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The College of Toronto Varsity Blues wrestling workforce took to the mat on Saturday (Feb. 8) for the 2025 OUA Wrestling Championships, hosted by Algoma College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
With a praise of 9 wrestlers competing on the day, the U of T males have been in a position to garner 22 complete workforce factors to complete eighth within the general males’s workforce standings. This was achieved by 5 Prime 6 finishes on the extremely aggressive provincial showcase.
Producing the highest outcomes for the Blues have been Ketan Nawbatt, Josiah Mayers-Noel, and Omar Al-Lahham, who all positioned fifth of their respective brackets.
Following a gradual begin to the day, which included two losses within the opening matches, Nawbatt bounced again to earn a pin victory over TMU and within the fifth-place match for the 68kg class, a 15-2 technical fall win over Lakehead.
In the meantime within the 76kg weight class, Mayers-Noel opened and closed his day with victories, defeating his opponent from York 10-0 within the first match and his counterpart from Lakehead 10-0 within the fifth-place match.
Al-Lahham adopted an identical path within the males’s 90kg occasion, incomes a 1-2 document by his first three matches, earlier than ending the championship with a pin fall win over Western and 10-0 technical fall win versus TMU in his fifth-place match.
Additionally reaching Prime 6 of their brackets, Jacob Fritz turned a well timed 10-0 technical fall win over York right into a sixth-place end within the males’s 72kg, whereas Keegan McMartin was propelled to sixth within the 82kg occasion by a victory over Queen’s.
