The Canadian Senior Championships took place on May 19-20, 2018 in Mississauga, Ontario. We took a team of 10 athletes, which included:
Jeff Woo - 69kg
David Samayoa - 85kg
Tyler Siwak - 105kg
Chad Brooks - 105+kg
Anne-Marie Young & Daphne-Anne Hodgson - 48kg
Amanda Ruller - 53kg
Abra Thompson - 63kg
Alanna Bens - 75kg
Sydney Emmons - 90kg
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Those who took home medals for Saskatchewan were David Samayoa taking Gold, Sydney Emmons took silver, and Daphne-Anne Hodgson and Chad Brooks taking bronze in their respective classes.
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Provincial records were broken over the weekend as well with the following athletes setting the bar higher in the province:
Chad Brooks - SK 105+kg Provincial record snatch at 145kg, clean and jerk at 188kg, and total at 333kg
Daphne-Anne - SK 48kg Provincial record snatch at 58kg
Amanda Ruller - SK 53kg Provincial record snatch at 69kg (Amanda took over Veronica Follicks’s 10 year record that was set in March 2008).
You can see the final results here and more photos from the competition here. Congratulations to our athletes for representing Saskatchewan so well!