MARATHON & CORAL SHORES OPEN WEIGHTLIFTING SEASON WITH TRI-MEET

a woman lifting a barbell in a crossfit gym
Nicole Merryman. CONTRIBUTED

Coral Shores and Gulliver Prep made the trip to Marathon High School on Nov. 9 for a girls weightlifting tri-meet. Marathon coach Jessie Schubert was pleased with the early season results his team has put up and looks forward to continued improvement in the coming weeks. The Lady Fins took eight out of 10 top spots in the meet, securing the team win for Marathon.

Weightlifting is scored by combining the best of three attempts in two different types of lifts. Athletes may opt to lift in the Olympic category which combines the snatch and the clean & jerk or in the Traditional category which combines clean & jerk with the bench press. Athletes compete in a series of weight classes from 101 pounds to the Unlimited (199.1 and up) class.

Mikkel Ross

Top Performers By Weight Class, Nov. 9

Weight ClassAthleteSchoolSnatchCleanBench
101Allie BrabenecMarathon80100115
110Isabel PerdomoMarathon807575
119Larissa PrietoMarathon5510090
129Mikkel RossMarathon75105110
139Malena RocafortMarathon609095
154Nicole MerrymanMarathon80110105
169Shayla LopezMarathon506565
183Justice Lee IsomMarathon105120130
199Angelina BelloCoral Shores658595
UnlimitedSydney EysenbachCoral Shores95110110
Tracy McDonald
Tracy McDonald fled to the Keys from the frozen mountains of Pennsylvania hours after graduating from college and never looked back. She is a second generation coach and educator, and has taught in the public school system for over 25 years. She and her husband met at a beginning teacher meeting in 1997 and have three children born and raised in Monroe County. In her free time, McDonald loves flea markets, historical fiction and long runs in the heat.

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