze Medal
130 kg: Kahionhatenion Cross Triton Performance WC: 5th place
130 kg: Nicholas Cross Triton Performance WC: 4th place
The results for Senior Greco-Roman were as follows:
72 kg: Renan Puglia Triton Performance WC: Bronze Medal
87 kg: Maxim Cote Triton Performance WC: Gold Medal
97 kg: Jeremie Blain Triton Performance WC: Gold Medal
The final team placings for each club were as follows:
4th: Montreal Wrestling Club NTC: 94 overall points (Second in the Senior Men and First in the Senior Women)
13th: Triton Performance WC: 26 points overall
21st: Patriotes de St-Cesaire: 16 points overall
Congratulations to all our Quebec athletes on your fine performances!