Led by medal results for Ayesha Mian, Clara Scaglione and Logan Stimson, the St. Thomas More girls wresting team finished in a tie with Lillooet Secondary for top honours at last week's SFU War on the Floor, hosted by Coquitlam's Pinetree Secondary.
Mian placed second in the female elite 43-kilogram divsion, coming up just shy in an excellent final showdown against Lake City's Adrienne Brommit. The STM grappler matched her Interior rival hold-for-hold, but lost in an 8-6 decision. She began the event by besting Lillooet's Lakeisha Jacob by a 10-0 technical fall.
In the 57kg category, Scaglione took town Moira Bhatha of John Oliver with a fall at the 58-second mark. Stimson, meanwhile, returned with bronze in the 75kg category. The STM wrestler took the medal with a win over Argyle's Karla Laprell by fall just 1:28 into their match.
Also capturing a medal was Marley Jackson, who collected silver for Burnaby Mountain in the female elite 51kg division. Jackson was defeated by SIDES' Zena Shaw in the final by technical fall.
STM's Isabella Liang placed fourth in the 54kg section, losing to Port Moody's Ella Findling by technical fall in the bronze medal match. Eena Armstrong of Burnaby Central posted a fifth-place result, with her win by forfeit over Enver Creek's Jasleen Singh coming in the 47kg division.
On the boys side, Burnaby Central Wildcats Arashk Rasti captured silver in the male elite 70kg category, losing to Alberni District's Seth Price in a tight 10-7 decision.
Crouxificio Peloso of STM, meanwhile, finished third in the elite 130kg category, topping Tamanawis' Shaan Randhawa for the medal with a fall at the 2:06 mark.
Placing fourth in elite 78kg was Central's Ryan Autin, who was edged in the third-place match by Alex Anderson of Carihi.
In the Elite 90kg division, STM's Luke Perizzolo finished fourth.
