B.C. Wrestling announced the names of the 22 athletes who will compete for Team B.C. at the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg later this summer.
The competition begins Aug. 9 for the wrestlers, but they will take part in five training camps prior to the Games.
“We plan to work hard this summer in order to showcase the talent that we have in our province,” said men’s coach John Pineda.
“This is one of the most talented groups of high school women wrestlers that we have ever seen in this province,” said women’s coach Danielle Lappage. “We have only the highest of expectations for them and don’t doubt that they will all shine at the games.”
Named to the team were Burnaby’s Sara Brinkac, who trains at Coast Wresling, in the women’s
60-kilogram division, Jacqueline Lew, of the Burnaby Mountain Wrestling Club, in 52kg, New West’s Connor Pattison, in the men’s 86kg class, and fellow Coast wrestlers Kyle Mills, in 52kg, Jocyln Bhatha, in 48kg, and sisters Alexia and Victoria Seal, in 44- and 56kg, respectively.
