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Eustace High School’s David French (second from left) shows off his bronze medal after winning third place at the State powerlifting meet March 24 in Abilene.

ABILENE–Boys’ powerlifters from Mabank, Eustace and Kemp high schools took part in the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State meet held late March in Abilene, from which a Eustace High School athlete took home a bronze medal.
David French of Eustace High School won third place in the 308-pound weight class of Division 3. French’s lifts totaled 1,700 pounds, which featured a 660-pound squat, a 440-pound bench press and a 600-pound deadlift.
For Mabank, Raul Carrasco finished in fourth place in Division 2’s 308-pound weight class with a total lift of 1,790 pounds. Broken down, Carrasco lifted 715 pounds in the squat, bench-pressed 485 pounds and deadlifted 590 pounds. His teammate, Jose Amador, placed fifth in Division 2’s 114-pound weight class with a total lift of 875 pounds. Amador tallied 330 pounds in the squat, bench-pressed 165 pounds and deadlifted 380 pounds.
Kemp’s Aaron Quezada and Enrique Apresa also competed at the State meet in Abilene as part of Division 3. Quezada tallied a total lift of 1,365 pounds in the 181-pound weight class, which included a 575-pound squat, a 345 pound bench press and a 445-pound deadlift. Apresa had a total lift of 1,485 pounds in the 242-pound weight class, which breaks down to 595 pounds in the squat, 390 pounds bench-pressed and 500 pounds deadlifted.