Bench Press decathlon

May 3, 2023 KCSTRONGMAN

By Bill Clark

The Second Annual Bench Press Decathlon drew a crowd of 16 USAWA/IAWA lifters from three countries and five states – 10 in person and six remote (two sending videos) in the first hybrid competition in the USAWA – and a forerunner (we all hope) of the way things will be in the near future.

Tony Hose successfully defended his title, slipping past Dave Beversdorf for the second year in a row.

Sylvia Stockall-Douglas of Victoria, British Columbia, took the women’s title (via video), edging past two Coloradoans – R.J. Jackson and Kim Van Wagner.

It was good seeing Joe Garcia back in competition after a 16-month battle with covid-19 and the severe after-effects. He finished one spot above Ol’ Clark, who wound up in 13^th spot – and happy to make a total.

Wyatt Sawyers made the drive from Tulsa for the second time in six weeks and brought along a former collegiate diver from the University of West Virginia, 28-year-old Logan McHenry, who had a day-long battle before losing to 22-year-old Nick Frieders by a slim 17 ½ points.

A new name to consider is Jeff Wenzil, a member of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, who was a loader in this meet a year ago. Jeff came in third behind his mentor, Dave Beversdorf.

The women’s competition was interesting – three lifters aged 55 and above.

The winner, Sylvia Stockall-Douglas, a 65-year-old from Victoria, British Columbia (that’s on Vancouver Island), actually lost one of her lifts to video when she failed to reach parallel in the Roman Chair bench, but still finished just ahead of two Colorado lifters – R.J. Jackson and Kim Van Wagner. Jackson is 61 and Van Wagner is a mere child at 55.

As a sidebar to this meet were a couple of comments that were welcomed by the meet director. Both Wyatt Sawyers and Phil Marlin voiced the same words: “I’m glad I found the USAWA.” Both lifted in the Zercher Strength Classic and both made special trips to Columbia prior to the Zercher meet to do a full run-through of those 13 lifts before entering the competition.

Marlin will miss the USAWA Nationals in June. He will be in New Delhi, India, on a church mission assignment, but plans to be on hand for the Deadlift Dozen in the fall.

Sawyers, who manages a Crossfit gym in Tulsa and competes in Crossfit, plans to be at the Nationals and hopes to be leading a new club in Tulsa. FYI – many of the lifts done in Crossfit are USAWA lifts and Crossfit uses the USAWA rules for those lifts.

From the point of view of this co-founder of the IAWA, I was moved by the mood of the 10 lifters who came together in Clark’s Gym, loading, officiating, coaching, and cheerleading as a team. We ran off almost 300 lifts in just over three hours – on one bench – a good warm -up for Ol’ Clark as he looks ahead at the Nationals in late June.

Next up on the Clark’s Gym agenda is the Diamond Jubilee – open only to those who have celebrated their 75^th birthday anniversary.

Officials were Tiny Lupo, Dave DeForest and Bill Clark.

Results are as follows (Lifters marked with an asterisk (*) are not eligible for records for this meet:

Name	age	bwt	Bench press		bench press	bench press	Bench press
			alternate grip		feet in air	hands together	one arm left

Tony Hose	54	226	275		315	225	135
Dave Beversdorf	57	306	335		315	225	140
Jeff Wenzil	48	222	225		275	235	115
Wyatt Sawyers	26	164	205		275	185	90
Phil Marlin	27	283	275		275	225	110
Tony Lupo	57	238	205		275	205	80
Nick Frieders	22	158	155		185	155	55
Logan McHenry	28	164	170		185	145	75
Dave DeForest	63	195	175		185	140	60
*Tony Cook	86	178	121		121	121	55
*Randy Smith	67	194	155		175	135	65
*Joe Garcia	69	201	135		135	115	55
Bill Clark	90	201	55		65	55	20



Name	Bench press		Bench press		Bench press	Bench press
	one arm right		Reverse grip		Roman Chair	Classic
Tony Hose	135		275		80	305
Dave Beversdorf	135		315		45	365
Jeff Wenzil	105		225		135	275
Wyatt Sawyers	85		205		135	290
Phil Marlin	110		275		135	335
Tony Lupo	55		240		80	290
Nick Frieders	55		170		80	200
Logan McHenry	75		175		105	185
Dave DeForest	65		185		55	185
*Tony Cook	44		138		0	127
*Randy Smith	65		155		75	175
*Joe Garcia	55		135		0	180
Bill Clark	22		55		22	65




Name	Reg Park Lift		Rampage		Total	Adjusted total

Tony Hose	270		72 rep x 95 lbs.		8855	8472.83
			6840 lbs.
Dave Beversdorf	270		75 reps with 100lbs.		9645	8185.25
			7,500 lbs.
Jeff Wenzil	210		65 reps with 90 lbs.		7750	7114.48
			5,850	lbs.
Wyatt Sawyers	200		54 reps with 90 lbs.		6530	5917.49
			4,860	lbs.
Phil Marlin	270		53 reps with 100 lbs.		7280	5451.99
			5,300 lbs.
Tony Lupo	120		80 reps with 50 lbs.		5585	5348.69
			4,000 lbs.
Nick Frieders	140	*	80 reps with 50 lbs.		5195	5331.11
335			4,000lbs.
Logan McHenry	150	*	52 reps with n75 lbs.		5,160	5l68.77
			3,900 lbs.
Dave DeForest	130		61 rep with 55 lbs.		4,530	5088.17
			3,355 lbs.
*Tony Cook	110		20 reps with 35 lbs.		2,378	4049.43
			1,540 lbs.
*Randy Smith	130		63 reps with 45 lbs.		3965	3602.06
			2,835	lbs.
	0		30 reps with 50 lbs.		2350	2779.51
			1,500 lbs.
Bill Clark	40		26 reps with 30 lbs.		1179	2369.98
			780 lbs.

WOMEN			Bench	bench	Bench Hand	Bench
			alternate	Feet Up	together	1-hand left
	age	bwt
*Sylvia Stockall-Douglas	65	164.5	65	135	105	35
*R.J. Jackson, Colorado	61	103.1	95	95	81	39
*Kim Van Wagner, Colorado	55	129.8	90	100	75	35



	Bench		bench	Bench	Bench		e
	1-hand – rt		reverse	classic	Roman Chaiur
*Sylvia Stockall-Douglas	35		65	160	55
*R.J. Jackson	39		95	95	85
*Kim Van Wagner	35		35	105	45
					Adjusted
	Reg Park		Rampage	Total	Total
*Sykvia Stocxkall-Douglas	0		48 reps with 45 lb.	2,715	3,504.03
			2160 lbs.
*R.J. Jackson	68		46 reps with 29 lb.	2026	3334.6
			1,334 lbs.
*Kim Van Wagner	90		16 reps with 65 lbs.	1705	3210.3
			1,040 lbs.

Successful fourth attempts for record

Reg Park bench:

Nick Frieders –

150

Logan McHenry

160

RECORD DAY

Dave DeForest

age – 63

bwt – 195

Deadlift- Ciavattone

365

Deadlift -two dumbbells –

335

Snatch – dumbbell left

Jackson press

122

Bench press – Fulton Bar – 185.

185

Official for record day – Bill Clark