Langan Lifts National Title

Chatham’s Chad Langan won the 2015 Canadian Senior Championship for weightlifting for his weight class this past weekend at the University of Toronto.

Weighing in at 61.7kg, Langan broke his own senior record on the snatch two times, and tied the clean and jerk record, also recording a new total record en route to being named National Champion.

Facing 8 competitors in his weight class, Langan, who owns and operates Maple City Crossfit,
successfully hit 5 of 6 lift attemps. He snatched 99kg (218 lbs), 102kg (224 lbs) and 105kg (231 lbs) successfully. Following this he clean and jerked 123kg (271 lbs), and 126kg (277 lbs) successfully.