Trenton High School hosted a Natural Athlete Strength Association-sponsored powerlifting meet on Saturday, where five Trenton athletes were in action.
Trenton had three high school athletes place first at the meet in Gabe Stark, who was first at 165 pounds; Bobby Schreckengaust, who was first at 220 pounds; and Trey Guerrero who was first at 148 pounds. Trenton also had a runner-up in Collin Taylor at 165 pounds and Bradyn Sager was third at 165, giving Trenton a sweep of the podium at the weight.
Stark’s first-place finish was aided by a state-record deadlift. He hoisted 454.5 pounds to break the NASA-sanctioned state mark for the event. He added a 180-pound bench press and 360-pound squat to give him his division-topping total of 994.5 pounds.
Schreckengaust won the 220-pound title at the meet, lifting a combined 979 pounds. He hit 230 on the bench, 340 in the squat and 409 in the deadlift to arrive at that total.
Guerrero lifted 320 in both the squat and deadlift and bench pressed 145 for his class-winning total of 785 pounds.
Taylor was second behind Stark at 165 with 930 total pounds lifted. He bench pressed 175, hit 375 in the squat and dead lifted 380 for his total. Sager rounded out the top three with 870 pounds, benching 160, squatting 315 and dead lifting 395.
The combined effort of the five Trenton athletes also gave them the high school team title at the meet.
Trenton coach Kevin Hixson was the lone entry in the Masters II class, but threw out a big number of his own anyway, finishing the event with 1,271 pounds lifted. Hixson, who was responsible for bringing the event to Trenton, had a bench press of 360 pounds, a squat of 502 pounds and a deadlift of 409 pounds.
The Trenton event was the first NASA powerlifting event of the year. The Natural Athlete Strength Association was founded in 1990 and holds meets nationwide. The association is founded on the principal of natural, drug-free strength.