The Maryland Powerlifting Report 2/25/08
The Arnold Sports Festival:
Later this week, the USAPL will make its debut at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH. Four different events will be competed; the GNC Pro Performance Deadlift Challenge, the IPF Titan Pro Bench Bash, the USA Powerlifting Raw Challenge and the Quest American Invitational.
Maryland's Matt Gary will be coaching lifters from the Mid West Region who will be competing in the Quest American Invitational. Matt sends the following:
Next weekend the USAPL takes over the powerlifting portion of the Arnold Classic. Sherman Ledford has done an amazing job with the Quest American Invitational. The team format will match some of the best lifters from around the country competing against one another by Wilks Score.
The Midwest Region has six team members with WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP experience.
Here's what I'm talkin' about:
Name BW Class Division Total Wilks
1 Marcus Williams 67.5 <>
2 Wade Hooper 75 Open 857.5 611
3 David Hammers 75 <>
4 Tyson Greene 90 <>
5 Jeff Douglas 110 Master 907.5 535.27
6 Tony Cardella 125 Open 1018 580
7 Greg Wagner 125 Open 942.5 537
8 Jeff Lewis 125+ Open 1040 553.07
Leading off...we have up and coming lifters Marcus Williams, David Hammers, and Tyson Greene. These guys are starting to make some serious noise and if you don't them by now, everyone will by next Saturday. Wade Hooper needs no introduction. The question is more like, "What hasn't this guy done?" He's a multi-time IPF World Champion with a 766-pound squat. For all of you that think Jeff Douglas doesn't have anything left in the tank, you're wrong. Jeff's not the least bit complacent and has been putting up huge numbers for as long as I can remember. How's this for a 1-2 punch? Tony Cardella is the current IPF World Champion at 275 and Greg Wagner has been his runner-up for several years. And last, but certainly not least, we've got one of the biggest and baddest men on the planet in Jeff Lewis.
These guys are gonna make my job easy. I’m not sweatin’ too much. I may just sit back and coach from my recliner.
Best wishes to ALL the USAPL competitors at the Arnold Classic. It's gonna be huge!
Coach Matt Gary - Midwest Region
Local News:
John Shifflett (VA State Chairman- USAPL/100% RAW) announced the following at the Virginia Powerlifting message board:
The meet in Leesburg is a go! The 100% Raw Freedom USA will take place at Golds Gym on June 28. The meet will be single lifts Bench Press, Deadlift and Strict Curls. Awards will be sculptured Bulldogs by Carl Seeker they weigh close to 20 pounds each. Make your plans to be there.
To print an entry form, click here.
Results:
February 2- APA Battle of the Bad- Florence, SC; click here.
February 16- Delaware Iron Fest- Rehobeth, DE; click here.
ADAU News:
Last Thursday (2/21/08), the new date for the Single Lift Nationals was noted as July 28. It should have read July 26. The correct date was entered on the calendar.
USAPL News:
2008 Women's World Team:
Michele Van Dusen 48
Sioux-z Hartwig-Gary 52
Ashley Matherne 56
Jennifer Thompson 60
Priscilla Ribic 67.5
Daliann James 75
Liane Blyn 82.5
Bonica Brown 90
Jessica O'Donnell 90+
Women's World Team Alternates:
1 DISA HATFIELD 75
2 JILL ARNOW 90
3 HARRIETT HALL UNL
4 JENNIFER PERRY 60
5 VANESSA GAUTHIER 90
6 VALERIE BAXTER 90
7 KATEY DODGE 90
8 Jayna Vande Voort 52
9 JANEL BROWN 56
10 ROWENA LOPEZ 56
12 PAULA HOUSTON 67.5
11 JENNIFER GAUDREAU 60
13 RHONDA CLARK 75
14 LAURA STYRLUND 75
15 MALINDA BAUM 82.5
16 CYDNEY "CI CI" SMITH 75
17 KENDRA MILLER 56
18 KELLI LAMBERT 75
19 RITA CARLSSON 60
20 SUE HALLEN UNL
21 STEPHANIE BYROM 48
22 DONNA MARTS 67.5
23 REBEKAH LAIR 75
24 MICHELLE SORA 82.5
25 JANE LARSEN-WELBORN 67.5
26 RUTH WELDING 67.5
To review complete statisitics, click here.
Arnold Sports Competitor Registration & Information; important information for athletes participating in the Arnold sports Festival. Click here.
Website- Collegiate Nationals; April 11-13, Denver, CO.
USPF News:
Photos from the American Cup can be viewed here and here.
Fit Expo/American Cup Review; by Brent Miksell. Click here.
Nominations are being accepted for the Hall of Fame. To place a name in nomination for the Class of 2008, contact Courtney Stanley. To view the list of candidates, click here.
WPF News:
Russia and Canada to join the WPF? According to a report at the USPF website:
For one the WPF is in preliminary discussions with Russia. The Russian Federation has 1500 lifters! Erik Butzelaar and Courtney Stanley are presently in contact with Yuri Ustinov President of the Russian Team.
Also Canada is discussing possible WPF Affiliation. in concert with the Canada vs. Iceland event this year!
Jani Mutomaki from Finland will compete for Iceland in 2008 and there are discussions about Finland's association with the WPF!.... all very exciting times for our World Affiliate.
Interview with Deadlift Specialist, Dean Nichols:
As told by Tom Isbell of Christian Powerlifters of America (CPOA)
(CPOA)Thank you for allowing me this privilege to interview you Dean. I have had the opportunity to get to know you but others may have not had that that chance. Lets start with telling us about yourself as a powerlifter.
(DN)I have been powerlifting for 24 years but have only been actively competing for the last 2 years. I have competed in the W.N.P.F. for 2 years and have recently competed in the A.P.A. in 2008. I always compete in the raw, drug tested (SHW) class in deadlifting so I guess you could call me a specialist. I got into powerlifting due to my background of weight training for football.
(CPOA)I had no idea that you have been lifting for 24 years! That is pretty impressive. Many of your competitors weren’t even born when you started lifting. Have you always been big and strong and did you compete in any other sports while in high school or college?
(DN) I wasn’t always this big. In high school I was 6”4” at around 220 lbs. And ended up around 320 lbs. In college due to the great food at the training tables there. I competed in football, basketball and track while in high school. I made all state in football and track with several all-star teams while playing for Bassett High School in Bassett Virginia. I played football for 2 years at Ferrum Jr. College for coach Hank Norton. I made several all-star teams and honorable all American Jr. College while there. I played 2 years at the University of Richmond and made a couple of all American honorable mention teams when I played football there. I have always been athletically inclined so I was fortunate enough to be able to play sports in particular football for a good part of my earlier years.
(CPOA)What are your best lifts in competition and do you hold any state, American or World records?
(DN)My best lifts in competition are 761 Lb. Deadlift raw, drug tested without a belt or any supported gear. I was in a bad truck accident a few years ago, which has caused my bench to suffer keeping me out of full meets. I have a world record along with the national record and the South Carolina state record in the open raw shw. Class in the W.N.P.F. and the all time South Carolina deadlift record of 761 lbs. I also hold the national record of 727 lbs. In the open raw shw. 40-44 class. All these lifts are in the drug tested division. I have competed in the A.P.A. and have set several records in this organization in the 341 lb class. They are as follows: 4 state records in the open, open raw, masters 45-49 and masters 45-49 raw. National records are as follows: 45-49 drug tested, 45-49 untested. World records are as follows: raw untested, raw drug tested, 45-49 raw tested and untested, All these records were for the deadlift so I hold 5 state records, 9 national records and 5 world records in various organizations. I am presently working on my squat and bench with hopes of doing some full meets in the future
To read more, click here.
BMF Sports Makes Split with 100% RAW Official, Opens New Message Board:
In opening his new message board, Shawn "Bud" Lyte writes the following:
With the transfer of control of their websites this afternoon, the split from 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation is now complete, five weeks ahead of schedule.
With knowledge of inconsistencies and improprieties within 100% RAW, we will not send any lifters to 100% RAW meets this year. Drug-free is supposed to mean drug-free, without exception. We will not tell lifters they can't or shouldn't lift in that federation, but we will not cover their entry fees for those meets. Lifting in that federation will not affect their sponsorships at all.
As of April 2008, we will officially endorse Jesse Rodgers' SPF and sponsor lifters for those meets. SPF has top-notch, national-level competition, and we can rest assured that our lifters will definitely be fairly judged at their meets. In keeping with my statement of not getting directly involved with another federation, this is not a partnership or working directly with the SPF, so there is no going back on my word or double standard being set.
In light of Spero's support of the Raw Unity Meet, we're considering endorsement of RAW United once we are clear on their relationship with 100% RAW. If it truly is as Spero has explained, we'll start sending our regional lifters to those meets and possibly sponsoring the meets.
BMF Sports' commitment and responsibilities are to our clients, partners, associates and, of course, athletes. Our powerlifting efforts will concentrate upon progressive support of the Raw Unity Powerlifting Championships, and supporting - by way of sponsorships and advertising dollars - those who support Eric's efforts.
We hope these developments will once again allow us the opportunity to work with Sam Byrd and Iron Playground on something progressive and of multi-faceted benefit.
This year in powerlifting is off to a great start and we look forward to the opportunities ahead.
Shawn "Bud" Lyte
BMF Sports
Where's the BMF in you?
http://www.bmfsports.com/
Later this week, the USAPL will make its debut at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, OH. Four different events will be competed; the GNC Pro Performance Deadlift Challenge, the IPF Titan Pro Bench Bash, the USA Powerlifting Raw Challenge and the Quest American Invitational.
Maryland's Matt Gary will be coaching lifters from the Mid West Region who will be competing in the Quest American Invitational. Matt sends the following:
Next weekend the USAPL takes over the powerlifting portion of the Arnold Classic. Sherman Ledford has done an amazing job with the Quest American Invitational. The team format will match some of the best lifters from around the country competing against one another by Wilks Score.
The Midwest Region has six team members with WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP experience.
Here's what I'm talkin' about:
Name BW Class Division Total Wilks
1 Marcus Williams 67.5 <>
2 Wade Hooper 75 Open 857.5 611
3 David Hammers 75 <>
4 Tyson Greene 90 <>
5 Jeff Douglas 110 Master 907.5 535.27
6 Tony Cardella 125 Open 1018 580
7 Greg Wagner 125 Open 942.5 537
8 Jeff Lewis 125+ Open 1040 553.07
Leading off...we have up and coming lifters Marcus Williams, David Hammers, and Tyson Greene. These guys are starting to make some serious noise and if you don't them by now, everyone will by next Saturday. Wade Hooper needs no introduction. The question is more like, "What hasn't this guy done?" He's a multi-time IPF World Champion with a 766-pound squat. For all of you that think Jeff Douglas doesn't have anything left in the tank, you're wrong. Jeff's not the least bit complacent and has been putting up huge numbers for as long as I can remember. How's this for a 1-2 punch? Tony Cardella is the current IPF World Champion at 275 and Greg Wagner has been his runner-up for several years. And last, but certainly not least, we've got one of the biggest and baddest men on the planet in Jeff Lewis.
These guys are gonna make my job easy. I’m not sweatin’ too much. I may just sit back and coach from my recliner.
Best wishes to ALL the USAPL competitors at the Arnold Classic. It's gonna be huge!
Coach Matt Gary - Midwest Region
Local News:
John Shifflett (VA State Chairman- USAPL/100% RAW) announced the following at the Virginia Powerlifting message board:
The meet in Leesburg is a go! The 100% Raw Freedom USA will take place at Golds Gym on June 28. The meet will be single lifts Bench Press, Deadlift and Strict Curls. Awards will be sculptured Bulldogs by Carl Seeker they weigh close to 20 pounds each. Make your plans to be there.
To print an entry form, click here.
Results:
February 2- APA Battle of the Bad- Florence, SC; click here.
February 16- Delaware Iron Fest- Rehobeth, DE; click here.
ADAU News:
Last Thursday (2/21/08), the new date for the Single Lift Nationals was noted as July 28. It should have read July 26. The correct date was entered on the calendar.
USAPL News:
2008 Women's World Team:
Michele Van Dusen 48
Sioux-z Hartwig-Gary 52
Ashley Matherne 56
Jennifer Thompson 60
Priscilla Ribic 67.5
Daliann James 75
Liane Blyn 82.5
Bonica Brown 90
Jessica O'Donnell 90+
Women's World Team Alternates:
1 DISA HATFIELD 75
2 JILL ARNOW 90
3 HARRIETT HALL UNL
4 JENNIFER PERRY 60
5 VANESSA GAUTHIER 90
6 VALERIE BAXTER 90
7 KATEY DODGE 90
8 Jayna Vande Voort 52
9 JANEL BROWN 56
10 ROWENA LOPEZ 56
12 PAULA HOUSTON 67.5
11 JENNIFER GAUDREAU 60
13 RHONDA CLARK 75
14 LAURA STYRLUND 75
15 MALINDA BAUM 82.5
16 CYDNEY "CI CI" SMITH 75
17 KENDRA MILLER 56
18 KELLI LAMBERT 75
19 RITA CARLSSON 60
20 SUE HALLEN UNL
21 STEPHANIE BYROM 48
22 DONNA MARTS 67.5
23 REBEKAH LAIR 75
24 MICHELLE SORA 82.5
25 JANE LARSEN-WELBORN 67.5
26 RUTH WELDING 67.5
To review complete statisitics, click here.
Arnold Sports Competitor Registration & Information; important information for athletes participating in the Arnold sports Festival. Click here.
Website- Collegiate Nationals; April 11-13, Denver, CO.
USPF News:
Photos from the American Cup can be viewed here and here.
Fit Expo/American Cup Review; by Brent Miksell. Click here.
Nominations are being accepted for the Hall of Fame. To place a name in nomination for the Class of 2008, contact Courtney Stanley. To view the list of candidates, click here.
WPF News:
Russia and Canada to join the WPF? According to a report at the USPF website:
For one the WPF is in preliminary discussions with Russia. The Russian Federation has 1500 lifters! Erik Butzelaar and Courtney Stanley are presently in contact with Yuri Ustinov President of the Russian Team.
Also Canada is discussing possible WPF Affiliation. in concert with the Canada vs. Iceland event this year!
Jani Mutomaki from Finland will compete for Iceland in 2008 and there are discussions about Finland's association with the WPF!.... all very exciting times for our World Affiliate.
Interview with Deadlift Specialist, Dean Nichols:
As told by Tom Isbell of Christian Powerlifters of America (CPOA)
(CPOA)Thank you for allowing me this privilege to interview you Dean. I have had the opportunity to get to know you but others may have not had that that chance. Lets start with telling us about yourself as a powerlifter.
(DN)I have been powerlifting for 24 years but have only been actively competing for the last 2 years. I have competed in the W.N.P.F. for 2 years and have recently competed in the A.P.A. in 2008. I always compete in the raw, drug tested (SHW) class in deadlifting so I guess you could call me a specialist. I got into powerlifting due to my background of weight training for football.
(CPOA)I had no idea that you have been lifting for 24 years! That is pretty impressive. Many of your competitors weren’t even born when you started lifting. Have you always been big and strong and did you compete in any other sports while in high school or college?
(DN) I wasn’t always this big. In high school I was 6”4” at around 220 lbs. And ended up around 320 lbs. In college due to the great food at the training tables there. I competed in football, basketball and track while in high school. I made all state in football and track with several all-star teams while playing for Bassett High School in Bassett Virginia. I played football for 2 years at Ferrum Jr. College for coach Hank Norton. I made several all-star teams and honorable all American Jr. College while there. I played 2 years at the University of Richmond and made a couple of all American honorable mention teams when I played football there. I have always been athletically inclined so I was fortunate enough to be able to play sports in particular football for a good part of my earlier years.
(CPOA)What are your best lifts in competition and do you hold any state, American or World records?
(DN)My best lifts in competition are 761 Lb. Deadlift raw, drug tested without a belt or any supported gear. I was in a bad truck accident a few years ago, which has caused my bench to suffer keeping me out of full meets. I have a world record along with the national record and the South Carolina state record in the open raw shw. Class in the W.N.P.F. and the all time South Carolina deadlift record of 761 lbs. I also hold the national record of 727 lbs. In the open raw shw. 40-44 class. All these lifts are in the drug tested division. I have competed in the A.P.A. and have set several records in this organization in the 341 lb class. They are as follows: 4 state records in the open, open raw, masters 45-49 and masters 45-49 raw. National records are as follows: 45-49 drug tested, 45-49 untested. World records are as follows: raw untested, raw drug tested, 45-49 raw tested and untested, All these records were for the deadlift so I hold 5 state records, 9 national records and 5 world records in various organizations. I am presently working on my squat and bench with hopes of doing some full meets in the future
To read more, click here.
BMF Sports Makes Split with 100% RAW Official, Opens New Message Board:
In opening his new message board, Shawn "Bud" Lyte writes the following:
With the transfer of control of their websites this afternoon, the split from 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation is now complete, five weeks ahead of schedule.
With knowledge of inconsistencies and improprieties within 100% RAW, we will not send any lifters to 100% RAW meets this year. Drug-free is supposed to mean drug-free, without exception. We will not tell lifters they can't or shouldn't lift in that federation, but we will not cover their entry fees for those meets. Lifting in that federation will not affect their sponsorships at all.
As of April 2008, we will officially endorse Jesse Rodgers' SPF and sponsor lifters for those meets. SPF has top-notch, national-level competition, and we can rest assured that our lifters will definitely be fairly judged at their meets. In keeping with my statement of not getting directly involved with another federation, this is not a partnership or working directly with the SPF, so there is no going back on my word or double standard being set.
In light of Spero's support of the Raw Unity Meet, we're considering endorsement of RAW United once we are clear on their relationship with 100% RAW. If it truly is as Spero has explained, we'll start sending our regional lifters to those meets and possibly sponsoring the meets.
BMF Sports' commitment and responsibilities are to our clients, partners, associates and, of course, athletes. Our powerlifting efforts will concentrate upon progressive support of the Raw Unity Powerlifting Championships, and supporting - by way of sponsorships and advertising dollars - those who support Eric's efforts.
We hope these developments will once again allow us the opportunity to work with Sam Byrd and Iron Playground on something progressive and of multi-faceted benefit.
This year in powerlifting is off to a great start and we look forward to the opportunities ahead.
Shawn "Bud" Lyte
BMF Sports
Where's the BMF in you?
http://www.bmfsports.com/
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