Foundation Academy to host its first-ever girls weightlifting district meet

The Lions will host district rivals Montverde Academy, Windermere Prep, Tenoroc High, New Dimensions High and Discovery High at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 5:15 p.m. January 22, 2025

Sports
High Schools

For the first time in program history, the Foundation Academy girls weightlifting team will host the Class 1A, District 11 championship meet Friday, Jan. 24. Weigh-ins will begin at 10 a.m.

The meet will be held at Leiferman Family Gymnasium on Foundation's Tilden campus.

Competing against the Lions' weightlifters for district titles will be area-team Windermere Prep, along with Montverde Academy, Tenoroc High, New Dimensions High and Discovery High.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.