The Bowie girls powerlifting team competed at the state meet on Friday at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.
With five Lady Rabbits competing against the strongest the state of Texas had to offer, only one was able to come away with some hardware.
Senior Carrington Davis, making her fourth appearance at the state meet, was able to one up last year’s fifth place finish with a silver medal in the 181 pound weight class. Davis lifted 980 total pounds, including a personal record of a 420 pound lift on squat.
The rest of the Bowie team was making their first appearances at state, with three of the four also being underclassmen.
Jessie Henry finished eighth overall in the 97 pound weight class. The sophomore was able to set a new personal record in deadlift with a lift of 225 pounds and total weight with 555 pounds.
Emma Skinner finished 13th in the 114 pound weight class, setting personal records in squat with 275 pounds and in total weight with 645 pounds. The sophomore came in as an underdog, but wound up beating three lifters rated ahead of her in the standings.
Her sister Sierra Skinner finished 19th in the 105 pound division. The junior did not equal her highest total of the season while putting up 585 pounds, but did set a new record for squat lifting 250 pounds. While she is an upperclassman, it was the first year Sierra competed in powerlifting.
Chelsea Price came in competing in the 220 pound weight class hoping she could finish in the top 10. Unfortunately, Price failed her first three lifts on squat and ended up busting out.
While headlined by Davis earning a silver medal in her final meet, the rest of the girls are coming back next year.
Price, Henry and Emma will be juniors with already two years of competition experience under their weight belts along with experience at the state level now.
This type of success should continue to drive them to see the type of leaps in strength they made from freshman to sophomore this year.
Sierra will be a senior and with one year of experience and making it to the state level, she should see a jump next year like most lifters as she matures.
While this year making it to the state meet was an accomplishment in itself, all four of them have set the bar for themselves and will be looking to raise it next year at the state level.
Coach Quenten Berend hopes he will have some other girls join them as well. Despite all the individual success, the overall regional team title has just eluded the Lady Rabbits the past three years.

To see results from every lift the five athletes did at the state meet, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.