Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Lady Chargers second at state powerlifting meet

By the slimmest of margins, the Jefferson County North girls’ power lifting team came in second at the 3A state power lifting meet in Marion, March 31. After winning the 2A state meet a year ago, the JCN girls scored 38 team points to place second behind Caney Valley, with 39 points in the 3A meet.

Two JCN girls, Millissia Tomlinson and Kayla Casey, won gold medals at the state meet.
Tomlinson won the 165-lb. weight class with a three lift total of 510 pounds.

On her way to claiming 165-pound class Tomlinson earned a silver in the squat with a personal best of 285 pounds. That lift also gave Tomlinson the state record until Nicky Clapp of Caney Valley lifted 300 pounds on her final squat attempt.
Tomlinson also placed third in the bench at 115 pounds. Her clean of 110 pounds was not enough for a top three placing.

Casey placed second in the 105-lb. class with a three lift total of 290 pounds. Casey won gold medals in both the bench press and the clean. Her best lift on the bench was 70 pounds and her winning clean was 80 pounds. Casey also earned a silver in the squat with a lift of 140 pounds.

Kelsey Schuler also placed second in her weight class at 123-lb. Her three lift total was 400 pounds. Schuler placed second in the squat at 210 pounds and third in the bench at 95 pounds. Her clean was also 95 pounds.


Haley Nevins earned third place honors in the 148-lb. class with a three lift total of 420 pounds. Nevins was third in the squat at 220 pounds and third in the clean at 115 pounds. She also benched 85 pounds.


Jackie Schrick came in fourth in the 165-lb. class with a total weight of 455 pounds. Schrick was third in the squat at 225 pounds and third in the clean at 120 pounds. Her bench was 110 pounds.


Heather Hobbs and Kristina Kramer each earned a team point by finishing sixth in their own weight class.
Hobbs was sixth in the 114-lb. class with a three lift total of 310 pounds. Kramer’s sixth place finish came in the power class with a total of 410 pounds lifted.

Talsa Hutchinson and Megan Weishaar each won individual silver medals in the 132-lb. class. Hutchinson claimed her medal with a bench press of a 110 pounds. Weishaar earned her silver with a squat of 210 pounds.


Dannielle Weishaar, Heather Hobbs, Lisa Weishaar and Maggie Robohn all competed for the Lady Chargers, but did not win individual medals.



Pictured above are team members, from left, front row, Kayla Casey and Dannielle Weishaar, middle row, Millissia Tomlinson, Kelsey Schuler, Haley Nevins, Talsa Hutchinson, Lisa Weishaar, Jackie Schrick and Heather Hobbs, and back row, Kristina Kramer and Maggie Robohn. (Photo by Mike Tomlinson)