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Girls Weightlifting Beefs up at Mandarin High School
Laura Koeppel is head coach of the girls weightlifting team and has built a team of 22 lifters, up from eight in its inaugural season last year....
Young Female Powerlifters Prepared for Nationals
Come this Saturday, Nicole Simonis and three Chenango Valley students - senior Shannon Kane, sophomore Ranata DeGennaro and eighth-grader Liza Hillegas - will attempt to pick up more weight than they ever have before. They will compete in the USA Powerlifting Women's National Championships, a competition open to women of all ages, in Miami. ...
Sum of Spruce Creek's Parts Contribute to Weightlifting Dynasty
The Spruce Creek High School Hawks have won all five state titles since the Florida High School Athletic Association started sanctioning the sport in 2004. They will go for No. 6 on Saturday, February 14th in New Port Richey....
Girls Weightlifting Builds Muscle and Confidence
When Florida's high-school athletic association announced that girls weightlifting would hold its first state championship in 2003 -- and became the only state in the country to do so -- many observers wondered how many girls would show up....
Fort Mill Lifter Maureen Clary Keeps Raising the Bar
Maureen Clary, 52, can lift in excess of 230 pounds - nearly 100 pounds more than her body weight. She is the top-ranked masters woman champion in the 148-pound division....
Maura Shuttleworth - Don't Bench Me In
Maura Shuttleworth broke the Minnesota state record in her weight class last November when she bench-pressed 180 pounds, and she’s set her sights on the national women’s record of 214 pounds, which she hopes to break within the year....
Alison Streacker Making Mark With Passion for Powerlifting
Since 2005, Streacker has entered about 20 powerlifting competitions. She competes in the 13-15 age group, 165-pound weight class, where she has bench pressed as much as 245 pounds and deadlifted as much as 340 pounds....
Bethani Duncan, Texas Teen, Powerlifts Into Record Books
Coach Mike Denmon, who was a powerlifter at Bridge City in the 1980s, said the girls lifting today are so strong, they could have beaten him back then. He said what has helped Bethani become successful is a gymnastics background....
Pure Power, Great Form - Auburn Woman Finds Strength on Stage
After discovering free weights by her trainer three years ago at the Auburn Valley (WA) YMCA, Jill Joiner-Wong gradually emerged as a national-caliber powerlifter with plenty of more muscle to flex in the months ahead....
Afghan Women's Strength on Display in Gyms
Clad in head scarves, Afghan female weightlifters break into male-dominated muscle sports. Women's bodybuilding is forbidden: "The Afghan woman is strong, we are not showing the body. We are showing the power."...
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