Anthony Baylor and McCale Peterson finished in a tie as the top boys lifters and Ellen Hickman repeated as the top girls lifter in the 27th annual Sertoma Sunrise Warrior Liftathon March 7-8 in the Brainerd High School weight room.
Baylor and Peterson, both juniors, had the top boys Most Pounds Per Ounce
(MPPO) rating at 5.76.
Competing at 138 pounds, Baylor bench-pressed 235 pounds, power-cleaned 220 and had a parallel squat of 340.
Competing at 177 pounds, Peterson bench-pressed 265 pounds, power-cleaned 300 and had a parallel squat of 455.
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This year marks the first time there has been a tie for the boys top lifter honor in the 27-year history of the Liftathon.
Hickman, also a junior, won her second consecutive MPPO title at 4.44, which breaks the previous all-time MPPO record of 4.29 set by Courtney Ryan in 2011.
Competing at 117 pounds, Hickman bench-pressed 130 pounds, power-cleaned 155
and had a parallel squat of 235.
As MPPO champions, Baylor, Peterson and Hickman are recipients of Stephen
G. Nunnink MPPO scholarships which are given to the top male and female MPPO
performers each year. Nunnink was the founder of the MPPO concept in 1975 as coordinator of the Warrior Strength and Conditioning program.
Participants were divided into 11 fundraising teams, with each team captained by a Sertoma member as the fundraising coordinator. Teams raised money for local charities and programs for those in need in the Brainerd area and also competed for T-shirts based upon MPPO performance guidelines, which measures a lifter's overall body strength in relation to body size.
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MPPO is determined by adding a lifter's one-repetition maximum lifts in the bench press, power clean and parallel squat. The three-lift total is divided by the lifter's body weight to determine MPPO.
Of the 108 male participants, 45 met or exceeded the MPPO standard necessary to earn a T-shirt, which was 4.00 or greater for boys with a body weight under 250 pounds, and 3.50 or greater for boys with a body weight of 250 or more.
Of the 22 female participants, nine met or exceeded the 2.75 standard necessary to earn a T-shirt.
The Sertoma Sunrise Club will also select at-large scholarship recipients. To
be eligible, applicants must be seniors and a minimum two-year Liftathon participant. Recipients will be announced in May.
The top three fundraising teams and their Sertoma captains will be announced
at the end of March.
The event involved 130 Brainerd senior and junior high lifters in grades 9-12.
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Top maximum lifts for boys:
Bench press: Seth Desrocher and Isaak Hines (315)
Power clean: Seth Desrocher (310)
Parallel squat: Seth Desrocher (490)
Total combined lifts: Seth Desrocher (1,115)
Top maximum lifts for girls:
Bench press: Lilly Charlier (245), which breaks the previous all-time record of 200 pounds
Power clean: Lilly Charlier (190)
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Parallel squat: Lilly Charlier (350), which breaks the previous all-time record of 335 pounds
Total combined lifts: Lilly Charlier (785), which breaks the previous all-time record of 720 pounds
Additional boys' MPPO winners and order of finish:
Tanner Stenglein 5.73, Brandon Justin 5.59, Charlie Geraets 5.15, Ryan Miller 5.13, Mike Bostrom 5.09, Cole Kubesh 5.00, Patrick Gervenak 5.00, Taylor Ludwig 4.87, Seth Desrocher 4.78, Tommy Fickett 4.78, Josh Hukriede 4.74, Jake Hodge 4.72, Colin Kleffman 4.72, Joe Stolski 4.70, Brett Besenfelder 4.61, Tanner Clink 4.58, Parker Murphy 4.52, Tate Magnan 4.50, Max Darkow 4.50, David Olson 4.47, Broc Peterson 4.47, Abe Schlegel 4.45, Hunter Turcotte 4.45, Brett Hague 4.38, Dalton Hamre 4.28, Max Boran 4.27, Dawson Kintop 4.25, Jeff Spieker 4.25, Sam Nesheim 4.21, Tyler Fleischhacker 4.20, Sage Farrell 4.17, James Loveless 4.17, Nathan Yezek 4.17, Elliot Nordin 4.17, Evan Schreifels 4.12, Sam Miller 4.12, Brady Streiff 4.12, Gregory Peterson 4.10, Morgan Gibson 4.05, Jacob Drietz 4.01, Adam Kleist 4.00, Ryan Peterson 4.00, Isaak Hines 3.55 (250+ body weight).
Additional girls' MPPO winners and order of finish:
Emma Korhonen 3.52, Alyssa Loyd 3.47, Jazmin Sunderland 3.35, Kealy Johnson 3.07, Maddie Holm 3.05, Lilly Charlier 2.85, Amanda Cook 2.84, Hannah Sunderland 2.76.
Boys lifters with top 10 all-time performances:
Power clean: Seth Desrocher, 9th place all classes (310).
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Parallel squat: Seth Desrocher, 10th place all classes (490).
Total combined lifts: Seth Desrocher, 5th place all classes (1,115).
MPPO: Anthony Baylor, 6th place, 11th grade (5.76); McCale Peterson, 6th place, 11th grade (5.76); Tanner Stenglein, 9th place, 11th grade (5.73).
Girls lifters with top 10 all-time performances:
Bench press: Lilly Charlier, 1st place all classes/all-time record (245).
Power clean: Lilly Charlier, 2nd place all classes (190).
Parallel squat: Lilly Charlier, 1st place all classes/all-time record (350).
Total combined lifts: Lilly Charlier, 1st place all classes/all-time record (785).
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MPPO: Ellen Hickman, 1st place, 11th grade, 1st place all classes/all-time record (4.44); Emma Korhonen, 1st place, 9th grade (3.52); Maddie Holm, 4th place, 9th grade (3.05).
