2014 Lift-a-thon
The Clarinda Lift-a-thon was held Saturday, March 29 in the CHS weight room. Fourty one athletes competed in the hang clean competition and raised $1042 to support the weight lifting program. Top money raisers were Brook Stephens, Eddy Love, Ali VanVactor, Karyee Buch, Allison & Page Fast, Zach Carlson.
The top three teams were:
Boys 1st—JJ Clark, Justin Cabeen, Troy Aldrich, Trent Aldrich
who had a lifting ratio of 134% of their body weight
2nd—Clint Fine, Luke Strong, Zach Carlson, Elijah Bix
who had a lifting ratio of 127.1% of their body weight
3rd—Dustin Swindler, Cain Johanns, Edward Love, Kyle Holmes who had
a lifting ratio of 126.6% of their body weight
Girls 1st-- Karyee Buch, Jenny Bair, Paige Fast, and Baillee Warren
who had a lifting ratio of 85.6% of their body weight
2nd—Allie Fast, Alli VanVactor, Paetyn Rock, Rachael Bair
who had a lifting ratio of 81.2% of their body weight
3rd- Elizabeth Mayer, Charity Espinoza, Mariah Muller
who had a lifting ratio of 79.8% of their body weight
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS:
Boys: Girls:
JJ Clark 150% 265 pounds Paige Fast 104%
Kyle Holmes 144% 235 pounds Charity Espinoza 91%
Trey Aldrich 138% 275 pounds Bailee Warren 90%
Luke Strong 137% 230 pounds Allison Fast 89%
Justin Cabeen 136% 225 pounds Karyee Buch 84%
Cain Johanns 134% 235 pounds Rachael Bair 83%
Zach Carlson 124% 195 pounds Paetyn Rock 77%
Top Weight Lifted:
Trey Aldrich 275 pounds
Brook Stephens 265 pounds
JJ Clark 265 pounds
Karyee Buch 140 pounds
Paige Fast 135 pounds
Bailey Warren 120 pounds
A special thanks to Coach Jim Lindsay, Jon Cole, Andrew Almelien, Mark Schilb, Sam Baldwin and Joelene Carper who helped with the competition and to the Lift-a-thon sponsors : Subway, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Jay’s Pizza, Runza and HvVee.