6 Athletes, 5 gold medals, 4 ‘306’ Board records, and 3 National records!
306 Weightlifting meet, a recap.
On December 13th athletes from across the province gathered at 306 for our annual weightlifting meet. 306 was represented by 6 athletes in 6 different weight classes.
Our ladies went first, Chelsea Andrews continued to improve and added 7kg to her previous competition total and picked up a gold medal.
Sam Mitchell would keep all her efforts for her last clean and jerk and put up a personal best 187lbs and good enough for 3rd all time at 306.
On the men side, Mike Rogers, Jason Joyal, and Luke Gordon, all battled hard and chased each and pushed one another to greater totals. Mike would snatch a huge 235.4lbs improving on his personal best and good for third all time at 306. His performance was also a 17kg improvement on his previous competition total. Jason Joyal also finished with a 222kg total and after settling some early nerves was able to hit a flawless 100kg snatch. Luke Gordon made his first appearance on the SWA circuit. The big man would not disappoint and hit a 103kg/130kg for a 233 total. A very good start to what will be undoubtedly a great weightlifting career for Luke.
I had a great day and managed to take all three national records for Men’s Master’s 35-39 in the 85kg weight class with a personal bests 118kg/152kg for a 270kg total.
Next up, The Last Chance Qualifier Powerlifting meet on Dec 20th in Moose Jaw.
- coach