A record 69 participants came out to compete in Hocking College's 12th annual Weightlifting Competition and 36 participated in the inaugural X-Fit Challenge. Both events, hosted by the Fitness Management Class of 2015 were held last Saturday, November 8.

The weightlifting competition was comprised of the best successful lift from a bench-press, dead-lift and squat lift divided by the competitor's body weight for the pound for pound or "relative" strongest. Trophies and certificates were awarded to the top three competitors in the male and female categories. The competitors with the heaviest maximum squat were, Nathan Grimm and Zach Wilson at 500 lbs. and Amanda Hunter at 230 lbs. The heaviest maximum dead-lift was awarded to Nathan Grimm and Zach Wilson for 550 lbs. and Kara Hall-Whitman for 255 lbs. The last category for heaviest maximum bench-press was awarded to Justin Carpenter for 405 lbs. and Allyson Spence and Tori Neer for 125 lbs.

The new X-Fit Challenge hosted nine, four-person teams. Competitors were each required to complete a gauntlet of 21-15-9 reps of the power clean followed by the same number of burpees over a bar. The winning team, with the fastest overall times of 23:29 was True-Fit Athletics from Lancaster, made up of Jimmy Barnes, Andrew Blosser, Brandi Waddell and Brandon Holley.