The San Saba High School girls varsity powerlifting team was superb on Wednesday, March 16, as the Lady Dillos had five great student-athletes compete at the 2022 THSWPA State Championship meet held down in Corpus Christi. Two girls medaled while the other three placed in at least the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
In a highly competitive 97-pound division, San Saba’s own Makinzey Saldivar placed second as she lifted 640 total pounds with 275 on the squat, 145 pounds on the bench press, and 220 on the deadlift. Saldivar was just five pounds off from a first-place finish behind the 645 pounds lifted from Annabel Rosas of Seagraves High School. In the 220-pound division, Austyn Graham placed third as she lifted 980 total pounds with 405 on the squat, 225 on the bench press, and 350 on the deadlift.
Leslie Aguirre also looked great and was a fifth-place finisher in the 114-pound division as she lifted 660 total pounds with 250 on the squat, 115 on the bench press, and 295 on the deadlift.
In the 198-pound division, Carolina Cervantes capped off a great 2022 season with a ninthplace finish as she lifted 810 total pounds with 350 on the squat, 160 on the bench press, and 300 on the deadlift. Natalie Cuevas of the Lady Dillos also placed ninth in the 97-pound division as she lifted 505 total pounds with 195 on the squat, 85 on the bench press, and 225 on the deadlift.
Be sure to check out next week’s edition of the San Saba News & Star for more updates on Dillos and Lady Dillos varsity athletics. Sports editor Andrew Salmi can be contacted via email at salmi.courier@gmail.com or by cell phone at (818) 645-1115.