Coach Casey Jeter confirmed both of his powerlifting squads placed top-3 in Mount Pleasant’s powerlifting meet held last Saturday, Jan. 29.
The Wildcats won the meet and the Lady Cats placed third in a crowded meet of 200 powerlifters from 15 different schools.
Matthew Mitchell and Chad Maynard won their respective weight classes at 198 and 242, with squats of 500 and 605 pounds. Max Williamson, in the second-lowest weight class of 114 narrowly missed out on a first-place finish, coming in at second.
Five more Wildcats placed in the top-5 of their class:
- Abraham Banueloz and Cristobal Torres, both in the 132 weight group, finished 3rd and 4th
- Nathan Andrews (198) placed 5th
- Ben Hatcher (220) got a top-3 finish at 3rd
- and Sean Dial (308) was the second Wildcat to place second in his weight group
Three more Wildcats finished in the top-11:
- Zachary Clark and Levi Barnes, both 165 finished 10th and 11th
- and Barrett Thesing (181) got seventh
Of the 13 men’s powerlifters that competed in Mount Pleasant, only two did not place in the top-15; Gage Williams, who narrowly missed out on at 16th and Colt Silman bombed out in Mount Pleasant.
Wildcats powerlifting are back in action two weeks from Saturday on February 19, 2022 in Commerce.
Lady Cats powerlifting had an equally impressive outing in Mount Pleasant last Saturday.
Machelle Allen of 259+ won her weight class, the lone Lady Cat to do so.
Six athletes from Sulphur Springs finished in the top-4:
- Caelyn Pilette (97) narrowly missed out on medaling at 4th
- Haylee Schultz (105) placed silver
- Max Bailey (148) got third in her weight class
- Anna Adair (165) at 4th place was another Lady Cat to miss out on medaling
- and Reese Offutt (259) also finished 4th
Three more Lady Cats placed in the top-12; Mary Taylor (123) got 10th place, Brooklynn Shackelford of the 132 weight class finished 11th and Kylie Clark (165) placed 12th.
No athletes from Sulphur Springs women’s powerlifting did not place. At 21 points, Sulphur Springs edged fourth-place L.E. 21 to 20.
Next up, the women also compete in Commerce for their next meet, but on Friday, Feb. 18.
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