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The Louisiana Tech Powerlifting Team was started
by Dr. Billy Jack Talton in the fall of 1974 at the request of five
Louisiana
Tech students. The team has averaged 35 members a year, including
both
men and women since its formation. The men’s team and
women’s teams have
won 16, and 14 national collegiate championships, respectively.
In
addition to producing numerous Collegiate All-Americans, Tech lifters
have also
participated in AAU National meets, USAPL Senior National meets,
USAPL Junior Nationals,
IPF Junior Worlds, IPF Sub-Junior Worlds, and the Good Will
Games. Tech
lifters have competed in sixteen different states and in twelve foreign
countries: Australia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Russia,
Slovakia,
Hungary, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Canada, and Mexico.
In May, 2006 the Louisiana Tech men and women won their 16th and 14th
national titles respectively in Miami, FL, making
a total of 30 national collegiate titles. In
the spring of 2001, Dr. Billy
Jack
Talton retired as head coach and Professor Emeritus, but still actively
serves as Team Mentor. Head coaching responsibilities now belong
to
Truman State
University graduate and Powerlifting Coach, Zac Cooper.
This
year’s team
of 40 lifters is pro-active and readily training for the 2007
Collegiate Nationals in Killeen, TX. With the added talent of
incoming freshman lifters from Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi, the
'06-'07 Louisiana Tech Powerlifting Team is united in spirit, purpose,
and heart with one goal in mind... winning the Collegiate National Powerlifting Championships.
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