U SPORTS: Badgers break away from the pack to take lead after day one
St. Catharines, Ont. (via U SPORTS) – The Brock Badgers, looking to secure their seventh consecutive sweep of the U SPORTS mats, will lead the way with 10 competitors in the gold medal matches on Saturday after a dominant Day 1 at the U SPORTS Wrestling Championships at Brock’s Bob Davis Gymnasium.
Five Badger men and five women advance to the gold-medal matches in their respective weight classes.
“All and all it was a great day,” said Brock head coach Marty Calder. “I’m always looking at the ones we didn’t get, but it wasn’t that bad. We did have some moments today where we weren’t as good as we could have been.”
Brock will have six of their wrestlers compete for bronze.
“These athletes are on the path to the highest level, so sometimes you see some inconsistencies and mistakes,” said Calder. “You know it’s coming, the wave of misfortune, and we talk about it and that’s when we have to dig our heels in and get through it.”
The Saskatchewan Huskies will deploy the second-largest group in Saturday’s action, as six of their wrestlers will square off in final matches.
Four Calgary Dinos and four Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas will test their might for gold.
Action gets underway on Saturday beginning with the fifth- and seventh-place matches at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT at Bob Davis Gymnasium. The bronze-medal matches begin at noon ET/9 a.m. PT while gold-medal matches begin at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
TEAM STANDINGS
Men
|
Rank |
School |
Points |
|
1 |
Brock |
66 |
|
2 |
Saskatchewan |
43 |
|
3 |
Alberta |
38 |
|
4 |
Calgary |
37 |
|
5 |
Concordia |
37 |
|
6 |
McMaster |
36 |
|
7 |
Guelph |
33 |
|
8 |
Fraser Valley |
24 |
|
9 |
Lakehead |
20 |
|
10 |
Western |
17 |
|
11 |
Algoma |
12 |
|
12 |
UNB |
4 |
|
13 |
Ryerson |
3 |
|
14 |
York |
2 |
|
15 |
Queen`s |
1 |
|
16 |
Toronto |
1 |
|
Rank |
School |
Points |
|
1 |
Brock |
46 |
|
2 |
Saskatchewan |
39 |
|
3 |
Calgary |
33 |
|
4 |
Western |
30 |
|
5 |
Alberta |
28 |
|
6 |
Concordia |
26 |
|
7 |
Lakehead |
21 |
|
8 |
Guelph |
19 |
|
9 |
York |
10 |
|
10 |
McMaster |
7 |
|
11 |
Toronto |
6 |
|
12 |
Fraser Valley |
5 |
|
13 |
Algoma |
1 |
|
14 |
Queen`s |
1 |
|
15 |
Ryerson |
0 |
|
16 |
UNB |
0 |
Men’s Finals
54 kg – Josh Skory (Calgary) vs. Logan Sloan (Saskatchewan)
57 kg – Garette Saunders (Brock) vs. Kyle Robinson (Guelph)
61 kg – Jordan Wong (Alberta) vs. Marco Palermo (Lakehead)
65 kg – Emmanuel Olapade (Calgary) vs. Ligrit Sadiku (Brock)
68 kg – Connor Quinton (McMaster) vs. Cruiz Manning (Brock)
72 kg – Aidan McKeage (Alberta) vs. Alexander Chaves (Guelph)
76 kg – Guseyn Ruslanzada (Concordia) vs. Ben Zahra (McMaster)
82 kg – Carson Lee (Saskatchewan) vs. Ameen Aghamirian (McMaster)
90 kg – Hunter Lee (Saskatchewan) vs. Karan Dhillon (Fraser Valley)
100 kg – Jasonpreet Bains (Fraser Valley) vs. Clayton Pye (Brock)
120 kg – Aly Barghout (Concordia) vs. Richard Deschatelets (Brock)
Men’s Bronze
54 kg – Qasim. Khan (Brock) vs. Broderick Collison (Algoma)
57 kg – Harris Valdes (Alberta) vs. Francesco Fortino (McMaster)
61 kg – Joseph Martin (Brock) vs. Liam Hogan (Calgary)
65 kg – Hassan Al-Hayawi (Western) vs. Isaiah Springer (Alberta)
68 kg – Devan Larkin (Alberta) vs. Ali Rahguzar (Fraser Valley)
72 kg – Bobby Narwal (Brock) vs. Aaron Orszak (Concordia)
76 kg – Ty Bridgwater (Brock) vs. Miles Kent (Alberta)
82 kg – C onnor Pointen (Calgary) vs. Sam Barmish (Concordia)
90 kg – Brad MaGarrey (McMaster) vs Ignatius Pitt (Brock)
100 kg – Job Reinhart (Guelph) vs. Jeremy Poirier (Concordia)
120 kg – Jacob Phillips (Saskatchewan) vs. Anthony Parker (Western)
Women’s Finals
48 kg –Alex Schell (Saskatchewan) vs. Samantha Romano (Brock)
51 kg - Taylor McPherson (Alberta) vs. Madison Parks (Western)
55 kg - Jayd Davis (Concordia) vs. Hannah Little (Guelph)
59 kg - Amy Bellavia (Calgary) vs. Julie Steffler (Brock)
63 kg - Madison Clayton (Lakehead) vs. Hannah Taylor (Brock)
67 kg - Ellise Daynes (Calgary) vs. Skylar Grote (Brock)
72 kg - Haley Heffel (Alberta) vs. Berit Johnson (Saskatchewan)
82 kg - Maddison Haney (Saskatchewan) vs. Shauna Kuebeck (Brock)
Bronze
48 kg – Kaleigh Prieur (Concordia) vs. Calista Espinosa (Fraser Valley)
51 kg - Bailey Agard (York) vs. Katie Dutchak (Saskatchewan)
55 kg - Grace Chambers (Calgary) vs. SueAnne Harms (Saskatchewan)
59 kg - Brea Rodgers (York) vs. Laurence Beauregard (Concordia)
63 kg - Miki Rowbottom (Calgary) vs. Katie Mulkay (Alberta)
67 kg – Paige Baynham (Western) vs. Amanda Savard (Concordia)
72 kg - Leigha Smith (Brock) vs. Jennifer Nwamadi (Western)
82 kg - Tyanna Soucy (Western) vs. Kara Nixon (Lakehead)
