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Bench Press Decathlon

Meet announcement

Where: Clark’s Gym,  720 Grace Lane, Columbia, MO

When: April 16-17 (second day if needed due to participation-entries over 10)

Weigh Ins: 9:00 (both days if needed)

Start Time: 10:00 (both days if needed)

Entry: No entry form or fee for this meet.  Just let Clark know you care coming by April 9.  You can email him at yeoldclark@gmail.com,  call at 573-474-4510, or by mail at 3906 Grace Ellen Drive, Columbia, MO 65202-1739

Lifts:

1- Bench Press, Feet in Air

2- Bench Press-feet on Floor (Eligible for IAWA records only)

3- Bench Press, Alternate grip

4- Bench Press, Reverse Grip

5- Bench Press, hands together

6- Bench Press, Roman Chair

7- Bench Press, 1 arm, left

8- Bench Press, 1 arm, right

9- Reg Park Bench Press

10- Rampage -most reps in a minute’s time with traditional bench (exhibition lift which counts toward the total in the meet, but not for records.)

Legal uniform will be required as per the USAWA rulebook.  Meet is eligible for drug testing. Please contact Bill Clark with the above-mentioned contact info with any questions.

 

Sweet 16 and Elite 8

Posted by Eric Todd, Secretary/Treasurer

Date: August 28, 2021

Where Clark’s Gym, 720 Grace Lane, Columbia, MO

Rules: The first 16 males and 8 females to enter will be the field.  A drawing will be held prior to the meet to set the brackets dividing the field into 8 male matches and 4 female matches.  Each match will be decided on who wins on bodyweight and age differential and the men’s field will be reduced to eight and four female matches.  The second round will then eliminate half of the field until the final round is reached.

 

The lifts used for each round are: (Men) 1st round- Jefferson Lift, Fulton bar; 2nd round-Clean and Press-Heels together ; 3rd round-Bench Press-Feet in air; final round-Hip Lift.  (Woman) same lifts except the clean and press-heels together will be eliminated since there will only be three rounds.

 

Weigh ins: 9:00 AM

Entry Fee: None

Awards: certificates

There is no entry form, but please let Bill know if you plan on competing by August 21, 2021.  You can reach him by email at yeoldclark@gmail.com; telephone at 573-474-4510; or by mail at 3906 Grace Ellen Drive, Columbia, MO 65202-1739

 

UPDATE: As meet director, Bill has decided to implement covid protocol for this meet, the Sweet 16/Elite 8.  All participants must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccine in order to compete.

Clark’s Record Day

By Bill Clark

CLARK’S RECORD DAY AND FUN DAY

What was expected to be a big crowd proved to be a very small crowd of five gym members. Not a single soul from outside Clark’s Gym entered.

Since it was the first sanctioned meet in 14 months, plans had been made to match the county health protocol and an anticipated crowd of at least a dozen.

The five local lifters all checked in with their vaccination cards and two – Nick Frieders and Tony Hose – did their USAWA second quarter postal lifts six weeks early.

We were long gone by noon.

MEET DETAILS

Clark’s Record Day
Clark’s Gym
Columbia, Missouri
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Meet Director: Bill Clark

Officials (1-official system used): Bill Clark, Dave DeForest

Lifters:

Tony Hose, 52, 229 pounds
Fulton bar bench press – 300.
Reverse grip bench press – 235.

Nick Frieders, 20, 157 BWT
Bent over row – 205.
RH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 192.
LH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 192.
Reeves deadlift – 275.
Kennedy lift – 535.

Dave DeForest, 61, 194 bwt.
Neck lift – 450.
Deanna lift – 405.
Habecker lift – 275.
Peoples deadlift – 435.
2H, 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 2×125 – 250 total.

John Carter, 62, 213 bwt
2H Ciavattone deadlift – 365.
2H deadlift – heels together – 365.
Zercher lift – 255.
Reeves deadlift – 265.
Straddle lift – 320.

BILL CLARK, 88. 203 BWT.
RH i-inch vertical bar deadlift – 107.
LH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 132.
RH 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 82.
LH 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 82.
Kennedy lift – 275.

Note: The fifth lifter above was not planning to lift. But he did – and may have become the first in USAWA history to lift wearing a catheter and an adult diaper.

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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