Brock's Verbeek takes home silver medal
Rob Terpstra
Issue date: 9/2/05 Section: Sports
Weicker wrestled in the 66kg freestyle division, losing to the eventual bronze medallist from the country of Georgia.
"The guy who won my weight," Weicker said. "I know I'm competitive with him. I've seen him wrestle, and I know I can compete. I really wish I could have gone back and done better."
Weicker will now take a year off from studies at Brock, but still intends to be actively involved in Brock's wrestling club. He will await next year's Senior Nationals, and the chance to wrestle at the World Championships in the future.
His protégé, Macari, wrestled in the 55kg freestyle division, advancing to the classification round, before losing to the bronze medallist from Azerbaijan. Macari has just recently wrestled at the national team training camp. He will try to defend his Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and CIS individual titles this year, and try to secure his team's historic and unprecedented eighth consecutive national championship. A second Senior Nationals win and World Championship will nicely fill the schedule of the rising star.
For all three, the experience and trip to Turkey was both a valuable learning experience and rewarding showing on one of amateur sports' biggest stages.
Don't blink, the fourth act is about to begin, and these athletes are ready for their featured solo.
"The guy who won my weight," Weicker said. "I know I'm competitive with him. I've seen him wrestle, and I know I can compete. I really wish I could have gone back and done better."
Weicker will now take a year off from studies at Brock, but still intends to be actively involved in Brock's wrestling club. He will await next year's Senior Nationals, and the chance to wrestle at the World Championships in the future.
His protégé, Macari, wrestled in the 55kg freestyle division, advancing to the classification round, before losing to the bronze medallist from Azerbaijan. Macari has just recently wrestled at the national team training camp. He will try to defend his Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and CIS individual titles this year, and try to secure his team's historic and unprecedented eighth consecutive national championship. A second Senior Nationals win and World Championship will nicely fill the schedule of the rising star.
For all three, the experience and trip to Turkey was both a valuable learning experience and rewarding showing on one of amateur sports' biggest stages.
Don't blink, the fourth act is about to begin, and these athletes are ready for their featured solo.
