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arm-spin · 05-12-2008, 01:18 AM

Ya, wrestling is a school sport in Canada. It's all freestyle though (except for Greco at national and international championships).

A lot of jr. high and high schools have wrestling teams. There's also wrestling clubs, a few in each province, for students whose school as no team or for the top wrestlers to get extra training. Atheltes usually compete in tournaments, only a few duals. There are zone, city and provincial championships, with age-class nationals at the end of the year.

After high school, some CIS schools have wrestling teams where you can wrestle varsity, with 3 conferences (Atlantic, Canada West, Ontario). There's a bunch of tournaments, some informal dual meets, and conference and CIS championships at the end of the seasons. Non-university athletes can wrestle as club athletes with universities, or join a sr. wrestling club. Each year we hold a Sr. National championship and the winner goes to the WC's. In Olympic years there is an Olympic Trials tournament.

Johnnythompsonnum1 · 05-12-2008, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by arm-spin

Ya, wrestling is a school sport in Canada. It's all freestyle though (except for Greco at national and international championships).

A lot of jr. high and high schools have wrestling teams. There's also wrestling clubs, a few in each province, for students whose school as no team or for the top wrestlers to get extra training. Atheltes usually compete in tournaments, only a few duals. There are zone, city and provincial championships, with age-class nationals at the end of the year.

After high school, some CIS schools have wrestling teams where you can wrestle varsity, with 3 conferences (Atlantic, Canada West, Ontario). There's a bunch of tournaments, some informal dual meets, and conference and CIS championships at the end of the seasons. Non-university athletes can wrestle as club athletes with universities, or join a sr. wrestling club. Each year we hold a Sr. National championship and the winner goes to the WC's. In Olympic years there is an Olympic Trials tournament.

That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity and a bit off topic, do you remember the Canadian's name that beat Lincoln McLravy a few years back? He was probably the best wrestler on Canada's team.

Spider · 05-12-2008, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by Johnnythompsonnum1

That's pretty cool. Out of curiosity and a bit off topic, do you remember the Canadian's name that beat Lincoln McLravy a few years back? He was probably the best wrestler on Canada's team.

Daniel Igali

ODH · 05-12-2008, 05:07 PM

Daniel Igali wrestled for Simon Frasier, a Canadian college, which was (and maybe still is) part of the NAIA.
So along with his Olympic Gold he has at least one NAIA national championship.

arm-spin · 05-12-2008, 06:17 PM

Daniel was undefeated in the NAIA (3 titles I believe, not sure.) Beat McIlravy int he 2000 semifinals in overtime, and in the'99 world championships. BTW if anyone has video from his '99 matches I'd love to see them

Johnnythompsonnum1 · 05-12-2008, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by arm-spin

Daniel was undefeated in the NAIA (3 titles I believe, not sure.) Beat McIlravy int he 2000 semifinals in overtime, and in the'99 world championships. BTW if anyone has video from his '99 matches I'd love to see them

So I imagine that Simon Frasier, has folkstyle wrestling? Or how does that work?

ODH · 05-12-2008, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Johnnythompsonnum1

So I imagine that Simon Frasier, has folkstyle wrestling? Or how does that work?

That is correct, they train in both styles

purpose of wrestleoffs

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