Robert O. Gets USAPL American record that exceeds the WORLD Record !!!
212.5 KILOS -- 468 LBS ---
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Saturday October 25th in Lynden Washington at the fabulous Homestead Golf and country club Liz Willett put on the 2nd annual Fall Classic --3 USAPL national judges were there to verify any American Records set I recognized Mike Mooney from Oregon -Roger Silva and Kevin Stewart in the judging chairs and Ron Tidmarsh a great lifter in the old ADFPA as the man at the microphone...The meet was small but quality thru and thru Liz went to great lengths to provide a great platform and equipment and surprise copies of POWERLIFTING USA in our lifters package..
Best lifter was Roger Hendrix who always absolutely astounds me...
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"Roger gave 700 lbs a ride on this day"
" Hey man thats 720 pounds you spot him..no YOU spot him
...No Man YOU spot him.."
" Roger decided to lift the entire EARTH
but forgot he was standing on it.."
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My helpers and heavy bench day training partners were there, Bruce Everett and Nancy Carpenter I'd be 'benchin Diddley' without them ...Nancy did a rocket fast and easy 143 pounds for the gold in the womens masters (adding 5 KGS to her Alki lift with ability to put another 10 on )-- she got one of the biggest rounds of applause at trophy time..
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USAPL National Champion and one of the most outstanding lifters in the World Liz Willett (squats 616 benches 402-deads 501 ) put on a beautiful contest for the lifters again this year !
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"I dont thinks he's wearing any pants"
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With the Classic Darigold COW logo on the wall behind us --I quipped we should change the name of the meet to "The Mad Cow Open" next year--altho we got some laffs with that I think it'll stay Homestead for awhile...
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"Lea Foreman America's top Olympic style lifter went after the great Priscilla Ribic's records and had no luck at this contest..on one squat attempt she fell and the was a fear in the crowd that she was severely hurt ..luckily she came back up and continued her squat efforts...getting in one huge attempt !"
Sammi Lee Chow lifted beautifully and took home top honors in the womens category as best lifter...She's back in great shape after just giving birth to a son........here she proves it "feels good" to squat deep..
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"Sammi proves that Titan FURY shirts
aren't just for guys anymore"
"Lift into the Light Sammi
.....lens flare or cosmic energy???"
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Paula Houston was fantastic at this meet as always
--here, her spotter says the magic Halloween words
.."OOGA BOOGA-- UP !! UP!!!"
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Paula Houston does a perfect Deadlift
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Steadman was best master lifter at Alki --but missed his 210 Kg lift on this day--But had a nice Opener to get some gold today ..Oprah stayed home...drat...
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I hope everyone attends next years event as Liz and Her associates put on exemplary contests with fun, spirit and great sportmanship!!
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The 2003 IPF World master championships were held October 8th -12th In Regina Saskatchewan Canada.
It was my honor to stand atop the podium with 4 gold medals in the masters 3 superheavyweight class !
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| As any lifter will tell you, hearing your National Anthem play when winning gold in the IPF Worlds is the thrill of a lifetime...And one that has taken me my entire career to achieve. I was also happy to top my own 3 lift World Record in the Bench Press by 15 Kilos --to 205 Kgs= 452 lbs
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--I did achieve a 462 pound lift but it was turned down by judges 2 to 1 for insufficient pause at the chest...I have lifted this in competition before and will top it soon-- I now see 500 lbs in the bench as a reasonable goal in the near future.
My opponent Dr. Donn Martin was the favorite going into the meet with a posted nomination total of 652 KGS
Donn Is a huge man weighing 310 lbs and is so tall when standing on the 2nd step of the podium he's as tall as me standing at the top step...
He was going to do an unusual thing and jump 100 pounds per lift--example-- open in deadlift @400--2nd 500-3rd 600 --he planned that all the way thru the 3 lifts --It didnt quite work out for him that way when he managed to miss many of his 3rd tries --leaving him with a 477 KG total--silver medals this time out for Donn, he was 5th in 1995
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"Santa Clonce"
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see pictures of all the competitors in these photos compiled by
Mike Armstrong 3 pages of exciting photos
-source-
Inland Audio Visual 2501-7th Ave. Regina Sask. S4R-1C7
--meet videos there too.
Daily numbers (results and attempts)
Here:
This contest was one perfectly done event-- the compliments to Jeff Butt and Wayne Cormier and their crew have been many as have the compliments to the fantastic spotters and loaders --statisticians -coaches and sponsors...I'm sure the entire World powerlifting community will remember this event for many years to come..Wonderful job one and all !!
Highlights :
Mike Bridges comeback and astonishing lifting
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| Harriet Hall's Lifting
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--Tom Nicholls sensational performance- and the audience power behind his 3rd attempt Bench press --This tight battle between Tom and the fantastic Jeff Douglas was one of the greatest lifting events I've ever witnessed !
Johnny Graham lifted magnificently and coached the USA team to a great victory !
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There was so much talent in this event no article or report will quite do it justice and the space here cannot begin to touch on all the high points some personal memory blasters for me will be :
Meeting the Amazing Ernie Surrell --Great lifter ! --fantastic-funny human being !
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Getting to Re-unite with Al and Brenda Siegel who I hadn't chatted with for years ! great folks Al is now a category 1 Judge and Brenda did a great job announcing on Sunday
Also watching fine B.C. performances from Pat Ling 2nd place !! and Bob Hindley getting Bronze across the board in the 165's --Tony Tomra lifted sensationally ! and I was happy to be able to see Grant Armour lift in his impeccable style --And one of my main influences in powerlifting Richard Nowazek put on a fine perfomance at this contest as well --Very proud of all my teamates in the BCPA ..
Thanks to Bert Merriman who was my coach and 'calmer downer' and to Dennis Dickau and Jason Duclos who helped me perfectly in one the fastest meets I've ever--pant-pant--gasp--been in ! (6 people per flight--lift --un wrap--LIFT AGAIN ! )
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