Two wrestlers to take to the mat at CIS Championship

Matt Kippenhuck

Kippenhuck and Smith to compete at first nationals

Matt Kippenhuck and Jon Smith of the Sea~Hawks wrestling team will be headed to the University of Calgary this weekend for the 2010 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Wrestling Championships. They claimed a spot at nationals by finishing in the top two in their respective weight classes at the AUS Qualifying Meet in February.


Kippenhuck, a fourth year student from Charlottetown, Labrador, will wrestle in the 68kg weight class. Jon Smith, a rookie from Mount Pearl, will be wrestling in the 130kg weight class. They are both competing in their first CIS Championships. They will be the lone competitors from Memorial to advance. Memorial is one of sixteen universities from around the country to compete in nationals this year. UNB, the only other Atlantic representative headed to Calgary, will send nine wrestlers to the big stage.


The championships get underway with preliminary rounds on Friday, with placement and medal matches following Saturday. The bronze and gold medal matches will be webcast live beginning at 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time (3:00 p.m. NL time).


The 2010 CIS wrestling championships open with weigh-ins and medical checks on Thursday, March 4 before competition begins Friday morning in the Jack Simpson Gym.


CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL: Mountain Time)
Friday, March 5
10:00 Preliminaries Round 1
13:00 Preliminaries Round 2
15:30 Preliminaries Round 3

Saturday, March 6
10:00 Classification matches 5th-8th place
11:30 Bronze-medal matches – Live webcast
13:30 Championship finals – Live webcast