Garcia's back to championship form at 2010 Collegiate Nationals

David Garcia, Kari Shimomura, and Arlette Marenco represented Hassle Free at this year's Collegiate Nationals at the University of Northern Michigan. David's been nursing shoulder and wrist problems over the last year and was anxious to get back to National competition. Well he's back with an outstanding 325 total, first place finish to blow away the competition in the 105kg weight class.

 
David  (HF - San Francisco, Calif. / University of California – Davis) smashed his previous personal best total of 291kg when he lifted 145kg in the clean and jerk and 180kg in the snatch to total 325kg and win the gold.  Garcia’s lead after the snatch was insurmountable for silver medalist Thomas Braddy (Macclenny, Fla. / Northern Michigan University) who entered the clean and jerk with a 16kg deficit to make up.  

 
Kari Shimomura had a great meet finishing 5th in the very competitive 63kg weight class. Kari went 4/6 and finished with a 70, 83, 153 total.

 Arlette Marenco representing Sacramento State and HF BBC had her best finish at National meet. She finished 3rd in the +75kg weight class with a 137 total, only 3kg from winning silver.

Complete Results 2010 National Collegiates:

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