STAFF PHOTOS BY RANDY LEFKO

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Ridgeview High 110-pound weightlifter Jada Hill pushes up on her clean and jerk with the encouragement of Fleming Island's Kyla Marshall and Middleburg teammates Trinity Woodley and McKinzy Alexander. Hill finished fourth in Olympics and fifth in Traditional in a weight class that featured a handful of Clay County lifters battling for top finishes.

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Clay High's Brooke Hamilton, with Clay coach Autumn Null, watches competition in her 169-pound weight class with Hamilton finishing ninth in Traditional in Class 2A.

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One of the big surprises of the Class 2A championship girls weightlifting meet was Fleming Island's Ava Hernandez in the 169-pound weight class with her sixth-place finish in Olympics.

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Middleburg High's Mckinzy Alexander focuses on her bar as she approaches her clean and jerk attempt in front of teammate Trinity Woodley and Fleming Island's Kyla Marshall, all top 10 finishers in the 101 and 110 weight categories. Alexander was second at 110 in Traditional and fifth in Olympics. Woodley was second at 101 in Traditional. Marshall was sixth at 101 in Traditional and fourth in Olympics.

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Orange Park Unlimited weightlifter Lohi Richburg hoists on her clean and jerk at the Class 2A girls weightlifting championships in Lakeland. Richburg finished fourth in Traditional with Clay High's Nevaeh Frazier earning a fifth in Unlimited in Olympics.

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Middleburg High's 101-pound weightlifter Trinity Woodley blasts her Olympic Snatch lift en route to a second-place finish by just 10 pounds.