WNPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

PISCATAWAY, N.J. AUGUST 6-7-8

POWERLIFTING	SQ	BP	DL	TOTAL
WOMEN
123
40-44 RAW
LARSON	140	80	180	400
45-49
WHIDDEN	255	155*	280	690
132
40-44 RAW
HOCKEBORN	255*	205*	255*	715*
45-49 RAW
SPANO	165*	105*	280*	550*
148
LIFETIME RAW
MUSSER-BL	340*	190*	350*	880*
VEGA	255	130	350*	735
SHW
LIFETIME RAW
THEODOROPOULOS	325	155	365	845
40-44 RAW
MCGEE	150	120	280	550
MEN
100
9-10 RAW
LITOWSKY	90	55	125	270
114
11-12 RAW
BOMBERGER	190*	90*	170*	450*
FOLTZ	125	65	170	360
13-16
MCAVOY	265	190	280	735
132
20-23
MOLINARO	360	225	375	960
148
13-16
RICHARDSON	345	160	400	905
45-49
CORSI	370	250	450	1070
165
13-16 RAW
KLAASSEN	300	165	330	795
17-19
HEILMAN	370	220	410	1000
SPACE	300	175	415	890
20-23 RAW
DIMURA-BL	425*	265	485*	1175*
45-49 RAW
CANTRAMBONE	325	260*	410	995
55-59 RAW
HOXWORTH	400*	225*	500*	1125*
65-69
WOLFF	290*	190*	385	865*
181
17-19
SPACE	395	230	455	1080
OPEN RAW
ROCK	475	315	510	1300
LIFETIME
ALONGI	405	365	385	1155
35-39 RAW
LOMBARDO	315	275	420	1010
40-44
CATINA	455	265	460	1180
50-54 RAW
CINELLI	270	235	340	845
55-59
CONWAY	455*	245	540*	1240
DENNISON	430	235	530	1195
198
13-16
TIDY	355	135	350	840
LIFETIME RAW
KADLE	450	330	560*	1340*
MANGINE	475	350*	510	1335
SEUNARINE	520*	300	505	1325
WEAVER	340	240	405	985
LIFETIME
EDWARDS-BL	590	430*	550	1570
RUSCITELLI	555	430*	550	1535
GORMAN	500	350	500	1350
GIVENS	520	380	425	1325
40-44
RUSCITELLI	555	430*	550	1535
SADIV	445	----
40-44 RAW
KLIEFOTH	540*	315*	530	1385*
50-54
GIVENS	520	380*	425	1325
POLICE
GIVENS	520	380*	425	1325
220
20-23
BOSTON	535	375	540	1450
LIFETIME RAW
DAVIS-BL	565	495* 4^TH-500*	600	1660*
FLEMING	565	375	560	1500
SCHAFFER	500	390	480	1370
CAFFREY	450	300	500	1250
ALUDAURI	550	425	----
OPEN RAW
FLEMING	565	375	560	1500
40-44
LOOMIS	350	260	440	1050
50-54
BROWN	570	400	510	1510
242
13-16
BARTOS	550*	325*	550*	1425*
17-19 RAW
HAMMOND	460*	335	525	1320
LIFETIME RAW
MILLER	470	410*	545	1425
LIFETIME
PERROTTA-BL	675	400	560	1635
KILLEN	525	410	500	1435
40-44 RAW
BRADLEY	550	395*	525	1470
45-49
LOVEJOY	575	410*	535	1520
275
OPEN
REYES	630	375	575	1575
SHW
LIFETIME
YAWN	610	400	540	1550
THEODOROPOULOS	600	405	500	1505
35-39
YAWN	610	400	540	1550
POLICE
YAWN	610*	400*	540*	1550*
BENCH PRESS		DEADLIFT		SQUAT
123		123		132
45-49		20-23		40-44 RAW
PROCTOR	145*	FERGUSON-BL	390*	HOCKEBORN	255*
17-19 RAW		17-19 RAW		45-49 RAW
FITZPATRICK	110*	FITZPATRICK	235*	SPANO	165*
132		HOXWORTH	190	181
OPEN RAW		40-44 RAW		50-54 RAW
HOCKEBORN-BL	205*	KLAASSEN	260*	CINELLI	270*
40-44 RAW		132		220
HOCKEBORN	205*	40-44 RAW		LIFETIME RAW
45-49 RAW		HOCKEBORN	255*	ALUDAURI	550*
SPANO	105*	45-49 RAW		CAFFREY	450
148		SPANO	280*	242
40-44 RAW				LIFETIME
ROSENTHAL	85	MEN		MALTEZOS	685*
165		100		OPEN
LIFETIME RAW		9-10 RAW		MALTEZOS	685*
KOSSAK	155*	DIEKEL	185*	45-49
		114		LOVEJOY	575*
MEN		13-16 RAW		275
100		ZAMBELLI	180*	45-49
9-10 RAW		148		O’NEILL	660*
DIEKEL	80*	13-16
114		RICHARDSON	400
9-10 RAW		13-16 RAW
LEWIS	70	HOXWORTH	310*
123		165
17-19 RAW		13-16 RAW
CLAYPATCH	180*	ERB	260*
132		17-19		POWERCURL
40-44		SPACE	415	123
HELMS	----	165		40-49
148		20-23 RAW		KLAASSEN	70*
13-16 RAW		MERABISHVILI	420	132
CAWLEY	205*	MYERS	315	40-49
13-16		55-59 RAW		SPANO	70*
CAWLEY	250*	HOXWORTH-BL	500*
OPEN RAW		50-54 RAW		MEN
LOVE- BL	355* 4^TH- 360*	LEGG	325	148
MOSIER	195	POLICE RAW		OPEN
35-39		LEGG	325*	DESSAU	130
DESSAU	270	LIFETIME RAW		MOSIER	100
55-59		LEGG	325	165
MORRISON	220*	181		17-19
165		17-19		SLAGUS	135*
20-23 RAW		SPACE	455*	OPEN
MERABISHVILI	225	LIFETIME RAW		EDWARDS	150
20-23		RIJOS-SOTO	575*	MERABISHVILI	130
MYERS	205	55-59		LEGG	85
LIFETIME		CONWAY	540	40-49
VENTURELLA	350	65-69 RAW		EDWARDS-BL	150*
OPEN		JENKINS	500*	50-59
VENTURELLA	350	198		LEGG	85
40-44		LIFETIME		181
VENTURELLA	350 T	MATTA	470	OPEN
CALIGURI	320	40-44		WILHELM-BL	170*
LIFETIME RAW		JACHIM	370	MASSETTI	165
CLAYPATCH	270	45-49		SARALIDZE	150
LEGG	220	MEYERS-BL	735	40-49
35-39 RAW		45-49 RAW		WILHELM	170*
LARA	300	SKINNER	510*	50-59
50-54 RAW		POLICE RAW		CINELLI	115
WOOTEN	305*	SKINNER	510*	198
LEGG	220	POLICE		17-19
45-49 RAW		SKINNER	525	TURNER	140*
CLAYPATCH	270	220		OPEN
181		LIFETIME RAW		SEUNARINE	140
13-16		CAFFREY	500	40-49
SWANSON	275*	MARSHALL	450	CARR	165*
17-19 RAW		ALUDAURI	----	DUNN	155
FABOZZI	275*	55-59		WILLIAMS	----
SNOUFFER	265	COTE	530	220
LIFETIME		242		OPEN
RYAN	455*	20-23 RAW		ALUDAURI-BL	210*
MANN	410	FINLAND	530*	DICIANO	170
OPEN RAW		40-44 RAW		MARSHALL	160
MASSETTI	330	ERB	490*	40-49
LIFETIME RAW		45-49		FEEHAN	185*
MARTIN	420*	ANDERSON	555	LOOMIS	155
40-44		OPEN		CAMPANELLA	150
MANN	410	COOPER-BL	705	242
FOLTZ	320	WILKERSON	450	OPEN
35-39 RAW		55-59		JMUHADZE	180
ROSS	350	DUSENBURY	505*	40-49
KAMPO	315	275		SLAGUS	165*
60-64 RAW		LIFETIME RAW		50-59
FREED	325*	OLAAJE	630*	LEVINE	145*
65-69		45-49		275
LOZANO	275*	O’NEILL	640	OPEN
198		FINLAND	----	MAMEDOV-BL	190
17-19 RAW		SHW		SHW
KEMBLE	335*	40-44		OPEN
TURNER	225	MACKEY	480	JMUHADZE	210*
LIFETIME		45-49 RAW		OPIO	140
MATTA	400	BROWN	375*
JACHIM	365	LIFETIME RAW
35-39		LATTIMER	----
SWANSON	-----
40-44
JACHIM	365
45-49
DUNN	335
WILLIAMS	300
60-64 RAW
CHURCHMAN	----
60-64
CHURCHMAN	325
70-74 RAW
ROSENFIELD	275*
70-74
ROSENFIELD	305*
220
17-19 RAW
HAFIZ	310*
17-19
ROGERS	325
OPEN
FEEHAN-BL	505
TIGER SR.	450
CAMPANELLA	445
STOREY	420
EHRHARDT	405
DICIANO	400
LIFETIME RAW
DAVIS-BL	495
SHAW	455
ALUDAURI	425
35-39 RAW
SHAW	455*
STALICA	410
CAFFREY	300
OPEN RAW
SHAW	455
40-44
MELLINGER	----
45-49
EHRHARDT	405
50-54
TIGER SR.	450
BROWN	430
55-59
COTE	430*
SHALES	420* 4^TH-430*
55-59 RAW
SHALES	375*
60-64
DAVIS	275
242
OPEN
BROWN	475
WILKERSON	415
ANDERSON	410
LIFETIME
BROWN	475
JMUHADZE	420
COPENHAVER	----
40-44 RAW
ERB	330
50-54 RAW
LEVINE	315
50-54
LEVINE	315
60-64 RAW
BIDINOTTO	300*
60-64
BIDINOTTO	360*
POLICE
STEARS	430
275
13-16 RAW
MOODY	210*
17-19
ANDREWS	----
LIFETIME
CAWLEY-BL	595*
LEWIS	515
KALFRIN	----
OPEN
NORRIS	570
35-39
ALLEN	----
LIFETIME RAW
MAMEDOV-BL	460
40-44
CAWLEY	595*
NORRIS	570
DUPONT	365
75-59 RAW
ROMERO	135*
SHW
LIFETIME
JMUHADZE	400
LATTIMER	----
LIFETIME RAW
MONTANO	400
40-44
MACKEY	----
45-49 RAW
BROWN	240*

TEAM CHAMPIONS, POWERLIFTING- EPHRATA, BENCH PRESS- EPHRATA, DEADLIFT- HOXWORTH GYM, POWERLIFTING (TEENAGE)- CALVARY

BL- BEST LIFTERS, *- WNPF WORLD RECORD, T- Tied World record

Hello to all, world meet number thirteen for the WNPF. I can remember the very first one where had 422 lifters, the biggest meet in powerlifting history and I hope we never have another one of those but that meet put the WNPF on the map. This contest was moved from its original time in the fall to the summer. We ended up with 208 total lifters for a summer time World Championships we were very happy with this turnout. We will move the worlds back to the fall in 2005 and we will be in Orlando, Florida. I want to thank all of the lifters that attended this event from the lifters in the USA to the lifters that came from the Republic of Georgia. We had a total of seven countries attend this year championship. I want to thank my staff for a wonderful job. They are Lester, Denise, Annette, Ron Ehrhardt, Ron Deamicis, Herman, Moses, Bryan, John, Kenny, Perry, Thomas, William, Moms, Steven, Jamie, Buddy, Jim, Adrian, Perry and Tee Meyers. Again, there were a few lifters that were not happy with the judging at the worlds but this happens every year. Our judges do a very good job they are tough but fair to each and every lifter. There is no favoritism in the WNPF. Our spotters caught every lifter on every attempt and there was only one misload the entire weekend. We also held our Annual World Strongman Championships on Sunday and Matt Keller won this event again for the second time in a row. We held our annual WNPF banquet on Saturday with many awards given out to the top lifters of the year. A WNPF Hall of Fame was started and Annette Schneidmill was the first inductee. This hall of fame is for past WNPF superstars. The requirements are you must be out of the sport for five years and you must be a past WNPF record holder and champion and also a good sportsman. Other past lifters were also inducted but we will give out these awards later this year. Now on to the meet. We will not be able to talk about every WNPF lifter at the worlds because Mike Lambert will kill us for taking up too much space in this magazine. In the women’s division Lynnie Whidden won her weight class and set a new WNPF world bench press record. Koley Hokeborn set several WNPF full meet and single lift world records and her first WNPF world title. Koley is a top WNPF female lifter. She benched 205 pounds RAW in the 132 class. In the 148’s we were waiting for this battle with Musser and Vega. Musser got out to a big lead in the squat 340 to 255 and then she got an even bigger lead after the bench 190 to 130. She was now up by 145 pounds and going into the deadlift. Denise and Melissa tied in the deadlift with 350 pounds. Denise won another best lifter award and her first WNPF raw world title. A.T. won her first WNPF World title in the SHW open raw division. Bomberger won his second WNPF world title over Foltz in the youth division. Molinaro won his first title in the 132 junior division. Tony Dimura won his first title and set a few WNPF records also. Gary Hoxworth is still going strong with over 40 years experience. Gary set four world records and he also won the best lifter award in the deadlift only division. Rock, Catina, Alongi, Cinelli and Lombardo all won WNPF World titles in the 181 class. Ray Dennison and Tom Conway battled in the masters 55-59 division with Tom coming out ahead by 55 pounds. In the 198’s Terry Edwards won the lifetime equipped division over four competitors with a 1570 total. Joe Ruscitelli took the masters class and set a new world masters bench press record in the 198’s. Kadle won by five pounds over Mangine in the raw division. In the 220’s James Davis won his first WNPF title with a 1660 total and 500 bench. James is new to the sport with only one year of experience under his belt. He is very strong but he has a long way to go as far as learning how to powerlift. Imagine once he learn how to lift where his total will be. Wayne Kliefoth won the masters 198 and set several records. Chris Loomis and Ralph Brown won their classes in the 220 masters. Floyd Givens took the masters and police divisions even though he suffered an injury in the squat event. Bartos and Hammond lifted superbly in the teenage divisions with Bartos setting four new world records. Miller won in the raw class in the 242’s. John Perrotta won the 242’s over Joel Killen. Joel actually could have lifted in the masters but he chose to lift in the open for the competition. Jeff Bradley set a new World bench record in the masters 242 class. Mr. Reyes and Mr. Yawn won their first titles in the WNPF. Teddy T. was off in the deadlift and bench over wise he would have gave Mr. Yawn more of a battle. In the Bench only divisions all of the women set new world records except for Rosenthal. Ms. Rosenthal actually lifted in her first world meet and did very well. Now for the big boys, Diekel, Lewis, Claypatch and Cawley lifted well and most of them set records. Mr. Love did a RAW 360 in the 148’s. This guy is strong, very strong and he showed it with his first WNPF World title. Dessau won the submasters division and Morrison took the Masters over 50 class. Claypatch, Wooten and Charles V. won their classes in the 165’s. John is an amazing lifter, he has no legs on the lower part but he balances himself on the bench without any problems and pushes his benches up strong. Bob Legg, always dependable and consistent. Bob is one of those guys that just love the sport. He comes to the meet to have fun and to try and set personal records. We are happy to have Bob as a WNPF member. Little Bruce Swanson won the 181 teenage division. Fabozzi beat out Snouffer by 10 pounds. They battled until the last attempt. Ryan improved to 455 this year from 420 last year. Martin hit 420 raw in the 181 lifetime class and he also set a new record. Mann took first in the masters and second in the lifetime division. Bill Ross beat out John Kampo in the subs 181 raw division and Rudy Lozano came from CA. to take the masters 65-69 division. Jamie Matta won the lifetime division and Chruchman won the masters 60+ division. Burt Rosenfield won both the masters raw and equipped divisions in the 198 70+ division. We had a good battle in the 220 class raw and equipped divisions. John Feehan from Ireland won the masters and open divisions with a 510 bench. This was his opener and today this was all that he needed to win. As you can see the other five lifters were not very far apart with their lifts. Davis beat out Shaw in the raw class but Shaw won the open and subasters division in the 220’s. Mellinger had an off day but I’m sure he will come back stronger next year. Tiger Sr. (Republic of GA.) won the masters class and Roland Cote and Shales were very close in the master’s 55-59 divisions. Jimmy Brown won two divisions and his first WNPF title in the 242’s. Erb, Levine, Bidinotto and Stears won their classes. Bidinotto set two new world masters classes. In the 275 class, what a day. There were so many lifters that bombed or passed on lifts in this class including the SHW lifters. We sat there and watch uneven lockouts, seesawing, butts rising up and foot movement by many lifters. Three of these lifters finally got their third attempts Lewis, Cawley and Norris to stay in the meet. Memadov won the 275 raw division and set a new world and republic of Georgia record. In the deadlift Maria Ferguson showed out. She has to be in the top three deadlift in the women’s 123 class. She pulled 390 pounds and missed 410. Tracy Fitzpatrick won her first WNPF title and dedicated her meet to her dad who got in a car accident a few months earlier. Jim was also a WNPF lifter and he trained Tracy hard for this world meet and thanks to Joe Careri she continued her training for this meet. Zambelli, Howorth and Erb all set new WNPF records. Merebishvili won over Dan Myers in the junior 165 class. Space set a new WNPF record, Rijos Soto won the raw division and Jenkins took the masters 65-69 division with a lift of 500 pounds. Andy Skinner from Canada set several Canadian records as well as new WNPF World records. Tee Meyers put on his usual show with a 735 deadlift. Tee came up to New Jersey to judge, sell clothes and entertain. I thank Tee for all of his help this weekend. Caffrey won the lifetime raw division over two competitors, one from Canada and the other from the Republic of Georgia. Finland took the junior division 242. Jeff Anderson from N.J. won the masters 242 division. Big Cooper pulled 705 in the 242’s he’s good for 760-770 but not today. The giant Olaaje pulled 630. John is 6’8” tall. Jim Dusenbury from N.Y. set a new record and he’s always very complementary about the WNPF meets and staff. Terry O’Neill from England hit 640 pounds in the masters 45-49 class. Big Irv Brown set two new WNPF records in the SHW class. The Highlights in the World squat championship include the Russian Aladuari posted a 550 with a win over Caffrey and Nick Maltezos coming back after braking his arm last year squatted 685 and missed 700. In the powercurl worlds the Russians dominated. Brian Edwards won both the masters and open divisions and the best lifter award on day one. Mark Wilhelm took the title home in the 181’s over Massetti. This was a very close contest between Wilhelm and Massetti. In the 198 masters newcomer Carr defeated Dunn and Williams. Aludauri defeated USA Diciano and Canada’s Marshall in the 220’s. Both Tim and Mike Slagus put on excellent performances and they both set new world records. We want to give thanks to Tom Conway and Team Calvary for attending and doing so well. Also Team Ephrata for bringing a team and thanks to Barry Erb. Thanks to Lynnie Whidden and her team from Orlando. Thanks to team Hoxworth also. Lifters please keep in mind that the WNPF is here for you to have fun. Were not out to bash anyone, play favoritism or to get people upset to the point where a fight may start, violence and obscene language is used. We had an incident at the worlds where one lifter will no longer be allowed to participate in the WNPF and it’s ashamed that this had to happen but no one and I mean no one is bigger than the WNPF organization not the lifters, staff, officials or administrators. Anyone that thinks for a moment that this person was right for what he did then we don’t want you in the WNPF this includes the people that talk on the internet forums and the people that heard one side of the story and people that weren’t there. We are here to do the best job that we can in putting on these meets. We don’t make millions of dollars doing this and if you knew how much it cost to put on one of these meets I’m sure lifters would look at things a little different. We do it because we like to and we like making people happy and we want people to go home with good memories. If you get a red light try not to look at it like we don’t want you to get the lift. That is the last thing we want. We felt very bad that many lifters bombed on Sunday. If there were no rules and if this was an anything goes league I’m sure people would still find something to bash us about. We try to have the lifters do the lifts correct or as close to correct as possible at worlds. This is not to say that our officials are perfect because that they are not, they do make mistakes. Lifts look different depending on where you are seated or standing. Most of the people in the audience believe they can see the calls on the platform, trust me they can’t. Lifters think they can see everything from the warm-up room, trust me they can’t. I’ve said this before and I will say it again. I challenge any lifter, spectator or coach to sit down in the CHAIR with the switch and you will see the difference in the lifts on the platform. You will feel the pressure to make the correct call. Try it once please! I challenge you to sit down in the chair. The 2005 Worlds will be split up next year with the full meet in November in Ohio or Michigan and the single lift championships in Orlando, Florida or Atlanta some time in November or December. Make sure you qualify at a WNPF event in 2005. Until next year, stay strong, stay healthy and stay clean. (WNPF)