ST. PETERS, Mo. - This past weekend, the Independence Powerlifting team competed in the PLU Missouri Bunny Barbell Bash, and did not come home empty handed. 

Indy sent eight lifters to the event and those eight lifters amassed 13 total medals, five of which were gold. 

From left to right, back to front, as pictured above:

Truman York (Back Left):

1st - 110kg Men’s Raw Drug Tested Junior (18-19)

6th - Best Lifter Men’s Raw Drug Tested Junior

Isaiah Melugin: 

1st- 90 kg Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

3rd- Best Lifter Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Taven Hancock-Dewey (Back Middle):

2nd- 100 kg Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

2nd- Best Lifter Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Ethan Starrett (Back Right):

1st- 110 kg Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior (20-23)

5th- Best Lifter Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Kinley Tucker (Front Left):

1st- 110 kg Woman's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Jack Fairbank (Front Middle):

1st- 67.5 kg Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

8th- Best Lifter Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Hayden Simmons (Front Right): 

2nd- 90 kg Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

7th- Best Lifter Men's Raw Drug Tested Junior

Join us in congratulating these lifters on a very successful weekend!