What a weekend!
Last Saturday our gym played host to our annual weightlifting meet, the 306 W.C. Open! Our weightlifting club has grown year over year over the last decade both in quantity and quality. This past weekend was a beautiful showcase of how far we have gotten.
In total we had 18 of our own athletes take the platform against another 60 lifters from across the province. When the results were in, Coach Jack, Coach Nick, and myself Coach Jay, felt proud of all of our lifters. Here are some of the key highlights.
Thomas McCarthy, Brett Sather, Charles Kim, Kathy Le, Erica Schryer, Brynn Delainey, and Nichelle Williams, all won their respective weight classes!
10 provincial records were also broken by our athletes:
Allan Slack broke all three masters record, Crista Coughlin and Brynn Delainey broke 2 each, Erica, Janyce, and Nichelle all broke one as well.
Finally the icing on the cake was Brynn Delainey and Erica Schryer both reaching international thresholds and qualifying to compete for Youth Pan Ams in Ecuador this upcoming August, and the Jr Commonwealth Championships in Fiji this Sept!
We are so proud of our group and exciting for it’s future. Until next time we will see you at the bar!