Burnaby, BC – Wrestling Canada has announced the wrestlers that will represent Canada at the upcoming Summer Universiade in Kezan, Russia and three athletes with Simon Fraser University roots will take part.
The Universiade will commence on
July 6.
Stacie Anaka (Victoria, BC) and
Danielle Lappage (Olds, AB) will represent Canada while Victoria Anthony (Huntington Beach, CA) will wrestle for the United States.
The wrestling competition returns to the Universiade for the first time since 2005.
In 2005, six of seven women's team members representing Canada reached the podium in freestyle events.
Anaka and Lappage both have experience on the international stage representing Canada.
Anaka, who enters the competition ranked seventh in the FILA world rankings in her weight class, claimed gold at the 2013 Pan Am championships, bronze at the 2007 world juniors, 12th at the 2012 senior worlds and eighth at the 2012 FISU championships.
Prior to departing for Russia, Anaka along with SFU's
Justina DiStasio (Coquitlam, BC) will compete in the Canada Cup in Toronto.
Lappage won the bronze medal at the 2012 FISU championship and the gold at the 2010 world juniors.
Anthony competed last weekend and finished second in her competition at the USA Wrestling World Team Trials.
She won the challenge tournament but lost her first and third bout to last year's world bronze medalist, Alyson Lampe.
Fellow Clan wrestler
Helen Maroulis (Rockville, MD) also competed in the trials, winning her weight class.
