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Grip Championships

By Ben Edwards

2020 USAWA GRIP CHAMPIONSHIPS

Group picture from the 2020 USAWA Grip Championships

Group picture from the 2020 USAWA Grip Championships

The 2020 USAWA Grip Champs was another very well run contest at the Dino Gym. My wife Carrie and daughter Josie drove with me and cheered me on for the first and last events. And there were plenty of fun things to do in Abilene to keep Josie occupied while I competed.

I got to reconnect with many old friends. Jason Payne and his son Jarod were return competitors.

Dave Glasgow harassed Chad Ullom throughout the meet, and it was hilarious.

I was surprised when I walked in the door with only about 20 minutes until contest start and saw Bill Clark across the room. I hadn’t seen him since Al and I did the Record Day at Clark’s Gym in 2009. Joe Caron  made the trip and it was nice to meet him.

Denny Habecker and Dean Ross were there again.

Eric Todd, John Strangeway, and Lance Foster made the trip. I think they are all members of the same gym.

LaVerne was an excellent host and everyone had a great time.

Meet promoter LaVerne Myers (left) with myself

Meet promoter LaVerne Myers (left) with myself

I thought the lineup of events was well chosen. My grip failed long before my body would in any of the events.

We started off with the 2″ vertical bar. The bar felt slick to me until about halfway through warmups when the chalk started to accumulate a bit on the bar. In training I had recently pulled 213lbs. So my goal was about 215lbs and I got it on a 3rd attempt. I won this event, but I’m not sure by how much because I didn’t see the scorecard. I actually used my left hand, even though my right hand has been stronger in training by about 20lbs. The reason was because my right hand was going to be doing two of the events and I wanted to save it for those.

Jarod Payne deserves a mention on this (and every other event) event because I think he pulled 192lbs and had never touched a 2″ vertical bar before. He was pulling all his attempts so fast and effortlessly that we were joking with him about not snatching the weight.

Next event was the One Hand Fulton Dumbbell Deadlift. I stunk up the room with my lifting. But it was fun to watch the top 3 – LaVerne, Chad, and John battle it out for the top lift. I don’t even know the winning lift. But I think it was 180lbs. I only pulled 170lbs and barely got that.

The Double Inch Dumbbell Deadlift was next. I’ve never been good at this lift. But I do enjoy it. I had a solid lift with 240lbs and then only pulled 250lbs a few inches off the ground. Again, LaVerne, Chad, and John were the top lifters and they all did some great pulls. Again, I don’t know what the top lift was but I thought it was around 280lbs. I think this is the lift where Bill Clark almost crushed his foot to dust on one of his attempts.

Final event was the one hand thumbless grip deadlift. This is usually a good event for me. But my right forearm was cramping up and I was unsure where to jump in to make sure I didn’t bomb out. I barely got 205lbs. And then missed 215lbs by a half second. John beat me handily on this event too. Chad might have also, but we were very close in the end.

LaVerne jokingly told me after the contest that he made sure to include vertical bar so that I’d compete. He was not wrong. I enjoy vertical bar the best.

In the end, LaVerne whooped us all like rented mules. It was something like 200+ points over 2nd place. I think I edged Dave out by a close margin because I think he called for a recount.

I’m already looking forward to next year’s Grip Champs! Hope to see you there.

MEET RESULTS:

2020 USAWA Grip Championships
Dino Gym
Holland, Kansas
February 8th, 2020

Meet Director: LaVerne Myers

Scorekeeper: Chad Ullom

Official (1-official system used): LaVerne Myers, Dave Glasgow & Denny Habecker

Lifts: Vertical Bar Deadlift 2″ One Arm, Deadlift Fulton Dumbbell One Arm, Deadlift 2 Inch Dumbbells, Deadlift No Thumb One Arm

MENS DIVISION

LIFTER AGE BWT VB1 FD1 IDB DLNT TOT PTS
LaVerne Myers 75 227 162R 170R 240 175L 747 909.6
Chad Ullom 48 219 187R 180R 260 195R 822 761.5
John Strangeway 41 207 190L 180L 260 215L 845 755.1
Ben Edwards 44 234 215L 170R 240 205R 830 714.8
Dave Glasgow 66 248 147R 155R 200 190R 692 705.7
Denny Habecker 77 182 102L 120R 140 135R 497 703.1
Bill Clark 87 213 82L 95R 120 125R 422 618.8
Joseph Caron 74 185 92R 100R 140 125R 457 614.5
Jason Payne 54 321 172L 160R 230 180R 742 599.9
Eric Todd 45 259 132R 140R 210 170R 652 538.7
Jerod Payne 18 286 187R 130R 220 160L 697 532.9
Dean Ross 77 237 87R 95L 130 115L 427 522.1
Lance Foster 54 340 142R 115R 160 130R 547 430.8

EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS:

Joseph Caron – VB1: 102R
Chad Ullom – VB1: 195R
Denny Habecker – FD1: 125R
LaVerne Myers – IDB: 260
Dave Glasgow – IDB: 220
Chad Ullom – IDB: 280
John Strangeway – IDB: 270
Joseph Caron – DLNT: 135R
John Strangeway – DLNT: 221L

RIM LIFT EXHIBITION

LIFTER TOTAL
Jason Payne 340
Dave Glasgow 300
Eric Todd 300
Chad Ullom 300
John Strangeway 280
LaVerne Myers 280
Denny Habecker 210
Lance Foster 210
Bill Clark 160
Dean Ross 160

RECORD DAY LIFTING

John Strangeway – 41 Years, 207 lbs. BWT  (3 official system used)
Trap Bar Deadlift:  550 lbs
Deadlift 2 Fulton Dumbbells: 320 lbs

Dean Ross – 77 Years, 237 lbs. BWT (1 official system used)
Clean and Jerk 2 Dumbbells: 50 lbs
Clean and Jerk Dumbbell Right Arm: 25 lbs
Clean and Jerk Dumbbell Left Arm: 25 lbs
Clean and Jerk Fulton Bar: 40 lbs
Clean and Push Press 2 Dumbbells: 60 lbs.

NOTES: All lifts recorded in pounds. BWT is bodyweight in pounds.  R and L designate right and left arms. TOT is total pounds lifted.  PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight. 

Dino Gym Challenge

By Al Myers

MEET RESULTS – DINO GYM CHALLENGE

Group picture from the 2020 Dino Gym Challenge.

Group picture from the 2020 Dino Gym Challenge.

The Dino Gym Challenge was a big success again this year!!  Ten brave lifters showed up to take on the challenge, this year dubbed the “Legends and Leaders Showcase”.  It featured lifts made popular by two legends, Ed Zercher and Wilbur Miller, and two leaders, Denny Habecker and Frank Ciavattone.  It was great to have Denny competing in the meet. Denny made the long road trip from his home in Pennsylvania to enter this meet named in his honor.

The top three lifters at the Dino Gym Challenge (left to right): Mike Lucht (3rd), Johnny Strangeway (1st), and Chad Ullom (2nd)

The top three lifters at the Dino Gym Challenge (left to right): Mike Lucht (3rd), Johnny Strangeway (1st), and Chad Ullom (2nd)

First of all, I want to really thank my father LaVerne Myers for “taking charge” of the day’s events by acting as both promoter and serving as the head official all day. I had some unexpected work obligations come up and couldn’t be there as I was hoping to be.   It was disappointing to me, but pretty much out of my control.  I was able to finally show up to watch the final lifters in the last event, the Ciavattone Deadlift.   There were some big weights being hoisted up!!

I want to really thank all the lifters who showed up and participated in the Dino Gym Challenge!

Meet Results:

2020 Dino Gym Challenge
Dino Gym
Holland, Kansas
Saturday, January 18th, 2020

Meet Director: Al Myers/LaVerne Myers

Official (1-Official System): LaVerne Myers, assisted by Dave Glasgow

Scorekeeper: Chad Ullom

Lifts: Miller Clean and Jerk, Zercher One Arm, Habecker Lift, Deadlift Ciavattone Grip

MENS DIVISION

LIFTER AGE BWT C&J Zer Hab DL TOT PTS
John Strangeway 41 207 130 255L 405 434 1224 1094.4
Chad Ullom 48 224 100 250R 405 424 1179 1078.9
Mike Lucht 37 226 120 277L 360 434 1191 995.3
Denny Habecker 77 184 75 95R 215 278 663 931.9
Dave Glasgow 66 252 95 177R 290 344 906 916.2
John Douglas 56 308 80 202R 375 329 986 827.3
Brandon Rein 24 155 70 130R 215 278 693 722.2
John Janzen 54 265 65 110R 260 329 764 676.8
Dean Ross 77 237 35 95L 190 233 553 676.1
Jason Payne 54 323 80 110R 275 349 814 656.3

Extra Attempts made for Record:

John Strangeway: Habecker Lift 425
Denny Habecker: Habecker Lift 225
Dean Ross: Habecker Lift 205
John Strangeway: Ciavattone Deadlift 441
Chad Ullom: Ciavattone Deadlift 451

NOTES: All lifts recorded in pounds.  BWT is bodyweight in pounds. R and L designate right and left.  TOT is total pounds lifted.  PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight.

AFTER MEET RECORD DAY

Officials (1-official System Used): Al Myers, Chad Ullom, Denny Habecker, LaVerne Myers

Chad Ullom – 48 Years, 225 lbs BWT
Bench Press Hands Together: 190 lbs
Bench Press Fulton Bar: 230 lbs
Bench Press Right Arm: 75 lbs
Bench Press Left Arm: 75 lbs
Curl Cheat: 162 lbs

Al Myers – 53 year, 235 lbs BWT
Bench Press Hands Together: 225 lbs
Bench Press Alternate Grip: 230 lbs
Bench Press Fulton Bar: 270 lbs
Bench Press Right Arm: 75 lbs
Bench Press Left Arm: 75 lbs

Denny Habecker – 77 Years, 186 lbs BWT
Deadlift Ciavattone Grip Left Arm: 137 lbs
Deadlift Ciavattone Grip Right Arm: 156 lbs
Deadlift Dumbbell Left Arm: 143 lbs
Bench Press Feet in Air: 160 lbs
Bench Press Fulton Bar: 160 lbs

LaVerne Myers – 75 Years, 226 lbs BWT
Deadlift Ciavattone Grip Right Arm: 187 lbs
Deadlift Ciavattone Grip Left Arm: 187 lbs
Deadlift No Thumbs Overhand Grip: 204 lbs
Deadlift Dumbbell Left Arm: 187 lbs
Deadlift Dumbbell Right Arm: 187 lbs

 

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.

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