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Local weightlifters win gold at Georgia Games
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Local weightlifters competed in the powerlifting events of the Georgia Games on Saturday, bringing home gold medals. Front row, from left are Ron Domanico and R. Gerry Glenn. Back row, from left are Carter Fitzgerald, Clarence Smith, Eric Timms, Steve McHan, Anabel Green and Kennard Green. - photo by For The Times
Hall County residents Eric Timms, R. Garry Glenn and William “Buster” Brown each earned gold medals in the Georgia Games powerlifting events on Saturday at Iron Beast Barbell gym in Gainesville. Timms recorded heaviest fullpower total of the day at 1,265 pounds, squatting 405 pounds, bench pressing 360 pounds and deadlifting 500 pounds to take home the gold in the Men’s Open Raw 220-pound class. Glenn tallied his second state championship of the year by taking first in the Master’s Men’s 55-59 year-old 220-pound Equipped class with a bench press of 365 pounds and 390 pounds on the second lift.
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