ADFPA kingpin Ray Benemerito pulls 655 on final lift after passing 1st two due to severe cramps. After he pulls it, it is deemed a misload, he then pulls the correct weight to win the 165's over Laddie Gibson in Chicago.
The meet was one of Dennis Brady's many National Championship masterpieces in the Windy City.
Tony Harris of Hawaii, unseats Jim Morton at 220 on a bodyweight decision almost needing a re-weigh.
The duel went down to the final lifts with the two tied after each had taken their last deadlifts. With that, the decision was to be decided by the victory going to the lighter man.
After a quick glance at the computer screen, it appeared the two weighed in at the exact same bodyweight, which called for a re-weigh to determine the winner.
As the caravan of lifters, referees and spectators quickly head to the scale to see how this would turn out, Dennis Brady had another look at the paperwork.
Brady, upon further inspection, notices on the actual lifter meet cards that the bodyweights were close but not identical. Harris weighed in at 99.40 kg to Morton's bodyweight of 99.45 kg, a difference of one eighth of a lb., and one decimal place that the computer program did not project, and thus the winner was Tony Harris.
(25th Anniversary List voted on prior to 07 Mens Nationals. # of titles has been updated to include results from 2007 Nationals).
1999 Best Lifter Award won by Dave Ricks pictured above.
| Titles | Lifter | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Ray Benemerito | |
| 11 | Ervin Gainer | |
| 10 | Wade Hooper | |
| 9 | Tony Harris | |
| 8 | Bull Stewart | |
| 7 | Tim Taylor | |
| 7 | Dave Ricks | |
| 6 | Tony Cardella | |
| 6 | Martin Beavers | |
| 5 | Doc Holloway | |
| 5 | Brian Siders | |
| 5 | Bob Dempsey | |
| 5 | Doan Nguyen | |
| 5 | Dave Weiss | |
| 5 | Brad Gillingham | |
| 4 | John Kuc | |
| 4 | Mike Hall | |
| 4 | Shawn Cain | |
| 4 | Dan Austin | |
| 4 | Greg Jones | |
| 4 | Rob Wagner | |
| 4 | Beau Moore | |
| 3 | Tony Conyers | |
| 3 | Tony Leiato | |
| 2 | Mark Henry |
Ray Benemerito, pictured above in St. Louis, Mo, has won 15 Mens National Titles. His first came way back in 1987 in Chicago, IL.
