The wrestling season continued on with the 2022 U15, U17 and U19 National Championships which were held in Tsuut’ina Nation, Alberta. With competition suspended for three years, the turnout was quite good with athletes from the various provinces and territories in attendance.
A view of the competition site
Clubs from Quebec were once again well represented as Howard S. Billings Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk WC, Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, les Patriotes de St- Cesaire and Triton Performance WC all took part in the event.
Spectators tuned into the matches on the livestream
The event featured all styles as both Boys and Girls Freestyle and Greco-Roman were done during the event. The results for the tournament was as follows:
U15 Boys
57 kg: Ruiz Santino Triton Performance WC Silver Medal
U17 Girls
61 kg: Rose Forgues Patriote de St-Cesaire Bronze Medal
65 kg: Rose Lacoste Patriotes de St-Cesaire Silver Medal
69 kg: Giuliana Iannuzzi Montreal Wrestling Club NTC Bronze Medal
Rose Lacoste in the Gold Medal final
U17 Boys
55 kg: Tristan Sears Howard S. Billings Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk WC Silver Medal
Tristan Sears prepares to engage in his Gold Medal match
80 kg: Charles Divita Anthony Howard S. Billings Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk WC 6th place
U19 Girls
57 kg: Inara Bardai Triton Performance WC Bronze Medal
Connor Rooney looks for the pin
U19 Boys
71 kg: Nathan Rainville Patriotes de St-Cesaire Gold Medal and Outstanding Wrestler for the U19 Boys
110 kg: Émile Forgues Patriotes de St-Cesaire 6th place
Nathan Rainville goes for the pin
U15 Greco Roman Boys
57 kg: Ruiz Santino Triton Performance WC Silver Medal
U19 Greco Roman Girls
57 kg: Inara Bardai Triton Performance WC Gold Medal
Team Howard S. Billings Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk WC celebrate a successful trip to the Canadian Nationals
With some teams only recently returning to competition, our Quebec athlete’s performances at these Canadian Championships were quite good. Many of our Quebec athletes either equalled or bettered their previous results while some medalled and placed at the tournament for the first time. Congratulations to all the athletes and the coaches on all their hard work leading up to this National Championships.