Ali Bernard of the USA in her bronze-medal bout at the 2011 World Championships. Bernard goes for gold at Hargobind International on Saturday. Larry Slater photo BURNABY, B.C., Canada – Two U.S. wrestlers have reached the finals in an Olympic weight class in the women’s freestyle division at the Hargobind International on Friday. The finals of the four Olympic weight classes will be contested on Saturday in Surrey, B.C., Canada, along with the men’s freestyle finals. Earning a spot in the finals are Ali Bernard (New Ulm, Minn./Gator WC) at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. and Victoria Anthony (Huntington Beach, Calif./New York AC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Bernard, a 2011 World bronze medalist and 2008 Olympian, will face Leah Callahan of Canada in the gold-medal finals. Bernard won her bout on Friday by pin. Anthony, a two-time Junior World champion, will face Ashley McKilligan of Canada in the finals on Saturday. Anthony won three matches on Friday, including an impressive technical fall over 2010 U.S. World Team member Alyssa Lampe (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) in the semifinals by technical fall, 7-1, 6-0. Except for the finals in the four Olympic weights which will be held tomorrow, the rest of the tournament was completed today. That includes all of the matches in the non-Olympic weights, plus the bronze medal bouts in the four Olympic weights. The U.S. had a pair of bronze medalists, Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. and Leigh Jaynes Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) at 55 kg/121 lbs. Both lost their opening bouts, then won the rest of their consolation matches to bring home the bronze. Conder, a 2011 U.S. World Team member at 51 kg, defeated Rathi of India, 2-0, 2-0 in the bronze-medal round. Jaynes, a 2007 U.S. World Team member at 59 kg, pinned two-time U.S. World Team member Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) in 1:46 in the bronze-medal match. The men’s freestyle competition is set for Saturday. There are expected to be a number of U.S. competitors in the men’s division. HARGOBIND INTERNATIONAL At Burnaby, Canada, Nov. 4 Women’s Olympic weights gold medal finalists for Saturday 48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Victoria Anthony (USA) vs. Ashley McKilligan (CAN) 55 kg/121 lbs. – Jazzy Barker (CAN) vs. Brittanie Laverdure (CAN) 63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Danielle Lappage (CAN) vs. Stacie Anaka (CAN) 72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Ali Bernard (USA) vs. Leah Callahan (CAN) U.S. women’s freestyle performances on Friday 48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC), 3rd LOSS Ashley McKilligan (CAN-Saskatchewan), 1-1, 0-4 WIN Failainga (CAN) WIN Nicole Woody (USA), 2-1, 3-0 WIN Parsons (CAN), 2-0, 2-1 WIN Rathi (IND), 2-0, 2-0 48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Nicole Woody, Gambrills, Md. (Gator WC), dnp WIN Michiko Araki (CAN-Clansman), 2-1, 2-0 LOSS Alyssa Lampe (USA), 0-7, 0-6 LOSS Whitney Conder (USA), 1-2, 0-3 48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 5th WIN Natasha Kramble (CAN - Saskatchewan), pin 6-0, 1:16 WIN Nicole Woody (USA), 7-0, 6-0 LOSS Victoria Anthony (USA), 1-7, 0-6 LOSS Rathi (India), 6-1, 4-7, 1-3 WIN Mian (CAN), 4-1, 1-1 48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (New York AC), finalist on Saturday WIN Darby Huckle (CAN – Clansman), 6-0, 6-0 WIN Parsons (CAN), pin 1:46 WIN Alyssa Lampe (USA), 7-1, 6-0 Gold Medal Match - Vs. Ashley McKilligan (CAN) 51 kg/112.25 lbs. - Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 5th WIN Papke (CAN), 1-0, 3-0 LOSS Gen Haley (CAN), 1-0, 0-1, 0-1 LOSS Brown (CAN), 0-1, 0-3 WIN Parks (CAN), 1-0, 6-0 55 kg/121 lbs. - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 4th WIN Gina Carpenter (CAN – Clansman), 3-0, 2-0 WIN Greeta (India), 1-0, 1-0 LOSS Jazzy Barker (CAN), 0-1, 1-0, 0-1 LOSS Leigh Jaynes (USA), pin 1:46 55 kg/121 lbs. – Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 3rd LOSS Jazzie Barker (CAN), 1-1, 1-3 WIN Barry (CAN), 1-0, 3-0 WIN Geeta (IND), pin 1:13 WIN Kelsey Campbell (USA), pin 1:46 59 kg/130 lbs. - Trinity Plessinger, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 4th WIN Sidney Morrison (CAN-Clansman), 7-0, 6-0 LOSS Stacie Anaka (CAN), 1-2, 0-2 WIN Rajani (IND), 3-0, 5-5 LOSS by pin 72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Ali Bernard, New Ulm, Minn. (Gator WC), finalist on Saturday WIN Justina DiStacio (CAN-Clansman), pin Gold Medal Match - Vs. Leah Callahan (CAN)