RHS powerlifting teams competed against Class 5A and 6A schools at the Wildcat Invitational in Elgin on Saturday afternoon and left with a fifth place finish for the Tigers and broken schools records by Lady Tiger lifters Autumn Montelongo and Mackenzie Mus-to.
“I thought we did really well this week,” said Jacob Campsey, RHS head power-lifting coach. “Our placing won’t show it just because we went up against larger schools.
“But the guys had a pretty solid outing, and some of our girls had a really good meet.”
The Rockdale boy’s powerlifting team finished fifth above Elgin, Pflugerville Connally and Thrall.
Nathan Jeter, a 2018 regional qualifier, led the squad with a second place finish in the 114-pound weight class. Robert Barrera also placed second in the Super Heavy Weight class (SHW).
Jeovanny Navarro placed third in the 132-pound weight class, improving his total weight from 795 to 815. Hayden Aguilar and McCade Casas finished six and seventh in the 181-pound weight class. Chris Reyes and Alex Ellison finished fifth and sixth in the 220-pound weight class. Gavin Aguilar placed seventh in the 242-pound weight class and Nathan Thomas placed 17th in the 165-pound weight class.
Lady Tigers – Montelongo broke four school records in the 148-pound girl’s weight class with a squat of 290, bench press of 135, dead lift of 285 and total weight of 710 pounds for RHS.
Musto also broke the school record for a dead lift of 285 in the 132-pound girl’s weight class. Both girl’s finished sixth in their respective divisions.
Other RHS girls who lifted in Elgin were Haven Jimenez, who placed fourth in the 181-pound weight class, Lisbett Boussart, who placed sixth. Whitley Boyd placed eighth in the 165-pound weight class and Macy Knesek placed 13th in the 148-pound division. Tasha San Migel was disqualified during the bench press and Jesenia Navarro was sick and didn’t make the meet.
Both Rockdale teams lift in their last meet of the regular season Friday, Feb. 8 at Florence High School.
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