2023 PRESS RELEASE ON THE BC SECONDARY SCHOOLS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

What: the 2023 BC Secondary Schools Wrestling Championship Who: wrestlers from all nine BC School Sports zones

Where: the Paci c Coliseum on Renfrew Street, Vancouver When: Friday/Saturday, February 24-25, 2023

Finals: Saturday, February 25, 2-5 pm

Tickets: reserve your entrance to the event via Ticket Leader through their website: (https://www.ticketleader.ca/events/detail/bc-school-sports-wrestling-provincial-championship); or at the box office entrance to the Pacific Coliseum.

INTERESTING FACTS:

• 494 qualified athletes – 304 Boys, 190 Girls • Wrestlers from furthest away: Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, Bella Coola, and Nelson

• Regions with highest participation at their Zone Qualifier tournament: Vancouver Sea-to-Sky (220), Fraser North (169), Fraser South (111)

• School with the most qualified Boys’ entries: Byrne Creek Secondary with 19

• School with the most qualified Girls’ entries: Maple Ridge Secondary with 12

• Wrestlers closest to the venue: Notre Dame Secondary

• Zones with most seeded wrestlers on the Boys’ side of the draw in each weight class (top four): Sea-to-Sky (14-but mostly third and fourth seeds), Fraser South (10–mostly first and second seeds), East Valley (8-mostly first and second seeds)

• Zones with most seeded wrestlers on the Girls’ side of the draw in each weight class (top four): Fraser North (7-mostly first and second seeds), Vancouver Island (5-mostly first and second seeds), Vancouver Sea-to-Sky (3-mostly third and fourth seeds)

• Schools with the most seeded wrestlers on the Boys side of the draw: Tamanawis (5-mostly first and second seeds), W.J. Mouat (4-mostly first and second seeds), Carson Graham and Abby Senior (3 each, mostly third and fourth seeds)

• Schools with the most seeded wrestlers on the Girls side of the draw: Maple Ridge (4-mostly first and second seeds), Guildford Park and Elphinstone (3 each, one top seed, the others are third and fourth seeds)

• Five Boys to watch for: Micah Calipiz-54 kg (Notre Dame Secondary), Arad Ahangi-57 kg (Carson Graham Secondary), Sartaj Sanghara-74 kg (Kalsa Secondary), Rohit Bal-78 kg (Tamanawis Secondary), Tejvir Dhinsa-84 kg (W.J. Mouat Secondary)

• Five Girls to watch for: Alice Clements-51kg (Elphinstone Secondary), Olivia Rhodes-54 kg (Ucluelet Secondary), Ella Finding-57 kg (Port Moody Secondary), Mera Batha-60 kg (John Oliver Secondary), Marley Jackson-64 kg (Burnaby Mountain Secondary)

• Schools most likely to compete for the Aggregate Award (combined Boys and Girls points): Maple Ridge Secondary, Elphinstone Secondary, Alberni District Secondary

*Canadian Olympians who emerged through the BC High School championship tournament, held for the first time in 1965: Munich, 1972-Taras Hryb (Oak Bay), Montreal, 1976-Jim Miller (Delbrook), Los Angeles, 1984 and Seoul, 1988-Clark Davis (Mt. Douglas), Los Angeles, 1984 and Seoul, 1988-Chris Rinke (Poco), Seoul, 1988-Steve Marshall (Poco), Seoul, 1988-Dan Payne (Poco), Barcelona, 1992-Tom Petryshen (Guildford Park), Barcelona, 1992-Greg Edgelow (Vernon), Atlanta, 1996-Scott Bianco (Norkam), Atlanta, 1996-Craig Roberts (Smithers), Atlanta, 1996-Yogi Johl (Tupper), Sydney, 2000-Cam Johnston (Smithers – represented Australia), Athens, 2004-Lyndsay Belisle (Hazelton), Beijing, 2008-Travis Cross (Alberni), Beijing, 2008 and London, 2012-Carol Huyhn (Hazelton), London, 2012-Arjun Bhullar (McRoberts), Tokyo, 2020-Amar Dhesi (Burnaby Central).

**Olympic Wrestling referees who first emerged through officiating at the BC High School Championship tournament: Atlanta, 1996 and Sydney, 2000-Kjeld Brodsgaard, Beijing, 2008-Jim Mitchell.

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