Canadian Wrestling Team Trials conclude with Greco-Roman champs crowned in six weights

After three days of top-calibre Freestyle and Greco-Roman competition, the Canadian Wrestling Team Trials conclude in Strathcona County Alberta, with Canada’s top wrestlers earning opportunity within Olympic weight classes.


Sunday saw the Greco-Roman competition, and the winners of the Trials were:

GR59 – Steven Takahashi (London-Western WC)

GR66 – John Yeats (Tristar WA)

GR75 – Shawn Daye-Finley (Black Bears WC)

GR85 – Alex Brown-Theriault (Black Bears WC)

GR98 – Alex Thoms (Black Bears WC)

GR130 – Korey Jarvis (Guelph WC)


Canada has not yet qualified at any weight class in Greco-Roman, so each of these athletes will need to enter the Olympic Games qualifiers in the upcoming months.


Of special note is Korey Jarvis of the Guelph WC at 130 kg, who won the Canadian Wrestling Team Trials in both Greco-Roman on Sunday and Freestyle on Saturday.


Only one of the best-of-three finals series in Greco-Roman went to the full three bouts was at 85 kg, where Alex Brown-Theriault of Black Bears WC beat Thomas Barreiro of Tristar WA, two matches to one. In the deciding third bout, Brown-Theriault beat Barriero, 5-3.


“With weight class rankings completed, Wrestling Canada Lutte staff can now concentrate on team preparations for the upcoming international qualification events in order to guarantee Canadian entries for the 2016 Olympic Games,” says Wrestling Canada Lutte Executive Director Tamara Medwidsky. “Our focus now turns to the Pan Am Olympic qualifier in Frisco in March.”


To date, the women’s freestyle wrestling weight classes that were qualified at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas include 48KG and 63KG. The international qualifying event schedule, including the Frisco event includes:


•Pan American Olympic qualifier, March 4-6, 2016 (Frisco, Texas, USA) – top two in each style and weight-class qualify,


•The first international qualifier event, April 22-24, 2016 (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) – top three male and top two females in each style and weight-class qualify,


•The final international qualifier event, May 6–8, 2016 (Istanbul, Turkey) – top two in each style and weight-class.


Coming out of the Strathcona County event competition, the top-ranked wrestlers within the Olympic weight classes in freestyle are:


FS57 – John Pineda (Burnaby Mountain WC)

FS65 – Haislan Garcia (Burnaby Mountain WC)

FS74 – Cleopas Ncube (Montreal YMHA)

FS86 – Tamerlan Tagziev (Team Impact WC)

FS97 – Arjun Gill (Burnaby Mountain WC)

FS125 – Korey Jarvis (Guelph WC)

FW48 – Jasmine Mian (Dinos WC) – Qualified for the 2016 Olympics

FW53 – Samantha Stewart (Black Bears WC)

FW58 – Michelle Fazzari (Brock WC)
FW63 – Danielle Lappage (Burnaby Mountain WC) – Qualified for the 2016 Olympics

FW69 – Dorothy Yeats (Tristar WA)

FW75 – Erica Wiebe (Dinos WC)

CANADIAN WRESTLING TEAM TRIALS

At Strathcona County, Alberta, December 6, 2015


Greco-Roman Championship Series


59kg

1st Place - Steven Takahashi of London Western WC

2nd Place - Dylan Williams of Bears WC

Round 1 - Steven Takahashi (London Western WC) won by decision over Dylan Williams (Bears WC) (Dec 11-4)

Round 2 - Steven Takahashi (London Western WC) won by decision over Dylan Williams (Bears WC) (Dec 4-2)


66kg

1st Place - John Yeats of Tristar WA

2nd Place - Kevin Iwasa-Madge of Guelph WC

Round 1 - John Yeats (Tristar WA) won by decision over Kevin Iwasa-Madge (Guelph WC) (Dec 4-1)

Round 2 - John Yeats (Tristar WA) won by tech fall over Kevin Iwasa-Madge (Guelph WC) (TF 11-3)


75kg

1st Place - Shawn Daye-Finley of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Phillip Barreiro of Tristar WA

Round 1 - Shawn Daye-Finley (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Phillip Barreiro (Tristar WA) (Dec 5-2)

Round 2 - Shawn Daye-Finley (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Phillip Barreiro (Tristar WA) (Dec 7-0)


85kg

1st Place - Alex Brown-Theriault of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Thomas Barreiro of Tristar WA

Round 1 - Alex Brown-Theriault (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Thomas Barreiro (Tristar WA) (Dec 3-2)

Round 2 - Thomas Barreiro (Tristar WA) won by decision over Alex Brown-Theriault (Black Bears WC) (Dec 4-0)

Round 3 - Alex Brown-Theriault (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Thomas Barreiro (Tristar WA) (Dec 5-3)


98kg

1st Place - Alex Thoms of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Ioannis Narlidis of Team Impact WC

Round 1 - Alex Thoms (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Ioannis Narlidis (Team Impact WC) (Dec 7-0)

Round 2 - Alex Thoms (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Ioannis Narlidis (Team Impact WC) (Dec 5-3)


130kg

1st Place - Korey Jarvis of Guelph WC

2nd Place - Kyle Nguyen of Wesmen WC

Round 1 - Korey Jarvis (Guelph WC) won by tech fall over Kyle Nguyen (Wesmen WC) (TF 8-0)

Round 2 - Korey Jarvis (Guelph WC) won by fall over Kyle Nguyen (Wesmen WC) (Fall 2:25)

Greco-Roman Ladder Matches


85kg

1st Place - Alex Brown-Theriault of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Grayson St-Laurent of Black Bears WC

1st Place Match - Alex Brown-Theriault (Black Bears WC) won by tech fall over Grayson St-Laurent (Black Bears WC) (TF 8-0)


130kg

1st Place - Kyle Nguyen of Wesmen WC

2nd Place - Charles Thoms of Black Bears WC

1st Place Match - Kyle Nguyen (Wesmen WC) won by fall over Charles Thoms (Black Bears WC) (Fall 2:27)

Greco-Roman Pool Matches


75kg

1st Place - Shawn Daye-Finley of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Brock Munro of Wesmen WC

1st Place Match - Shawn Daye-Finley (Black Bears WC) won by tech fall over Brock Munro (Wesmen WC) (TF 8-0)

Semifinal - Shawn Daye-Finley (Black Bears WC) won by tech fall over Riel Parisien (Cattown WC) (TF 9-0)


85kg

1st Place - Grayson St-Laurent of Black Bears WC

2nd Place - Jacob Luczak of Cattown WC

1st Place Match - Grayson St-Laurent (Black Bears WC) won by decision over Jacob Luczak (Cattown WC) (Dec 8-2)


98kg

1st Place - Ioannis Narlidis of Team Impact WC

2nd Place - Calvin Daum of Saskatoon WC

1st Place Match - Ioannis Narlidis (Team Impact WC) won by tech fall over Calvin Daum (Saskatoon WC) (TF 13-2)

Semi-Finals

Semifinal - Ioannis Narlidis (Team Impact WC) won by forfeit over Matthew Miller (Tristar WA) (FF)

Semifinal - Calvin Daum (Saskatoon WC) won by tech fall over Kenneth Kaczkowski (MDWC) (TF 10-0)

Quarter-Finals


130kg

1st Place - Kyle Nguyen of Wesmen WC

2nd Place - Derek Lauder of Bears WC

1st Place Match - Kyle Nguyen (Wesmen WC) won by fall over Derek Lauder (Bears WC) (Fall 0:36)


For complete results from the men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman competition from the Canadian Wrestling Trials competition visit: https://wrestling.ca/teams/canadian-wrestling-team-trials


Wrestling Canada Lutte thanks the event hosts and organizing committee including the Friends of the World Cup of Wrestling Society and Strathcona County.