Lifting With The State’s Best

  • Lifting With The State’s Best
    Lifting With The State’s Best
  • Senior Dustan Bowers proudly wears his fifth place in state medal (top left), after successfully locking out the second-best deadlift in the 165-pound weight class at the state meet (top right). Bowers flanked by his proud coaches (above). Courtesy Photos
    Senior Dustan Bowers proudly wears his fifth place in state medal (top left), after successfully locking out the second-best deadlift in the 165-pound weight class at the state meet (top right). Bowers flanked by his proud coaches (above). Courtesy Photos
  • Lifting With The State’s Best
    Lifting With The State’s Best
  • Lifting With The State’s Best
    Lifting With The State’s Best
Rising to the occasion under the brightest spotlight, Meridian senior Dustan Bowers put on a power display last Saturday and brought home the hardware to prove it. Competing at the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State Championships in the Taylor County Coliseum in Abilene, Bowers set personal records in all three disciplines -- squat, bench press and deadlift -- for a total of 1,275…

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