On Saturday and Sunday, the Lexington High School Powerlifting team competed in the Nebraska High School State Powerlifting Meet at Midland University in Fremont, NE. The following teams competed: Papillion LaVista South, Papillion LaVista, Lexington, Yutan, Brownell Talbott, Kearney, Columbus, Crete, Omaha South, Omaha North, Omaha Central, Bellevue East, Bellevue West, Grand Island, Gretna, Adam Central & Omaha Gross Catholic. The Lexington Girls Team was crowned State Runner-Up and the Lexington Boys Team was crowned State Champion! Anthony Taracena also set the state 114 lbs weight class Deadlift record at 391.3 lbs the 3 lift total on the day of 804.7 lbs. The results are listed below.
Boys Results
114 lbs
4th – Rigo Arias
3rd – Emanuel Zuniga
State Runner-Up – Marvin Garcia
State Champion – Anthony Taracena
123 lbs
State Champion – Reyes Rivas
132 lbs
3rd – Kevin Parada
148 lbs
State Runner-Up – Wyatt Hosick
State Champion – Alex Mateo
165 lbs
4th – Jose Miguel
State Champion – Ezequiel Ruiz
242 lbs
5th – Adrian Lopez-Perez
4th – Jesus Ramirez
HWT
4th – Juan Laguna
State Champion – Miguel Castellanos
Girls Results
State Runner-Up – Sindy Morales
4th – Emmely Munoz
5th – Nineht Arevalo
4th – Eva Sorto
State Runner-Up – Litzy Morales
4th – Katherine Martinez
5th – McKenzie Furgison
State Runner-Up – Yasmin Monroy
5th – Halima Daud
State Champion – Jasmin Martinez
Nebraska High School State Powerlifting Boys State Champions
Nebraska High School State Powerlifting Girls State Runner-Up
Miguel Castellanos – State Champion
Ezequiel Ruiz – State Champion
Alex Mateo – State Champion
Reyes Rivas – State Champion
Jasmin Martinez – State Champion
