The Core Values of Conqueror Weightlifting are Effort, Attitude, Trust and Respect.
Each month, we recognize one of our athletes who excels in consistently demonstrating these Core Values. Our February 2023 Athlete of Month is Aidan Perez.
Aidan has only been a part of our program for 3 1/2 months but has already proven himself to be a young man of high character and incredible work ethic. He trains 3 days per week at 5:30am despite a 30-minute commute, demanding school schedule and part-time job. Additionally, he must balance his time between training for weightlifting and the throwing events in Track and Field. Despite all of this, Aidan has made tremendous progress and continues to improve each week.
The most important contribution Aidan makes to our program involves the positivity and energy he brings to training each day. He has a gift for helping elevate the performance of everyone around him and he approaches training with an infectious level of enthusiasm. Overall, the culture of our program is greatly enhanced with Aidan’s involvement.
As a developing new weightlifter, Aidan is working diligently toward qualifying for the National Junior Championship to be held in Colorado Springs in June. He is well on his way to accomplishing this goal having already competed successfully in two weightlifting meets including an impressive 45kg increase in his competition total! Despite the rapid improvement, Aidan is still a long ways from fulfilling his true potential as a competitive weightlifting athlete and we look forward to being a part of his continued development.
Congratulations to Aidan on being selected as our Athlete of the Month!
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