St. Thomas More’s Caileen Corbett achieved a double-gold at last week’s Canadian national cadet and junior wrestling championships in Windsor, Ont.
The 17-year-old took down
Kaleigh Prier of L’Essor 1:02 into their 43-kilogram freestyle juvenile final to capture the national crown.
En route to the final, Corbett defeated Alina Khan of Windsor, this time 1:06 in the first round.
She also captured the Greco-Roman title, defeating Natasha Wiebe of the junior Huskies by fall in 50 seconds.
It follows Corbett’s high school championship victory in March.
She was part of a standout Pacific Rim Wrestling Club showing at the nationals.
Emilee Lai and Jacqueline Lew both prevailed in their juvenile weight classes, with Lai going unchallenged while Lew secured her title after her opponent dropped out due to injury.
Picking up a silver was STM’s Amanda Silveri in the cadet girls 90kg division. Silveri fell 6-0 to Zenze Stanley-Jones in the final.
Also placing second was teammate Clara Scaglione, who was edged by Tyleen Scaiano in the cadet 46kg final.
On the men’s side, Daniel Dordovec picked up silver in the cadet 130kg final, edged by Jacob Ambroziak of Northern Pikes in 1:11 of the first round.
Flixzl Reyes and Connor Pattison both brought home silver in juvenile freestyle, with Reyes losing in the 54kg final by a technical fall, and Pattison pushing Tejvir Boal of Mississauga in a decision in the 85kg division.
Pattison would add a bronze in Greco-Roman, defeating Sunny Benning by a fall in 58 seconds.
Yanni Angelopoulos collected silver in Greco-Roman 115kg, edged for silver in a fall to Ikyot Randhawa.
A week earlier, the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club’s Nicole Depa, Justina DiStasio, Haislan Garcia, Aso Palani and Nishan Randhwana – who won a pair of titles – picked up gold.
