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Postal Championships

By Denny Habecker

2019 USAWA POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

We had a very good turnout for the 2019  Postal Championships, with 15 men and 5 woman competing. We also had some of our youngest lifters ever take part. John Strangeway was our men’s champion and R.J. Jackson was our women’s champion.

MEET RESULTS:

2019 USAWA Postal Championships

October 1st ,2019 to December 31st, 2019

Meet Promoter: Denny Habecker

The Lifts: Press- Dumbbell, One Arm, Deadlift- 2 Dumbbells, Push Press- From Rack

Men’s Division

Name                   Age  BWT                                Total    Points

John Strangeway – 41 – 207 –  105 -L  – 480 – 230   – 815  – 728.71

Al Myers             – 53 – 232 –   80 – R  – 475 – 150   – 705  – 662.81

Greg Cook          – 62 – 255  –  55 – R  – 440  – 185  – 680 – 657.57

Eric Todd            – 44 – 252  – 120 – R – 350  – 270  – 740  – 614.14

Dave Glasgow    – 66  – 250  – 75  – L  – 350  – 170  – 595  – 599.60

Barry Bryan       – 61  – 187  – 77  – R  – 308  – 143  – 528  – 598.23

Mike Lucht         – 37  – 236 – 101 – R  – 380  – 250  – 731  – 597.59

Denny Habecker – 77  – 184 –  61 – R   – 254  – 110  – 425  – 549.43

Barry Pensyl       – 71  – 150 – 40  – R   – 240  – 87    – 367  – 516.02

Chris Todd          – 40  – 269 – 70  – L   – 340   – 200  – 610  – 471.37

LaVerne Myers    – 75  – 228 – 30 – L    – 280   – 70    – 380  – 464.86

Nikolai Lucht       – 7   –  61   – 15 – R   – 80     – 35    – 130  – 448.64

Dean Ross          – 77  – 232  – 35 – L   – 200    – 75    – 310 – 386.04

Lance Foster       – 54  – 346  – 50 – R   – 280    – 135  – 465 – 363.52

Leroy Todd          – 8   – 68    – 10 – R   – 70      – 25    – 105 – 316.05

Women’s Division

R.J. Jackson        58    – 106  – 35 – R   – 160    – 90    – 285  – 471.38

Sylvia Stockall     61    – 140  – 45 -R    – 190    – 100  – 335  – 456.19

Lynda I Burns      45    – 175  – 35 – L    – 180   – 100  –  315  – 325.15

Phoebe Todd        9      – 88   – 13 – R    –  70    – 30    –  113  – 249.79

Crystal Diggs      33     – 163  – 20 – R    – 80     – 45     – 145  – 146.34

Lifters With a Certified Official:

John Strangeway-  Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Al Myers             – Laverne Myers
Greg Cook          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Eric Todd            – Lance Foster, John Strangeway
Dave Glasgow     – Laverne Myers
Barry Bryan         – Denny Habecker
Mike Lucht          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Denny Habecker  – Barry Bryan
Chris Todd          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Laverne Myers    – Al Myers
Nikolia Lucht       – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Dean Ross          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Lance Foster       – Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Leroy Todd         – Eric Todd, Lance Foster
Phoebe Todd       – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Crystal Diggs      – R.J. Jackson

Lifters without Certified Officials :

Barry Pensyl
R.J. Jackson
Sylvia Stockall
Lynda I. Burns

Notes: All weights are recorded in pounds- Total is pounds lifted. Points are adjusted points corrected for bodyweight and age.

Anderson Winter RB

By Christopher Lestan

ANDERSON WINTER CLASSIC RECORD BREAKERS

Meet Recap:

What a meet that was filled with excitement, heavy lifts, and an excellent atmosphere. We had the competition held at the Athletic Republic which is where I used to work and my former boss gave us a great rate that allowed us to test the waters in holding a meet in the facility. We had 14 lifters. We originally had 15 lifters, unfortunately, I had to pull out of the meet due to tearing my bicep 2 weeks before.  However, it was still a great show! We had 10 men and 4 women participate in the lifting.

The first lift of the day was the Anderson Squat. This was a show stopper. In the women division newcomer, Ani Kaleshian squatted 500 pounds on her third attempt making it look like a second attempt. Then we had Sarah Gibbons put up a beautifully executed 400-pound squat! Then, of course, we had Frank nieces who both put up massive numbers for their age and as usual became the stars of the meet with everyone coming by to support them!

In the men’s division, we had a long battle of who could lift the most. In the lower weight class, we had Raj Dasrath at 135 pounds squatting 620 pounds! Everyone was shocked by the display of strength which was soon followed by applause. Then we had Zach, and Travis all lift 500 like nothing. Next Carter Fisher, the young bull in the competition, comes out of the left field and squats 700 pounds easy! After seeing this Shane Blass shouts “I want that weight” and then walks over to the barbell to lift it with tremendous power. Again applause was followed. Zach comes to the squat rack to squat 600 pounds to hold his own ground. Longtime USAWA member Mark Raymond also displayed massive strength with his 275 squat and Frank Ciavatonne with 225!

As usual Frank has been instrumental in helping me organize these meets!

As usual Frank has been instrumental in helping me organize these meets!

The second lift of the day was the Ciavatonne Deadlift. Multiple people displayed their grip strength as well as power here as well. In the women’s division, we had Ani come again and lift 285! Then we had the girls Natalie, and Olivia pick up the weight just like their uncle Frank… WITH EASE!! Sarah made 205 like nothing displaying her grip strength.

In the men’s division, everyone was showing their power with the deadlift! Mark Raymond was able to pull 300 with more in the tank. We had Zach with a massive 430-pound deadlift and two attempts at the national record in which both he had at the top but couldn’t hold it! He definitely has it at this year’s nationals! The young stallion Ryan Bingham pulled a 440-pound deadlift to end the event, and he still had more in him!

Fellow Umass Powerlifting teammates Ani, Raj, Carter, and Travis!

Fellow Umass Powerlifting teammates Ani, Raj, Carter, and Travis!

The last event of the day we had the Clean and Press. As usual Frank’s nieces displayed their ability to lift anything with a 40 and 45 pound clean and press! Rising star of the meet Ani showed her ability her upper body power with a 120 clean and press! Then we had Zach and his brother display their beautiful technique and press with Mahmud with an easy 165 and Zach with 185! Shane Blass was impressive moving 165 as it was nothing! Carter Fisher who refused to be not behind them attempted a 165 pound clean and press which was successful!

It was a great meet! Filled with a competitive atmosphere that couldn’t be rivaled. The best part about these local meets is the ability to display the beauty of what this sport brings! Between lifts, every lifter was being social, making new friends and acquaintances. Everyone was cheering on each other, and helping with loading the weights.

The audience was amazing. We had close to 20-25 spectators with all of them cheering and being entertained by the displays of strength. My former boss Jason even came by and started cheering.

Big congrats on Carter Fisher winning BEST OVERALL LIFTER in his first meet with USAWA. He was followed close behind by Raj Dasrath! One lift gone bad or good would have turned the whole placing of the top two. Big Congrats on Sarah being the Open winner, and Ani being the Junior Winner. I really hope to see these two in the future at another meet!

Anderson Classic Group

MEET RESULTS:

Anderson Winter Classic
December 28th, 2019
Norwood, Massachusetts

Meet Director: Christopher Lestan

Host: Athletic Republic

Meet Announcer/ Scorekeeper: Christopher Lestan

Officials(1 official system used): Frank Ciavatonne and Christopher Lestan

Lifts: Anderson Squat, Ciavatonne Deadlift (2H), Clean and Press

All lifts were recorded in pounds:

Female Division:

Name Age Weight Class Division
Ani Kaleshian 18 165 75kg Junior (18-19)
Sarah Gibbons 21 156 75kg Open
Natalie Collins 12 109 50kg Junior (10-13)
Olivia Collins 10 114 55Kg Junior (10-13)

Men Division:

Name Age Weight Class Division
Shane Blass 25 212 100kg Open
Raj Dasrath 22 135 65kg Open
Carter Fisher 19 186 85kg Junior (18-19)
Eric Lestan 14 160 75kg Junior (14-15)
Travis Szetela 23 180 85kg Open
Frank Ciavatonne 64 310 125kg+ Masters (60-64)
Mark Raymond 56 250 115kg Masters (55-59)
Ryan Bingham 19 315 125kg+ Junior (18-19)
Mahmud Marhamo 26 183 85kg Open
Name Age Weight Class Division
Zach Marhamo 22 230 105kg Open

Female Final Standing:

Name Anderson C.Deadlift C+P Lynch
Ani Kaleshian 500 285 120 927.74
Sarah Gibbons 400 205 70 698.28
Natalie Collins 181 125 45 632.78
Olivia Collins 150 90 40 485.83

Mens Final Standing:

Name Anderson C.Deadlift C+P Lynch
Carter Fisher 700 350 165 1154.03
Raj Dasrath 620 250 135 1147.50
Shane Blass 700 330 165 1032.59
Zach Marhamo 600 430 185 1006.62
Mahmud Marhamo 500 365 165 967.89
Travis Stzelela 500 335 155 939.01
Eric Lestan 315 260 115 845.13
Ryan Bingham 445 440 155 759.87
Mark Raymond 275 300 100 626.66
Name Anderson C.Deadlift C+P Lynch
Frank Ciavatonne * 225 370 50 585.50

*Frank Opted to do the Thumbless Deadlift and use that as a National record for the 60-64 Age group and Open.

Overall Best Lifter: Carter Fisher

Overall Best Female Open: Sarah Gibbons

Overall Best Female Junior: Ani Kaleshian

Overall Best Male Open: Raj Dasrath

Overall Best Male Junior: Carter Fisher

Overall Best Male Masters: Mark Raymond

 

NATIONAL RECORDS:

Anderson Squat: 

Natalie Collins: 181 for the 50kg class.

Ani Kaleshian: 500 for the Junior class and Open in the 75kg.

Raj Dasrath: 620 for Open class in the 65kg class.

Shane Blass: 700 for the Open class in the 100kg class.

Frank Ciavattone: 225 for the Masters 60-64 group in the 125kg+ class.

Carter Fisher: 700 for the Junior 18-19 in the 85kg class.

Ryan Bingham: 455 for the Junior 18-19 in the 125+kg class.

Eric Lestan: 315 for the Junior 14-15 in the 75kg class.

Ciavatonne Deadlift (2H):

Ani Kaleshian: 285 for the Junior 18-19 and Open in the 75kg class.

Olivia Collins: 90 for the Junior 10-13 in the 55kg class.

Ryan Bingham: 440 for the Junior 18-19 in the 125kg+ class.

Carter Fisher: 350 for the Junior 18-19 in the 85kg class.

Clean and Press

Ani Kaleshian: 120 for the Junior 18-19 and Open in the 75kg class.

Carter Fisher: 165 for the Junior 18-19 and the Open in the 85kg class.

Zach Marhamo: 185 for the Open in the 105kg class.

Frank Ciavattone: 50 for the Masters 60-64 in the 125kg+.

Club Championships

By Al Myers

MEET RESULTS –

2019 USAWA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

USAWA Club Champions - Ledaig Heavy Athletics

USAWA Club Champions – Ledaig Heavy Athletics

The battle of the USAWA Club Championships was heated at the Ledaig Club on this past Sunday.  As been the case these past few years, the Club Champs have been a “2 horse race” between the hosting Ledaig HA Club and the Dino Gym.  The victory has been an even split over the past 6 years – with each club standing at 3 wins while the other club was the runner up.   So this year was GAME SEVEN to see who would would reign supreme of the best of 7.  HATS OFF to Dave and the Ledaig HA Club as they put the smack down on my Dino Gym Club.

I always really enjoy going to Dave’s.  He has built the ultimate home gym.  He has a power rack that would make any HS strength coach drool over, plus loads of steel plates and seasoned bars.  As you look around his gym everything sweats strength.  As been the tradition of the Club Championships each club brings club members with the top three performers in each event being the “scorers”.  This gives an advantage if you bring several lifters as if someone has an off event it doesn’t hurt the team score.  But this year Dave and I could only manage to barely fill our roster of 3 lifters so every lift  of every lifter was important.

Runnerup Club - the Dino Gym

Runnerup Club – the Dino Gym

I once seen a T-shirt that had the printing of “Youth and Skill are no match for Old Age and Treachery”.   Well – this pretty much sums up Dave. He definitely schemed up some  “fast ones” on me for this club championships.  All above board of course so I’m not saying he cheated or anything like that. First of all I noticed he picked up a RINGER for his club that caught me by surprise.  He didn’t even pre-register him before the meet thus keeping his secret intact until it was time to show his cards on meet day.  For those of you who don’t know Eddie “THE DYNAMO KID” Johnson you will after this meet.  Eddie is a gifted Highland Game athlete who made his first venture into the All Rounds at this meet. His explosive strength is off the charts and he lifted fantastically.  He’s so athletic he just takes to the All Round Lifts with ease.

But then the treachery continues.  I have worked hard to get John “THE HOSS” Douglas to join the Dino Gym Club this past year, and he was been a solid addition to my club.  I’ve even made big promises to him like I’d give him a gym tshirt and give him a sandwich when he comes to the Dino Gym.  So I was feeling good.  But “lo and behold” Dave steals him back from me and he’s there representing the Ledaig Club!!! How did Dave do that???  I still pondering how that happened.

I actually felt like it was close after the first couple of events.  Ole Dean and Dad were pushing hard on their lifts.  But then Dave puts in this special rule about using your non-dominate hand in the Clean and Jerk with the Dumbbell for the 3rd event and it starts to get “in our heads” a little, and after a big discussion of what really constitutes your non-dominate hand Dave just says “use the hand you conscious tells you too”.  I pretty much knew it was over for us then as Dad and Dean were scratching their heads in confusion as to which arm to use.

But his treachery is not over yet!!!!  His next trick had to be one for the ages. I’ve been doing this for a long time and I’ve never seen this type of sabotaging your opponents before.  At this point Dave declares it’s time for lunch before the last event the Dumbbell to Shoulder. He had his good buddy Gomez come in with his food truck and he freshly baked the best pizza you’ve ever had and brings it into the gym for us to eat. It’s piping hot and  the tasty aroma just fills the gym. He followed that up with homemade bread pudding with his special whisky sauce. Plus Dave brings in a sampler pack of Sam Adams to just add to the temptation.  The Dino Gym Club was doomed at that point.  Dean ate so much pizza he couldn’t tie his shoes, ole Pops was just sitting on the bench in a food coma, and I was polishing off my second beer.  The whole time Dave just sat in his big chair with a smile on his face not eating a thing!!!!

Great meet and great times!  But now I’m calling for the best of nine.

Meet Results:

2019 USAWA Club Championships
Ledaig Heavy Athletics Club
Rainbow Bend, Kansas
Sunday, December 8th, 2019

Meet Director: Dave Glasgow

Official (1-official System used): Dave Glasgow & Al Myers

Meet Scorekeeper: Al Myers

Meet Caterer: Gomez with his amazing pizza

Lifts: Curl – Cheat, Reverse Grip, Deadlift – 2 Bars, Clean and Jerk – DB, Dumbbell to Shoulder

1. Ledaig Heavy Athletics – 2197.6 Adjusted Points

LIFTER AGE BWT Curl DL C&J DB
Dave Glasgow 66  249.5 160 370 86.5L 134
Eddie Johnson 28  269.5 225 410 139.5L 214
John Douglas 56  310.5 200 310 86.5L 214

2. Dino Gym – 1834.5 Adjusted Points

LIFTER AGE BWT Curl DL C&J DB
Dean Ross 77  236 95 210 30L 80
LaVerne Myers 75 229 120 270 35L 99
Al Myers 53 233 155 450 30L 99

Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds.  All lifts recorded in pounds. R and L designate right and left arms. Adjusted Points were calculated using age and bodyweight corrections.

Lift for Leroy RD

By Eric Todd

MEET RESULTS –

Lift for Leroy Record Day

New member Jeff Rigby sets the tone with a big bent press

New member Jeff Rigby sets the tone with a big bent press

“Lift for Leroy” is over and done and was a great success.  I feel like we boosted Big Leroy’s spirits enough to avoid another one of those sympathy “throw yourself down the stairs” episodes this time around.  We started off with the Postal Championship lifts.  10 members participated in this portion of the meet.  There was some fantastic lifting, but I will leave that part to Denny’s write-up for that meet.

Once we completed the three lifts for the Postal Championship, we started in with the “Lift for Leroy” record day.  Eleven lifters completed at least one record lift in this portion of the meet. There were many national and world records broken.  I would like to thank everyone who supported this meet.  We had lifters from age 7 to age 77.  We had local lifters and lifters from as far away as Utah. (I would really like to thank Jeff Rigby making the pilgrimage to the Turney area.  He brought some real old time all-round flair with classic lifts such as the bent press and the turkish get-up) The camaraderie was fantastic, the day went smooth, and the lifting was stout.

I would like to mention that the youth infusion into the KCSTRONGMAN all-round club has been absolutely refreshing.  Nikolai Lucht, age 7, just joined.  He is the son of Mike Lucht who is a long time KCSTRONGMAN member from the old strongman days.  That brings us to 3 lifters under 10.  KCSTRONGMAN can be credited with reducing the mean age of USAWA membership by like 50 years!!!  Aye, but I digress.

Results are as follows:

MEET RESULTS:

Name of Meet: Lift for Leroy Record Day

Location of Meet: Turney, MO

Date of Meet: December 7, 2019

Meet Director: Eric Todd

Meet Announcer/Scorekeeper: Eric Todd

Both the one official system and the three official system were utilized.  The system that was used is denoted next to each lift.

Meet Officials: Eric Todd, Lance Foster, John Strangeway, Chris Todd

Loaders/spotters: All lifters

All Records and bodyweights are recorded in Pounds

Lifter
Lance Foster Age 54 weight 346
Deadlift-Inch Dumbbell 1 arm- Left 80 3 officials
Finger lift-Index-Right 95 3 officials
Finger lift-ring-Right 95 3 officials
Lifter
John Strangeway Age 41 weight 207
Deadlift-Inch Dumbbell 1 arm-Left 132 3 officials
Squat-Front 470 3 officials
Finger Lift-Ring-Right 205 3 officials
Finger lift-Middle-Left 230 3 officials
Anderson press 275 3 officials
Lifter
Mike Lucht Age 37 weight 238
Bench Press-Fulton Bar 315 1 official
Lifter
Ben Edwards Age 44 weight237
Deadlift-Fulton-Ciavattone grip 325 1 official
Vertical Bar-1 bar-2″-Left 208 1 official
Lifter
Jeff Rigby Age 42 weight 287
Bent press-bar-left 175 3 officials
Bent press-bar-right 155 3 officials
Turkish Getup 135 3 officials
Gardner-Full 115 3 officials
Lifter
Dean Ross Age 77 weight 231
Clean and press-Fulton bar 60 1 official
Clean and press-middle fingers 45 1 official
Holdout lowerd 25 1 official
Seated press from rack 55 1 official
Seated press from rack-behind neck 55 1 official
Lifter
Greg Cook Age 62 weight 255
Deadlift-stiff legged 405 1 official
Lifter
Chris Todd Age 40 weight 269
Pullover-straight arm 75 3 officials
Lateral raise lying 70 3 officials
Clean and seated press 140 3 officials
Bench press-fulton bar 265 3 officials
Deadlift-stiff legged 250 3 officials
Lifter
Leroy Todd Age 8 weight 68
Bench press-fulton bar 35 3 officials
Cheat curl 2 dumbells 20 3 officials
Vertical bar-1 bar-2 inch-left 26 3 officials
Jackson press 20 3 officials
Continental to belt 45 3 officials
Lifter
Eric Todd Age 44 weight 252
Jackson press 210 3 officials
Seated press-from rack 175 3 officials
Vertical bar-2 bars 1″ 265 1 official
vertical bar-1 bar-1 inch-right 160 1 official
Press-dumbbell-1 arm-left 100 3 officials
Lifter
Phoebe Todd (FEMALE) Age 9 weight 88
Bench press-feet in the air 35 3 officials
Bench press-fulton bar 40 3 officials
vertical bar 1 bar-1″-right 65 3 officials
vertical bar 1 bar-1″-left 65 3 officials
vertical bar 1 bar-2″-left 53.5 3 officials

 

 

Memorial Record Day

By Denny Habecker

MEET RESULTS –

2019 Memorial Record Day

We had a great turnout for the first Memorial Record Day, with 8 lifters taking part. I was really impressed with the variety and difficulty of the lifts that were done.  Christopher Lestan, Zachariah Marhamo and Ryan Bingham came down from Massachusetts, Lou Tortorelli came in from New Jersey, Elizabeth Skwarecki from Pittsburgh, Barry Pensyl from Easton, and Aidan Habecker and I rounded out the group. The officials were Barry Pensyl, Chris Lestan and Denny Habecker.

RESULTS:

2019 Memorial Record Day
Habecker’s Gym
Lebanon, PA
December 7th, 2019

Meet Director: Denny Habecker

Officials (1 official system used): Barry Pensyl, Denny Habecker

Lifts: Record Day

Elizabeth Skwarecki – 39 yrs. 140 Lbs.  [ FEMALE 65KG. – Open]
Bent Press – Dumbbell – Left  –  66 Lbs.
Bent Press- Dumbbell- Right  – 77 Lbs.
Snatch from Hang                – 88 Lbs.
Dinnie Lift                          – 355 Lbs.
Bench Press – Fulton Bar     – 132 Lbs.

Aidan Habecker – 16 yrs. 208 Lbs  [95 Kg. 16-17]
Judd Clean and Jerk          –  44 Lbs.
Lano  Lift                        –  22 Lbs.
Miller Clean & Jerk          –  44 Lbs.
Snatch – Fulton Bar         – 121 Lbs.
Vertical  Bar – 1″ – Right  – 198 Lbs.

Ryan Bingham  19 Yrs.  – 300 Lbs.   [ 125 Kg. +  – 18-19]
Deadlift – 12″ Base        –    550 Lbs.
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip – 387 Lbs.
Hand & Thigh                  – 700 Lbs.
Hip  Lift                          – 1022 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                  – 154 Lbs.

Zachariah Marhamo  21 Yrs. – 231 Lbs. [ 105 Kg. – Open]
Clean & Press                      – 176 Lbs.
Deadlift, Ciavattone-Right    – 253 Lbs.
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip    – 407 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                      – 242 Lbs.
Hackenschmidt Floor Press  – 342 Lbs.

Christopher Lestan   23 Yrs – 285 Lbs. [ 125 + Kg. – Open]
Dinnie Lift                         – 600 Lbs.
Deadlift, No Thumbs          – 387 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                    – 154 Lbs.
Zercher, One Arm- Left     – 143 Lbs.
Zercher, One Arm- Right   –  66 Lbs.

Lou  Tortorelli  – 53 Yrs.  239 Lbs. [ 110 Kg. – 50-54]
Curl- Strict                       – 110 Lbs.
Deadlift – Trap Bar            – 425 Lbs.

Barry Pensyl  – 71 Yrs.  -150 Lbs.  [70 Kg. – 70-74 ]
Allen Lift                               –  33 Lbs.
Clean & Jerk -One Arm- Right – 51 Lbs.
Good Morning                        – 110 Lbs.
Press, Dumbbell, Right           – 40 Lbs.
Snatch- One Arm – Left          – 55 Lbs.

Denny Habecker – 77Yrs. 185Lbs. [ 85Kg. – 75-79]
Deadlift- Dumbbell- Right                 – 176 Lbs.
Clean & Press Behind Neck               – 110 Lbs.
Clean & Seated Press                       – 88 Lbs.
Clean & Seated Press Behind Neck     – 88Lbs.
Vertical Bar – 1″ – Right                    – 105Lbs.

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