Lakeland, Fla. — The Villages High School girls weightlifting team picked up a Top 10 finish and saw one of its own finish runner-up individually at the Class 1A State Meet on Saturday in Lakeland.
The Buffalo finished tied for seventh overall in the team standings in the Traditional discipline of the statewide event inside the RP Funding Center, tallying nine team points to finish T-7 alongside Blountstown.
VHS senior Lexi Galewski also finished second individually at 129 pounds in the Traditional lift, falling just short of an individual state title to Liberty County's Chamiya Williams. Galewski and Williams each lifted 330 pounds, respectively, but Williams was awarded first overall by way of tiebreaker criteria.
Along with Galewski, the Buffalo pair of Alissa Platt (third at 139 pounds, Traditional) and Madison Hume (sixth at 101 pounds, Olympic) each medaled and finished on the podium at the state meet.
TEAM RESULTS
Traditional: 7th Place (tie), 9 points
Olympic: 17th Place (tie), 4 points
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Olympic
101 - Madison Hume, 6th - 200 Total
101 - Kim Gepega, 8th - 190 Total
129 - Lexi Galewski, 4th - 305 Total
139 - Alissa Platt, 7th - 305 Total
183 - Ke'Mari Butler, 9th - 280 Total
199 - Jasmine Davis, 12th - 280 Total
Traditional
101 - Madison Hume, 12th - 205 Total
101 - Kim Gepega, 8th - 205 Total
129 - Lexi Galewski, 2nd - 330 Total
129 - Emma Thomas, 15th - 245 Total
139 - Alissa Platt, 3rd - 340 Total
183 - Ke'Mari Butler, 11th - 305 Total
199 - Jasmine Davis, 15th - 295 Total
Cody Hills can be reached for questions or comment via email at cody.hills@tvcs.org.
