Case Western Reserve University health sciences students blew off some steam at the Medicine in Motion inaugural deadlift competition. Frances Payne Bolton student Belinda Chen pulled 275 lbs. (more than twice her body weight) to take first place in the women’s category. School of Medicine student Justin Mendoza took the top spot in the men’s category pulling 500 lbs. (more than three times his body weight). Other placing participants include nursing students Dana Konf and Trenton Vincent
and medical school student Josh Wiener.
Medicine in Motion is a grad-student-run organization that aims to build interdisciplinary community through fitness and philanthropy.