Twenty-five, that is the number of national records that were broken when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) staged its National Senior Championships on Sunday at the St Stanislaus College auditorium.
Nangita Seenarine, lifting in the 52kg junior and open classes, broke eight on her own. Prodigious 17-year-old Romeo Hunter smashed five while Saif Abdool recorded four. Yogeshwar Seecharan had three, best lifter at the event, Fazim Abdool set two while Marlon Wilson raised the bar with a 93kg Master’s one deadlift record.
Seenarine, had a best squat of 125kg (275lbs), a best bench of 52.5kg (115 lbs) and a best deadlift of 132.5kg (292 lbs). They were all records for the two classes. Her total of 310kg (683 lbs) were also recorded as two records.