First
and foremost my hearty appreciation needs to
go out to all the USAPL fraternity here in Washington
for allowing us to be involved with some very
class people. I don’t think we would have
pulled this off without them. Our first try
at a meet and once we got it underway it went
very smoothly.
A very special thanks to all the volunteers
who make these things happen. These folks include
two who helped me keep my sanity while putting
this together as well as still coach my kids.
Kevin Stewart and Dean Reece were just monumental
at helping keep it together. Kevin brought his
platform and weights as well as his experience
and Dean brought his expertise on the platform
and organizational ideas. Without these guys
I don’t think the kids of the Fife Power
Company would still be in existence. Kevin has
more then once come to help all the kids in
my classes on his own dime. It has been a blast
and that is why I tried doing this and stay
with this sport.
More kudos to Roger (Silver Medalist at the
Masters Worlds) and Lea Hendrix, Ryan Stills,
Paula Houston (Gold Medalist at the Masters
Worlds), Roger Silva and Dick Schuller (Silver
Medalist at the Masters Worlds) for all their
loading, spotting and officiating. To Lea for
all the pictures and getting this out to lifting
fans. These folks are not just World Class lifters
they are great people spending a Saturday morning
helping out. To Ronda Stewart and Kailey Waters
at the scorers table. And to all the Fife School
District volunteers who showed up to help and
their only payment was the meet TShirt (a good
looking one at that), especially my principal
John McCrossin who got recruited to help the
scorers table. When the call goes out our staff
jumps forward. Our local Starbucks brought Jo
to Go for all the volunteers and our shirts
were designed by Xpress Imprints. More kudos
to the fantastic folks at Inzer. I ordered some
basic gear to get my kids going and they were
just awesome with their help. The budget was
small, but hopefully all had a great time. Maybe
the results speak for themselves.
The
women went first with all of them stepping to
the fore to start the day. Two of the Fife girls
are former best lifters in their first meets
and they stayed the course this day. Kelsey
McFarland (105 16-17) has six state records
at 105 and 114 and Bri Whitney (114 18-19) has
two state records at 114. They didn’t
break any today, but showed well on a short
training cycle. Newcomers Alicia Adams (123
16-17) and Alison Stewart (148 16-17) joined
other veteran Fife girls Devon Franklin (weighing
142 but lifting 165 today and setting a State
Record in the bench) and Ali McWeeny (8 state
records @ 132/148 14-15/16-17), who tied a state
record in the bench, on the platform and veteran
Patricia Tidmarsh @ 123. Traci Gack was equally
awesome @ 181 for the women.
We followed with the Teen, Juniors and Open
Men. Up first was Jeff Collins of the Fife team
at 132 14-15 in his first meet and setting a
state bench record. Then came some outstanding
lifting by Travis Belen of Shelton at 148. Travis
set two new state records today with a 281 bench
and a 391 dead lift and he is only 15. Jeremiah
Flynn of the Fife team came in @ 181 (18-19)
was lifting in his first meet and hit 176 in
the bench and 324.5 in the dead lift. Jeff Krupp
of the Fife team was in his first meet also
@ 181 (16-17) and had a tough day in the bench,
but we let him lift through and he dead lifted
379.5. Doug Kohls ( that was his mom with the
coffee) also lifted in his first meet @ 165
(16-17) hitting 143 and 302 which isn’t
bad
for
a very tall guy. Chris Schaefer came home from
college to lift with his old teammates, but
moving up a weight class to 165 and in the Junior
division lifting 187 and 374 on three weeks
training! Alan Tepper was our only Masters lifter
at 60 years of age in the 181 class and he hoisted
275 and 324.5. Troy Hake drove up from Oregon
and lifted at a raw 181. He benched 303 today.
Sean Miller of the Fife team entered @ 198 (16-17)
for his first meet and had a very good day lifting
225 and pulling a very big 501 in the dead.
Andre Bohall of the Fife team entered his second
meet @ 198 (18-19)and set two state records.
Andre benched 259 and 479.5 before taking a
big jump to 529. It broke ground, but he couldn’t
pull through. Fife Power Company teammates Drew
Sullivan and Gerardo Ruiz lifted at 220 (18-19)
with Drew benching 215 and dead lifting a mighty
501 and Gerardo benching 215 and dead lifting
452. Youngster Cody Pollock of the Fife team
came in @ 242 (16-17)with fine lifts of 231
and 446 in the dead lift before missing at 501.
Newcomer Jayson Kline was also @ 242 (18-19).
Jayson benched a fine 303 and pulled a very
good 556. He had one fine meet. Ken Gack and
Mark Knight (Fife’s vice principal) toed
the line at 242. Ken had a great day benching
452 and finishing with a mighty 601 dead lift.
That one got some wows! Mark was in his first
meet and also had a great day. He benched 292
(his best training lift a year ago was 230)
and he dead lifted 474 with his best training
lift a year ago at 340 (must be his training
partner!). You don’t want to get sent
to his office! Tony Waters led the guys at 275
in the Open division. Tony also had a terrific
day with a bench of 353 and a dead lift of 529.
Both those lifts brought huge smiles to his
face and his wife Kailey’s whom I recruited
to help at the score table. Jake Afoa is a former
Fife
Power
Company guy who came into the 275+ Class. Jake
hoisted 320 in the bench and hammered a 557
in the dead lift on very limited training.
Best Female Lifter was Patricia Tidmarsh and
the Best Male was Ken Gack. Best Teen Female
Kelsey McFarland (her second there in her third
meet) and Best Teen Male was Travis Belen.
All in all it went very well for our first meet
and the plan next year is to make it a full
meet, but keep the Holiday Classic theme and
even keep the Santa hat on the lifter on the
shirt.
For questions on this year's competition or
next, contact Steven Slavens at:
CWSCTNF@aol.com
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