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TO A NATIONAL
POWERLIFTING RECORD.
WMDT'S JARRED HILL JOINS
NOW IN THE STUDIO
--WITH THE STORY OF A
PRETTY INCREDIBLE
TEENAGER FROM
DORCHESTER COUNTY
MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DAVID HER NAME IS
DESTANY LAUSEN -- AND THIS
YOUNG WOMAN IS
áINCREDIBLEá.
A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
-- WITH A NATIONAL RECORD
FOR POWERLIFTING -- AND A
PRETTY GOOD STUDENT --
WITH A FANTASTIC MESSAGE.
"JUST DO IT!"
TAKE A LOOK.
25:04 I'VE NEVER BEEN VERY
FAST...OR AGILE 25:06
ONE THING DESTANY
LAUSEN IS...
LIFTING NAT
YEAH...SHE'S STRONG.
NAT
THE 17 YEAR OLD
CAMBRIDGE-SOUTH
DORCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR ONLY STARTED
POWER LIFTING ABOUT A
YEAR AGO...
AFTER SHE HURT HER
BACK PLAYING LACROSSE.
A HERNIATED DISK.
32:20 IT WAS HORRIBLE, SHE
WOULD SIT AROUND IN
TEARS, COULDN'T DO
ANYTHING WITHOUT PAIN
32:30
TO LIFT HER SPIRITS,
DESTANY DECIDED TO TRY
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT...THROWING SHOT
PUT ON THE TRACK AND FIELD
TEAM.
24:31 MY COACH, TO TRAIN
FOR THROWING, STARTED
LIFTING, AND WE JUST LIFT IN
HIS BACKYARD 24:35
BUTT
24:49 ONCE I STARTED, I WAS
HOOKED 24:50
TAKING LIFTING TO THE
NEXT LEVEL -- FROM JUST
TRAINING FOR TRACK...
ON JANUARY 25TH --
DESTANY COMPETED IN HER
FIRST POWERLIFTING EVENT.
WHERE SHE SET A
NATIONAL RECORD IN THE 16
TO 17 YEAR OLD GIRL'S
DIVISION...
DEADLIFTING áTHREE
HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
POUNDSá.
DROPPING BAR BELL
SHE MIGHT SPEND A
COUPLE OF HOURS A WEEK IN
THE GYM -- BUT DON'T CALL
HER A MEAT HEAD.
áEIGHTHá IN HER CLASS OF
ABOUT 200 -- DESTANY IS AN
HONOR STUDENT, TAKING
THREE AP CLASSES THIS
YEAR...
26:50 ONE OF THEM'S AP BIO,
WHICH I WANT TO PURSUE IN
COLLEGE 26:53
SHE WANTS TO BE A
DOCTOR -- A GOAL SHE SAYS
áLIFTINGá WILL HELP HER
REACH.
30:08 I THINK LIFTING MAKES
ME STUBBORN 30:10 LIKE, IF
THERE'S SOMETHING I KNOW I
CAN GET, I'M GOING TO TRY
BEST TO GET IT 30:14
AND SHE HOPES THAT
MESSAGE RESONATES FOR
ANYONE AFRAID TO JUST TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
31:07 I THINK YOU SHOULD
JUST DO WHATEVER YOU'RE
GOOD AT 31:10 AND YOU
KNOW...DO YOUR BEST 31:12
END
SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR
DESTANY?
WELL...TONIGHT -- PLAY
REHEARSAL...SHE WAS
BOLTING FROM THE GYM TO
MAKE IT BACK TO SCHOOL BY
6:30.
AS FAR AS LIFTING --
THERE'S A COMPETITION IN
ABOUT 8 WEEKS IN
BALTIMORE THAT SHE'S
EYEING.
BY THE WAY -- DESTANY
WON FIRST IN HER WEIGHT
CLASS THIS WEEKEND -- BUT
HAD SHE ENTERED THE
áOPENá COMPETITION -- SHE
WOULD'VE GOTTEN SECOND
OVERALL.
MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD
HUH DAVID?
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I