Tiger Powerlifting was back in action this past Saturday at Texas High.\u00a0 The Lady Tigers brought home a total of 6 medals and a 3rd place finish out of 14 teams.\u00a0 The Tigers brought home a total of 5 medals and placed 7th out of 19 teams overall.<\/p>\n
Saturday brought with it a cold snap as temperatures plummeted to below freezing throughout the day, but our Tiger and Lady Tiger teams heated up the iron as they improved their medal totals from the previous week and the Lady Tigers erupted into the top 3 for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
This season has seen the Tiger Team expand to 22 competitive lifters while the Lady Tigers have increased to 11. Many of these lifters did not compete in the Lindale Meet, while some of the Lindale lifters took a week off.<\/p>\n
Tiger lifters:
\nDavid Nava placed 4th in the 132 class,
\nAntonio Landaverde placed 5th in the 148 class,
\nAlex Vaseleck placed 10th in the 148 class,
\nNicholas Ramirez placed 15th in the 148 class,
\nDaniel Bautista placed 6th in the 181 class,
\nAngel Perez placed 16th in the 181 class,
\nAstin Ledbetter placed 10th in the 198 class,
\nElias Elizondo placed 16th in the 220 class,
\nJoel Guerrero placed 3rd in the 242 class,
\nJashon Pogue placed 2nd in the 275 and
\nTyler Welborn placed 5th in the SHW..<\/p>\n
The Lady Tigers:
\nMartina Ramirez placed 2nd,
\nAslin Barrientos placed 4th,
\nPaula Flores placed 10th,
\nJalissa Alvarez placed 2nd,
\nSophy Turner placed 5th,
\nShantel Harmon placed 1st
\nCamille Cantu placed 2nd.<\/p>\n
New Tiger lifters this week included:
\nNicholas Ramirez (Sr.), Angel Perez (So.), Elias Elizondo (Fr.), Joel Guerrero (Sr.), and Tyler Welborn (So.).<\/p>\n
New Lady Tiger lifters this week:
\nAslin Barrientos (Sr.) and Sophy Turner (Jr.).<\/p>\n
All Tiger and Lady Tiger lifters will be competing this Saturday Jan. 26th in our Tiger Iron home meet. The lifting will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Jr. High Main Gym. There will be lots of food, lifting and t-shirts.<\/p>\n
Come out and support our Tigers and Lady Tigers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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