Warren Central’s Wallace on to Class 6A state powerlifting meet as North State champ
Published 11:35 am Saturday, March 9, 2024
- Warren Central's Katie Wallace and Tiana Moore both competed at the MHSAA Class 6A North State girls powerlifting meet on March 1. Wallace finished first in the 242-pound weight class and advanced to the Class 6A state meet April 5 in Jackson. (Submitted to The Vicksburg Post)
Katie Wallace is headed back to Jackson for another run at a state powerlifting championship.
The Warren Central senior lifted a total of 830 pounds in the squat, bench press and deadlift to win the girls’ MHSAA Class 6A North State championship on March 1.
Wallace squatted 375 pounds, benched 120, and deadlifted 335 to finish first in the 242-pound division.
Warren Central’s Tiana Moore, a seventh-grader at the Academy of Innovation, also reached the North State meet in the 181-pound weight class but did not advance to state.
Wallace also won the Region 2-6A championship in February. Her victory at North State clinched her second consecutive trip to the Class 6A state meet. She finished fourth in the 242-pound weight class last year, when she lifted a total of 780 pounds at the state meet.
The MHSAA powerlifting state championships are April 5 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson.
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