Colfax powerlifting teams conclude seasons at state
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MEMBERS of the 2022 Colfax High School and Middle School powerlifting teams are shown in the picture above. Front row (L to R): Drake Knutson, Peyton Hover, Dylyn Hiitola, Asher Pecha, Brian Tuschl, Kaleigh Shane, Karyn DeLorge and Chloe Wallace. Back row (L to R): Grant Paulus, Matt Dachel, Christian Ebert, Chance Smith, Mark Solberg, Ashton Greenwell, Kennedy Shane and Audrey Ebert. —photo submitted
Members of the Colfax High School and Middle School powerlifting teams competed in several area meets in the past few months with five of the 16 competitors qualifying for the Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association state meet held in Appleton March 5-6.
Individual scores are based on combining the highest lift in three events including the squat, bench press and dead lift.
Asher Pecha finished with a 325-pound squat which was a personal best (pb) and a 187-pound bench
Members of the Colfax powerlifting team who competed at the WHSPA state meet were from left to right: Dylyn Hiitola, Mark Solberg, Kennedy Shane, Ashton Greenwell and Asher Pecha. —photo submitted
(pb) with a 405-pound dead lift. Kennedy Shane ended the meet with a 275 squat (pb), 110 bench and 330 dead lift (pb) and placed eighth in her division. Dylyn Hiitola finished with a 460 squat (pb), 230 bench and 375 dead lift while Ashton Greenwell had a 405 squat (pb), 265 bench and 385 dead lift. Mark Solberg had a personal best squat at 425 with a 245 bench and 468 dead lift (pb). None of the total scores qualified any of them for the national meet.
Other members of the team included Peyton Hover, Brian Tuschl, Kaleigh Shane, Karyn DeLorge, Chloe Wallace, Drake Knutson, Grant Paulus, Matt Dachel, Christian Ebert, Chance Smith, and Audrey Ebert.
“All of our lifters did a great job on the big stage,” coach Matt DeMoe said. “The judging was tough, but consistent. I look forward to having them all back next year,” he added.