LSUS freshman sets junior national weightlifting records
04/19/04

LSUS freshman Derrick Johnson, of St. Louis, set all three junior national weightlifting records in the 62 kg category last weekend at Indiana University and won the Collegiate National Weightlifting Championships. Johnson set both the collegiate and national junior records in the snatch (112.5 kg), clean & jerk (138 kg) and total (250). In setting those records, he broke his own national junior records in the snatch and total. He also won the Age 23 & Under Division.

Monica Davis, also an LSUS freshman, took third place in the 75+ kg category at the collegiate event in the snatch (77.5 kg), clean & jerk (92.5 kg) and total (170 kg). Davis attended Booker T. Washington High School in Shreveport.

Johnson has had an impressive winter and spring, claiming five USA national titles in as many months. In addition to the two collegiate titles last weekend, he won the junior national championship in February and the national championship in mid-March. Last December, he won the American Open, a competition LSUS will host next December. Johnson was also the top junior lifter at the Arnold Classic last month.