The premiere wrestling event in Canada took place at the Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton Alberta from May 29th to June 1st. The event serves as the National team trials for each respective age group (Senior, Junior and Cadet) and is always a high-pressured and competitive event. Quebec clubs sent their best as athletes from CLIC, the Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, the Riverdale Wrestling Club and the Tritton Performance Wrestling Club were all represented.

Day 1 would begin with the Cadets (U17). Montreal Wrestling Club NTC and the Tritton Performance Wrestling Club had athletes competing on that day. The results were the following:

Christopher Merlo in his second match of the Round-Robin (Photo property of Flowrestling)

Montreal Wrestling Club NTC
Name Division Record Final Placement
Owen Rooney FS U17 71 kg 2-2 4th
Tritton Performance Wrestling Club
Name Division Record Final Placement
Grayden Diome FS U17 41-45 kg 1-3 4th
Emma Tritton WW U17 53 kg 3-2 5th

On Day 2, the Juniors would take to the mats as athletes from CLIC, Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, the Riverdale Wrestling Club and the Tritton Performance Wrestling Club competed on that day. The results for that day were as follows:

Kenneth Dickson in his second match against K-Bay (Photo property of Flowrestling)

CLIC
Name Division Record Final Placement
Nathan Zachary FS U20 70 kg 0-2 DNP
Montreal Wrestling Club NTC
Name Division Record Final Placement
Tristan Sears FS U20 57 kg 1-2 DNP
Cruz Lewis FS U20 61 kg 2-2 5th
Ryder Church FS U20 70 kg 4-1 Bronze Medal
Thomas Vihn FS U20 70 kg 0-2 DNP
Alessandro Giordano FS U20 79 kg 2-2 5th
Bryce Rooney FS U20 79 kg 3-1 Silver Medal
Zaurbek Arsagov FS U20 92 kg 2-1 Silver Medal
Anthony Campione FS U20 92 kg 2-2 4th
Charles-Anthony Di Vita FS U20 97 kg 2-2 5th
Beatrice Galaise WW U20 68 kg 2-1 Silver Medal
Rose Lacoste WW U20 72 kg 2-1 Bronze Medal
Riverdale Wrestling Club
Name Division Record Final Placement
Kenneth Dickson FS U20 61 kg 0-2 DNP
Tritton Performance Wrestling Club
Name Division Record Final Placement
Lucas Macdonald FS U20 92 kg 0-2 DNP

Day 3 would see both the Senior Men and Women take to the mat. As this is the showcase event for wrestling in Canada, our Quebec athletes would face a stiff challenge and would in some cases rise to the occasion. The results for Day 3 were the following:

Xavier Lauzon in the Bronze Medal final (Photo property of Flowrestling)

CLIC
Name Division Record Final Placement
Christopher Merlo FS Senior 57 kg 1-2 Bronze Medal
Youcef Amellal
FS Senior 74 kg 02 DNP
Montreal Wrestling Club NTC
Name Division Record Final Placement
Jason Luneau FS Senior 65 kg 1-1 Silver Medal
Connor Rooney FS Senior 74 kg 0-2 DNP
Connor Church FS Senior 79 kg 4-0 Gold Medal
Byer, Jordon-Lee FS Senior 125 kg 2-2 5th
Laurence Beauregard WW Senior 57 kg 3-1 Silver Medal
Alexia Sherland WW Senior 76 kg 2-2 5th
Tritton Performance Wrestling Club
Name Division Record Final Placement
Xavier Lauzon FS Senior 92 kg 2-2 4th
Taylor Nikides FS Senior 97 kg 0-2 DNP
Shanna Tam WW Senior 65 kg 0-3 6th

Connor Church with the takedown…. (Photo property of Flowrestling)

En-route to his Technical Superiority victory in the Gold Medal final (Photo property of Flowrestling)

Congratulations to all our athletes who competed at the Canadian Trials in a bid to make their respective National Teams!