Lady Eagles Power Lift Team Places First At Kearney Meet
Power Lifting Team Wins Meet… The Holden girls power lifting team won the team title at the Kearney Power Lifting Meet on Saturday, Mar. 16. The team is pictured with its first-place trophy, front row, left to right, Clara Hernan and Rachel Wamsley, middle row, Arionna Johnson, Ava Young, and Ady Yoder; back row, Clara Ferguson, Jamie Booe, Brionna Johnson, Chloe Hernan, Abby Miller, and coach David Diener. Photo submitted by Jessica Young
The Holden girls power lifting team turned in a first-place team finish at the Kearney Power Lifting Meet held at Kearney High School on Saturday, March 16.
The Lady Eagles team was led by overall first-place finishes from Ava Young and Chloe Hernan in their weight classes.
Young recorded the first-place overall finish in the girls 115-pound division with a three-lift total of 440 pounds. In her lifts, Young placed first in the power clean with a clean of 135 pounds, second in the squat with a weight of 190 pounds, and third in the bench press with a weight of 115 pounds.
Hernan placed first in the girls 130-pound division with a three-lift total of 475 pounds. Hernan placed first in both the power clean and the squat. In the power clean, Hernan lifted a first-place weight of 135 pounds. She recorded her first-place finish in the squat with a weight of 220 pounds. Hernan placed second in the bench press with a weight of 120 pounds.
In other top individual finishes for Holden, Rachel Wamsley placed second in both the bench press and the squat, and third in the power clean in the girls 145-pound division. Wamsley bench pressed 135 pounds, squatted 235 pounds, and power cleaned 155 pounds.
In the girls power weight division, Jamie Booe turned in third-place finishes in all three lifts. Booe recorded a weight of 120 pounds in the bench press, 115 pounds in the power clean, and 195 pounds in the squat.
Ady Yoder placed first in the bench press in the girls 115-pound division with a press of 135 pounds. Yoder placed third in the squat with a lift of 180 pounds.
Competing in the girls 115-pound division, Arionna Johnson placed second in the bench press with a lift of 120 pounds, and third in the power clean with a clean of 125 pounds.
Brionna Johnson placed second in the bench press in the girls 145-pound division with a press of 130 pounds. Brionna placed third in the power clean with a weight of 130 pounds.
Clara Hernan placed second in the squat in the girls 130-pound division with a lift of 205 pounds. Clara placed third in the bench press with a weight of 120 pounds.
Competing in the girls 130-pound division, Abby Miller placed first in the bench press with a press of 145 pounds.
