CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos wrestling team wrapped up a busy home weekend with a women's dual win and three individual titles at the Dinos Invitational.
The Dinos women, three-time defending Canada West champions, opened the weekend Friday by beating the Saskatchewan Huskies 31-12 at the Dino Duals, while the men fell 28-17. On Saturday,
Sophia Povagenuc,
Megan Walters and
Kaden de Castro each won gold at the invitational, where the women finished second in the team standings and the men third.
Povagenuc won at 59 kilograms, and Walters took the 62-kilogram title with two wins by fall or technical fall. De Castro won at 61 kilograms with three wins by fall or technical fall.
Mark Schwichtenberg took silver at 76 kilograms, behind Ali Karout of the Dinos Wrestling Club, who won the weight class.
Paige Kirkness (50 kilograms),
Morgan Boileau (53),
Kya Drummond (56) and
Brooklynn Dieter (72) also earned silver, and
Mackenzie Cayer added bronze at 68 kilograms.
Ibrahim Teaama placed fourth at 125 kilograms, and Audrey Gilbert-Parsons was fifth at 53 kilograms.
Ella Ragusa (50 kilograms) and
Jaren Alaimoana (90 kilograms) each placed sixth.
In the team standings, the Dinos women finished with 48 points. That put them second to the defending U SPORTS champion Alberta Pandas (54) and ahead of Saskatchewan (20). The Dinos men placed third with 21 points, behind Saskatchewan (46) and the Alberta Golden Bears (27).
At Friday's Dino Duals at the Red Gym, the Dinos women won seven of nine bouts, including two falls and four technical falls. Kirkness pinned Kierra Thompson in 2:10 at 50 kilograms, and Dieter pinned Fayth Portions in 2:41 at 72 kilograms. Povagenuc beat Abby Wolff 13-0 at 59 kilograms, and Wolff went on to finish second to her at the tournament. Drummond (56 kilograms), Walters (65) and Cayer (68) also won by technical fall, and
Olivia Suntjens added a forfeit win at 62 kilograms.
In the men's dual, the Dinos had three technical falls. De Castro won 12-1 at 61 kilograms, Schwichtenberg shut out Layne Motley 10-0 at 76 kilograms, and
Arad Sheibani won 12-1 at 100 kilograms. Teaama added a forfeit win at 125 kilograms.
The Dinos will return to action Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Red Leafs Open in Burnaby, B.C.
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