• Goats crown one champion at Gatesville powerlifting meet
    Groesbeck’s Josh Lockhart yells as he attempts a squat lift during the Hornet Invitational at Gatesville High School on Saturday. Courtesy photo.
  • Goats crown one champion at Gatesville powerlifting meet
    Groesbeck’s Terrell Conn executes a bench press as coach Alan Weihausen looks on in the background during a meet at Gatesville High School on Saturday. Conn lifted a total of 1,140 pounds, which was the most of any Groesbeck lifter. Courtesy photo

Goats crown one champion at Gatesville powerlifting meet

The Groesbeck powerlifting team had one champion at the Hornet Invitational at Gatesville on Saturday.

Weslee Duke won the 114-pound weight class by lifting a total of 690 pounds. He opened with a 240-pound squat and followed that up with a bench press of 150 pounds and a 300-pound dead lift.

Coker Holloway was fifth in the 148-pound weight class with a total of 920 pounds. That included a 355-pound squat, a bench press of 205 pounds and a 360-pound dead lift.

Kelly Rainer was sixth in the 181-pound weight class with a total of 1,040 pounds. That included a 390-pound squat, a bench press of 225 pounds and a 425-pound dead lift.

Terrell Conn finished seventh in the 198-pound weight class. His total of 1,140 pounds was the most by a Groesbeck lifter in the meet and was 65 pounds more than the previous week.

Conn began with a 430-pound squat. He had a bench press of 300 pounds and finished with a 410-pound dead lift.

Josh Lockhart finished eighth in the 242-pound weight class with a total of 860 pounds. He had a 330-pound squat, a bench press of 245 pounds and a 285-pound dead lift.

Also for the Goats, Preston Shields finished 11th in the 165-pound weight class.

On the girls side, Yasmine Venegas finished fifth in the 114-pound weight class with a total of 465 pounds. That included a 180-pound squat, a bench press of 85 pounds and a 200-pound dead lift.

Aly Loftice was seventh in the 105-pound weight class with a total of 405 pounds. That included a 150-pound squat, a bench press of 80 pounds and a 175-pound dead lift.

Alycia Chappel finished seventh in the 198-pound weight class with a total of 510 pounds. That included a 210-pound squat, a bench press of 100 pounds and a 200-pound dead lift.

Also for the girls, Sedaija Mack finished 11th and Miah Alvarado finished 15th in the 123-pound weight class.

The next meet will be Feb 22 at West. It will be the last regional qualifier.

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