Medal round matches set for tomorrow

ST. CATHARINES, ON – Nearly 200 of the country’s best colligate wrestlers descended on Canada Games Park in St. Catharines, Ontario for the 2025 WCL U SPORTS Invitational Championships. The event, being hosted by Brock University in partnership with WCL, is a two-day competition that will award individual medals along with overall team champions for men and women.

The opening day, February 28, featured pool competitions for the 10 weight classes in both the men’s and women’s divisions. Each weight class featured two pools with up to five competitors in each pool for a maximum total of 10 competitors. All competitors in the pool faced each other to determine the final standings. Using the final standings, competitors then cross over to face the equivalent seed in the other pool for gold, bronze, fifth and seventh place. Those matches will take place tomorrow (March 1).

Gold Medal Matches

Women

50kg

Kicking off the gold medal matches for the women will be Brock’s Samantha Romero against Guelph’s Kelyn Young.

53kg

In the women’s 53kg final it will be Brock’s Francesca Lo Greco against McMaster’s Serena Di Benedetto.

56kg

At 56kg it will be 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

The women’s 62kg gold will be decided between Calgary’s Annika Fines and Brock’s Michaela Rankin.

65kg

In the women’s 65kg weight class the gold medal will be between Calgary’s Mackenzie Cayer and Brock’s Bronwyn MacGregor

68kg

Calgary’s Angelina Ellis-Toddington will take on Brock’s Vanessa Keefe in the 68kg final.

72kg

In the 72kg final, it will be Alberta’s Vianne Rouleau against Western’s Isata Mansaray for the gold.

76kg

At 76kg it will be Brock’s Cassie Corbett against Haley Florell from Lakehead.

83kg

Rounding out the women’s division will be Concordia’s Alexia Sherland taking on Brock’s Brianna Fraser for gold at 83kg.

Men

57kg

The first final on the men’s side will feature Brock’s Zakir Ibrahimkheil versus Western’s Treye Trotman at 57kg.

61kg

The men’s 61kg will come down to Alberta’s Alec Montoya and Brock’s Garette Saunders for the gold.

65kg

At 65kg, Toronto Metropolitan’s Dechlan Papadopoulos will battle Western’s Gavin Eldridge.

68kg

Alberta’s Isaac Le Morvan will face Guelph’s Casey Harkley for gold at 68kg.

72kg

At 72kg it will be Lakehead’s Adam LaFroy against Guelph’s Brennan Laplante-Brady for the gold.

76kg

In the men’s 76kg weight class the gold medal will come down to Calgary’s Nick Hooper and Brock’s Cole Coghill.

82kg

Alberta’s Aidan Stevenson will face Saskatchewan’s Judah Arthurs for gold at 82kg.

90kg

At 90kg it will be Alberta’s Thomas Rousseau against Brock’s Yazdan Farokhizad.

100kg

In the men’s 100kg final it will be Alberta’s Taran Goring taking on Brock’s Callum Knox for the gold.

125kg

Finally, the men’s 125kg will come down to Western’s Mark Summers and Brock’s Roger Li.

For complete standings and results visit Track Wrestling.

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.

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/