Six FPC lifters, one Matanzas lifter qualify for state girls weightlifting championships

Six Flagler Palm Coast lifters qualified for the Class 3A girls state weightlifting championships, while one Matanzas lifter qualified for the Class 2A championships.

The state championships will be Feb. 18 at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

Aryannah Rosa (119 pounds), Brianna Tucker (129) and Midlyne Thomas (183) qualified in both the traditional and Olympic competitions for the Bulldogs. Colleen Haaf (unlimited) qualified in the traditional competition. Zoey Gotera (unlimited) and Leila Turner (139) qualified in the Olympic competition.

Matanzas' Rilee Whitmore qualified in both competitions at 169 pounds. At regional, she totaled 270 pounds in Olympic (snatch and clean and jerk) and 300 pounds in traditional (clean and jerk and bench press).

Rosa, Tucker, Thomas, Haaf and Gotera are all returning state qualifiers. Rosa placed in both traditional (sixth) and snatch (fifth) at 110 pounds last year. Tucker placed seventh in snatch at 129 pounds.

At regional on Feb. 2, Rosa totaled 290 pounds in traditional and 250 in Olympic; Tucker totaled 300 in traditional and 280 in Olympic; Turner totaled 265 in Olympic; Thomas totaled 320 in traditional and 300 in Olympic; Haaf totaled 325 in traditional; and Gotera totaled 290 in Olympic.

The Class 2A competition will be at 1 p.m. for lightweights and 6 p.m. for heavyweights on Feb. 18. The Class 3A competition will be at 8 a.m. for heavyweights and 6 p.m. for lightweights.