Six Golden Bears and Pandas will wrestle for gold tomorrow, after earning a spot in their weight class finals on Friday in St. Catharines, Ontario.Â
Vianne Rouleau — who was named the Canada West Female Wrestler of the Year two weeks ago — will be the lone Panda chasing gold in the 72kg weight class on Saturday. Golden Bears
Alec Montoya (61kg),
Isaac Le Morvan (68kg),
Aidan Stevenson (82kg),
Thomas Rousseau (90kg), and
Taran Goring (100kg) will also wrestle for gold tomorrow.Â
Bea Herrera (62kg),
Maria Sawiak (65kg),
Brydon Switzer (76kg),
Owen Kennedy (57kg),
Daniel Hernandez-Mendoza (65kg),
Devan Larkin (72kg), and
Bjorn Nelson (125kg) will be wrestling for bronze.Â
Â
Gold Medal Matches
WOMEN
50kg
Brock's Samantha Romero against Guelph's Kelyn Young
53kgÂ
Brock's Francesca Lo Greco against McMaster's Serena Di Benedetto
56kg
Calgary's Gabriela Cross facing off against Western's Kendall Dettloff
59kg
Calgary's Eve Maxwell-Nikifor will square off with McMaster's Olivia Lichti for gold at 59kg
62kg
Calgary's Annika Fines and Brock's Michaela Rankin
65kg
Calgary's Mackenzie Cayer and Brock's Bronwyn MacGregor
68kg
Calgary's Angelina Ellis-Toddington will take on Brock's Vanessa Keefe
72kg
Alberta's
Vianne Rouleau against Western's Isata Mansaray
76kg
Brock's Cassie Corbett against Haley Florell from Lakehead
83kg
Concordia's Alexia Sherland taking on Brock's Brianna Fraser
MEN
57kg
Brock's Zakir Ibrahimkheil versus Western's Treye Trotman at 57kg
61kg
Alberta's
Alec Montoya and Brock's Garette Saunders
65kg
Toronto Metropolitan's Dechlan Papadopoulos will battle Western's Gavin Eldridge
68kg
Alberta's
Isaac Le Morvan will face Guelph's Casey HarkleyÂ
72kg
Lakehead's Adam LaFroy against Guelph's Brennan Laplante-Brady for the gold
76kg
Calgary's Nick Hooper and Brock's Cole Coghill
82kg
Alberta's
Aidan Stevenson will face Saskatchewan's Judah Arthurs
90kg
Alberta's
Thomas Rousseau against Brock's Yazdan Farokhizad
100kg
Alberta's
Taran Goring taking on Brock's Callum Knox
125kg
Western's Mark Summers and Brock's Roger Li
Final matches begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. with the fifth and seventh place contests. The bronze medal matches are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. and gold medal matches at 3 p.m. Spectators are invited to attend and tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at: https://brocku.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=2360.Â
You can also catch the action on CBC Sports' YouTube Channel and on CBC GEM. For complete tournament information and streaming links visit: https://wrestling.ca/event/2025-u-sports-wcl-championships/ Â
About Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL)
Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is the national sport governing body for Olympic style wrestling in Canada. Among its responsibilities, the association selects and prepares Canada's teams that participate in international competitions including Continental Championships, World Championships and major multi-sport Games (i.e. Olympic Games). WCL works with provincial and territorial partners to deliver world-class programs and services to athletes, coaches, and officials to achieve podium success and grow the sport.Â
Â