BUCHAREST, Romania – Nine women and nine men will be looking for spots on the podium at the second U23 World Championships in Bucharest, Romania.

Gracelynn Doogan of the Guelph Wrestling Club is the lone returning medallist. Doogan, 22, captured silver at 76 kg at the inaugural edition of the championships in 2017.

Alexandria Town and Darthe Capellan are fresh off performances at the 2018 Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Town narrowly missed out on competing in the 57 kg bronze medal match, but was defeated in the repechage round.

“The U23 Worlds offer us the opportunity to get world level competition for our wrestlers,” said Tonya Verbeek, International Coach for Wrestling Canada Lutte. “We see this as a top-level tournament that will help our younger senior athletes work towards their ultimate goal of winning World and Olympic medals.”

The team will compete November 14 to 18 at the Polyvalent Hall in Tineretului Park, Bucharest.

Complete event information including results and webcast is available at https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/senior-u23-world-championships-0

Team List

Women

50 kg – Natassya Lu – Guelph Wrestling Club

53 kg – Kristina McLaren – Brock Wrestling Club

55 kg – Chelsey Sicard – Guelph Wrestling Club

57 kg – Alexandria Town – York Wrestling Club

59 kg – Laurence Beauregard – Montreal YMHA

65 kg – Haley Heffel – Edmonton Bears Wrestling Club

68 kg – Alexia Sherland – Montreal YMHA

72 kg – Shauna Kuebeck – Brock Wrestling Club

76 kg – Gracelynn Doogan – Guelph Wrestling Club

Men

57 kg – Darthe Capellan – Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club

61 kg – Josh Bodnarchuk – Saskatoon Wrestling Club

65 kg – Dillon Williams – Team Impact

70 kg – Alexander Chaves – Guelph Wrestling Club

74 kg – Tyler Rowe – Brock Wrestling Club

79 kg – Aidan McKeage – Edmonton Bears Wrestling Club

86 kg – Alex Moore – Montreal YMHA

97 kg – Nishan Randhawa – Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club

125 kg – Brad Hildenbrandt – Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club

Schedule

November 14

Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg

Semi Final WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg

November 15

Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg

Repechage WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg

Semi Final WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg

Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg

November 16

Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg

Repechage WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg

Semi Final FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg

Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg

November 17

Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg

Repechage FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg

Semi Final FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg

Finals FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg

November 18

Repechage FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg

Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg