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3RD Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

3RD QUARTER POSTAL MEET

We had the biggest turnout for this Postal that I think we have ever had. We had 31 lifters take part this quarter [ 8 women & 23 men] . I’m sure the pandemic had something to do with the participation, but I want to thank everyone who participated.  Jeff Ciavattone led the men and Amorkor Ollennuking was the top woman in a great woman’s division this quarter.

MEET RESULTS:

3rd Quarter Postal
July 1, 2020 thru September 30, 2020

The Lifts: Lateral Raise-Lying, Deadlift- Ciavattone Grip- One Arm, Continental to Belt

MEN’S DIVISION

Jeff Ciavattone              – 41 – 240 Lbs. – 130  – 281 -R  – 425 – 836 – 691.12

Al Myers                       – 54 – 228 Lbs. – 80   – 230- R   -380  – 690 – 660.35

John Strangeway          – 42 – 205 Lbs. – 96    – 230- L   -365  – 691 – 627.60

 

John J. Carter             – 61   – 215 Lbs.  – 70    – 225-R  – 300    – 595   – 623.40

LaVerne Myers           – 76    – 223 Lbs.  – 40    – 230-R   – 220    – 490   – 610.76

Denny Habecker        – 78    – 186 Lbs.  – 40    – 160-R   – 231    – 431   – 610.50

Eric Todd                   – 45    – 262 Lbs.  – 145  – 191-R   – 405    – 741   – 608.88

Barry Pensyl              – 72   – 148 Lbs.   – 60    – 132-R  – 203    – 395   – 594.36

Abe Smith                 – 39   – 185 Lbs.   – 70    – 235-L  – 330    – 635   – 593.40

Barry Bryan              – 62 – 186.6 Lbs.  – 75    – 170-R   – 260    – 505   – 577.60

Tony Hose                – 57  – 228 Lbs.    -100   – 210-R   – 265    – 595   – 564.64

Frank Ciavattone      – 65  – 295 Lbs.   –  60    – 250-R   – 300    – 610   – 562.38

M. Wade Marchand   – 51  – 158 Lbs.  – 100    – 166-L  –  200    – 466   –  537.52

David DeForest        – 60  – 192 Lbs.  –  72     – 170-L  –  240    – 482   –  533.64

Brandon Rein          – 25   – 146 Lbs.  – 50     – 170-R  –  250     – 470   – 509.76

Dean Ross             –  77   – 207 Lbs.  – 50     – 132-L  –  154     – 336   – 442.05

Aidan Habecker     –  17   – 225 Lbs.   – 40     – 198-R  – 264     – 502   –  441.86

Jeffrey Ciampa      – 22    – 165 Lbs.   – 80     – 161-R  – 200     – 441   –  441.35

James Morrison     – 21   – 175 Lbs.   – 70      – 166-R  – 200     – 436    – 421

Chad Ullom          – 48   –  224 Lbs.  – 60      – 220-R   – 170     – 450    – 412.02

Chris Todd           – 41   – 268 Lbs.   – 84      – 180-R    – 240    – 504    –  393.99

Bill Clark             – 88  – 207.5 Lbs.  – 20     – 120-R    – 120    – 260     – 391.56

Leroy Todd          – 9   – 73 Lbs.       – 11.5  –  50 -R    –  50     – 111.5  – 306.16

WOMEN’S DIVISION

Amorkor Ollennuking   – 57   – 160 Lbs.     – 60  –  155-R  – 200  –  415  –  500.27

Elizabeth Skwarecki    – 39   – 144.5 Lbs.   – 40  – 154 -L  –  231  –  425  – 464.31

Sylvia Stockall           – 62   – 139  Lbs.     – 60   – 88- R   – 133   – 281   – 387.93

R.J. Jackson              – 58   – 106 Lbs.      – 30   – 97- R    – 142   – 269  –  373.21

Janet Thompson        – 63   – 178 Lbs.      – 40   – 110 -R  – 110  –  260  – 308.27

Lynda Burns             – 45   – 167 Lbs.       – 28  – 120 – L  – 130  –  278   – 292.97

Phoebe Todd           –  10   – 101 Lbs.       – 16  –  55 – R   –  55   –  126   – 243

Crystal Diggs          –  33   – 163 Lbs.       – 24   – 75 – R   – 115   – 214   – 215.99

OFFICIALS:

John Strangeway        – Lance Foster
Jeff Ciavattone           – Frank Ciavattone- Chris Lestan
Al Myers                    – LaVerne Myers
John Carter               – Bill Clark
Laverne Myers           – Al Myers
Abe Smith                – Bill Clark
Tony Hose                – Bill Clark
Frank Ciavattone     – Jeff Ciavattone – Chris Lestan
M. Wade Marchand – Frank Ciavattone – Chris Lestan
Dave DeForest       – Bill Clark
Brandon Rein         – Al Myers
Dean Ross             – LaVerne Myers
Aidan Habecker     – Denny Habecker
Jeffrey Ciampa     – Frank Ciavattone – Chris Lestan
James Morrison    – Frank Ciavattone – Chris Lestan
Chad Ullom          – Al Myers, LaVerne Myers
Bill Clark              – Dave DeForest
Leroy Todd           – Chris Todd
Amorkor Ollennuking – Bill Clark
Elizabeth Skwarecki   – Chris Lestan
Janet Thompson        – Bill Clark
Phoebe Todd             – Eric Todd
Crystal Diggs            – R.J. Jackson

LIFTERS WITH NON-CERTIFIED OFFICIALS:

Denny Habecker
Eric Todd
Barry Pensyl
Barry Bryan
Chris Todd
Sylvia Stockall
R.J. Jackson
Lynda Burns

 

 

2nd Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

MEET RESULTS:

2ND QUARTER POSTAL MEET

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Abe Smith putting up a big clean and push press of 257 pounds.

We had a great turnout for the Postal again this quarter.  Abe Smith was the top male this quarter and Elizabeth Skwarecki  led the women. Clarks Gym and K.C Strongman each had 6 lifters participate followed by Dino Gym and Habecker’s Gym with 4 each. Thanks to everyone who participated .

MEET RESULTS

2nd Quarter Postal
April 1 thru June 30, 2020

The Lifts: Curl- Cheat, Reverse Grip, Snatch- Dumbbell, One Arm, Clean and Push Press

MENS DIVISION

Abe Smith            – 38   – 184 Lbs.    –  190  – 131 -L   – 257    – 578     –  541.99

John Strangeway  – 42  – 206.4 Lbs.  –  205  – 120- L    – 215    – 540      – 488.39

Eric Todd             – 45   – 253 Lbs.     – 200  – 105 -R    – 210    – 515     –  430.71

Tony Hose           – 51   – 227 Lbs.     – 165  –  85  -R    – 180    – 430      – 401.84

David DeForest   – 60   – 195 Lbs.      – 135  –  85 – R    – 145    – 365      – 400.84

Al Myers            – 53   –  225 Lbs.      – 155   -100 – R    – 135   – 390      – 372.70

Barry Bryan       – 62   – 186.6 Lbs.    – 100  – 74.4- R    – 150    – 324.4   – 371.04

Barry Pensyl      – 72  –  148 Lbs.       – 100  –   54 – L     – 90     – 244      – 364.52

Chad Ullom       – 48  –  220 Lbs.       – 155   – 100 -R     – 135   – 390       -360.69

Chris Todd        – 40  –  273 Lbs.       – 180  –   95 – R     – 190   – 465       – 356.74

Denny Habecker -77 –  183.8 Lbs.     – 105  –  35  – R     –  99    – 239       – 336.27

Aidan Habecker – 16  –  214 Lbs.    – 121.25 –  70 – R     –  99     – 290     –  275.14

LaVerne Myers   – 76  – 224 Lbs.      –  95     –  45 – L     –   75     – 215     –  267.28

Leroy Todd        – 9    – 70  Lbs.      –  30      – 15 – R      – 35     –  80       – 232.05

Dean Ross        – 77  – 215 Lbs.      –  75      – 40 – L      – 65     – 180       – 231.87

Lance Foster     – 54 – 349 Lbs.       – 100     – 55 – R      – 125   – 280       – 217.99

Bill Clark          – 87  -208 Lbs.       –  22      – 10 – R      – 22     – 54         –  82.17

WOMEN’S DIVISION

Elizabeth Skwarecki – 39 – 146.8 Lbs. – 108  – 66- R  –    118     -292        – 316.06

Sylvia Stockall        – 62  – 140 Lbs.   – 77    – 50 – R –    100    – 227        – 311.65

R.J. Jackson           – 58  – 106 Lbs.   – 80    – 50  -R  –    85     – 215        – 298.82

Lynda Burns          – 45  – 175 Lbs.   – 70     – 45- L    –   95     – 210        – 215.09

Phoebe Todd         – 9    – 94 Lbs.     – 37.5  – 18- R    –    40     – 95.5       – 197.39

Janet Thompson   – 62   – 180 Lbs.   – 60     – 20- R     – 55      – 135        – 157.73

Kylie Smith          – 13   – 146 Lbs.   – 47     – 20- R     – 47      – 114        – 154.55

Crystal Diggs       – 34   – 164 Lbs.   – 50     – 30- R     – 55       -135        – 135.79

Officials:

Abe Smith             – Bill Clark & Dave DeForest
Tony Hose            –  Bill Clark & Dave DeForest
Leroy Todd           – Eric Todd & Chris Todd
Phoebe Todd        – Eric Todd & Chris Todd
Kylie Smith          – Bill Clark & Dave DeForest
John Strangeway – Lance Foster
Eric Todd            –  Chris Todd
Dave DeForest    – Bill Clark
Al Myers            – Chad Ullom
Chad Ullom        – Al Myers
Chris Todd         – Eric Todd
LaVerne Myers   – Al Myers
Aidan Habecker  – Denny Habecker
Dean Ross         – Al Myers
Lance Foster      – John Strangeway
Janet Thompson – Bill Clark
Crystal Diggs     – R.J. Jackson

Lifters with Non-Certified Officials:

Barry Bryan
Barry Pensyl
Denny Habecker
Bill Clark
Elizabeth Skwarecki
Sylvia Stockall
R.J. Jackson
Lynda Burns

1st Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

The 1st Quarter results are in and we had great participation despite the pandemic we are going through right now. Eric Todd’s KC Strongman Club had 7 entries, and it was great to see 3 entries from Bill Clark’s gym. John Strangeway was the top male lifter by a wide margin and R.J. Jackson edged out Sylvia Stockall in the woman’s division.

MEET RESULTS

1st Quarter Postal
January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020

The Lifts- Swing – Dumbbell, One Arm, Deadlift- No Thumb, One Arm, Deadlift- 2 Bars

John Strangeway   – 41  – 206   – 110 L – 225 R  – 550 – 895 – 802.62

Dave Deforest       – 60  – 195   – 50 L   – 170 L  – 390 – 610 – 669.23

Abe Smith            – 38   – 181   -115 L  – 195 R –  390 – 700 – 662.55

John Carter          – 61   – 219   – 75 R   – 200 R  – 350 – 625 – 648.35

Denny Habecker   – 77   – 182   – 61 R  – 132 R   – 253 – 446 – 631.40

Barry Pensyl        – 72    – 150  – 57 R  – 113 R   – 250  – 420 – 626.33

Eric Todd             – 45    – 257  – 115 L – 175 R   – 402 – 692  -574.20

Mike Lucht           – 37   – 230  – 100 L  – 175 L   – 402  -677  – 560.89

Bill Clark             – 87   – 209   – 10 R    – 135 R   – 200 – 345  – 511.42

Chris Todd          – 40    – 275  – 90 R   – 160 R   – 382  – 632  – 482.56

Dean Ross         – 77    – 237   – 40 L     – 95 L    – 190  – 325 – 397.55

Lance Foster      – 54    – 347   – 45 L    – 141 R   – 302  – 488 – 381.10

Leroy Todd        – 8      – 17.5  – 17.5 R –   40 R  –  70 – 127.5 – 368.35

Woman’s Division:

R.J. Jackson      – 58    – 106     – 50 R    – 95 R  – 180    –  325   –  537.54

Sylvia Stockall CAN – 62    – 140     – 50 R    – 96 R  – 210    – 356    – 534.95

Beth Skwarecki – 39    – 143     – 61 R    – 121 R – 263.5 – 445.5 – 490.31

Lynda Burns     – 45    – 180    –  45 L     – 110 L – 210    – 365    – 367.51

Phoebe Todd    – 9      –  93     – 23 R      – 40 L   – 70     – 133    – 277.50

Crystal Diggs   – 33    – 165    – 30 R      – 75 R  – 150    – 255    – 255.43

Lifters with Certified Official:
John Strangeway – Eric Todd, Lance Foster, Chris Todd
Eric Todd           – John Strangeway, Lance Foster
Mike Lucht         – Eric Todd, Lace Foster, John Strangeway
Chris Todd         – Eric Todd
Lance Foster      – Eric Todd
Leroy Todd        – Eric Todd
Phoebe Todd     – Eric Todd, Lance Foster, John Strangeway
Dave DeForest  – Bill Clark
John Carter      – Bill Clark
Bill Clark         – Dave DeForest
Dean Ross      – Denny Habecker
Crystal Diggs  – R.J. Jackson

Lifters without Certified Officials:
Abe Smith
Denny Habecker
Barry Pensyl
R.J. Jackson
Sylvia Stockall
Beth Skwarecki
Lynda Burns

Backbreaker Pentathlon

By Bill Clark

MEET –

BACKBREAKER PENTATHLON

Three legends of Clark's Gym gather for the Backbreaker (left to right): Steve Schmidt, Bill Clark, and John Carter

Three legends of Clark’s Gym gather for the Backbreaker (left to right): Steve Schmidt, Bill Clark, and John Carter (caption by webmaster)

John Carter was an easy winner, his second title in a month, capturing the best lifter award in Steve’s Back breaker Pentathlon held at Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo.

The field was limited to only three lifters due to the corona virus and restricted movement. What had been planned as a warm-up for the USAWA National Heavy Lift Championships in May, wound up being a friendly day in the gym and plenty of time to visit with Steve Schmidt, the USAWA Hall of Famer for whom the meet is named.

Steve served as the head meet official and passed along a few coaching hints as well – much to everyone’s gratitude. It was much like the days of old at Clark’s place – only the size of the crowd was different.

Amorkor Ollennuking continued her comeback from lymph node cancer treatment by performing what everyone consider the best life of the day. During the record session, the 57-year-old Kansas Citian did a little fingers deadlift with 125 pounds, breaking the long-standing mark of Mary McConnaughey. It is the highest little fingers deadlift by a female regardless of weight or age, in the USAWA record book.

Dave DeForest pushing up a big Harness Lift!

Dave DeForest pushing up a big Harness Lift!

The busiest lifter of the day was 60-year-old Dave DeForest, who, like Carter, has revived a lifting career dormant for more than a decade. He set records in the harness, hip and hand-and thigh, then added five more during a record session.

Carter, too, set three records – hip, harness and back lifts.

Clark’s has put the outside competition on hold because of the corona virus, but will lift in the USAWA quarterly postal competition.

The results:

2020 Backbreaker Pentathlon
March 21st, 2020
Clark’s Gym
Columbia, MO

Meet Director: Bill Clark

Scorekeeper: Bill Clark

Officials (1-official system used): Bill Clark, Steve Schmidt

Photographer: Gene Baumann

LIFTERS:

Amorkor Ollennuking, 57, Female, Kansas City, Mo. Bwt. 76.9 kilos (169.5 lbs). Coefficient – .9896. Age differential – 1.18.

John Carter, 61, Male,Harrisburg, Mo.  Bwt – 98.9 kilos (218 lbs.) Coeff. – .8522. Age diff. – 1.22.
Dave DeForest, 60, Male, Fulton, Mo.   Bwt – 89.4 kilos (197 lbs.)  Coeff. – .9060.  Age diff. 1.21.

BACK LIFT
Ollennuking – 900
Carter – 1500
DeForest – 800

NECK LIFT
Ollennuking – 200
Carter – 225
DeForest – 250

HAND AND THIGH
Ollennuking – 705
Carter – 900
DeForest – 705

HIP LIFT
Ollennuking – 765
Carter – 1670
DeForest – 1125

HARNESS LIFT
Ollennuking – 1075
Carter – 2105
DeForest – 1305

TOTALS
Ollennuking – 3,645 lbs.
Carter – 6,400 lbs.
DeForest – 4,185 lbs.

BODYWEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
Ollennuking – 3,588.87
Carter – 5,594.08
DeForest – 3,791.61

AGE ADJUSTMENT – FINAL SCORE
Ollennuking – 4,234.86
Carter – 6,657.98
DeForest – 4,582.85

SUCCESSFUL FOURTH ATTEMPTS
DeForest – Hand-and-thigh – 805; Hip lift – 1,225.

RECORD DAY
Ollennuking – Little fingers deadlift – 125.
DeForest – Snatch on knees – 80; strict curl – 80; right hand one-inch vertical bar deadlift – 182; left hand one-inch vertical bar deadlift – 182; two-hand 1-inch vertical bars deadlift – 314

Deadlift Dozen Plus One

By Bill Clark

2020 Deadlift Dozen Plus One

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Hard to believe, but this meet was decided on the final lift of the day – the third attempt in the little fingers deadlift.

Abe Smith had led the entire day, but ran into trouble in the finger lifts. Sixty-one year old John Carter had been battling 60-year-old Dave DeForest for what Carter hoped was second place . John had not been in a meet for almost a dozen years and was best known for challenging Steve Schmidt in the chain lifts, He had only a few days in the gym prior to the Deadlift Dozen, devoted mainly to form and remembering how to do the various lifts.

Actually, a bit of male chauvinism may have given John the title.

Amorkor Ollennuking, making her first competition since a battle with cancer in the left arm lymph nodes, had done a little fingers deadlift with 90 pounds – 25 pounds more than any other lifter. John had opened with 55, then jumped to 95 pounds – and missed. He had one more attempt – the last lift in the meet – and he made it with a grimace on his face. Little did he know that he had just won the meet with that final effort.

When the weight correction was made, Carter trailed by 502 points. Abe got no age correction and John received 22 per cent. He won 3,110.63 to Abe’s 3,061.002 – provided Clark’s calculator was correct.

DeForest, who turned 60 earlier in February, was also making a return to the iron world after being out of the game for 15 years. The fifth lifter was Tony Hose, a 50-year-old member of Clark’s Gym for the past decade who decided to get into his first-ever competition. Don’t let the weights here fool you. There’s a lot more in Tony’s tank.

In addition to the regular lifting, both Abe and Dave stayed around to do some record lifts. In fact, Abe had done fourth attempts three times that, had they been within the normal three, would have given him the title.

Mike Lucht of the Kansas City area showed up to join in the record session  and set five marks (listed below).

The next meet in Clark’s Gym will be March 21 – the Steve Schmidt Backbreaker Pentathlon – a good warm-up for the USAWA Heavy Lift Championships in June.  The pentathlon is a five-lift event -the back, neck, hand-and-thigh, hip and harness. If he gets a break in his schedule, Steve Schmidt might possibly make it as an official.

As a side note, Bill Clark happened to be the only judge on hand  for the Deadlift Dozen and, considering the fact that his battered left foot has been very slow to recover from dropping 160 pounds on it at the Grip Meet two weeks ago, he was content to officiate. It also gave him a chance to work with Dave DeForest, who has passed his officiating test and is now sitting in to get his three meets of experience with a level 2 official.

MEET RESULTS:

2020 Deadlift Dozen Plus One
Clark’s Gym
Columbia, MO
February 22nd, 2020

Meet Director: Bill Clark

Scorekeeper: Bill Clark

Official (1-Official System Used): Bill Clark

Lifts: Deadlift Heels Together, Jefferson Lift, Hack Lift, 2 Barbell Deadlift, Deadlift Left Arm, Deadlift Right Arm, Deadlift Left Arm No Thumb, Deadlift Right Arm No Thumb, Reeves Deadlift, Index Fingers Deadlift, Middle Fingers Deadlift, Ring Fingers Deadlift, Little Fingers Deadlift

Amorkor Ollennuking – 57 years old – 163 pounds – 1.0093 coeff. – 18 % age correction.
Abe Smith – 38 years old –  183 pounds – .9404 coeff.  – no age correction.
Tony Hose, Clark’s Gym – 50 years old – 228 pounds – .8332 coeff. – 11% age corr.
Dave DeForest, Fulton, Mo. and Clark’s Gym – 60 years old – 197n pounds – .9o030 coeff. – 21% age corr.
John Carter, Harrisburg, Mo. and Clark’s Gym – 219 pounds – .8499 coeff.  22% age corr.

Two-hand Deadlift – heels together
Amorkor – 245
Smith – 430
Hose – 275
DeForest – 375
Carter – 355

Two-hand straddle lift – Jefferson Lift
Amorkor – 225
Smith – 410
Hose – 225
DeForest – 375
Carter – 315

Two-hand hack lift
Amorkor – 225
Smith – 345
Hose – 275
DeForest – 315
Carter – 315

Two-barbell deadlift
Amorkor – 230
Smith – 410
Hose – 270
DeForest – 390
Carter – 370

LH Deadlift
Amorkor – 135
Smith – 275
Hose – 145
DeForest – 205
Carter – 225

RH Deadlift
Amorkor – 190
Smith – 275
Hose – 145
DeForest – 225
Carter – 250

LH Deadlift (Thumbless)
Amorkor – 125
Smith – 175
Hose – 150
DeForest – 155
Carter – 140

RH Deadlift (Thumbless)
Amorkor – 135
Smith – 200
Hose – 150
DeForest – 145
Carter – 205

Reeves Deadlift
Amorkor – 180
Smith – 255
Hose – 225
DeForest – 200
Carter – 260

Index Fingers Deadlift
Amorkor – 95
Smith – 135
Hose – 135
DeForest – 115
Carter – 135

Middle Fingers Deadlift
Amorkor – 105
Smith – 155
Hose – 165
DeForest – 125
Carter – 200

Ring Fingers Deadlift
Amorkor – 95
Smith – 65
Hose – 95
DeForest – 65
Carter – 135

Little Fingers Deadlift
Amorkor – 90
Smith – 65
Hose – 50
DeForest – 65
Carter – 95

TOTALS Raw pounds
Amorkor – 2060
Smith – 3,255
Carter – 3000
DeForest – 2745
Hose – 2465

Bodyweight corrected Points
Amorkor – 2078.16
Smith – 3061.002
Carter – 2549.70
DeForest – 2473.25
Hose – 2051.37

Final age corrected standings
Amorkor – 2453.4
Carter – 3110.63
Smith – 3061.002
DeForest – 2992.63
Hose – 2277.02

Fourth Attempts:
Abe Smith – Right hand deadlift (thumbless) – 210 ; Right hand deadlift (thumbless) – 200

RECORD DAY

Mike Lucht, Kansas City, Kansas – age 37 – Bwt – 229
Push press from rack – 225
2-dumbbell clean and push press – 2×80 – 160
Seated press – 160
Good morning – 85
Dumbbell to shoulder – 130.

Abe Smith
Push press from rack – 250
Clean and press on  knees – 205
Overhead squat – 165
One-hand 2-inch vertical b ar deadlift – right hand – 200
One-hand 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – left hand – 200.

Dave DeForest 
Two-hand deadlift – 12-inch base – 365
Clean and press on knees – 115
RH dumbbell deadlift – 170
LH dumbbell deadlift – 150

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