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Burnet finishes powerlifting season at the state meet

March 21, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #Powerlifting, #TexasChalkTalk, #TheBroadPodcaster, #THSPA0 comment

The Burnet High School powerlifting season concluded during Spring Break. Sophomore Abby Smith returned to the Texas High School Powerlifting Association state meet March 18 where she finished 14th in the 114-pound weight division by lifting a total weight of 265 pounds, which set personal records for each lift: 250 pounds in the squat, 145 pounds on the bench press, and 265 pounds in the deadlift. A total of 16 lifters competed in the weight class. “This is Abby’s second year in a row to get to lift at the…

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Three Mustangs qualify for the powerlifting state meet

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakesSports, #MarbleFalls, #Mustangs, #Powerlifting, #THSPA, #UIL0 comment

Going to the Boys Powerlifting Region II Division I Championship on March 12, Marble Falls High School head coach Robert Draper had a hunch it was going to be a great day for the Mustangs. And he was right. Three of the four lifters are on their way to the state meet on Saturday, March 26, at the Taylor County Expo Center, 1700 Texas 36 in Abilene. “We went in with a plan,” Draper said. “We went in knowing those three guys could get a qualifying total at regionals to…

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Lady Dawg returns to Class 4A powerlifting state meet

March 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Jennifer Fierro#Burnet, #Burnet Bulldogs, #BurnetCounty, #HighlandLakes, #HighlandLakesSports, #LadyDawgs, #LadyMustangs, #LadyStangs, #MarbleFalls, #Powerlifting, #TexasChalkTalk, #THSPA, #UIL0 comment

Burnet High School sophomore Abby Smith qualified for the Class 4A Division I powerlifting state meet after finishing third overall in the 114-pound division at regionals on March 4. Smith lifted a total of 635 pounds thanks to squatting 254 pounds, bench-pressing 145 pounds, and dead-lifting 250 pounds. She set new personal bests in the deadlift, the bench press and in the overall total. The state is divided into eight regions. The top two lifters in each region automatically qualify. But Smith’s total weight lifted was the best of the…