Art and sport have gone hand-in-hand for Elizabeth Lawson. The senior is enrolled in Sarasota High’s Circus Arts Magnet Program, but on Jan. 24, she stepped away from the tent and into the gym. She brought home gold in both styles of the 169-pound weight class at the FHSAA Class 3A-District 11 girls weightlifting championship. By lifting a total of 330 pounds in Traditional and 255 in Olympic, she completed a perfect sweep. Lawson is the Sarasota Athlete of the Week.
How was your experience at districts and what did you take away from it?
It was definitely a really good meet. I went up a weight class from last year, so that was a good experience — to get a new group of girls to compete against. I really wasn’t expecting to place in Olympic at all because I don’t snatch very much. My strengths are definitely in clean and jerk and bench. So that was a nice surprise…