PREP ROUNDUP: Lemon Bay takes Class 1A-Region 4 girls weightlifting title
ENGLEWOOD — The logo on the singlet may have changed, but Madison Atwood is still hoisting an incredible amount of plates.
The defending Class 3A state champion at North Port, Atwood moved down the road to the Imagine School at North Port and still is collecting medals.
Atwood won the snatch with a meet-best 180 pounds and also took the traditional bench and clean and jerk with a combined 430, also the best among competitors as the Class 1A-Region 4 meet Saturday afternoon at Lemon Bay High.
The only difference, Atwood said, was the closeness of the Sharks team. Otherwise, weights are weights and she still remains among the state’s best.
Last year in the 169-pound weight class, Atwood benched 185 pounds and lifted 220 in the clean and jerk for a 405 total.
Moving up to the 183-pound weight class this year, she benched 200 and lifted 230 in the clean and jerk.
Her aim this year is a state record.
In 183, the clean and jerk mark is 230 set by Kjayla Martin of Orlando Timber Creek in 2013.
Atwood’s goal is 255 in the clean and jerk, a figure she has yet to reach.
In the first year of the snatch, Atwood hopes to add 10 pounds to her current figure and reach 190.
“It’s something I’ve done,” the junior said, adding she has done it in the past and it comes naturally.
The only difference at Imagine School is that Madison is not lifting with her twin sister, Tristain, who is injured. Tristan was second in the state at the 154-pound weight class last year for North Port High.
The Sharks, made up of only three girls who have lifted in the past, are making strides as a team, also.
They finished second in both the snatch competition and the traditional meet to traditional power Lemon Bay High.
The Manta Rays won the snatch with 48 points to 38 for Imagine School at North Port. In the regular meet, the Manta Rays prevailed 60-25.
“They brought it and more,” Lemon Bay coach Dawn Hall said. “They really, really stepped up. They did a great job today.”
The Manta Rays crowned five champions in the traditional meet with the top finishers in the 10 weight classes automatically gaining a berth at the Class 1A State Meet on Feb. 12 at Port St. Joe High School. A number of at-large bids will be awarded by the FHSAA.
Prevailing for Lemon Bay were 110-pounder junior Addison Adcock (105 bench, 110 clean and jerk, 215 total), sophomore 119-pounder Quincey Dunlap (120-120-240), junior 129-pounder Bryn Atherholt (125-135-260), junior 139-pounder Natalee Brown (155-160-315) and freshman 199-pounder Kaci James (135-165-300)
Dunlap finished in a tie for first and won by less body weight.
“We’re hoping for more,” Hall said. “We had 14 girls medal. They did a great job.”
Adcock (90 pounds), Brown (115), James (120) and Presley Engelauf, who finished second in the traditional, finished first in the snatch competition. Engelauf had a 110.
“We had never done it,” Hall said. “We started training with it. They picked it up really well. They wanted to do it. They were excited about it. Expectations were met and exceeded. It’s a hard region. We were happy.”
Last year, Lemon Bay had five lifters medal at the state meet.
“That would be nice to repeat, if not more,” Hall said. “We’re just happy, young and ready to go.”
Imagine School seventh-grader Makayla Waterhouse also pulled off double gold with a 110 in the snatch and a 140-150-290 at the 169-pound weight class.
Class 1A-Region 4
Snatch competition
Team scoring: 1. Lemon Bay 48, 2. Imagine, School at North Port 38, 3. Doctor’s Charter 27, 4. Coral Shores 26, 5. Frostproof 14, 6. Cardinal Mooney 13
101-Rylan Chapa, Marathon 90
110-Addison Adcock, Lemon Bay 90
119-Hannah St. Gerard, Doctor’s Charter 95
129-Makena Woolet-Stockton, Coral Shores 95
139-Natalee Brown, Lemon Bay 115
154-Presley Engelauf, Lemon Bay 110
169-Malayka Waterhouse, Imagine School 110
183-Madison Atwood, Imagine School 180
199-Kaci James, Lemon Bay 120
Unl.-Sydney Eysebach, Coral Shores 125
Traditional meet
Team scores: 1. Lemon Bay 60, 2. Imagine School at North Port 25, 3. Coral Shores 23, 4. Marathon 24, 5. Frostproof 20, 6. Cardinal Mooney 16
101-Rylan Chapa, Marathon 105-135-240
110-Addison Adcock, Lemon Bay 105-110-215
119-Quincey Dunlap, Lemon Bay 120-120-240
129-Bryn Atherholt, Lemon Bay 125-135-260
139-Natalee Brown, Lemon Bay 155-160-315
154-Alisa Mendes, Frostproof 200-165-365
169-Malayka Waterhouse, Imagine School 140-150-290
183-Madison Atwood, Imagine School at North Port 200-230-430
199-Kaci James, Lemon Bay 135-165-300
Unl.-Danyla Sanders, Pahokee 160-155-315
Class 3A-Region 3
AT: St. Cloud High
Team standings: 1. New Port Richey Mitchell 41, 2. St. Cloud 33, 3. North Port 25, 4. Palmetto 23
Snatch champions
169-Aubrey Jarvis, North Port 135
183-Eleanor Hopkins, Palmetto 120
Unl.-Shantay Reid, North Port 135
Traditional champions
Team scoring: 1. St. Cloud 42, 2. North Port 29, 5. (tie) Palmetto 14, 8. Venice 13
154-Kayleigh Soler, North Port 170-170-340
169-Aubrey Jarvis, North Port 195-185-380
Unl.-Shantay Reid, North Port 205-195-400
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Saint Stephen’s 62, Out-of-Door 50
TOP PLAYERS: SS, Jamie Springstead (21 points), Ava Rogers (11 points), Maddie Boehm (19 points)
OF NOTE: Saint Stephen’s has a 10-game winning streak.
Dennis Maffezzoli is the deputy sports editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and chief reporter for Sarasota Herald-Tribune and HTpreps covering Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Support local journalism by subscribing.
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