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posted 03/09/2012 Simsbury High School held its annual weight lifting competion between SHS athletes and several other high schools (Wethersfield, Farmington and Tolland) on Friday March 9 at 3:45p.
All four teams lifted very well, with over 50 participants working for 2 hours in the SHS weight room. Simsbury one the closely fought competition, finishing ahead of the Tolland, Wethersfield and Farmington lifters.
Some highlights:
Bench Press:
Eddie Novak and Nick Albergo (Simsbury) won their weight classes with max lifts of 215.
Steven Stiejn (Simsbury) and Alex Kadow (Tolland) won the 160 to 180 weight class with lifts of 215.
Andrew Girard (Sims) won the 180-200 weight class with a max lift of 265.
Steven Thomas (Farmington) won the 200-220 weight class with a max lift of 270.
Brad Helmkamp (Simsbury) won the 220 and above with a max bench press of 295.
Clean
Steven Davids (Farmington) won the 140-160 with a clean of 205.
Zach Livingston (Wethersfield), Larry Middleton (Tolland), Tom Black (Tolland), and Nick Hardaman (Farmington) all tied for first in the 160-180 class with max cleans of 205.
Christian Martinez and David Gurtcheff of Simsbury tied for first in the 180-200 class with max cleans of 240.
And the 220 plus category was won by Devon Henry (Wethersfield) with a max of 245.
Squat
Blair Zentek (Simsbury) won the 140-160 class with a max squat of 325.
Larry Middleton (Tolland), from the 160-180 class, won with a squat of 335.
Andrew Girard (Simsbury), won the 180-200 class with a max squat of 400lbs.
Chris Melendey (Tolland), won the 200-220 with a max of 410 lbs.
Devon Henry (Wethersfield) won the 200+ with a max squat of 425 lbs.
Congrats to all of the lifters and a big thanks for coming out to our competition. Great job Trojans!!
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