Cougars Set Power Lifting Records

Eastland High School powerlifters Cadin Colehour, Eli Dertz, Kaylee Hammer, and Paul Sturtevant traveled to St. Charles, Illinois the weekend of October 26th-27th to compete in the WPC Can-Am Powerlifting Championships.

The meet was sponsored by the World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) and featured lifters from both Canada and the United States. At the meet, lifters had the opportunity to break WPC world records and state and national records through the WPC's American affiliate, the APF (American Powerlifting Federation).

Powerlifting is a strength sport consisting of the squat, the bench press,...