Marathon and Coral Shores participated in a quad meet in boys weightlifting on March 6 at Gulliver Prep. The Fins and ’Canes were first and second in both events, respectively, outscoring Gulliver and Keys Gate in both traditional and Olympic lifting. The Hurricanes had one double winner in AJ Johnson, who not only won both events in the 219-lb. weight class, but was first overall in traditional and second in Olympic across all weight classes. Marathon’s Tanner Ross was a double winner at 199 and took first overall in Olympic and second in traditional. Chase Leird (119), Damian Staciewicz (154), Max Childress (183) and Braulio Garcia (238) were all double winners for Marathon, while Matthias Martinez-Velez won at 139 lbs. in the traditional event. Both teams will compete at Doctors Charter for the FHSAA 1A District 16 Championships on March 28.
