Wesmen Briefs

Wesmen wrestle away gold, silver at CIS championship

Briston Brenton picked up a gold medal while Jake Miller picked up silver at the 2013 CIS Wrestling Championships at Western University in Ontario at the beginning of March. Brenton earned his gold in the 82-kilogram weight class, defeating Jamie Yurick from the University of Alberta, according to Wesmen press release. The victory is Brenton’s sixth gold medal of the 2012-2013 season, the team said. Miller wrestled his silver medal away from Matrixx Ferreiro of Brock University in the final men’s 76-kilogram event. Brenton was named to the CIS men’s wrestling first All-Canadian team, while Miller was named to the second All-Canadian team. A trio of other Wesmen wrestlers fell short of the podium. Kyle Nguyen lost a close match against Samson Swan of the University of Saskatchewan in the men’s 130-kilogram class. Emily Kessler and Jessica Brenton finished fifth in the 55-kilogram and 63-kilogram class, respectively, the team noted.

Cunningham named all-star

A record-breaking season has led to University of Winnipeg Wesmen guard Andrew Cunningham being selected to the second Canada West men’s basketball all-star team, the team said in a release. Cunningham, a fourth-year player and team co-captain, started 21 games during the regular season, leading the CIS and Canada West with 163 assists, breaking the former league single season record of 162. Cunningham averaged 10.5 points and 7.8 assists per games, across an average 32 minutes per game. Cunningham finished eighth in Canada West with 41 steals on the season, and scored a season high 33 points in the Wesmen’s final regular season against the University of Manitoba Bisons in mid-February. Cunningham nearly broke the single game record for assists, tying the record with 17 against Trinity Western in Canada West Quarter-Final series, the team added. “Andrew has been an integral part of our team’s success this season,” head coach Mike Raimbault said in a statement. “His unselfishness has been infectious for our entire group and this award is a reflection of the overall effort of our team.”

Published in Volume 67, Number 23 of The Uniter (March 14, 2013)

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