On Oct. 12, Gibsons’ Lily Riggs competed at the 2019 Provincial Powerlifting Championships in New Westminster. Riggs placed second overall in the junior 72kg category. This was her first provincial competition in the junior age category. Riggs broke her provincial squat record from Nationals in March of this year. She squatted 314.2 lbs., but another competitor also squatted this weight, leaving Riggs with the motivation to take her record back at Nationals in March 2020. Riggs matched her all-time competition record in bench of 170.5 lbs. She also broke her own personal record of 369 lbs. in deadlift. Riggs is now a certified personal trainer and coach working full-time at Lift Strength and Conditioning Gym in Wilson Creek.
