National medalist Saheel Khan won both of his bouts at 107 kilograms in two separate wrestling dual meets with visiting provincial teams last week.
Khan was the only Burnaby grappler to win his weight class against Team Ontario at Burnaby South Secondary last Friday.
The Burnaby Central senior then won a majority decision against his counterpart from Saskatchewan the following day at a dual meet in his home school.
Central heavyweight Parm Dhesi also won at home by superiority decision against opposition from the Prairie province.
Burnaby South wrestlers Melvin Arciaga and Andrew Warren won their respective weight classes at the Friday meet as well.
Arciaga, the defending B.C. and juvenile national champion at 60 kg, won his category by a decision. Warren, a third-place finisher at the cadet nationals last year, also won a decision in his bout at 70 kg.
The dual meet was made possible by the availablity of visiting provincial wrestling teams that were in town for the annual Stu Hart tournament that was being held in B.C. this year.
"It was an opportunity to bring these provincial teams into our schools," said Central head coach Gianni Buono. "We wrestled in the commons. It was good - a one-ring circus. There were between 500 and 600 people watching. It was packed."
