The Belton Pirates had an exceptional weekend in Oklahoma City, OK at NASA HS Powerlifting Nationals. There were 345 individual entries from all over the nation with team entries from TX, OK, NM, CO, KS, MO, IL, TN and all over the Midwest. The Pirates qualified 14 athletes for the event with 12 actually competing on the weekend. You can only count your top 10 individuals in team scoring which actually worked to our advantage because we only brought 10 boys. Our boy rose up to the challenge and finished 2nd in the nation as a team in the division of 9-12th grade Combined Unequipped Powerlifting finishing just four team points behind Kearney HS and just ahead of a powerhouse in Tennessee. Our 9/10th grade boys team finished as national champions for the Power Press division (inclusion of power hang clean). Our 9/10th grade boys also finished us runners up in the Unequipped Powerlifting division as well. It is the first meet in two years that our 9/10 boys have not won, but I think we will give them a little slack considering the level of competitionJ.

Unequipped Powerlifting Finishers (Bench, Squat, Deadlift)

 

Name                          PLACE                                     Weight                  Division

Tracy Gibbs                National Champion                  198+                        Womens

Nino Enna                  National Champion                   114.5                        9/10 boys

Zach Willis                  National Champion                  181.75                        9/10 boys

Devin Hunter             National Champion                    198.25                        9/10 boys

Quinn Swaggart        2nd                                           132.25                        9/10 boys

Marcus Jones             2nd                                           132.25                        11/12 Men

Tucker Elkins             2nd                                           198.25                        9/10 boys

Jaslon Willis               3rd                                           145.75                        11/12 Men

Tyler McMurray        3rd                                             165.25                        9/10 boys

Malcolm Jones           4th                                           132.25                        9/10 boys

Tranisha Smith          5th                                           165.25                        Womens

Myles Donaldson       9th                                           165.25                        11/12 Men

*Zach Willis set the national record for squat in the 181.75# weight class for the high school and teenage division with a 507# squat receiving all three white lights for a perfect lift! He was pound for pound the strongest 9/10th grade competitor for the entire meet.

Power Press Divison (inclusion of hang clean with bench press)

 

Name                          PLACE                                     Weight            Division

Tracy Gibbs                National Champion              198+                         Womens

Nino Enna                  National Champion              114.5                         9/10 boys

Zach Willis                  National Champion             181.75                        9/10 boys

Devin Hunter             National Champion              198.25                        9/10 boys

Jaslon Willis               National Champion              148.75                        11/12 Men

Tyler McMurray        National Champion                165.25                        9/10 boys

Quinn Swaggart        2nd                                     132.25                        9/10 boys

Tucker Elkins             2nd                                    198.25                        9/10 boys

Nino Enna set a new national record in the total for Power Press division for the 114# 9/10th grade division.

Zach Willis also broke the 2010 national record for Power Press division and was the talk of the meet with many of the coaches, referees and judges.

Very proud of all of our kids and what they accomplished this weekend. The meet did not boast 25-30 lifters in a weight class like some of the meets we compete in, but many classes showcased 10-15 of the best lifters around the country. The final tally for our kids was three team plaques, 17 medals and two individual plaques.