Shreveport Mudbugs host fundraiser to help power lifting team travel to Las Vegas Jets Barbell Powerlifting Team (Source: KSLA) By Kenley Hargett | May 14, 2021 at 8:32 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 10:47 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - On the weekend of May 14, the Shreveport Mudbugs are hosting a fundraiser to help the Jets Barbell Powerlifting Team.
The team is a group of special-needs athletes who are trying to attend the World Championship AAU Power Lifting Meet in Las Vegas. The meet takes place from August 20-22 and they would go against 23 teams from across the world.
Mudbugs helping special-needs team head to meet
reporter: 17-year-old mikey mcquaid. his mother and father are co-founders of the team. coach mike mcquaid sr., welcoming a new team member. for them to be a part of a team is unbelievable. reporter: they wanted to give their son and others just like him a chance to swim free. the goal is to get the kids in the water, let the parents know these kids can do something. that s a big thing for us, because a lot of these kids don t have friends there you go. swim. coaching a special needs team versus a regular swim team, it s night and day. every kid in the pool is different. reporter: it s paid off for his son. underwater, i swim like a fish, really fast and all. reporter: the hammerheads