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Look at Those Washington Lifters Go!!!
Very quietly, many Washington lifters are
doing some amazing things:
- Lots of records were set at the WA State Championships. The
results and records will be posted soon.
- For the second year in a row, Seattle Strength and Power won the
Masters Team competition at Women's Nationals. They
also won the
Mixed Team competition.
- Washington women did well at Nationals: Bebe Burns placed
1st in
the M3b 52kg division; Ita Pantilat placed 3rd in Open and
1st in
M2b 56k division; Dana Snow and Laurie Lamp placed 4th
and 5th
respectively in the 56k Open division and 2nd and 3rd in
Masters;
Sarah Lewis placed 1st in the 60k Teen 3 division and 4th in
the
Open; Faith Ireland placed 1st in the M3b 60k division; Jill
Joiner
Wang placed 4th and Rachele Killian Unson placed 5th in the
Open
67.5k division; Paula Houston placed 3rd in the Open and 1st
in the
Master 75k division; Terry Lee placed 1st in the M2a 75k
division;
Natalie Harmon placed first in the M1a 82.5; Jill Arnow
placed 1st in
both the Open and M1b divisions.
- Ita Pantilat set a World Record for the Masters 2 56k division at
Women's Nationals with a 97.5k bench press.
- Jill Arnow set two World Records for the Masters 2 90k division at
Women's Nationals with a 185.5k deadlift and a 493k total.
- Katherine Clark placed second at the Arnold Sports Festival CON-
CRET Raw Challenge.
- 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 participated in the World
Masters
Championships to be held in Palm Springs in October.
- Jill Arnow placed 6th at the World Open Championships in
St. John's, Newfoundland; the US Women's team placed 2nd and
the Men's team placed 3rd.
If I missed your accomplishments, let me know!! |
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Records are now
updated through the State Championships, as usual, let me
know if there are any mistakes.
We always need more volunteers for meets, as
spotters and loaders, help at the scoring table,
or whatever. Contact the meet director and
let them know you're available. |
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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
the Records page |
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Upcoming Meets |
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Tentative 2009 Schedule
for WA State
Washington State
Championships - March 7-8
Seattle Summer Classic - June 27
Alki Beach Bench/Dead - Aug 15
Columbia City Classic - Oct 8
Fife Holiday Classic - December
National Meets
Women's Nationals - Feb 14-15, Miami
Arnold Sports Festival - Mar 6-8, Columbus
Collegiate Nationals - Mar 27-29, Baton Rouge
High School Nationals - Apr 3-5, Killeen
Masters Nationals - May 1-3, St. Louis
Men's Junior/Teens/Open - Jun 12-14 - Denver
National Push/Pull and Deadlift - Jul 12 - Miami
Raw Nationals - Jul 24-26 - Charlottesville
Bench Press Nationals - Sept 12-13 - Cleveland |
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Results |
2009 Washington State Championships
March 7-8, 2008
Olympia, WA |
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Results |
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2008 Fife Power Company Holiday Classic
December 6, 2008
Fife, WA |
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Results |
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First Annual Columbia City Classic
October 18, 2008
Seattle, WA |
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Results |
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2008 YMCA Seattle Summer Classic
July 12, 2008
Meredith Matthews East Madison YMCA
Seattle, WA |
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Results |
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2008 WA State Championship
March 15, 2008
Holiday Inn
Issaquah, WA |
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Results |
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2007 Fife Power Company Holiday Classic
December 17, 2007
Fife, WA |
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Results |
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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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Results |
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2007 Washington State Powerlifting
Championships
March 10-11, 2007
Holiday Inn
Issaquah, WA |
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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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