Weightlifter wins medals, looks ahead


Kansas Olympic weightlifter Andrea Kelley won six gold medals Saturday at the National Collegiates/23-Under Weightlifting Championships in Charleston, Ill.

Kelley, Lawrence junior, lifted 55 kilograms (121 pounds) in the snatch and 70 kilograms (154 pounds) in the clean-and-jerk for at total of 125 kilograms (276 pounds), winning all three categories in the 48-kilogram (106-pound) weight class in both the collegiate and 23-under competitions.

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Kelley said she was satisfied with her performance, but that she could have done better.

“I actually totaled 130 in training,” said Kelley, who is ranked 19th in the nation overall and first in her weight class by USA Weightlifting. “But I made a couple of errors.”

Her personal best is 127.5 kilograms (281 pounds). She set that at the National Championships last year where she placed third.

Kelley’s next national competition will be the National Championships May 6-8 in Cleveland. She said she will probably need to lift at least 132 kilograms (291 pounds) at the meet to qualify for the University World Championships in July in Lille, France, which she said is her ultimate goal.

 

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