The Concordia Stingers wrestling team, under the direction of head coach Victor Zilberman, won nine medals and the men’s championship at CIS nationals in Thunder Bay, Ont. on the weekend.
Six medals on the men’s side, including gold medals from David Tremblay (57 kg.) and David Zilberman (130 kg.) gave Concordia the men’s championship.
It was the first national title for Concordia since 1990 and seventh overall.
Zilberman had nine wrestlers competing across 10 weight classes on the men’s side. The team finished with 55 points. University of New Brunswick was second with 52 points.
Other Concordia wrestlers contributing to the championship were: silver medallist Mario Pereira (68 kg.); Stephen de Layen (61 kg.), Scott Schiller (65 kg.) and Matt Miller (82 kg.) all with bronze medals; Michael Noonan (76 kg.) with a fourth-place finish, Riley Otto (90 kg.) with a sixth-place showing and Mitchell Krauter who finished in eighth place after an injury forced him to withdraw.
On the women’s side, all three Concordia competitors won medals. Nikita Chicoine (63 kg.) won her first gold medal in four national championship appearances. Veronica Keefe (72 kg.) was a silver medallist and Elisabeth Williams (67 kg.) won a bronze medal.
The women’s team finished seventh out of 13 in the team standings.
In addition, Zilberman was named the CIS Coach of the Year in men’s wrestling. It was the fourth time he received the coaching honor.
