Workday Wednesday: Top Tens - Strength

Perhaps the most obvious of our program goals is to win.  The quotation that Coach Gilbert passed me reads as follows:

“All of life is a competition. We strive to win – to be the very best at whatever we do. Winning is a result of doing things the right way and working hard. As a team, our goal is always to win a State Championship.”

The key, right there in the first sentence, is to compete.  In everything you do, compete.  Let's be honest, we're not always going to win.  We'd love to, but life isn't like that.  You'll have losing days.  At the end of those days, what you want to be able to say, undeniably, is that you competed; that you did your best and left it all out on the field.

To me, this embodies the very essence of the Workday Wednesday theme here at the blog.  In season, and out, Wednesdays are the very thick of the week.  Others may call it "hump day," but we like to call it "workday."  We bust our butts early in the week in order to compete on Fridays during the season.  Out of season, we need to keep that same sense of going to work, with the more distant goal of future success in mind.  We win by competing.

In the spirit of competition, I'm going to publish a series of "top tens" for our team. Today we'll focus on strength.  Look for speed and academics to come in the near future.  Like I said before, the theory here is simple.  Work hard, get your name on the list, get some recognition.  It's a small thing, but it something the coaches love to see: out of season competition.  I'll try to update these every time we max or end a trimester, so if you don't see your name on the list... you've got a goal.

Without further ado, here are our November Strength Top Ten Lists:

Bench

1. Cory Sucese - 275
2. Anthony Gilchrist - 260
3. T3- Carson Lorts - 225
4. T3- Austin Jordan - 225
5. Anthony Daughterty - 215
6. Nicholas Woerner - 205
7. Evan Hesselink - 205
8. T8- Ethan Goins - 195
9. T8- Deryion Sturdivant - 195
10. T8- Emmanual Calhoun - 195
11. T8- Josh Estridge - 195

Squat

1. Anthony Gilchrist - 420
2. T2- Cory Sucese - 405
3. T2- Anthony Daughterty - 405
4. Blake Waters - 335
5. T5- Deryion Sturdivant - 315
6. T5- Zane Burtron - 315
7. T7- Stephen Curry - 300
8. T7- Nicholas Woerner - 300
9. T7- Carson Lorts - 300
10. Austin Gould - 285

Clean

1. T1- Stephen Curry - 225
2. T1- Nicholas Woerner - 225
3. T1- Cory Sucese - 225
4. T1- Anthony Gilchrist - 225
5. Austin Jordan - 215
6. T6- Evan Hesselink - 205
7. T6- Deryion Sturdivant - 205
8. Devin Reece - 200
9. T9- Jackson Clifford - 195
10. T9- Kory Kostecka - 195