Top Prep Moments of the 2010 Decade (No. 11): Hoisting History

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Reluctant weightlifter Mimi Ho became first Putnam County girl to win state title

  • To this day, Palatka High graduate Mimi Ho is the only Putnam County girls weightlifter to win a state championship, doing it twice at the 101-pound division. (Daily News file photo)
    To this day, Palatka High graduate Mimi Ho is the only Putnam County girls weightlifter to win a state championship, doing it twice at the 101-pound division. (Daily News file photo)
When Mimi Ho set out to make Putnam County history, she did it with authority. OK, she wasn’t really looking to do so for the historical point. She was looking to go after a state championship in a…

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