Birthday: January 24, 1965
Height: 6' 1"
Weight class: 242/275
Hometown: Bothell, Washington

Team: Sleek Physique, Moses Lake
Coach: I have never had a coach, but I have been blessed to have been given great coaching/advice from the very best: Tommy Brice, Bull Stewart, Martin Beavers, Bill Gillespie, Todd Christianson, Willie Austin and numerous other people. If you think you know it all...........you will never get better.

Best Lifts:
Squat – 804.5 lbs
Bench – 501 lbs
Deadlift – 700 lbs

First Meet:
1989 ADFPA Washington State Championships

Most Memorable Moment:
I have a couple: Winning my 1st competition, the 1989 ADFPA Washington St 242 lb class while weighing 229 lbs. I was attending Central Washington University at the time and entered the meet because many of my fellow football players "assumed" I was using performance enhancing drugs as I held virtually every team (football) lifting record......and I was a fullback/running back. I saw the entry form/flyer on our gym wall and decided to enter. My training partners and I trained 8 weeks for it and we were all basically clueless. We all shared my knee wraps at the meet; 3 guys, 1 set of wraps. At my 1st meet I was a "no one"....and Willie Austin and Martin Beavers, both National champions, treated me with great dignity and respect. I will always remember that. I squatted 650.....not having a clue how to even wrap my knees properly. And yes....I was drug tested...and passed. In my second competition, the 1990 Northwest regionals I met a guy by the name of Tommy Brice. We ended up becoming great friends and have been so for several years. Tommy went on to become the 1993 ADFPA National Champion at Super Heavyweight. Unfortunately, Tommy tore his bicep tendon on his last "token" deadlift and was not able to lift at the World Championships in Canada. John Binkowsi, who placed 2nd to Tommy at Nationals went on to become world champion that year. Tommy had surgery, then proceeded to gain a lot of weight, getting up to 347 lbs...at 5'9". One morning, his oldest son Nick (who was 10 at the time) asked him, daddy...are you going to be around when I get older? Right then, Tommy decided to lose weight and get into great lifting shape. For 2 years Tommy dieted, lifted, ate 8-10 meals a day (even getting up in the middle of the night), did a ton of cardio, even riding a bicycle to work for a year. In 1995, we both decided to enter an ADFPA meet being held in Las Vegas. I competed and won the 242 lb class and Tommy competed in and won the 220's !!!! He weighed in at 219 lbs with his body fat at roughly 5%. We know this as his he was hydrostatically weighed (dunked) in a water tank. He never used ANY form of drugs to lose the weight. My all time most memorable moment in powerlifting was watching my friend Tommy Brice lift at an elite level while weighing 128 lbs less than he did 2 years prior. Coincidentally, John Binkowski, the guy Tommy had beaten at the 93' Nationals was at the meet coaching. John had trouble believing it was Tommy and was completely astounded. In 27 years of lifting, many with elite powerlifters/bodybuilders and athletes , I have never seen such an incredible accomplishment.

Additional info:
1989, 1991, 1994, 2000 ADFPA/USAPL Washington St champion @ 242 (1994 - 1st in 275's weighing 243) I believe I am the only person to win this title 4 times in 3 different decades. 1991,1993,1994 Northwest Regional Champion. 1994 ADFPA National Championships - 6th @ 242 (w/ opening lifts) 2002 USAPL Oregon St Champion @ 242 and best overall lifter (lb for lb). I am very proud to state that every meet I ever competed in was drug tested (20+) I never failed a drug test, never failed to complete a competition (bomb out) and I was never injured in competition. My best memories were the people I met and the bonds that we formed.