Junior Nationals were held this year in Foster City California. Colleen lifted extremely well this past weekend. It was the third Junior Nationals that we have been to, and the quality of lifting was considerably higher than anything that I have seen.
Colleen opened the snatch with a lift at 67 kilos and made it easily. We jumped to 70 kg and that lift was even better than the first. She narrowly missed her third snatch attempt of 72 kg out front. She ended up tied for third place in the snatch, but the other girl was lighter, so she won the tie breaker.
Back in the warmup room for the Clean and Jerk, I could tell that Colleen's ankle was bothering her on the jerk. So we tried to keep the warm up lifts as few as possible and made some pretty big jumps. She ended up smoking her last warm up lift at 82 kg and then walked out on the competition stage and easily made her opener at 83 kg. We jumped to 86 kg and she made that one too.
We had to make some adjustments and raised her third attempt to 90 kg to make sure that she was going to have a shot at earning a bronze medal. She made a very tough clean, but missed the jerk.
In the end, Colleen was fourth overall. She had a meet PR in both the Clean and Jerk and in the Total. She lifted great. We couldn't be more proud of you Leenie!!!
Great job.
Additional photos are on Facebook. click here for the link.
Congratulations Colleen!
Posted by: Jenn | February 19, 2013 at 08:12 AM
Yay Leenie!!! So proud of you, great work!!!
Posted by: Shannan, Matt and Madelyn :) | February 19, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Impressive, Leenie! Sounds like you pushed through that bad ankle, and got a PR anyway!
Posted by: Lance | February 19, 2013 at 01:21 PM
Congrats Colleen!!
Posted by: Rich, Sandie, Brayden, and Babyhoov#2 | February 19, 2013 at 01:36 PM
Leenie Marie, you're my hero!
Posted by: Carol | February 19, 2013 at 03:40 PM
Way to go, Leenie! Congrats!
Posted by: RYLANDER | February 19, 2013 at 03:57 PM
Atta girl Leenie! Nice job!
Posted by: Timmy | February 19, 2013 at 04:27 PM
Congrats Colleen! Great job!!
Posted by: kadir | February 19, 2013 at 04:54 PM
As always, IMPRESSIVE Colleen!
Posted by: DRE | February 19, 2013 at 05:59 PM
Amazing job Colleen. Congrats!!
Posted by: Jen Schwatz | February 19, 2013 at 08:11 PM
Colleen, you are amazing! I look forward to watching what you'll do next. Great job!
Posted by: Rhonda | February 19, 2013 at 08:41 PM
Way to go Leenie! So very proud of you!
Posted by: Joy | February 19, 2013 at 08:51 PM
Great Job Leenie!
Posted by: Shawn | February 19, 2013 at 09:09 PM
Way to go Leenie!!
Posted by: Jody | February 19, 2013 at 09:47 PM
Awesome Leenie, congrats!
Posted by: Jim C | February 20, 2013 at 11:22 AM