Salmen super heavyweight Dwayne Coleman set a Louisiana high school powerlifting state record when he squatted 900 pounds Saturday at the LHSAA state championships Saturday at the Cajundome in Lafayette.
Coleman, a 462-pound senior, completed his three-squat rotation with a squat of 875 pounds and was awarded a bonus chance to secure the state record.
Coleman successfully set the record and ended the meet as Louisiana’s strongest high school lifter of all time, based on a three-lift total of 2,005 pounds that included a bench press of 500 pounds and deadlift of 630.
Coleman received the outstanding lifter award for the Division II boys meet.
Watch his record squat lift below. Can't see the video? Click here.