In the final competition before the OUA Championships, the McMaster Wrestling teams got some positive results at the Western Open Tournament. 

McMaster’s Jason Buckle continued to display great form, and captured the Gold medal in the 61-KG weight class, winning over his teammate Ahmed Shamiya, who took the silver.  With the provincial championships looming, it is likely one of these two standouts will try to drop some weight to give Mac an extra medal threat in a lower class.

In the 65-KG class Chris Garneau captured the bronze medal, but was the top Ontario finisher, creating some more optimism heading toward the OUA finals.

The Marauders also garnered three fourth-place finishes from Kevin McLellan (82-KG), Kevin Barret (90-KG) and Andrew Balach (130-KG).  

Other top-six finishes came from Andrew Sinclair (5^th at 54-KG) and Adam Benish (6^th at 130-KG). 

On the women’s side, Mac’s Erica D’Angelo took silver in the 55-KG class,  Nicole Roach just missed the podium, coming fourth at 63-KGs, and Nicole Mazarafinished 5^th in the 51-KG class.

Both Marauder teams will continue their preparations for the OUA Championships being hosted at Brock University, February 15-17, 2013.