JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================GK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?jB@'W\Smjѫ 0Gnԛ%s^P ס'T[$v/۝8zu4sB:{cGV(ݓ{իΆYPO=ޤGYr{ˊP5 ojA[{xc'~?;z(^i,v\I=~Ym] p 6$vaȫ3:Z7ZThI'>qǡ-Geʥ!#ұSm[Ė3%8;P q]gczT-WDw]COhv9\bnTBoYnK{2m2F+^_A.Jssp  b$ qZuo2 f01=Oj5{&= YЩ* <W.otS)+g Ǧ+:Le#a! \j$F9O՚LD`d8GP?>ƋC]7sb ҦVFD4}Z m<@ylʲS+CEd0q̎9Q@h:|ݾ/R(#>EQEights aside to pursue other sports, his most favorites being baseball and basketball. That phase didn't last long. Casey couldn't get the touch of steel out of his head, and soon he was headed back to the gym, with his father's full support, to experience the sport of Olympic weightlifting. <br>At his first competition, Casey at age 12, weighing 100 pounds soaking wet, lifted 66 pounds in the Snatch and 88 pounds in the Clean and Jerk. By age 13 he was starting to attract attention in the iron game, lifting 176 and 220 while weighing 154 pounds. The following year he added 14 more pounds of muscle and his personal records increased to 220 and 264. By age 15 he was weighing 187 with bests of 275 and 325, poundages that confirmed Casey Burgener's status as one of America's brightest stars.<br>This year Casey, hohad bulked up to 209 pounds, wanted to make a strong impression at the National Juniors. Unfortunately, the week before the competition he had a bout with the flu that caused him to drop nine pounds of bodyweight, mostly muscle. Nevertheless, Casey started the snatch competition with a good lift of 276 pounds, and followed that with successes at 287 and a personal record 298.  I was p