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National High School Championships.&nbsp; Ahmaud won the Freshman-Sophomore division National Title with a 1,408 lb Total and a record 556 lb. Dead Lift.</P> <P>Ahmaud has been a dedicated lifter during his three seasons.&nbsp; He has never missed a workout.&nbsp; During his junior year, Ahmaud set the school and state Dead Lift record with a 660 lb. effort.&nbsp; Also, during his junior year Ahmaud went undefeated as he won the Pennsylvania State Teenage Championships.&nbsp; The U.S.P.F. National High School Championship and the P.S.C.P.A. State High School Championships.&nbsp; This year however was Ahmaud's best.&nbsp; He posted the highest total ever by a Pennsyvlania High School Power lifter (1,755) in February with a State Teenage Championship victory.&nbsp; He surpassed that with an A.D.F.P.A. National High School championship victory&nbsp;and a 1,770&nbsp;Total.&nbsp; He set all the National marks in the newly established 319 lb.&nbsp;weight class.&nbsp; Ahmaud closed out his brilliant high school career when he became the first Pennsylvania high school student to total 1,800 lbs.&nbsp;as he won the Pennsylvania State High School Championships.&nbsp; Ahmaud totaled 1,850 lbs.&nbsp;at this meet.&nbsp; It is believed that Marcus Henry and Ahmaud McDonald may be the only two drug-free lifters to total over 1,800 lbs. in the history of high school Powerlifting.</P> <P>Ahmaud was a 2nd team All-State Football player.&nbsp; He played in the prestigious Big 33 Football game last summer.&nbsp; He also was a Shot Put Champion with a best throw of 63 ft. 11-inches.&nbsp; He will be attending Syracuse University this fall on a football scholarship.</P> <P align=center><STRONG>Ahmaud McDonald's best lifts are as follows:</STRONG></P> <P align=center><STRONG>5/10/97 - Squat = 745 lbs. at<BR>PA State H.S. Championship</STRONG></P> <P align=center><STRONG>5/10/97 - Bench = 410 lbs. at <BR>PA State H.S. Championship</STRONG></P> <P align=center><STRONG>Deadlift = 710 lbs. at <BR>A.D.F.P.A. National H.S.<BR>Championships</STRONG></P> <P align=center><STRONG>5/10/97 - Total = 1,850 lbs.<BR>PA State H.S. Championship</STRONG></P> <P>&nbsp;</P>mbination of free weights and machines but not a lot.&nbsp; We did not have scheduled workouts and stretching was not big but it is now.&nbsp; If I had lifted correctly and known what to do back then I might be playing in the WNBA instead of coaching," she said laughing.</P> <P>At Northeastern Illinois, Coach Taylor did not have a formal strength program in her first year.&nbsp; "We didn't do Squats and Cleans but then I got a strength coach, Ed Lopez, who had a track background.&nbsp; We did Squats and Cleans from that point.&nbsp; Coach Lopez knew what to do."</P> <P>"If I were a high school coach," affirmed Coach Taylor, "I would start my players in the 7th grade.&nbsp; When people think that weights will ruin your touch, I tell them that's a myth.&nbsp; As far as losing your femininity, I believe that is changing.&nbsp; That too is a myth.&nbsp; Things are changing through education.&nbsp; Fitness is in.&nbsp;