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Alma Hosts State Weightlifting Championships

More than 400 athletes fill Dyer Arena in hopes of strong man titles

ALMA (KFSM) - Some of the state's strongest high school athletes converged on the Charles Dyer Arena looking for a state title on Saturday as Alma hosted the 2015 Arkansas High School State Weightlifting Championships.

In all, 53 schools send more than 400 athletes to the competition as each competitor lifted in both the bench press and the power clean. The two totals were then added together to give each lifter their total weight.

Junction City, a 2A school, took the overall title as their 10 lifters totals 5,260 pounds despite winning just one weight class. Fred Daniels won the 148-pound division for the Dragons with a combined weight of 510 pounds.

Booneville got strong performances from Bryson May and Matthew Berry as they won the 3A team title.

Plenty of area athletes had success as Magazine's Josh Syrock took the title in the 123-pound division while teammate Cheenew Yang won the 181-pound class with 615 total pounds.

Greenwood's Colton Sims took the crown in the 259-pound division as he totaled 700 pounds, 50 more than second place finisher Chase Fondren from Dover.

Team Champions

7A/6A: Benton
5A: Wynne
4A: Dover
3A: Booneville
2A: Junction City

123 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Josh Syrock Magazine 370
2nd Fernando Morales Danville 360
3rd Cedric Hall Forrest City 360
132 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Zach Roberts Bismarck 465
2nd C.J. Johnson Junction City 460
3rd Will Recinos Alma 460
148 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Fred Daniels Junction City 510
2nd Simeon Watson Benton 490
3rd Dakota Aycock Hazen 480
165 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Logan Penn Hazen 540
2nd Joey Vore Jonesboro 540
3rd Shane Atchley Mena 535
181 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Cheenew Yang Magazine 615
2nd Matthew Berry Booneville 590
3rd Chandler Marquardt Heber Springs 560
Trenton Mosby Hazen 560
198 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Adonte Winston Benton 645
2nd Braxton Rousseau Green County Tech 620
3rd Jon Johnson Benton Harmony Grove 610
220 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st DeAndre McGill Wynne 605
2nd Billy Yang Magazine 600
3rd Chris Wheeler Sheridan 590
Bryce Williams Jonesboro 590
242 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Dylan Murphy Benton 630
2nd Jodeci Booker Jonesboro 630
3rd Roy Like Wynne 620
Bryson May Booneville 620
Zach McGhee El Dorado 620
259 Pound Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Colton Sims Greenwood 700
2nd Chase Fondren Dover 650
3rd A. McNeely Pottsville 640
Marquez Singleton Junction City 640
Heavy Weight Class Lifter School Total Weight
1st Ernest Reed El Dorado 755
2nd Austin Capps Star City 710
3rd Taylor Mason Junction City 700

 

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