Building on strong starts to 2019, Simon Fraser University’s Lauren Mason and Serena Woldring captured their respective weight classes at the Oregon Wrestling Classic last week.
Mason ran off four straight wins en route to her second straight tournament title in the 130-lb. category. In the final she beat University of Providence’s Dajan Treder by decision.
Woldring gained a lot of momentum with her 40-second fall of Milagros Garcia of Southern Oregon in the quarterfinal. After another win-by-fall over Alberta’s Jessica Rabet, the freshman from Vancouver finished by besting Menlo College’s Emily Sandoval by technical fall for the 191-lb. title.
in 109-lb. division, Ciara McCrae took second overall, thanks to a strong, three-win start. After falling in the first-place match, McCrae defeateed Kateri Rowell for second place.
Securing bronze finishes for SFU were Alyvia Fisk, Jenna Garcia and Rebekah Trudel.
On the men’s side, Logan Nelson and Ciaran Ball earned spots on the podium, leading a strong showing by the SFU at the Clackamas Open in Oregon.
For Nelson, a junior in the 174-lb. category, a succession of victories put him in the final, where he lost a close, 10-8 decision to Clackamas’ Trajan Hurd.
Ball began his run with three wins in the 285-lb. division. That catapulted him into the semifinal, where he fell to Clackamas’ Tommy Mommer but rebounded to place third.
New Westminster’s Connor Pattison shook off a loss by technical fall in his opening 184-lb. match to peel off a pair of wins. In his last match he was edged by fall.
