Led by four individual Olympic winners, the Montverde Academy girls weightlifting team split its home meet against Foundation Academy on Wednesday. The Eagles won Olympic competition 46-41, while Foundation Academy earned a 54-34 victory in Traditional competition.
Cali Flowers and Angely Acevedo Marquez won their respective weight classes in both disciplines, while Brooke Williams and Cierra Walker added Olympic victories. Madison Casaburi also earned a Traditional weight-class win.
In Olympic competition, which combines each athlete's best snatch and clean & jerk, Flowers won the 199-pound class with a 290-pound total, recording a 135-pound snatch and a 155-pound clean & jerk. Sophia Truong placed second with a 170-pound total, giving the Eagles the top two finishers in the class.
MVA also swept first and second at 154 and 169 pounds. Williams won the 154-pound class with a 175-pound total, combining a 75-pound snatch and a 100-pound clean & jerk. Leainmy Mena followed with a 150-pound total.
Walker earned first place at 169 pounds with a 225-pound total, lifting 90 pounds in the snatch and 135 pounds in the clean & jerk. Allie Troche finished second with a 150-pound total.
Acevedo Marquez won the 110-pound Olympic class with a 170-pound total, consisting of a 70-pound snatch and a 100-pound clean & jerk.
Additional Olympic runner-up finishes came from Sanvhi Gandhi at 101 pounds (135 total), Luna Espaillat-Mejia at 119 pounds (160), Casaburi at 139 pounds (200), Andrea Gomez at 183 pounds (185) and Gabby Joseph in the unlimited class (245). Macy Williams placed third at 183 pounds with a 180-pound total, while Ella Drawdy finished third in unlimited with a 190-pound total.
In Traditional competition, which combines each athlete's best bench press and clean & jerk, Flowers again won at 199 pounds. She paired a 135-pound bench press with a 155-pound clean & jerk for a 290-pound total.
Casaburi won the 139-pound class with a 225-pound total, combining a 110-pound bench press and a 115-pound clean & jerk. Acevedo Marquez took first at 110 pounds with an 80-pound bench press and a 100-pound clean & jerk for a 180-pound total.
Traditional runner-up finishes came from Gandhi at 101 pounds (135 total), Espaillat-Mejia at 119 pounds (175), Brooke Williams at 154 pounds (205), Walker at 169 pounds (240) and Joseph in unlimited (275).
Troche added a third-place finish at 169 pounds (175 total), along with Macy Williams at 183 pounds (190), Truong at 199 pounds (180) and Drawdy in unlimited (200).
