Thrice is nice for Brock's forceful wrestlers
Rob Terpstra
Issue date: 5/24/05 Section: Sports
"The overall performance, I think, was pretty good," DesChatelets said. "We placed second in Canada and considering what we have and what British Columbia has, I think it's a very good performance."
Last year, Brock's wrestling club had finished first for the first time and came only a few matches short this year. The team was without Olympian Evan MacDonald, who was injured for the weekend. He will have a chance later in the year at the World Championships to compete in a wrestle-off.
At the 60kg weight class, Saeed Azarbayjani came up just short against Guivi Sissaouri, a long time rival, world champion and Olympian. Sissaouri will be representing Canada at the upcoming FISU Games.
In the 66kg weight class at the Senior Nationals, Ncube placed fourth, losing his semifinal match and his third place match to close out his competition.
Wrestling in the 84kg division, Adam Fera finished third.
"Adam had an outstanding performance," DesChatelets said. "He lost by one point to Travis Cross [the eventual winner], and then Adam went on to place third, which was a very good accomplishment."
At 96kg, Mike Neufeld, a former gold medallist at 90kg in CIS competition, placed fourth.
Closing out the men's team was Steve Snijders, wrestling at 120kg. Snijders finished fifth in the division.
"All the matches that we lost," DesChatelets said, "we lost in the last second and it could have went either way."
For the women, Brock's Alana King wrestled extremely well, losing in the 48kg gold medal match to Carol Huynh from the Burnaby Wrestling Club.
At 51kg, Liz Martindale finished sixth in a division won by Erica Sharp, the five time CIS champion and Verbeek foe.
Wrestling at 63kg, Megan Dolan finished fifth in a strong division. Finishing just ahead of her in fourth was Heidi Kulak, half of the wrestling family at the University of Alberta.
The team continues to practise daily at Brock, preparing for a number of events. Besides the FISU Games, some members will be participating in an Ontario training camp in Iran in June and the Canada Cup in July.
Last year, Brock's wrestling club had finished first for the first time and came only a few matches short this year. The team was without Olympian Evan MacDonald, who was injured for the weekend. He will have a chance later in the year at the World Championships to compete in a wrestle-off.
At the 60kg weight class, Saeed Azarbayjani came up just short against Guivi Sissaouri, a long time rival, world champion and Olympian. Sissaouri will be representing Canada at the upcoming FISU Games.
In the 66kg weight class at the Senior Nationals, Ncube placed fourth, losing his semifinal match and his third place match to close out his competition.
Wrestling in the 84kg division, Adam Fera finished third.
"Adam had an outstanding performance," DesChatelets said. "He lost by one point to Travis Cross [the eventual winner], and then Adam went on to place third, which was a very good accomplishment."
At 96kg, Mike Neufeld, a former gold medallist at 90kg in CIS competition, placed fourth.
Closing out the men's team was Steve Snijders, wrestling at 120kg. Snijders finished fifth in the division.
"All the matches that we lost," DesChatelets said, "we lost in the last second and it could have went either way."
For the women, Brock's Alana King wrestled extremely well, losing in the 48kg gold medal match to Carol Huynh from the Burnaby Wrestling Club.
At 51kg, Liz Martindale finished sixth in a division won by Erica Sharp, the five time CIS champion and Verbeek foe.
Wrestling at 63kg, Megan Dolan finished fifth in a strong division. Finishing just ahead of her in fourth was Heidi Kulak, half of the wrestling family at the University of Alberta.
The team continues to practise daily at Brock, preparing for a number of events. Besides the FISU Games, some members will be participating in an Ontario training camp in Iran in June and the Canada Cup in July.
