USAWA

By Bill Clark

Tony, who just turned 53, won is first major USAWA meet by blasting through the “rampage” to win the Easter Bunny Bench Press Decathlon, defeating teammate, Dave Beversdorf, for the title.

Tony, weighing a trim 226 pounds, broke a deadlock with the 56-year-old Beversdorf by using less to weigh more and clinch the title in the “rampage.”

Tony took only 90 pounds, but did 68 reps with the weight in the one-minute rampage time-span to log 6,120 pounds in a minute – over three tons. Dave, who weighed in at 300 pounds (age 56), did 47 reps with 125 pounds for a total of 5,875 pounds in a minute.

Third place went to Lucas Hardie, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, who is a member of Clark’s Gym Team. Dave DeForest was 4^th, Tony Lupo 5^th and Nick Frieders 6^th in what became strictly a gym meet.

Tony Hose’s total for the 10 lifts was exactly 8,000 pounds – four tons worth of benching.

Tony has been a gym member since June 15, 2006. Since his first few months 16 years ago, he has always added a large gift “to help cover the heating bill” and has been a huge help in keeping the gym open as the heat bills have soared.

It was good seeing him win in tough competition.

The results:

Name	Age	Age Division	BW	weight class	Reg Park Bench Press	Bench Press roman Chair	Bench Press Feet in Air	Bench Press Alternate Grip	Bench Press Reverse Grip	Bench Press-Close Grip (not eligible for USAWA records because not an official lift)	Bench Press-Feet on Floor  (not eligible for USAWA records because not an official lift)	Rampage Reps	Rampage total weight	Total pounds	Bodyweight adjustment	Age Adjustment	Place
Tony Hose	53	50	226	105	230	65	300	*275	*270	200	300	68×90	6120	8000	2688.5	7624.83	1
David Beversdorf	56	55	300	275+	*230	*45	*300	*315	*300	225	315	47×125	5875	7825	5679.4	6844.9	2
Lucas Hardie**	38	open	195	90	*190	125	245	225	225	185	255	28×135	3780	6430	5879.15	5879.15	3
Dave DeForest	62	60	187	85	*130	*22	160	*165	*160	130	170	41×70	2870	3917	3637.7	4474.37	4
Tony Lupo	56	55	234	110	*130	*65	*245	*185	*200	155	255	26×115	2990	4340	3637.4	4255.76	5
Nick Frieders	21	open	184	85	*100	*65	200	185	155	155	200	26×85	2210	3350	3504.1	3504.1	6
Bill Clark	89	85	203	95	*44	*33	65	*65	*65	55	65	10×45	450	886	785.1	1677.65	7

* All lifts marked with an asterisk  are national records

**Lucas Hardie’s lifts are not eligible for records

The following lifters are not current members, but are from Canada, and are planning on joining prior to the 2nd quarter postal.  Their lifts are not eligible for records.   Please give them a warm welcome:

Name	Age	Age Division	BW	weight class	Bench Press-1 arm-right	Bench Press-1 arm-left	Reg Park Bench Press	Bench Press roman Chair	Bench Press Feet in Air	Bench Press Alternate Grip	Bench Press Reverse Grip	Bench Press-Close Grip (not eligible for USAWA records because not an official lift)	Bench Press-Feet on Floor  (not eligible for USAWA records because not an official lift)	Rampage Reps	Rampage total weight	Total pounds
Matt Macneil	36	open	270	125	135	135	270	95	345	315	315	200	345	48×135	6480	9735
Doug Sullivan	63	60	180	85	95	95	200	135	245	235	235	185	265	39×135	5265	7065
Robbie Baxter	27	open	238	110	100	95	200	125	225	225	245	185	235	29×115	3335	3335

All records are in pounds.  The three official system was used for everyone but Dave DeForest and Bill Clark with Dave and Bill being the judges.  Bill judged Dave and Dave judged Bill in the 1 official system for their lifts.

Dave DeForst record day
Snatch on knees	90
Clean and Press on knees	116
Clean and seated press-behind neck	105
Deadlift-stiff legged	280
Habecker Lift	250