WHS Grad is Junior National Champ, Sets Sights on Olympics
Sheldon Stuckart is sophomore at Lindenwood University.
Westlake’s Sheldon Stuckart is racking up the titles. Fresh off of winning the USA Weightlifting Junior National Championships, he also has another title: Olympic hopeful. The 2011 Westlake High School graduate and former SWC Wrestling Champion, won the 85 kg class at the USA Weightlifting Junior National Championships in San Francisco on Feb. 17, 2013. In 2012, he placed fourth in his class at the 2012 National University Championships and in 2011, earned a gold in the 77kg class. He will represent the USA at the Junior Worlds in Lima, Peru, this coming May, but he also has his eyes set on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. First, however, he is savoring his most recent victory. “I had to qualify,” the 20-year-old said of the Junior …
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