North Star Pride/Henderson Chapter on the move

The Project Lift weightlifting team, sponsored by William Hawkins Youth Ministries, a chapter of North Star Pride, sent an 11-member team to the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics Powerlifting Championships July 28-30 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The meet featured about 100 young people ages 5-23 from all over the country. Project Lift was able to bring home a fourth place team finish. The winning team was from Beckley, West Virginia.

The youth utilized the Hotel pool to relax and socialize the day before their meet. Some of the youth, their families, and the coaches made it to Virginia Beach to enjoy the beach front. It was hot those few days and the water was very relaxing.

The Project Lift youth team, competing in its first full power meet (squat, bench and deadlight), was able to gather six first place, two second place, two third, and one fourth place finishes and set some world records.

The team was coached by William Hawkins, Harold Davis, Lewis Brodie, Bobby Jones, General Marrow, William Marrow, Jae Joyner, Jeanette Bell, Stephen Jones and Leontyne Marrow. By virtue of its performance, Project Lift has received an automatic bid to the 2007 AAU Junior Olympics in Knoxville, Tenn.

The results of the team are as follows below:

Project Lift at 2006 Junior Olympics

Name	Age	Weight	Class	Squat	Bench	Dead lift	Total	Placed
Malcolm Alston	10	158	165	115.7	82.7	181.9	380.3	1^st
Steven Evans	12	80	88	126.8	60.6	192.9	380.3	3^rd
Justin Burroughs	12	137	148	203.9	121.3	259	584.2	1^st
Dominique Harris	14	150	165	242.5	154.3	292.1	688.9	3^rd
Samuel Talley	15	156	165	237	159.8	248	644.8	4^th
Rakeem Alston	14	170	181	121.3	121.3	242.5	485.1	2^nd
Donovan Taylor	15	246	275	363.8	319.7	407.9	1091.4	1^st
Hakeem Foster	17	114	114	187.4	137.8	231.5	556.7	1^st
Jonathan Marrow	16	180	181	347.2	292.1	407.9	1047.2	1^st
General Marrow	18	180	181	363.8	281.5	501.5	1146.8	2^nd
America Marrow	20	196	198	264.6	192.9	319.7	777.2	1st