Lily Weightlifting

It’s always a good weekend is in town! Kids and adults learned a ton, had some big lifts, learned how much they love/hate complexes and showed up in an awesome way to every session.

Until next year 🫡

Closing out nationals for us was Luca!

Luca is about a year into lifting. He competed in the U-17 65kg division. He had a 4/6 with a 71kg sn**ch, a competition PR 84kg clean and jerk and a total PR at 155kg.

Luca is a competitor, and after a miss on his first sn**ch that easily could have thrown anyone into a panic, he locked in and made his next 4 lifts in a row. 💪

Kiera lifted at nationals for the second year in a row. She aged up to the 14-15 age group, and competed in the 69+ session, weighing in at just 70.85kg.

She had a 5/6 day with a sn**ch PR at 47, a clean and jerk at 66 and a total PR at 113kg finishing her in the top 10.

She’s added 27kg to her total from last year and shows no signs of slowing down 💪

Violet walked into the gym to learn how to lift in February and a short 5 months later, competed in her first Nationals!

She lifted in the U-15 69+ class and had a 5/6 day, setting PRs across the board with a 47kg sn**ch and 60kg clean and jerk for a 107kg total.

We can’t wait to see what she’s lifting when she gets a year under her belt!

Standing on the podium for the second year in a row, Raiden!!

Raiden aged up this year, and lifted in a very competitive U-13 52kg class. He had a 6/6 day with PRs across the board sn**ching 44, clean and jerking 57 for a 101kg total earning him 🥉🥉🥉, and finishing 3rd overall in the entire men’s u-13 division.

Raiden has added 33kg to his total since he was in Colorado Springs last year. He is consistently showing up and is always eager to do whatever he needs to improve, and his numbers show all his hard work.

Just for fun… swipe to the last video to watch Raiden learning how to clean as a 9 year old on a 2.5kg barbell in February of 2024…

Introducing your U-11 48kg National Champion!

Sean showed up wanting to win, and we promised him we’d set him up in the best way we could, but he needed to make the weights we put onto the bar for him.

He did exactly that, with a 5/6 day, a 30kg sn**ch, a PR at 41kg clean and jerk and a 71kg total. He finished 🥈in sn**ch, 🥇in clean and jerk and 🥇overall.

So proud of Sean for showing up, trusting us and doing his job of making lifts. 🫡💪

Ronan unknowingly qualified for Nationals this spring. When the meet was over our conversation went something like this.
“Hey, Ro, you qualified for Nationals”
“So I’m going to nationals!?!”
“Well you qualified, but you have to check with your parents to see if you’re able to go.”
He then turned to his parents and announced “We’re going to nationals.”

Ronan took the platform as a U-11 48kg lifter. He hit a sn**ch competition PR at 23 and clean and je**ed 26 for a 49kg total which placed him 4th overall.

It’s been so fun to watch Ronan become a more confident and talkative kid over the last year he’s been with us, and his love for the sport is evident every single day he comes in to lift.

We can’t wait to see his progress in year ✌️

Next up we had Henley!

Henley has been lifting for just under a year, and qualified for Nationals at his first ever meet. He had a 5/6 day with competition PRs across the board at 30/40 for a 70kg total which placed him 5th in the U-13 40kg class as a 12 year old.

We can’t wait to see what year 2 holds for him!

Rylee kicked off our Nationals weekend!

Rylee started lifting last April. Last June after watching her brother become National Champion, Rylee decided she wanted to lift at Nationals too. She got to work, qualified, and has been training hard!

She competed in the U-11 33kg class as a 9 year old, the youngest in her weight class. She had a 4/6 day with a sn**ch PR at 19 and a PR total at 38.

She’s gained so much confidence over the last few months, and we are so proud of her first National performance!