Hawaii State Weightlifting Meet & HIBBC Results!
Aloha Community!
We have such joyous news to share!
WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF OUR BARBELL TEAM!
Did you hear that our USAW weightlifting club, Hawaii Island Barbell Club traveled to the island of Oahu last weekend to compete in the Hawaii State Weightlifting Meet in Waimanalo? Here's a review and some photos of what happened shared by the team and Head Coach Wayne Hess:
Meet Results:
- ALL of our lifters posted numbers at the meet, which is notable because this means they successfully completed at least 1 of 3 attempts at each of the Clean, Jerk and Snatch. Some athletes do not make their lifts and do not get to post a total...but all of our athletes did!
- Janice Pagdilao placed 2nd in her weightclass!
- Head Coach Wayne Hess made all 6 of his lifts (which is NOT EASY!)
- Wayne's son Spencer Hess hit a personal record of a 180 pound Clean and third place in his weightclass!
- Pele Kaio and Zoe Salazar both made personal records for their highest total combined Clean & Jerk + Snatch weight in a comp!
- Trevor Robb volunteered ALL DAY to change the weight plates for the competition! HARD WORK!
Comments from Coach Wayne:
"Congrats to all members of the Hawaii Island Barbell Club who competed in the Hawaii State Championships this last weekend on Oahu. Mahalo to everyone who helped put on an awesome meet. The sport of Olympic Weightlifting is going in the right direction for the state of Hawaii. Lots of strong men and women of all ages shared the platform. Congrats to everyone on our team for posting a number and leaving it all on the platform. Special congrats to Janice Pagdilao for taking the silver medal in her weight class!! Also mahalo to Carolyn, Lena, Trevor, Jessie, Wennson, and Kehau for all your support, volunteering, and cheering!! I would also like to thank everyone at CrossFit AllStar for their support, fundraising, donations, and comments. Much mahalos to Chris Matute for laying the foundation for the club to go in the right direction and guiding my coaching and training."
Just incredible.....each HIBBC athlete coming out of CrossFit AllStar is LIVING OUR MISSION and spreading their ALOHA where ever they go. Not only are they making personal gains and setting records for themselves, they are GIVING TO OTHERS AND REPRESENTING WHO WE ARE even when they travel. This is a GYM PR if you ask me and I couldn't be more impressed or proud of these guys!!! If you're a member of CrossFit AllStar they are representing YOU TO! And they did an excellent job! Be sure to congratulate them in the gym and THANK THEM for making the extra effort to go. Even if you have never trained at Barbell Club, you're still part of this gym and of this great celebration!
Your CrossFit membership (unlimited memberships) INCLUDES training time during Barbell Club take advantage of it! It will help your overall health, strength and understanding of the lifts and human mechanics! Wed night 6-8pm and Sunday morning 8-10am
I want to personally thank Coach Wayne, Carolyn, and HIBBC lifters for making the commitment to train and travel for this event! We are so proud of you all! Congratulations from the heart!
The team also wants to MAHALO all of you that purchased LauLau or contributed in any way!
They appreciated your support!!! Enjoy some photos below!
The traveling HIBBC team looking GOOD in the new logo shirts!!! #cutestuff
Spencer Hess
Janice Pagdilao
Pele Kaio
Zoe Salazar
Coach Wayne Hess
Hess Family, Wayne, Spencer (warming up) and Carolyn Hess
CONGRATS TO ALL!
Next years goal....LET'S HOST THIS MEET!!! With Coach Wayne on the board of directors for Hawaii USAW, it is his goal to take this meet to outer islands and have it on different islands each year. We're behind you on this Wayne! Keep up the great work everyone!
Coach KC