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Kentwood’s Karl Johnson sets state record in bench press

June 23rd, 2011 at Thu, 23rd, 2011 at 3:39 pm by Erick Walker

Kentwood High senior-to-be Karl Johnson enjoyed a big afternoon Saturday, June 18.
Johnson, 17, established a new age division state record during the Great Northern Bench Press and Dead Lift Championship at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia. Johnson bench pressed 364.8 pounds during the competition, shattering the previous mark of 330.5 pounds. Johnson also won the dead lift competition with an impressive lift of 468 pounds.

is the sports writer for the Kent Reporter newspaper. His specific prep sports coverage focuses on Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, Kentlake, Kentwood, Tahoma, Auburn and Auburn Riverside. Walker has been a sports reporter since 1994. Before coming to the Reporter Newspapers, he worked seven years for the King County Journal, where he covered prep football, wrestling and fastpitch along with the Tacoma Rainiers and Seattle Mariners. Walker has been covering sports in the Kent Valley since 2000. Outside of the newspaper industry, Walker is married (Janinne) and has two children (Asher, 10, and Nolan, 4).

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