North Vancouver's Oscar Bulaqui won the 50-kilogram junior title at the 2015 ASICS Junior/Senior Canadian Wrestling Championships held last month at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont.
Bulaqui, a St. Thomas Aquinas grad and current redshirt freshman at Simon Fraser University, won the title after pinning Sudbury's Motkual Said a little more than two minutes into the final.
"Oscar got an early takedown in the final and then turned Said three times before pinning him on his back," stated SFU wrestling coach Justin Abdou in a release. "Oscar is not usually a pinner but he used his speed and power to his advantage."
It was the second straight national title for Bulaqui who won the 50-kg juvenile crown last year. He will be eligible to defend his junior title next year.
This season Bulaqui redshirted for the SFU Clan with an eye to growing into the 125-pound weight class against NCAA competition.
"Oscar is very fast and athletic but he's a little undersized for the 125-pound weight class," said Abdou. "When he gets a little stronger and a little bigger he will become a key part of our university team moving forward."
