Ten Brock wrestlers made finals at Olympic trials
The Brock Wrestling Club had an excellent showing at the Canadian Olympic wrestling trials this past weekend in Niagara Falls.
“It was fantastic. We had a great weekend,” said an exhausted Marty Calder after the last final Saturday evening at the Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls. “The kids wrestled extremely well and having 10 in the finals was amazing.”
But the finals weren’t the only place where Brock wrestlers had breakout performances.
“Today (Saturday) on the backside (consolation), we had some huge wins,” Calder said.
The only downer of the day was a tough 2-1 loss by Brock’s Olivia Di Bacco in the 68-kilogram division to Dinos Wrestling Club’s Danielle Lappage in the final match of the competition.
“We lost to a great opponent in a nail-biter and that’s the way it goes,” Calder said. “She’ll be back.”
Below are the complete Brock results:
MEN’S FINALS
57 kilograms
Brock’s Ligrit Sadiku defeated Burnaby Mountain’s Aso Palani 2-1 (3-4, 12-2 and 4-0)
65 kilograms
Brock’s Chris McIsaac lost to Team Impact’s Dillon Williams 2-0 (5-2 and 5-1)
74 kilograms
Brock’s Tyler Rowe lost to Burnaby Mountain’s Jasmit Singh 2-0 (6-2 and 6-5).
86 kilograms
Brock’s Clayton Pye defeated Carleton’s Alex Brown-Theriault 2-1 (15-4, 2-9 and 13-2).
WOMEN’S FINALS
50 kilograms
Brock’s Jessie MacDonald defeated London Western’s Madison Parks 2-0 (7-2 and 12-1)
53 kilograms
Brock’s Jade Parsons lost to Black Bears’ Samantha Stewart 2-0 (10-0 and 2-2)
57 kilograms
Brock’s Hannah Taylor lost to Montreal’s Linda Morais 2-0 (pin and pin).
62 kilograms
Brock’s Michelle Fazzari defeated Brock’s Jessica Brouillette 2-0 (3-0 and 3-2)
68 kilograms
Brock’s Olivia Di Bacco lost to Dinos’ Danielle Lappage 2-1 (5-8, 9-0 and 3-2).
OTHER BROCK MEN’S RESULTS
57 kilograms: 5. Sam Jagas.
65 kilograms: Cruiz Manning, lost 4-2 in first round.
74 kilograms: Ty Bridgwater, lost 4-3 in semifinals.
86 kilograms: 5. Ignatius Pitt; Max Budgey, lost in first round.
97 kilograms: 3. Richard DesChatelets Jr.
OTHER BROCK WOMEN’S RESULTS
53 kilograms: 4. Diana Weicker.
57 kilograms: 3. Emily Schaefer; Julie Steffler, lost in second round.
76 kilograms: 3. Shauna Kuebeck.
