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(Click here for results from Ozark Powerlifting meet) (Click here for results from Ozark Benchpress Meet results) (Click here for meet photos) Missouri Womens: Womens Open, Teen & Masters Missouri Mens Open: 123 | 132 | 165 | 181 | 198 | 275 | SHW Missouri Masters: Masters Missouri Teenage: Teenage Other links on this site: Menu of past meet results USAPLNATIONALS.COM |
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| The 27th annual Missouri St./Ozark meet was held on April 21st at St. John the Baptist HS. I can't say enough about Rick Koettker, who allows us to hold our meet here. It has turned out to be a nice facility with adequate space. Most of the time meet directors have a hard time returning to places to hold meets and this is certainly not the case. So, hats off to the lifters who have done a great job keeping the place in one piece. What a competition we had! It's been a few years since we've had the type of buildup we had for our annual event. With the popularity of the Internet, we were able to hype it even more than usual. With lifters coming from as far as Texas, Oklahoma, and the mega crew from Michigan, we were honored to be their host. In the Missouri Womens division, Sabrina Pledger continues her winning ways. After a successful high school lifting career she has kept her training up, even with going to SEMO down in Cape. And true to the form of a budding college kid, she arrived tan and leaner than ever, like she had just returned from a spring break trip or something. All of this and some big lifts. I think her 396 lb. deadlift has to be close to her best in a meet. I look for her to eventually be really competitive in the Open division of the Nationals as she gets closer and closer to the 198 lb. class. We had yet another Pledger competing, Lindsay Pledger. Lindsay has done a great job getting her feet wet in her first year or two and her total just keeps climbing. A winner at the Womens Teenage Nationals in January, she has taken in quite a few meets in her short career. She should be a mainstay in the Womens class for a long time. Lifting the Womens Master division, Lisa Schoonmaker indicated that she had a bit of hip trouble and had to take a token lift in the squat. She did make 37.5 kgs. In the benchpress, which was up 11lbs. since she began in November. Lisa is handled by the Donovan and the Above All gang. In the 123 lb. Missouri class, Zach Branson just couldn't get it together. In his first sanctioned meet, some of the rules tripped him up a bit and he failed to complete a benchpress. Just a youngster at 14 years old, this guy has a nice future ahead of him. Rumor has it that this kid can really pull. On May 19th we'll find out at the Steeler HS meet, when he goes after a little redemption. Hang in there Zach, it gets better! In the 132's we had three lifters vying for the title, which was up from the previous years. In his first meet, Above All's Kevin Otte "Too Hotty", made all but one lift the entire day, placing third. Runner up in the class was John Hunn, who upped his total by half a hundred since the Cape meet. The champion for the 132's was master lifter Keith Womack, who totaled just under 1,000 lbs. Keith's only miss came in the bench. For now, I'd expect Keith to be able to repeat as champion next year, but after that it's anyone's ballgame. Hunn and Otte are new and will be closing the gap with more training. In the 165's Ryan Snelling missed making weight in the 148's and had to go up, which gave him some competition in the form of a lifter named Gene Schoonmaker. Both were new to our scene, but I have a feeling Ryan has been training a little longer than Schoonmaker, who is a Master. It was rough going initially for Schoonmaker, who made just a squat and bench to stay in the meet. He is another lifter from the Above All powerlifting team. Snelling however, came to lift and did he ever look good. He had power to spare, especially in the deadlift, where he pulled 529 lbs. Ryan will do well if he competes in this year's Teenage Nationals in Chicago. In the 181's we had two faces familiar to the Missouri USAPL. George Krockenberger squared off against Dennis Riney for all the marbles. Krockenberger, a previous winner of 6 state titles, was trying to make it no. 7; Riney had other plans though. After the squats, George led by 11 lbs. Going into the bench, which is Riney's specialty. With quite a bit of shoulder trouble through the years, George has had a tough time benching. But at this meet, he indicated that his 303 lb. lift was the first ever in his career. It just goes to show you that this is a long race and that all of us, just like George has done, can continue to progress over the long haul. Riney ended up benching a nice 407 lb. lift and looked good for plenty more. On his third attempt his hips came up a bit, so the 429 was no good. After the dust settled, they were only separated by 25 lbs. with Riney coming out as the winner over the venerable George Krockenberger. In the 198's, it was a three way race for the title. After wavering in the squat, Roger Petzoldt capitalized on his class leading benchpresses and deadlifts to emerge victorious. It was a tight one though, with just a few lifts, the piston-like Greg Ludwig could've change things, but ended in the runner up spot. Just 15 kilo's behind Ludwig, Steve Reando also missed a few that could've shook things up a bit. Steve ended with third place on a 5 for 9 day. The victory for Roger the dodger gave him his 4th title, and his first since 1991. This moves him up on the list just ahead of Jerry Pledger and ties him with Chad Holmes at 4 state titles. Congratulations Roger! With a void of competitors, we skip up to the 275's where he had just one. Travis Rubey on Rolla, Mo., came, saw and dominated! This guy didn't need anyone in his class to push him into making some big lifts. Folks, this guy has potential! He cruised through the squats unscathed, ending with 683 lbs. On the bench where his only miss was, he managed to crank out 451 lbs., and the deadlift? Well that's another story. I had inside info from ahead of time George Heleine of Rolla Power that he would pull big. Did he ever! On his opener he ripped up 650 lbs. like it was a bag of trash. For his 2nd attempt he went after Donovan Garris' state record pull of 705 lbs. set a few years back. Again, he went out and just pulled it with ease for a new state record. On his third attempt, Travis set his sights on the 275 lb. total record of 1,862, set by Mike Anderson in 1996. So, after the math was done, he needed 733 lbs. to eclipse Anderson's mark set 5 years ago. Out Rubey went once again, with a determined look and the whole house rockin', he pulled 733lbs. for a new record deadlift and record total! Not only that, but he was the Missouri State best lifter and he looked good for even more! He has plans on going to the Mens Nationals in Nebraska this coming July, to compete with the big boys. Good luck Travis, and congratulations on a fine performance! The Supers were billed as the class of the meet prior to the meet. We had a lineup of Pat Rankin, Donovan Garris, Jerry Pledger and Mike Werges; all who are longtime Missouri USAPL lifters. Rankin came riding into town with 6 titles to his name and plans to earn a 7th. After a year or so of Strongman competition and promotion, he was ready to give it a go again on the platform. For Garris, this was his second meet back since he returned in November, and I knew he'd have it together after his Cape performance. Big Jerry, with his squat ability, is always in the running. Mike Werges was also back after a long hiatus, sporting a much bigger body since his days as a Jr. lifter. He is now a police officer, married and has a little Werges on the way. Going into the battle, I knew Rankin would have his hands full. After dealing with a minor back injury a few months prior, then a spring head cold early in the week, his training was just good enough to get him into shape, but not to win it. After three failed attempts in the squat, "Crankin" Rankin had been stopped dead in his tracks. Expect him to return full of fire and better than ever because he is a competitor. After the squats, Pat hung around to help the other lifters and even did a great job announcing some of the deadlifts. Big Mike, in his comeback, nailed three dunks and ended at 639 lbs. Garris came out of the squats with 650 lbs, missing 677 lbs. on his third. The class leader was the big guy, Jerry Pledger. On his opener things got a bit out of the groove and he had to fight to come out of a lift that seemed to take forever. On his way up though, there was so much noise and yelling, 14 year old spotter Justin Newsome, thought he heard someone give the command to take the bar. As it turned out, this lift was no good and with the adrenaline flowing some tempers flared briefly. After it was explained to Jerry what happened and why the spotter grabbed the bar, order was restored and all was well. Jerry apologized for getting excited and Justin apologized for taking the bar too quick. In all of this big ruckus, the kid never batted an eye when most men would've had their tail between their legs heading for the door. Jerry did take his lift over and not only did he complete it, he completed all his squats and came out with a fine 711 lb. attempt. In the benchpress, Garris made up some ground and then some. On his second attempt, he upped the full meet BP record to 540 lbs. and prepared to up it to 551 lbs. After lowering 551 lbs. to his chest, he gave a brief but borderline pause and easily rammed it back up. Unfortunately the refs felt he came a up a bit quick. To his credit, the good news is that he will blow right past 551 lbs. in his next meet. Garris also had the biggest deadlift of the Supers with his 683 lb. deadlift, which was plenty more than he needed for the victory. After it was over, Werges placed third while only missing one lift on the day. Pledger was the runner up, totaling 1,714 lbs, and Garris was the new SHW state champ with 1,873 lbs and the biggest total of the meet. Garris is another young lifter who has potential to spare. Although the competition is tough, he should also consider going to the Nationals in July for the experience. A few final notes...I'm pleased with the influx of new lifters. We saw a lot of new faces, and I'm glad to see that. However, there are quite a few weight classes where state titles are left up for grabs with no competitors entered. If you have a lifter that can compete, by all means have them compete. It would be an honor to on the list that includes names like Sample, Mafuli, Krockenberger and others. Rolla Power's George Heleine looked like a completely different person from when I last seen him at Cape. He is one of the few that do powerlifting AND bodybuilding, and lost 33 lbs. in the last 5 months. No wonder his BP shirt fit like a windbreaker. The Missouri team title was won by the Bodyworks/Universal Fitness/Universal Physique powerlifting team. Heck, the guys from Cape have changed their names so many times, I'm not exactly sure what they go by these days. It was a close one though. The Above All team has re-emerged and should give the crew from Cape G some trouble next year. Jerry Pledger indicated that in all the years of the state meet, they've never been beat. Thanks to the crew that spotted and loaded. They were Jim Bell, Justin Newsome, Josh Anderson, Bob Scott and a host of other I'm sure I missed. This is by far, the hardest job of the meet. Thanks to the Cissell family who keeps on putting out a great product for the lifters. Dr. Mike could easily have generic plates printed for the awards that say only "1st Place", etc. , but he likes to make it a bit nicer and include the weight class and division along with the placing. That's why it sometimes takes longer to get the awards presented at the end. Everything is ordered ahead of time, counting on the lifters being in certain weight classes. But when they fail to make weight, it throws a wrench into things. So, thanks for bearing with us when we figure the results. And to wrap it up, Dr. Mike pulled a fast one on this author. We present the Leroy Marsh award annually to a lifter, coach or staff member that goes out of their way to promote the sport. Each year Mike and I decide and agree on who it should be. After the benchpresses, we planned on presenting the award while the house was still full. Since I was close to Leroy, I usually announced who the winner was, and followed it with a brief speech on the person. Well, was I ever in for a surprise. Dr. Mike had the award and started announcing it, so I thought, "Cool, Mike's going to present it this year". What I didn't know, was that he was presenting it to me. The award means a lot to this author because we try to put so much into making our meets better for the lifters sake. So essentially, in my eyes, it's a "By the lifters, for the lifters" situation. Thanks again. Next stop? The Steeler HS powermeet on May 19th. Bring your kids, it'll be a great meet! For more info, contact us at www.USAPLNationals.com . Rick Fowler |
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| Mens Open 56kg/123lb results | |||||||||||||||
| Lifter | SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | BP1 | BP2 | BP3 | DL1 | DL2 | DL3 | Total | Place | ||||
| Z. Branson | 112.5 | 115 | -125 | -70 | -70 | -70 | - | - | - | - | |||||
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| Mens Open 125kg/275lb results | |||||||||||||||
| Lifter | SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | BP1 | BP2 | BP3 | DL1 | DL2 | DL3 | Total | Place | ||||
| T. Rubey | 277.5 | 295 | 310 | 190 | 205 | -212.5 | 295 | 322.5 | 332.5 | 847.5 | |||||
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| Teenage results | |||||||||||||||
| Teenage division, 56kg/123 lb. (14-15) | |||||||||||||||
| Lifter | SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | BP1 | BP2 | BP3 | DL1 | DL2 | DL3 | Total | Place | ||||
| Z. Branson | 112.5 | 115 | -125 | -70 | -70 | -70 | - | - | - | - | |||||
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Best Lifters
Open Women: Sabrina Pledger
Open Men: Travis Rubey
Masters Women: Lisa Schoonmaker
Masters Men: Lance Bargatze
Teen Women: Sabrina Pledger