From CROSSFIT BOWLING GREEN
BG Lifts from Crossfit Bowling Green had six lifters compete recently in the Ohio Weightlifting Championships. Competing lifters were Colton Barricklow, Spencer Cole, Tim Newman, Nora Castaneda, Emily Barnes-Hanna and Eric Hanna
Ohio Weightlifting Championships is an olympic lifting style weightlifting competition. It involves two main lifts which are the snatch and clean and jerk. The annualcompetition was Sept 22 and 23 in Dayton, Ohio at AKP CrossFit.
Six lifters from our barbell team competed and all six placed in their respective age groups and weight classes.
Five lifters qualified for the American Open Weightlifting Championships and 4 of our lifters qualified to compete at the National Weightlifting championships
Colton ( 9yo 55kg weight class) placed 3rd in the senior division and 2nd in the youth division
Spencer ( 20yo 81kg weight class) placed 2nd in the senior division and 1st in the junior division. Qualified for University Nationals and American Open Series
Tim ( 50yo 73kg weight class) placed 1st in his age group. Qualified for American Open Series
Nora ( 40yo 64kg Weight class) placed 3rd in her age group. Qualified for American Open and Masters Nationals
Emily (35yo 55kg weight class) placed 1st in her age group. Qualified for American Open and Masters Nationals
Eric (36yo 81kg weight class) placed 1st in his age group. Qualified for American Open and Masters Nationals
The team has has several meets upcoming, The Strongest Unicorn October 27-28 held at Project Lift in Hilliard, Ohio and the Arnold Classic the first weekend of March 2019 at the Columbus Expo Center.
