York University Lions women's wrestler Alexandria Town brought home some hardware this weekend as she won the bronze medal at the Canada Cup of International Wrestling hosted at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, Ontario.
 
Competing in the 58kg division, Town (Scarborough, Ont.) had a tough opening round matchup against Jacarra Winchester, a USA national team member and two-time US national champion. Town dropped the opening round match to Winchester and went on to face 2016 Canadian junior national champion Tianna Kennet in the second round. While leading the match 4-2, Town pinned Kennet to advance to the bronze medal match.  
 
In the bronze medal final, the third-year kinesiology and health science major earned a dominant win over Krystin Paquette of the University of Alberta. Town was technically superior throughout the matchup scoring a 10-0 victory over Paquette, who was the 2016 senior national championships silver medalist at 58kg. Winchester won the gold medal with a 14-3 victory over Emily Schaefer of Brock University.
 
The Canada Cup bronze medal adds to Town's list of accomplishments in 2016, which include a bronze medal at both the OUA and CIS Championships, and the CIS Student-Athlete Community Service and CIS Fair Play awards for her commitment to sportsmanship, academics and community service pursuits off the mat.
 
The Canada Cup of International Wrestling was initiated in the fall of 1980 by the Federal Government to provide Canada's wrestlers with an alternative to the boycotted Olympic Games held in Moscow. This year's event saw athletes from Canada, Chile, Cuba, Estonia, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and USA compete. For some athletes the Canada Cup was the final competition before heading to Rio for the Olympic Games in August.
 
For full results please visit the Wrestling Canada website.