Last-ditch powerlifting effort sees one from Colfax and two from Elk Mound qualify
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STATE BOUND — Austin Schindler, Sydney Herrick, and Chase Aspengren are all headed to Appleton on March 7-8 to take part of the 2020 State Powerlifting competition. —photo by Amber Hayden
OSCEOLA — In a last-chance effort to qualify for the state competition, Colfax and Elk Mound powerlifters competed at Osceola on Saturday, February 15.
One more for Colfax and two for Elk Mound made the state cut.
Chase Aspengren of Colfax was able to qualify after just missing point wise in the meet at Elk Mound on February 8. This will be Aspengren’s first trip to the state meet which will be held in Appleton in early March. Aspengren qualified in the 275-pound plus weight class with a 375-pound squat, 255-pound bench press, and a 405-pound dead lift for a total of 1,035 points.
Madelynn Dutzle and Oscar Wald, both of Elk Mound, also qualified in their respective weight classes and will join well over 30 Elk Mound lifters in Appleton.
Dutzle competed in the 123-pound weight class and finished the day out with a 185-pound squat, 80-pound bench, and a 220- pound dead lift to earn 485 points.
As for Wald, he finished with 895 points after a 305-pound squat, 205-pound bench press, and a 385-pound dead lift in the 165-pound weight class.
Elk Mound had three other lifters compete in Osceola that did not qualify which included Jacob Miller, Jayden Wyrwicki, and Christian Hall.
Colfax and Elk Mound will compete at the state level at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center in Appleton on March 7 and 8.