In a sport dominated by men in Guyana, Dawn Mc Cammon-Barker has set out to prove that she can powerlift just the same, setting a standard that has never been achieved by any other woman in Guyana in the sport.
The Lindener was the first Guyanese woman to squat 400 pounds back in 2006 when she first entered the sport; she also quit in that year to focus on studies where she is reading for a Degree in Nursery Education at the University of Guyana. However, her passion and love for the sport drove her to return last year, further lifting the bar, no pun intended, for excellence and she created more history by squatting over 500 pounds.
This feat was achieved at the 5th IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting and Benchpress Championships in the Cayman Islands last month. The 30-year-old en
