Celeste Blue Devil Powerlifting

03/27/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

The state meets have concluded. At the girls meet Carley Wren PRed on her total and finished 13th out of 19 lifters. At the boys meet Sebastian Ortega also PRed on his total and finished 11th out of 15 lifters.

As an overall recap on the season:

*We had 36 students compete at a meet this year (12 girls, 24 guys).

*For regionals, we had 7 girls make it and 9 guys. At the regional meets we had 1 girl and 1 guy qualify for state (along with 2 other girls and 3 other guys medaling in the top 5). Our guys also set 3 regional records.

-Carley Wren (2nd place)
-Alice Cram (4th place)
-Riley Almand
-Regina Orduna
-Jahdai Sanchez (5th place)
-McKayela Lyday
-Kennedy Compton

-Sebastian Ortega (1st place)
-Ashton Slaton
-Case Reisor (3rd place) Regional Deadlift
-Nick Michka (5th place) Regional Bench
-Grady Ford
-Tristan Nichols
-Gage Harmon
-Jose Garcia
-Cash Ottwell (4th place) Regional Bench

It was a good season and we are proud of each of our student athletes for all of their accomplishments and how they represented Celeste.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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03/08/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

Congratulations to our guys that medaled at Regionals

Sebastian Ortega: 1st place (state qualifier)
Case Reisor: 3rd place
Cash Ottwell: 4th place
Nick Michka: 5th place

We also want to celebrate Grady Ford, Tristan Nichols, Jose Garcia, Gage Harmon, and Ashton Slaton for competing at Regionals. As a team we finished 4th out of 34 schools.

Carley Wren will be competing at the girls state meet on Wednesday, March 13th, at the Comerica Center in Frisco. Lifting starts at 8AM.

Sebastian Ortega will be competing at the boys state meet on Saturday, March 23rd, at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene. Lifting starts at 8:30AM.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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03/04/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

Congratulations to our girls that medaled at Regionals

Carley Wren: 2nd place (state qualifier)
Alice Cram: 4th place
Jahdai Sanchez: 5th place

We are also proud of Riley Almand, McKayela Lyday, Regina Orduna, and Kennedy Compton, who also represented Celeste well.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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02/26/2024

We'd like to thank Quilt Mercantile for once again donating their time and skill to stitch our squat suits! A properly fitted suit makes a huge difference. Thank you for supporting Celeste student athletes & making sure their equipment fits perfectly! We appreciate you! 🫶

02/26/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

We have completed the regular season and have had several students progress to regionals. We have 7 girls and 7 guys that will be competing at the regional meets, and several are in position to fight for a spot at state.

For the girls, our regional lifters are
*Carley Wren
*Alice Cram
*Regina Orduna
*Riley Almand
*Jahdai Sanchez
*McKayela Lyday
*Kennedy Compton

They will be competing this Friday, March 1st, at Commerce. Lifting starts at 4

For the guys, our regional lifters are
*Sebastian Ortega
*Nick Michka
*Case Reisor
*Grady Ford
*Tristan Nichols
*Jose Garcia
*Cash Ottwell

They will be competing next Thursday, March 7th, at Arp. Lifting starts at 3:45

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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02/26/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

We have reached the end of the regular season. We will provide information about our regional lifters, but we also wanted to recognize the accomplishments of some of our lifters at our last few meets.

At the Prosper Meets we had
Nick Michka finish 1st
Sebastian Ortega finish 2nd
Carley Wren finish 3rd
Regina Orduna finish 5th

At the Princeton Meets we had
Case Reisor finish 1st
Carley Wren finish 2nd
Jahdai Sanchez finish 2nd
Kennedy Compton finish 2nd
Alice Cram finish 3rd
Melanie Otero finish 4th

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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02/11/2024

MAX WEEK
2/5-2/9
Ring the Bell!!!

We had our winter Max Week with some of our student athletes and some of the results are attached below. Note that any of the bold names are new entries. In terms of our Record Board, we had several new records in our competition classes, but no All Time records this time around.

Go Blue Devils
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02/11/2024

MAX WEEK
2/5-2/9
Ring the Bell!!!

We had our winter Max Week with some of our student athletes and some of the results are attached below. Note that any of the bold names are new entries.

Our Lb Clubs are earned by taking the total of a student athlete's max clean, bench and squat. We gained 2 new members to the 500lb Club and 3 to the 600lb Club. Case Reisor earned his 700lb Club shirts, Jose Garcia earned his 800lb Club shirt, and Cash Ottwell earned his 900lb Club shirt.

Our % Clubs are earned based on certain goals for the non-lifting tests. Our goals for Vertical Jump are 25" for guys/19" for girls, goals for 5-10-5 Agility are 4.8s/5.3s, and goals for 40yd Sprint are 5.0s/5.8s. A student athlete's average score off of these goals gives them their percentage. We gained 2 new members to the 90% Club (2 guys).

Also of note are the student athletes that showed the greatest amount of improvement. Carley Wren, Riley Almand, Gerardo Hernandez, Jackson Shuptrine, and Tristan Nichols added the most to their Lb totals in their respective competition classes. Adam Hofman, Jackson Shuptrine, and Anthony Powell showed the most progress in their total %s.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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01/31/2024

We have some information for those coming to watch this week's meets at Prosper.

First, here is the link to purchase tickets for the girls meet on Thursday. We will add the boys ticket link when it becomes available.
https://events.ticketspicket.com/agency/5c5858a2-f275-469c-9192-5d956f6b06a5/events/6b68988e-8c17-4421-9c65-2c6973b385d9

Here is additional information

Food:
There will be no meals and no concessions. We will have some food available for the lifters but families are allowed to bring food for their students.

Seating:
There won't be any seating provided. Spectators will need to bring their own seating.

Prosper Girls Invitational Powerlifting - Buy Tickets online!

01/23/2024

2024: EARNED NOT GIVEN

As we approach the midpoint of the regular season, most of our lifters have at least had their first meet so far. At the moment, we have 9 girls and 13 guys that are or would be ranked in the top 12 of their respective weight classes (top 12 at the end of the season compete in the regional meet). On top of that, we've had several students medal at the meets we have attended so far.

At the Commerce Meets we had
Carley Wren finish 4th
Alice Cram finish 5th
Jahdai Sanchez finish 5th

At the Princeton Meets we had
Cash Ottwell finish 2nd
Jose Garcia finish 4th
Kennedy Compton finish 4th
Tristan Nichols finish 5th

It's been a good start to the season so far. We will update everyone again towards the end of February.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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01/16/2024

We have some information for those coming to watch this week's meets at Princeton.

First, here is the link to purchase tickets
https://www.princetonisdsports.com/HTtickets

Here is additional information from Princeton ISD

Clear Bag Policy:
Spectators will abide by the clear bag policy. Your teams will be allowed to bring in outside food. We will not allow parents to bring in food. Please let your parents know this.

Other Information:
Please let Parents & Spectators know that there will be some seating available. Foldable Chairs will be allowed. Please keep your parents in the seating area and away from the lifting area. Entry Fee for the Public is $5

Let your parents know that we will not be accepting cash at the gate. You can purchase a ticket beforehand or scan the QR code at the gate. I will send a link soon. Concession stand will accept cash and credit cards.

All spectators will need to park in the HS Gym parking lot across from the Multipurpose Building. Do not park in the Multipurpose Building parking lot. Cars will be towed if parked at the Multipurpose building

01/12/2024

We already have our Max Week Record Board, but we have now created an additional Powerlifting Record Board to specifically recognize the top numbers from our powerlifters. Some of the records track back to as early as 2015. Hopefully we will see several of the records fall this year as we work for a great and memorable season.

Go Blue Devils
D.O.D.
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