ABOUT: It's always interesting to see which North Carolina lifters post the top bench, curl and total every year in 100% RAW. The 2025 write up is posted, but there are sure to be mistakes. This website also has the top 5 as well as top lifters from every year.
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TOP LIFTERS (2025)
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WOMEN:
(105): It was a clean sweep at 105 as Logan White of Currituck high school would post the top total for the second consecutive year AND Logan would post the top bench and the top curl for the first time.
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(114/123): I am combining 114 and 123 as Allison Freeman would post the top bench, the top curl AND the top total in both weight classes. Allison would go one step further as she would ALSO post the top curl at 132. Allison has now been ranked #1 in the state for bench, six times, #1 in the state for powerlifting, six times and #1 in the state for curl, ten times. Although Allison hasn't made the all-time list in the bench or powerlifting (she should make it EASILY next year), Allison is #3 on the all-time list in the curl. Fun note, Allison trains at Fitness Warehouse, The Jarvisburg Church of Christ AND with the Garage Gang.
(132): As already stated, Allison Freeman posted the top curl at 132, but in the bench, it was Taylor Clarke who would post the top lift for the second year in a row and in powerlifting it was also Taylor Clarke who would post the top total for the second consecutive year.
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(148): Sofia Corridean has quietly been racking up a lot of wins over the years. In 2025, Sofia would post the top total for the fourth time AND Sofia would post the top bench for the first time. Great job Sofia. In the curl it was the legend, Krystal Brown. Krystal Brown is a 6x world champion in the curl, BUT Krystal only moved to North Carolina last year. Last year Krystal was ranked #1 in the state, and this year Krystal Brown was once again ranked #1 in the state; Krystal is two for two.
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(181): The 181 class had two world class lifters, but only one can be #1. In powerlifting it was Madison Berry who would post the top total for the third time and she's only a freshman in high school!!! Mona Espinosa is a legend AND she recently moved to North Carolina. In Mona's first year of living in our state, she posted the top bench at 181. Great job Mona. Now things get interested. This year Mona Espinosa won her fourth world title in the curl, beating Madison in the process, BUT earlier in the year Maidson posted a higher curl so in the end Mona is your 2025 world curl champion, BUT it was Madison Berry who would end the year ranked #1 in the curl for 2025.
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(181+): Anyone who follows 100% RAW locally or nationally, knows that Mackenzie Grace Taylor is one of the best, ever. In 2025 Mackenzie would post the top curl for the 7th time which places Mackenzie at (#6) on the all-time list. Mackenzie would post the top bench for the 12th time which places her at (#2) on the all-time list AND Mackenzie would post the top total for the 12th time which ALSO puts Mackenzie at (#2) on the all-time list. Mackenzie is still a teenager and yet her results are some of the best EVER!!!
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(114) At 114 Gavin Pearson posted the top total for the first time and Gavin also posted the top bench for the first time. In the curl it was another first-time winner with Dominic Sarafis taking the top spot.
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(123) If you want to win a state title at 123, you better up that Carter Kincaid isn't competing. Carter would post the top total for the third time in two years (multiple weight classes in the same year allow that to work) AND Carter would also post the top bench for the third time in three years.
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(132) Jeremiah Skinner stepped up to the 132 class and posted the top total for the second time. The legend, John Ammons, posted the top curl for the 13th time which places John at (#2) on the all-time list for curl titles won. Finally, we had Kejajuan Collington who posted the #1 bench for the second time, but more impressive, Kejajuan's 325-pound bench was higher than the top bench at 148, 165 AND 181!!! Wow. Kejauan is a BEAST!!!
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(148) Always, always weird talking about yourself, but Ben Zak posted the top bench, curl and total at 148. Shout out to the JCC lifters who ALWAYS push me to be stronger.
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(165/181) I am combining these two weight classes as the same lifter dominated both. Ethan Binckley would post the top total, the top bench AND the top curl at 165 and 181, so Ethan dominated not one, but two weight classes. Ethan has been ranked #1 in the bench three times, #1 in the total four times and in the curl, Ethan has been ranked #1 eight times which places Ethan at (#4) on the all-time curl list. Ethan is also a 3x world champion in the curl. ​
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(198) The top total at 198 was 1,591 set back in 1997, 28 years later the total was finally broken, smashed really, by Ryan Kiecker. Ryan would post an insane 1,685-pound total. Ryan would also post the top bench at 198. In the curl it was Dalton "Cort Nugget" Fazio who would post the top lift for the third time in his young career.
(220) Ryan Kicker decided that winning the 198 class wasn't enough, Ryan came back and totaled 1,709 in the 220 class which was easily enough to earn Ryan top honors in both weight classes. In the bench master lifter Anthony Banner must have been hitting the weights extra hard as he would bench 405 pounds for top honors. This was the third time that Anthony has been ranked #1 in the bench. I think that this weight classes was the most talented from top to bottom of ALL the weight classes, men or women. Why? Well after Ryan and Anthony you end with 9x world champion (that's a world record in itself) John Cooper posting a 214-pound curl which means that John Cooper has been ranked #1 in the state 19 times which is another record. No other lifter has been ranked #1 in any category more than 13 times. GOAT curler in North Carolina, without a doubt, John Cooper.
(242) At 242 we saw Austin Brown break through and post the top total of the year. If we can keep Austin in the gym, we can expect even bigger things from Austin in 2026. In the bench Rickie Dozier just keeps adding bench title after bench title. In 2025, Rickie would earn the #1 ranking in the bench for the fifth time and Rickie would also post the top curl for the second time.
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(275) At 275 Paul Bossi would post the top curl for the third time, but more important, Paul would post the top bench for 14th time. Paul is alone at #1 on the all-time bench list!!! Posting the top total at 275 was Daniel Corridean.
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(275+) The top curl in the final weight class was Caden Dougan who posted a huge 196 curl to take the #1 ranking for the first time. With a curl like Caden's I don't think it will be the last time. THE BEST FOR LAST!!! Daniel Corridean has more powerlifting world title (9) than ANY OTHER lifter in 100% RAW. Is that enough? I guess not. This year Dan wasn't content to post the top total at 275, he also posted the top total at 275+ which means that Dan Corridean has now been ranked #1 in NC 13 times. Dan also posted the top bench for the third time. WOW!!! YOUR POWERLIFTING GOAT....DAN CORRIDEAN!!!
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GREAT JOB: To all the lifters who made the list, job well done. There were a lot of lifters who were VERY close to making the list, so job well done by them as well.
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