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CHINA SPRING, Texas (KXXV) \u2014 At the state power lifting meet, junior Aaliyah Totten brought home a silver medal for China Spring \u2014 the first time in well over a decade for the program.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n China Spring’s Aaliyah Totten takes Silver medal in State Power lifting meet<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Totten’s year also included breaking the regional dead-lift record \u2014 when it comes to the record, she just went for it.<\/p>\n “So, we had showed up and my coach holds up a paper and it was like 375. He goes, you want to break it? I was like, oh okay,” Totten said.<\/p>\n “I just went for it because adrenaline and I wanted to win. So I just went for it and have a good time,” she said.<\/p>\n Every athlete needs a support system and Aaliyah tells me how much her mom impacts her and the community’s reaction to her performance.<\/p>\n “She’s with me through everything. All the sports…she’s with me through everything,” Totten said.<\/p>\n “Everybody is really proud, a little bit ego high on that. But yeah, it’s a lot of pride,” she said.<\/p>\n She says her next goal is to join the 1,000 pound club and to take home that gold medal in state.<\/p>\n More stories from Shahji Adam<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFollow Shahji on social media!<\/b><\/h3>\n