SARAH Sanmoogan broke four records to dominate the day, while Kezia Joseph and Tremel King were the male and female winners on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) held their Raw National Championship.

Sarah Sanmoogan was impressive to capture four records in the women’s 76kg junior category at the powerlifting championship.
She set new mark in the squat, bench press, and deadlift to give her a new total record as well.
Her mark in the squat was 145 kg, with 77.5kg in bench press, and 160kg in deadlift for a grand total of 382.5 kg.
The records saw her clinching the women junior classic and women open classic 76kg titles.

Trevor Callender also set new marks in the 74kg men’s masters 2 raw total and bench press, his bench press was 102.5kg for a 420kg total.
Richard Frederick also claimed a record in the 83kg men’s masters 4 after a squat of 127.5kg.

The top female on show was Kezia Joseph in the 69kg women open classic, she got the better of Ronessa McAdam.
Joseph ended the day with 395kg after outperforming her rival in the three mandatory lifts.

Also in the winner’s circle was Kheon Evans who overcame five other powerlifters to claim the win in the 83kg men’s open classic group.
He finished the day with 650kg to beat off fierce competition from the likes of Demetri Chan and Meshach Alexander who came in second and third respectively.

Joshua John also did well to win the 93kg men’s open raw ahead of Marlon Wilson with a 610kg total. He beat a stacked field to take the 66kg men’s open classic group.
While Romario Gonsalves made a solid comeback to the stage in winning the 74kg men’s open raw ahead of Timothy Bagla, Jermaine Kendall and Trevor Callender.

He had a best squat 227.5kg, bench press of 125kg, and deadlift of 255kg for a 607.5 kg total.