Local weightlifters have been smashing their own personal goals as well as national ones, with a young superstar claiming top spot in the country for his age group in Olympic Weightlifting.
Whitsunday Weightlifting clubs Under 15 superstar, Tyson Williams Allen claimed the Best Overall lifter in Australia for his age in the early June National Titles in Townsville, topping his weight class to boot.
The talented fourteen-year-old has been weightlifting for just over a year and a half.
In his final year in the U15 division before he heads to the U17 Youth category, Tyson competed in the weightlifting championships two manoeuvres: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
In his snatch, Tyson achieved a 71kg personal best, following it up with a clean and jerk of 90kg – another personal best.
Whitsunday Weightlifting coach Leanne Knox said Tyson had a fire in his belly to claim the best lifter win after coming close in state titles back in April.
“He was so excited to win it with this being his last year in that division,” Ms Knox said.
“The past months had been hard training for him with all of that in mind and he really proved to himself what hard work can achieve.”
Tyson’s win is the first junior best overall.
The Whitsunday Weightlifting club are keeping the momentum going with five club members heading to the National Powerlifting Titles on the Gold Coast this weekend.
Rod Wecker, Ellen Brown, Leanne Knox, Ruby Carwardine, and Adam Warnock will be vying for wins at the Australian level competition and even world records.
Rod Wecker will compete in the 65- to 69-year-olds category – a division he already holds the national record in – and one in which he hopes to claim a world record. He sits five kilos shy in both the deadlift and squat records.
Ellen Brown – 70-74-year-old division- needs to deadlift 103-kilograms for her world record. Her personal best is 97.5
20-year-old Ruby Carwardine is in the junior women’s and open women’s sections, where she currently holds the national deadlift record at 185kg. She aims to achieve the 200kg junior women’s world record, where her PB is 190.
Leanne has the potential to break the world record in her 45-49 Master’s Women’s Masters Division.
The squat record is currently 135 kilograms, while her personal best is 160.
The powerlifters are hoping to travel to the World Championships on the Gold Coast in October, if results go their way this weekend.
Weightlifting Best Overall lifter Tyson Williams Allen and Whitsunday Weightlifting coach Leanne Knox
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