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Our fifth senior spotlight is… Owen Davis👨‍🌾Owen has been on the team for all four years of college, and has been the tr...
05/23/2026

Our fifth senior spotlight is… Owen Davis👨‍🌾

Owen has been on the team for all four years of college, and has been the treasurer for the past three. He majored in computer science and minored in mathematics. His future plans include Oly lifting and not being unemployed. His favorite memories come from annoying all the friends he’s met along the way. He hopes everyone on the team will keep working hard and lifting weights 🏋️

Our next senior spotlight is…Sophie Killam🤘Sophie has been on the team for 3 years! They majored in neuroscience and mi...
05/23/2026

Our next senior spotlight is…Sophie Killam🤘

Sophie has been on the team for 3 years! They majored in neuroscience and minored in linguistics and communication sciences and disorders. Their future plans include going to UMASS Amherst to get their doctorate of audiology. Sophie’s favorite memory from their time on the team was this year’s Halloween party. Congrats on graduating Sophie🥳

Our third senior spotlight is… Shannon Douglas.Shannon has been on the team for 3 years and served as our secretary for ...
05/22/2026

Our third senior spotlight is… Shannon Douglas.

Shannon has been on the team for 3 years and served as our secretary for this past semester. She majored in business administration and minored in computer science. Her future plans include starting a full time job in data analytics this june (and keep lifting!). Her favorite memory from her time on the team is when she qualified for nationals at GMBT, surrounded by “my awesome team and coaches”!! Congrats on graduating Shannon!!🎓

Our next senior spotlight is…Arryn!Arryn has been on the team for 4 years and served as a co-social chair during Fall 20...
05/21/2026

Our next senior spotlight is…Arryn!

Arryn has been on the team for 4 years and served as a co-social chair during Fall 2024. He graduated with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. His future plans are to do field work with wildlife. Arryn hopes to do this work internationally, possibly in New Zealand and Brazil! His favorite memory from his time on the team was this year’s paper plate awards. He feels that they were a really great culmination and representation of the sense of community that the team brings. Congrats Arryn!🥳

We wanted to highlight our 6 amazing seniors who graduated this past weekend. Up first is…Erin Troiano!Erin has been on...
05/20/2026

We wanted to highlight our 6 amazing seniors who graduated this past weekend. Up first is…Erin Troiano!

Erin has been on the team for 3 years and has also been our merch and fundraising chair. Erin majored in Geography and Health & Society. Her future plans are to continue lifting and pursue health geography research. Erin’s favorite memory was her first PR’s for puppies competition. Congrats on graduating Erin, we are so proud of you!🎉

Stay tuned for posts highlighting the rest of our graduates.

As the semester has officially come to an end, we wanted to thank our coaches Nic, Kate, Dave, and Gavin. We wanted to ...
05/10/2026

As the semester has officially come to an end, we wanted to thank our coaches Nic, Kate, Dave, and Gavin. We wanted to send a special shoutout to Coach Dave who is moving to Massachusetts after almost 3 years with the team. Thank you for everything you have done to grow and support the athletes on this team! We wish Dave all the best on his future ventures.

Part 2 of University Nationals recap! Congrats everyone!🏋️‍♀️🏋️‼️🤘Gavin made a top sn**ch of 104kg/228.8lbs and a top c...
04/19/2026

Part 2 of University Nationals recap! Congrats everyone!🏋️‍♀️🏋️‼️🤘

Gavin made a top sn**ch of 104kg/228.8lbs and a top clean and jerk of 135kg/297lbs. (meet pr total🚨)

Erin’s top sn**ch was 53kg/116.6lbs and top clean and jerk was 66kg/145.2lbs.

Owen made a top sn**ch of 108kg/237.6lbs and a top clean and jerk of 125kg/275lbs.

Petr’s top sn**ch was 100kg/220lbs (pr 🚨) and his top clean and jerk was 140kg/308lbs (clean pr 🚨) (New England junior record🚨).

Last weekend our athletes competed at University Nationals. For over half of them, it was their first time competing at ...
04/19/2026

Last weekend our athletes competed at University Nationals. For over half of them, it was their first time competing at the national level. Here is a recap of some of their top lifts. Stay tuned for part 2!

Tanis made a top sn**ch of 72kg/158.4lbs and a top clean and jerk of 91kg/200.2lbs (pr 🚨).

Erin made a top sn**ch of 53kg/116.6lbs (pr 🚨)and a top clean and jerk of 65kg/143lbs.

Cole’s top sn**ch was 87kg/191.4lbs and top clean and jerk was 110kg/242lbs.

Shannon’s top sn**ch was 58kg/127.6lbs (meet pr 🚨) and her top clean and jerk was 71kg/156.2lbs (pr 🚨).

We are sending 9 athletes to the 2026 University Nationals! If you want to support and watch them lift, the link in our...
04/06/2026

We are sending 9 athletes to the 2026 University Nationals! If you want to support and watch them lift, the link in our bio will take you to the USAW livestream links. You will need to know what platform an athlete is competing on (stars, stripes, white, or blue). See you soon Utah!💪🏋️🏋️‍♀️‼️

Last weekend our rookies competed at the St Paddy’s day classic for their first ever meet! We are so proud of them! 🏋️...
03/29/2026

Last weekend our rookies competed at the St Paddy’s day classic for their first ever meet! We are so proud of them! 🏋️‍♀️🏋️

Emily’s top sn**ch was 43kg/94.6lbs and her top clean and jerk was 53kg/116.6lbs.

Erin made a top sn**ch of 48kg/107.8lbs and a top clean and jerk of 63kg/138.6lbs.

Petr’s top sn**ch was 85kg/187lbs and top clean and jerk was 125kg/275lbs.

Lily’s top sn**ch was 48kg/105.6lbs and top clean and jerk was 64kg/140lbs*.

Tanis made a top sn**ch of 66kg/145.2lbs and top clean and jerk of 75kg/165lbs.

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