Mary Grace Jimenez is a high school senior, cheerleader, a student ambassador, a saxophone player and power lifter. At just 105 pounds, Mary Grace has a combined lift of over 500 pounds.
“I did gymnastics for 10 years so I knew I had the muscles to do it,” she said. “And I’m very big on women’s strength so that pushed me. I hate it when people say it’s only a guy’s sport.”
Mary Grace is making sure she is doing her part to make it a girls sport. In the North State Championships, she won the 105-pound weight class, by 35 pounds, with a total of 505 pounds: 205 in squat, 75 in bench press and 225 on dead lift.
