Early on a Saturday morning in Spring (this being Collie-rado, that means 24 degrees and snowing), our terrier-ific lifters and coaches made their way north to Greeley West Highland School for the Regionals com-pup-tion. They took this op-paw-tunity to raise the woof with their paw-some lifts – showing their com-pup-tion that the Bark Side leads the way!

Our 10 lifters set 19 PRs, which includes 5 State Records!

In the Squat: Jimmy set a PR of 210 lbs! Zach set a PR of 225 lbs which is also a State Record!

In the Bench Press: Andy tied his PR of 115 lbs and then set a new PR of 135 lbs! Anthony set a PR of 75 lbs! Guion set a PR of 120 lbs! Jimmy set a PR of 195 lbs! RJ set a PR of 150 which is also a State Record! Ryan set a PR of 60 lbs and then set another PR of 75 lbs! T tied her PR and set a State Record of 150 lbs!

In the Deadlift: Andy set a PR of 320 lbs! Anthony set a PR of 130 lbs! Guion set a PR of 200 lbs! Jimmy set a PR of 280 lbs! Luis set a PR of 240 lbs! RJ set a PR and State Record of 325 lbs! Ryan set a PR of 195 lbs! T set a PR and State Record of 325 lbs!

In all, the Rude Dogs took home 16 – 1st place ribbons, 7 – 2nd place ribbons, 5 – 3rd place ribbons and 3 – 4th place ribbons.

All of our athletes per-fur-med paw-some-ly!

After a long day of fur-tastic lifts, our dog-tired athletes and coaches returned south in search of rest.

Follow this link for a complete listing of all lifts by every lifter.

The photos here are of the Rude Dogs team. Photos of the full event are on the Special Olympics Colorado Flickr site. Follow this link to the Flickr page.