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Look at Those Washington Lifters Go!!!
Very quietly, many Washington lifters are
doing some amazing things:
- The Seattle Strength and Power Women (Jill Arnow, Natalie Harmon,
Paula Houston, Faith Ireland, Terry Lee, and Patricia
Tidmarsh) won
the Masters Team competition at Women's Nationals.
- Jayson Kline placed first in the 110 kg Junior class and Ken Gack
placed third in the 100 kg Open class at Mens Open, Teen and
Junior
Nationals.
- At Masters Nationals, Walter Terry placed third in the 82.5 kg M4
class, Richard Schuller placed second in the 82.5 M6 class,
Mick
Stevens placed 2nd in the 90 kg M4 class, Steve Slavens
placed first
in the 110 kg M4 class (with an injury!), and Roger Hendrix
won the
Unlimited M3 class.
- Alan Tepper and Richard Schuller participated in the North American
Regional Powerlifting Championships in Aruba.
- Katherine Clark and Mikhail Brusser won their divisions at the
Inaugural Raw National Championships and Katherine earned a spot
at the Arnold Sports Festival CON-CRETE Raw Challenge.
- Five of our lifters: Paula Houston, Terry Lee, Faith Ireland, Jill
Arnow, and Roger Hendrix will be participating in the World
Masters
Championships to be held in Palm Springs in October.
- Jill Arnow will be a member of the World Open Team competing in
St. John's, Newfoundland in November.
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Another Successful Meet
On July 12th, in a rather toasty venue, some
amazing lifting was happening at the 2008
Seattle Summer Classic. Around 60 lifters
participated in the well-run meet put on by
state chair, Paula Houston. Many state records
were set as well as American records established
by Ita Pantilat and Faith Ireland. |
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Results Posted
Results are posted for the Summer Classic, State
Championships, the Fife meet and the
Pacific Open. Always check the results to
ensure that your age, weight class, lifts,
gear/raw, spelling, etc. are all correct. That will help
ensure the records are input correctly.
Records are updated from the state meet. |
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Link to the Results page |
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More changes to the records
There are a few changes to the state
records, some for record-keeping purposes, and
some due to changes from the USAPL/IPF.As of
January 2007, the lightest weight classes will
no longer exist for open and master lifters (44
kg class for women, 52 kg class for men).
Teens and juniors can still lift in these weight
classes. Also, since USAPL does not have a Submaster
classification, as of June 2007, we will no
longer use that classification in Washington
State.
In order to make record keeping a little
easier, I have combined most of the record
forms. So now all the records for any age
group are in the same place. Hopefully
this will reduce the number of errors. As
always, if you see problems, please send me an
email. And even more changes....
The USAPL has changed the definition of Raw
Lifting; knee wraps are no longer allowed. As a
result, and as a way to keep the headaches to a
minimum...we have decided to remove all raw
three-lift meet records. Any records for
bench press and deadlift will remain. If
you have any questions, please contact the state
chair, Paula Houston.
Update to above:
We're going to do the record keeping a
little differently (what else is new??) We
will keep the existing raw records however,
after every squat and total that were achieved
during the "wraps allowed" phase, I am appending
"w/wraps" to the person's name. When
someone else lifts in that category, whether or
not their squat and/or total exceeds what is
there, the record will be replaced with the new
record.
One more change....
I will now keep track of disabled lifters
records.
One last thing....
If you set a record at a meet out of state,
it is your responsibility to let both me and the
state chair know. |
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Link to
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Upcoming Meets |
1st Annual Columbia City
Classic
Fife Power Company Holiday Classic |
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2008 YMCA Seattle Summer Classic
July 12, 2008
Meredith Matthews East Madison YMCA
Seattle, WA |
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2008 WA State Championship
March 15, 2008
Holiday Inn
Issaquah, WA |
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2007 Fife Power Company Holiday Classic
December 17, 2007
Fife, WA |
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2007 Pacific Open
November 3, 2007
Holiday Inn
Issaquah, WA |
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2007 Seattle Summer Classic
July 7, 2007 |
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2007 Washington State Powerlifting
Championships
March 10-11, 2007
Holiday Inn
Issaquah, WA |
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Results |
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Washington State
Powerlifting Hall of Fame
The initial group of eight members was
inducted into the Washington State Powerlifting
Hall of Fame in ceremonies at the State
Championship’s March 10, 2007. The Hall of
Fame has been established to recognize the
achievements of the Washington state residents
who are premier participants in the sport of
powerlifting.
The eight members who were inducted on March 10,
are: Willy Austin, Martin Beavers, Yeuh Chen
Chang, Chris Grekoff, Paula Houston, Gariel
Keeble, Roger Silva and Andrew “Bull” Stewart.
The initial group was selected on the basis of
the following criteria:
1.
A highly
distinguished career in the sport of
powerlifting covering at least ten years as a
drug free competitor at the national and
international level.
2.
A career that
embodied the highest levels of integrity,
sportsmanship and character.
3.
Played a significant
role in helping other lifters participate in the
sport through service as a coach, official or
meet promoter.
Dr.
Larry Maile, National Chairman of USA
Powerlifting, presented Hall of Fame
certificates to each of the inductees.
The
eight members of the Hall of Fame will now
assume all decision making functions for the
Hall of Fame, including selection and induction
of new members, operation of the Hall of Fame,
and selection of the Washington powerlifting
“Athlete of the Year”.
The eight
initial members of the Washington State
Powerlifting Hall of Fame include some of the
greatest American athletes ever to participate
in weight sports. Over the coming months,
biographical information will be prepared and
posted on the USAPL Washington web site
describing the careers of each of these
distinguished individuals. |
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Send us your news, stories, accomplishments and
we'll add them to the WA State website. |
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