Diann Smothers, Northeastern librarian and strongwoman competitor, dead lifts during a strongwoman competition.Media Credit: PHOTO COURTESY/JON MAUL
Diann Smothers, Northeastern librarian and strongwoman competitor, dead lifts during a strongwoman competition.

By day, Diann Smothers works as “The Mighty Librarian,” a research and instruction business librarian who not only works at the reference desk in Snell Library, but along with 13 other research and instruction librarians, teaches 10,000 students a year.

By night, she assumes the identity of “The Mighty Neutron,” a name she calls herself when training for strongwoman competitions. She can press 100 pounds over her head, dead lift 245 pounds and pull a dump truck weighing 25,000 to 30,000 pounds….
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