Coastal Empire Weightlifters Successful

Schwarznenegger Honors Coastal Empire Weightlifters Lifters



Taylor Jakubson
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 Columbus, OH-Coastal Empire Weightlifters Tayler Jakubsen, Nikki Hanebrink and Terry Roberson, Jr lifted at the 25th annual Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH March 2 & 3rd. Tayler Jakubsen, a senior at Benedictine Military Academy , snatched 135kg, clean and jerked 156kg, totaling 291kg in the 94kg division to win best overall Junior lifter and the Columbus Rotary$2,000 college scholarship .

Coach Kerri Goodrich attended the scholarship award luncheon on Tayler’s behalf. The scholarship award was presented by Arnold Scharwzenegger .

Terry Roberson, Jr., age 12, had an epic competition-breaking 3 national records in the youth 13& Under, 35kg division. Roberson, weighing 33kg, broke the national records in the snatch , clean and jerk and total. Roberson snatched 40kg, clean and jerked 50kg, totaling 90kg.

Nikki Hanebrink lifted in the junior 63kg division, taking 4th overall. Hanebrink snatched 60kg, clean and jerked 71kg, totaling 131kg. Hanebrink attends the IB program at Johnson High.

Coastal Empire Weightlifters will be hosting the Cheryl Haworth Classic on Saturday, March 23rd at Performance Initiatives Athletic Facility. Lifting will begin at 10am and admission is free. PI is located at 2021 Tenenssee Avenue.