2012 National Junior Championships Review

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2012 National Junior Championships Review

Details: Published on Monday, 06 February 2012 15:13; Written by Brandon Dyett

The final day of the 2012 National Junior Championships ended with a backflip from Kollin Cockrell incelebration of a successful 180 kg clean and jerk and a 1^st place finish in the 105kg weight class with a 316kg total. The National Juniors was contested in Itasca , Illinois from January 27^th-January 29^th,2012. In one of USA Weightlifting’s premier showcase events the 20 and under age group put on a show for the crowd.

The opening day of competition was dominated by the Barnes brothers. Both Darren and Darrel powered through the competition with little resistance. The only question in the crowd was whether or not the brothers would go on to take down their previous National Junior Records. While neither were able to best their previous marks Darren (56kg) and Darrel (62kg) separated themselves in their weight classes by outpacing the competition by 50kg and 36 kg respectively. Ellen Kercher (48kg), Jenny Lam (53kg), and Jimmy McIntyre (69kg) all claimed 1^st place totals on day one.

Jenny Arthur stood out from the crowd on the second day of competition. The beautiful Westin was packed as coach CJ Stockel bounced around the room looking for the National Junior Record book. Once he gathered the information he needed, he asked the marshal to load 114kg on the bar. Moments later Jenny stepped on the platform in attempt a Junior American Record clean and jerk. After a successful attempt Jenny gave her Miss America style wave to the elated crowd. The second day’s other winners included Phillip Wilhelm at 77kg, D’Angelo Osorio at 85kg, Ashley Koren at 58kg, and Colleen Maher in the 63kg weight class.k

The last day of competition proved to be just as exciting as the first two days as Ian Wilson and Chioma Ameachi showed the crowd that their hype within the USA weightlifting community is well deserved. Ian Wilson opened up the day with an easy 145kg snatch and on his next snatch attempt he set a new personal record powering up 151kg, Ian would go on to toss up a 185kg clean and jerk. After stepping off the stage a little woozy after his second attempt, he came back and just missed a new personal record at 191kg.

While Chioma may not have necessarily felt woozy as she prepared for her time to shine, she was not feeling up to the task when the day started. Quoted as saying, “she thought she would ‘bomb out’ when the day started”, something must have clicked once the chalk touched her hands. The powerful Amaechi put the country on notice going into the Olympic Team Trials with an impressive 245kg performance. On her last clean and jerk attempt she had 147kg up but could not complete the lift. Had she locked in 147kg her total would have shot to 250kg and placed her in the top spot heading into the Olympic Team Trials.

Awards:

Top Male Lifter: Ian Wilson

Top Female Lifter: Chioma Amaechi

Top Men’s Team: Team Georgia

Top Women’s Team: Team Georgia

Women’s Results:

Weight Class	Name	Final Snatch	Final C&J	Total
48	Ellen Kercher	57	75	132
48	Melissa Villanueva	51	65	116
48	Sydney Goad	56	59	105
53	Jenny Lam	64	85	149
53	Alexis Sanchez	65	76	141
53	Jade McCrary	54	75	129
58	Ashley Koren	63	85	148
58	Hailee Lollar	66	82	148
58	Hope Stockel	66	81	147
63	Colleen Maher	66	80	146
63	Victoria Gillooly	57	81	138
63	Kathyrnne Lynch	63	75	138
69	Jenny Arthur	82	114	196
69	Brianna Barnett	74	97	171
69	Kelly Charniga	80	86	166
75	Megan Poole	83	95	178
75	Cathy Cai	72	86	158
75	Kjayla Martin	60	75	135
75+	Chioma Amaechi	103	142	245
75+	Shelbie Serpan	91	119	220
75+	Marissa Klingseis	93	116	209

Men’s Results

Weight Class	Name	Final Snatch	Final C&J	Total
56	Darren Barnes	100	121	221
56	Omar Cummings	73	88	161
56	Clarence Cummings	68	88	156
62	Darrel Barnes	110	136	246
62	Ryan Borges	94	117	221
62	Austin Rodriguez	85	120	205
69	Jimmy McIntyre	103	132	235
69	Angel Rodriguez	89	122	211
69	Solomon Peck	92	114	206
77	Phillip Wilhelm	115	150	265
77	Sheldon Stuckart	115	136	251
77	Joey Botero	102	140	240
85	D’Angelo Osorio	133	162	295
85	John McGovern	115	150	265
85	James Byers	125	139	264
94	Ian Wilson	151	185	336
94	Kyle Hannah	125	150	275
94	Tayler Jakubsen	125	145	270
105	Kollin Cockrell	136	180	316
105	Jacob Matthes	110	153	263
105	Nathan Schadle	117	145	262
105+	John Bassler III	131	172	303
105+	Jonathan Frick	115	150	265
105+	Johnathan West	105	140	245

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