The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week - Team Savannah Weightlifter Michael Cohen Jr. - 8.08.2015

The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week - Team Savannah Weightlifter Michael (Mikey) Cohen Jr.  - 8.08.2015

Will Cohen, Howard Cohen, Mikey Cohen

Mikey Cohen of Team Savannah captured his fourth 2015 Youth Junior Nationals Weightlifting title in the 94kg weight class on June 29^th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Cohen took gold medals in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk. Weightlifting is in Mikey’s blood.

 

Mikey’s dad Michael Cohen Sr. is a former Olympic weightlifter and renowned weightlifting coach and instructor in the USA and across the world. Cohen’s Grandfather Howard Cohen is recognized as the father of weight training in Savannah Georgia and has won numerous gold medals himself. Michael’s younger brother Will Cohen finished second in the 69kg weight class also at the 2015 Youth Junior Nationals. Mikey and Will both have qualified for the 2015 Youth Pan American Championships on September 15, 2015 in San Luís Potosí, Mexico.

 

As of this writing Howard Cohen 83 captured the the gold medal in the 69-kilogram class in the 2015 World Masters Cup in Dallas a week after the show. Cohen, competed in the men’s age 80-and-above division and won the 69kg weight class with a lift 165 pounds. Howard won the 2014 World Championships also. Cohen now will compete next at the 2015 American Masters in Savannah on Nov. 12-15.

The Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week- Savannah Junior Golf Association Golfer Sarah Edwards 8.01.2015

Last week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week for August 1, 2015 was Savannah Junior Golf Association Matt Warren Girl’s Tournament Winner Sarah Edwards. The Savannah Junior Golf Association’s summer tournament series season-ending Matt Warren Memorial Championship was held on July 28^th and 29th at the Savannah Golf Club. Sarah captured the two day 36 hole event by shooting a 172 and was 32 strokes better than her closest competitor. Oh, by the way, Edwards is only 14 years old.


During the 2015 Savannah Junior Golf Association summer series, Sarah did not lose a match. Edwards won all six events she entered, and she played at the top Savannah golf courses. Those courses were the Wilmington Island Club, Savannah Quarters Country Club, Southbridge Golf Club, Savannah Harbor Golf Club, Crosswinds Golf Course, and the Savannah Golf Club.


Last summer, Sarah entered the Drive, Chip, and Putt National Competition and just finished out of the top two players in her age group. The two golfers went on to play the finals of the Drive, Chip, and Putt competition at the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta last April. As of this article, Sarah and her two sisters, Ella, and Gracie were playing in the national sub-regional of the Drive, Chip, and Putt competition at the Landings Country Club right after her appearance on the Karl DeMasi Sports Report. 

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Indy Vassilev – 07.25.2015

This week’s Wetherington Chiropractic Clinic Athlete of the Week is Indy Vassilev – 07.25.2015

Indy Vassilev a local soccer player was selected to play on the U.S. National U-14 Soccer Team. What makes this interesting is that Windsor Forest High School Head Soccer Coach Cam Turner stated Indy is the first player from Savannah to ever make an appearance on a U.S. National team. Vassilev has played soccer in Savannah throughout his young life. Indy has been part of local soccer playing with the Savannah United program and the Savannah Storm program.

Playing soccer with these two elite soccer programs got Indy seen by the IMG Academy, where he will be a freshman this fall. Indy started at IMG as an eighth grader last year which is in Bradenton Florida and specializes in developing the student/athlete and is world known as one of the leading sports academies. Then in April Indy was at the U.S. Soccer U14 Boys National team camp, and Indy stood out as one of the top players and was selected. Vassilev had the experience of playing soccer in Croatia with the U.S. National U-14 Soccer team during May 2015.


Indy whose given full name is Indiana is the son of Dencho Vassilev who came to the U.S. to play soccer at the University of Mobile in Alabama. Vassilev was a first-team All-American NAIA selections in 1993. Dencho also won the NAIA tournament MVP honors that year when the University of Mobile reached the NAIA Final Four. Vassilev wound up in Savannah in 1997 to play for the Savannah Rug Ratz, which was a professional indoor team that lasted only two seasons from 1997-1998. Dencho then decided to stay in Savannah.