Fredericton – 2015 Cadet and Juvenile Women’s Freestyle Champions have been crowned at the Asics Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Wrestling Championships, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Also on the line were Men’s Cadet Team titles, with athletes fighting hard to earn the opportunity to represent Canada internationally as national team members.

Wrestling will continue on Sunday with Women’s Freestyle Cadet Team Trials, which is the selection event for the Cadet National Teams, as well as Men’s Greco-Roman Cadet Team Trials, Juvenile Men’s Greco-Roman and Women’s Greco-Roman events.

“Wrestling Canada Lutte is proud to support the Government of Canada’s Year of Sport through the hosting of this event,” says Wrestling Canada Lutte President Don Ryan.

A complete list of results from the weekend can be found at the following link: http://myzonedev.com/wrestling-canada/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2015_Cadet_Juvenile_Results_1.pdf

In addition to medal presentations for all women’s weight-classes, Wrestling Canada Lutte also presented the cadet awards for 2015. Based on the previous season’s international results, the Cadet Female Athlete of the Year was presented to Tianna Kennett of the Manor Mustangs Wrestling Club. Kennett won a silver medal at the 2014 Cadet Pan American Championships, a gold medal at the Austrian Ladies Open and a 6^th place finish at the Youth Olympic Games.

Based on ballots submitted during the competition, the Outstanding Cadet Women’s Award was presented to: Kirti Saxena of Akhara of Champions Wrestling Club and the Outstanding Juvenile Women’s Award was presented to Tianna Kennett of Manor Mustangs Wrestling Club.

Other awards presented included:

• Club Team Award Cadet Women’s Freestyle: Edmonton Wrestling Club
• Club Team Award Juvenile Women’s Freeestyle: Team Impact Wrestling Club
• Provincial Team Award Cadet Women’s Freestyle: Team British Columbia
• Provincial Team Award Juvenile Women’s Freestyle: Team Ontario

Wrestling Canada Lutte thanks the University of New Brunswick, the Black Bears Wrestling Club and the organizing committee for hosting the Championships.