Sizzling Saturday

4 weeks away from the state meet and less than 2 weeks until nationals provided an excellent chance for progress check.
Ron has PR lifts scheduled in both lifts. He goes through his snatches and loads a PR on the bar. A strong pull under the bar gets him a PR and one more sticker... Now, will he get the second PR for his final snatch attempt? He gives it a good ride, standing up, shrugging down, but not quite locking it out at the top: not this time...
His CJ work was strong, too, ending on a maximum effort clean which crushed him into the ground.
Ben blows through some hang snatch/snatch combos and hits what should be a very routine snatch of 90.
Megan just could not keep that upper back tight to hit 95% snatches today, but she more than made up for it with an exhausting series of very explosive clean-and-jerks.
Brian banging out doubles at 95% though kissing the hitch goodbye was kind of a challenge. Luke generates good power in his cleans and jerks.
Steve rolls through his CJ warm ups with an excellent dip and drive at 110. Can he sustain it to 140? 120 was a bit wobbly, 125 improves. 130, strong clean, weak on the jerk. The big jump to 140. A strong pull from the floor, not quite strong enough pulling himself under the bar puts the 140 a bit low on his chest. So low that his elbows were between his knees. He stands and, after a few seconds of deliberation, promptly passes out; no jerk.
Keith proves he is on track to do battle for the podium at nationals.