Class of 2007
Biomedical Science
Nutrition Science
Started Powerlifting: 2002
Weight Classes: 114, 123
Lifting Accomplishments:
Collegiate National Champion
2003, 2004, 2005
Junior National Champion
2004, 2005
Junior World Team Member
2003, 2004, 2005
Open National Champion
2004, 2005
Best Lifts:
385 Squat
275 Bench
375 Deadlift
1017 Total
2004 USAPL Collegiate
Nationals
2004 Junior World Team
Pretoria, South Africa
World Record Bench
123 kg / 270.6 lb, 2004
From The Battalion (8/25/04, “Only the Strong Survive”), with quotes from Ashley Awalt:
Awalt said that because they are women, she and the other two females on the A&M Powerlifting Team get varied reactions from students when they tell people they powerlift.
"They always start asking you how much you can bench. We get a lot of dumb questions like, 'Aren't you afraid you'll look like a guy?' or what supplements we take," said Awalt, whose body resembles that of a soccer player or gymnast more than it does of Adonis.
She said many female students at A&M avoid weightlifting because they are afraid they will become bulky.
"The Olympic lifting that's on right now - the girls are huge. The girls on the team here are pretty little, and when you go to a powerlifting meet, you see that the competitors look in shape - not like Sumo women," she said. "A lot of people here don't think that [the girls] lift to the extent that we do because we're not huge."
Ashley Awalt
