- February 7, 2025
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Matanzas 129-pounder Jaden Sao cleans 185 pounds. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC 238-pounder Hansell Bruce clean and jerks 200 pounds on his first attempt. Bruce completed a 210-pound lift on his second attempt. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Matanzas' K.J. Roberts competed in the unlimited weight class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Bobby Branton clean and jerks 185 pounds. Branton was an exhibition lifter in the unlimited class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Corde Waring was an exhibition lifter in the unlimited class. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Matanzas 129-pounder Jaden Sao completes a 185-pound clean and jerk lift. Sao placed second in the traditional competition with a 410-pound total. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Palm Coast's boys weightlifting team defeated small-school weightlifting power Keystone Heights by one point in the Olympic competition in a tri-meet with Matanzas on Feb. 5 at FPC.
The Bulldogs won the Olympic competition 44-43 over the Indians with Matanzas scoring 22 points. Keystone Heights won the traditional competition with 46 points, with FPC placing second with 42 points and Matanzas scoring 21.
Five FPC lifters won both Olympic and traditional titles. Cody Strawser led the way with a 430-pound traditional total and a 375-pound Olympic total in the 129-pound weight class. Alex Huynh won both in the 139-pound class (315 Olympic, 375 traditional). Dylan Bennett won both at 169 (465 Olympic, 480 traditional), Landon Gates won both at 183 (465 Olympic, 490 traditional) and Joseph Casanova won both at 238 (475 Olympic, 530 traditional).
Matanzas 219-pounder Jordan Theus-Vale won the traditional title with a 500-pound total and placed second in Olympic with a 435 total.
FPC's Matthew McFall won the traditional title in the unlimited class with a 600-pound total (285 clean and jerk, 315 bench press). FPC's Jackson Fedun won the 154-pound Olympic competition with a 410-pound total.
Matanzas' Anthony Giacobbe place second in Olympic in the 119-pound class with a 260-pound total. Matanzas lifters Jaden Sao and Maison Leonard placed second behind Strawser at 129 pounds. Sao was second in traditional with a 410-pound total. Leonard was second in Olympic with a 320-pound total.
