EDMONTON – For the fifth time in program history, the Alberta Golden Bears & Pandas are seeing double gold.
 
The Alberta wrestling teams captured both the men's and women's team conference titles on Saturday evening on their home court, winning in the UofA's main gymnasium.
 
The win for the Golden Bears is their 18^th conference title, and the sixth for the Pandas. It is also the Bears second-straight Canada West title, and eighth in the last 10 years. The Pandas also captured their second-straight CW banner, and third in the last five seasons.
 
On the men's side, the Bears were led by second-year Aidan Stevenson, who was named the Male Wrestler of the Year after capturing gold in the 82kg weight class. Stevenson rolled through his competition, earning technical fall wins over both Wesley Smith and Reid Smyth.
 
The Alberta men captured five individual gold medals, with Talon Hird, Alec Montoya, Daniel Hernandez-Mendoza, and Taran Goring joining Stevnson atop the podium.
 
The Pandas captured gold in four of the nine weight classes, as Taylor McPherson, Aleah Nickel, Katie Mulkay and Vianne Rouleau captured their respective weight classes. Bears & Pandas head coach Owen Dawkins was named both the men's team and women's team coach of the year, marking the sixth time he has earned both awards at the same championship.
 
Saskatchewan Huskie SueAnne Harms was named the Female Wrestler of the Year, picking up gold in the women's 53kg weight class thanks to a pair of decisive wins.
 
Fellow Huskie Myan Phillips was named the Female Rookie of the Year, winning the highly competitive 82kg weight class, earning wins by fall over both Deanna Eastman and Jaylaina Callan.
 
Calgary Dino Mark Schwichtenberg was named the Male Rookie of the Year, earning gold in the 76kg class. Schwichtenberg also earned convincing wins in his two matches, besting Dino Sebastian Marchand and Golden Bear Eli Fines.
 
Saskatchewan also captured both student-athlete community service awards, as Drake Buechler earned the men's award, and Allison Kuzub won the womens.
 
Kuzub, a bronze medalist on Saturday, is highly involved in the community, volunteering at the Erindale Animal Hospital, Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, and with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine's 'Vet-A-Vision'. The Agriculture and Bioresources student also earned a 90% average in 2021/22.
 
Buechler, who earned silver in the 61kg class on Saturday, is an Academic All-Canadian from the UofS' faculty of Kinesiology. Buechler spends his free time coaching at the high school and club level in Saskatoon, teaching at various schools. He is also a member of the Huskies Athletic Council, and has been involved in programs benefiting the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, the Dream Brokers Program, and the Co-Op Secret Santa Program.
 
Next on the wrestling calendar is the 2023 U SPORTS Championship, scheduled for February 24^th and 25^th in Edmonton.
 

Women's Team Results
Place	Team	Points
1	Alberta Pandas	35
2	Calgary Dinos	27
3	Saskatchewan Huskies	19
Men's Team Results
Place	Team	Points
1	Alberta Golden Bears	36
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	29
3	Calgary Dinos	24

 
 

Male Athlete of the Year	Aidan Stevenson	Alberta
Female Athlete of the Year	SueAnne Harms	Saskatchewan
Male Rookie of the Year	Mark Schwichtenberg	Calgary
Female Rookie of the Year	Myan Phillips	Saskatchewan
Men's Team Coach of the Year	Owen Dawkins	Alberta
Women's Team Coach of the Year	Owen Dawkins	Alberta
Male Student-Athlete Community Service	Drake Buechler	Saskatchewan
Female Student-Athlete Community Service	Allison Kuzub	Saskatchewan

 

Women's Individual Results
50kg
1	Taylor McPherson	Alberta
2	Sierra Mullin	Saskatchewan
3	Maya Johnston	Calgary
53kg
1	SueAnne Harms	Saskatchewan
2	Jenna Petryna	Alberta
3	Grace Lew	Calgary
56kg
1	Gabriela Cross	Calgary
2	Robbie Ann Pingal	Alberta
3	Allison Kuzub	Saskatchewan
59kg
1	Eve Maxwell	Calgary
2	Amy Bell	Alberta
3	Caitlyn Clatney	Saskatchewan
63kg
1	Aleah Nickel	Alberta
2	Miki Rowbottom	Calgary
3	Angela Aalbers	Saskatchewan
67kg
1	Katie Mulkay	Alberta
2	Angelina Ellis-Toddington	Calgary
3	Jenna Patrician	Saskatchewan
72kg
1	Eilidh Wist	Calgary
2	Andrea Franko	Alberta
3	Shelby Daniels	Saskatchewan
76kg
1	Vianne Rouleau	Alberta
2	Ellise Daynes	Calgary
3	Angel Besskkaystare	Saskatchewan
82kg
1	Myan Phillips	Saskatchewan
2	Deanna Eastman	Alberta
3	Jaylaina Callan	Calgary

 

Men's Individual Results
57kg
1	Talon Hird	Alberta
2	Vincent Gov	Calgary
3	-
61kg
1	Alec Montoya	Alberta
2	Drake Buechler	Saskatchewan
3	Peter Wanderi	Calgary
65kg
1	Daniel Hernandez-Mendoza	Alberta
2	Donovan Neudorf	Saskatchewan
3	Liam Hogan	Calgary
68kg
1	Cole Sanderson	Saskatchewan
2	Shane Richards	Calgary
3	Isaac Le Morvan	Alberta
72kg
1	Maxwell Meekins	Saskatchewan
2	Elias Wile	Alberta
3	Brantley Saar	Calgary
76kg
1	Mark Schwichtenberg	Calgary
2	Sebastian Marchand	Saskatchewan
3	Eli Fines	Alberta
82kg
1	Aidan Stevenson	Alberta
2	Wesley Smith	Calgary
3	Reid Smyth	Saskatchewan
90kg
1	Taran Goring	Alberta
2	Aleksander Eisler	Saskatchewan
3	Omar Ragab	Calgary
100kg
1	Iulius Cojocaru	Saskatchewan
2	Owen Giancola	Alberta
3	Joseph DeMaio	Calgary
125kg
1	Joseph Duffy	Calgary
2	Steven Groves	Alberta
3	Owen McGillivray	Saskatchewan