Arizona State Champs. 2-Oct-04 Queen Creek AZ MD: Jim Sullivan and Rich Wenner Women Jan Froeschle 123 M2 281 132 287 700 Jan Froeschle 123 OPEN 281 132 287 700 Sasha Meshkov 148 M2 342 154 347 843 Sasha MeshkoV 148 OPEN 342 154 347 843 Chelsi Mundy 148 T2 209 105 220 535 Briana Greene 165 T2 132 110 176 419 Liane Blyn 181 OPEN 408 231 413 1053 Men Bill Schmidt 220 M1 623 386 623 1631 Joseph Gragula 165 M1 231 198 303 733 Chris Lloyd 165 OPEN 314 231 342 887 Nicholas Miceli 181 OPEN 342 309 408 1058 Kevin Conlogue 181 OPEN 369 254 397 1020 Shilo Liabe 220 OPEN 551 391 502 1444 Andy Watson 275 OPEN 579 430 584 1593 Damien Wadekamp 275 OPEN 529 254 303 1086 Bench Only Mark Brown 242 M2 276
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We had several lifters qualify for National Championship competition. Master lifter Jan Froeschle qualified for Women's Masters and Women's Open Nationals, 2003 Worlds Strongwomen competitor and part time powerlifter Liane Blyn qualified for Women's Open Nationals. It would be scary to see what Liane could do if she concentrated on the powerlifts. High school junior Chelsi Mundy qualified for Women's Teen and High School Nationals. First time competitor Joe Gragula qualified for the Master's Nationals and junior lifter Shilo Liabe qualified for the Men's Junior Nationals. High school lifter Briana Greene established the Women's T2 State records n the Squat, Bench, Deadlift, and total. Briana had never seen a Powerlifting meet before the day of the competition. Not bad for learning on the run the day of the meet.
I would also like to thank the lifters who traveled from out of state. Sasha Meshkon traveled in from California. Former ADFPA open and world champion and long time friend Bill Schmidt came in from North Caroline. Andy Watson has traveled from Las Vegas to several of our meets now and we look forward to him returning in the spring. I would also like to thank Nicholas Miceli for making the trip from Tucson. Nick competed for the first time in the USAPL last spring. It's a commitment like Nicks that will make Powerlifting grow throughout the state. We also had several lifters new to the USAPL. Briana Greene, Mark Brown, Shilo Liabe, Chris Lloyd, Joseph Gragula, Damien Wadekamper, and Kevin Conlogue. Damien had to fight through some injuries to be able to compete but will be more than ready next time around. Kevin has only been training for Powerlifting for a couple of months and has yet to try any gear.
Queen Creek High School and Coach Todd Workman deserve a big thank you. The venue was perfect and the help that Coach Workman provided to assist with the setup, spot, load and teardown was second to none. The loaders even provided their assistance in the warm-up room. As Bill Schmidt put it, I've never competed in a meet where I didn't even have top load a bar in the warm-up room.
I would also like to thank Tim McClellan for announcing. Tim was a long time member of the ADFPA, National referee, and the first world team coach for the ADFPA. Also meet director for several Lifetime National Championships, along with the Collegiate National Championships.
My partners who have been a large part of building the USAPL back up in the state. John Pena and M2 2004 National Champion Jim Sullivan. Also Lanette Lopez for really showing us the administrative ropes the day of the meet.
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