Rodrigues and Ford show strong at Junior World Championships

ANKARA, TURKEY - Brock University women wrestlers Celeste Rodrigues and Diana Ford both had strong performances at the 2009 Junior World Championships. Rodrigues was Canada's top finisher placing 5th overall at 59kg and Ford placed 9th at 51kg.

59 kg-Celeste Rodrigues-16 competitors

loss vs Ekaterlha Melnikova (Russia) 0-7, 0-1
win vs Laura Raffler (Austria) Fall
loss vs Yurika Ito (Japan) for bronze medal 0-3, 0-5

finished in 5th place which was Canada's highest placing at the Championships.

51 kg-Diana Ford-24 competitors

win vs Ai Shimmizu (Japan) 0-1, 1-0, 1-0
win vs Mihaela Munteanu (Romania) 1-2, 6-3, 6-0
loss vs D Otgonstetseg (Mongolia) 5-0, 5-5, 4-3

finished in 9th place


Canada finished 7th out of 40 countries