2001 USAPL Midwest Senior State 12-8-01 Omaha, Nebraska Meet Director: Tim Anderson Sanction # 12-01-2
NAME	State	Age	SQ	BP	DL	TOT
Women
Rita Carlson – 148	NE	49	170N	88N	231N	490N
Linda Birman – 123	NE	40	154	77	148	380
Bettina Scurlock – 198	NE	21	203	--	--	--
148
James Engel	NE	21	303N	170N	402N	876N
165
Richard Davis	IA	33	391	336	457	1184
Thomas Ouellette	NE	29	347	270	462	1080
Steve Huffman	NE	15	358	225	358	942
181
Shawn Frankl - BL	IA	24	551	429R	529	1510
Robert Lynch	OK	45	562	330	606	1499
Steve Auxier	NE	25	457	352	545	1355
David Peplimski	NE	29	352	325	374	1052
198
Jim Merchlewitz	IA	29	600	385	534	1521
Steve Stout	KS	38	418	358	512	1289
Terry Grindstaff	NE	47	440	308N	418	1168
Jerome Adams	NE	26	374	275	385	1036
Jeff Phelps	MO	33
220
Chad Crigger	IA	36	573	380	644R	1598
Joel Diers	NE	27	440	374	523	1339
Tony Springman	NE	40	501	314	518	1333
Stuart Junker	SD	39	479	358	485	1322
David Ortiz	MO	27	352	292	424	1069
Todd York	KS	36	374	236	413	1025
242
Bryan Getchell	IA	35	556	457R	622R	1636
Mike Taylor	NE	39	584	451N	573N	1609N
Ron Ruhs	NE	33	462	347	473	1284
Jesse Borden	IA	17	501R	281	435	1218
Howard Huffman	NE	46	314	314	429	1058
275
Steve Davenport – BL	NE	30	650	485	666	1802
SHW
Bobby Bowman	KS	37	584	479	672	1736
Tom Stout	KS	42	584K	402K	611K	1598K
Kevin Andrew	IA	46	622R	457R	518R	1598R
Brian Jacobson	SD	44	628	303	600	1532
Ken Ufford	KS	37

Lightweight Best Lifter – Shawn Frankl

Heavyweight Best Lifter – Steve Davenport

N = Nebraska State Record

S = South Dakota State Record

R = Iowa State Record

K = Kansas State Record

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USAPL Midwest Senior State Bench Press Championships 12-8-01 Sanction # 12-01-2
NAME	State	Age	Bench
Women
Rachel Swanson – 165	NE	31	181N
Barb Sieps – 97	NE	35	77N
Linda Birman – 123	NE	40	77N
Rita Carlson – 148	NE	49	88N
123
Scott Leapman	IA	33	176
165
Richard Davis	IA	33	336
181
Mike Dowling	SD	45	385S
198
David Geistlinger	NE	22	369
Josh Hudelson	IA	26	336
Todd Kowal	NE	18	319N
220
Jake Johnson	NE	18	446N
Stuart Junker	SD	39	358
Clyde Garmong	NE	53	308N
242
Charles White	NE	35	457N
SHW
Tom Lamb – BL	NE	38	507N

Overall Best Bencher – Tom Lamb

N = Nebraska State Record

S = South Dakota State Record

R = Iowa State Record

Meet Director: Tim Anderson

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MIDWEST SENIOR STATE

12-08-01 Omaha, Nebraska

Written by David Geistlinger

On December 8, 2001, some of the Midwest’s strongest powerlifters and bench pressers assembled in Omaha, Nebraska to test their strength against lifters from around the area.

This year’s meet had three female powerlifters competing against one another by formula. The formula takes into account body weight and weight lifted. Rita Carlson took first place totaling a 490 pound and she set four new Nebraska state master records. Linda Burman totaling 380 pounds to take the runner-up position. Bettina Scurlock had troubles with her bench press this day and could not get one passed. Her lifts would have been Nebraska Junior records. Look for Bettina to return to the platform to get those records.

The men competed for placings in their respective weight classes. James Engel went unopposed in the 148 pound weight class compiling an 876 pound total, which included a 325 squat, 170 bench, and 402 deadlift. All four were Nebraska state junior records.

Three men battled for the title at the 165 pound weight class. Richard Davis of Sioux City, Iowa came out on top with a 1184 pound total including a great 336 pound bench press. Thomas Ouellete and 15 year old Steve Huffman took the second and third place spots totaling 1080 pounds and 942 pounds respectively.

A very powerful group of lifters represented the 181 pound weight class. Shawn Frankl of Iowa and Robert Lynch of Oklahoma had an extremely close battle. Robert was perfect in the squat with 562. Shawn passed on his opener and came back on his second to put up 551. Shan went for a huge 584 on his third but could not get it. Shawn owned the bench putting up 429 and just missing a 451 lift. Shawn took a 88lb lead into the subtotal. Shawn pulled 529 dead and Robert came out with a big dead and finished the day perfect 9 of 9 including a 606 dead which brought him within 11lbs of Shawn. Shawn came out ahead 1510 to 1499 over Robert. Shawn’s efforts also gave him the lightweight best lifter award with Robert right behind him by formula. Steve Auxier of Lincoln, Nebraska also made a very impressive appearance, totaling 1355 including a 352 bench. Steve’s shirt blew out on his third causing him to miss a 369 bench. Steve finished the day in third place, with David Peplimski of Nebraska totaling 1052 pounds to take fourth place.

The 198 pound class was dominated by Jim Merchlewitz of Iowa. Jim squatted big to take a huge lead and he never looked back. Jim took a 589 second attempt squat and lost his balance. He came back on his third a pushed a huge 600 squat. Jim finished the day with a 1521 total. Steve Stout of Kansas totaled 1289 pounds to take second place. Forty six year old Terry Grindstaff got totaled 1168 including a 308 bench to break the Nebraska Masters record and Jerome Adams of Bellevue Nebraska placed fourth with a 1036 pound total

The biggest class of the day was the 220 class. There had been nine lifters originally entered in the 220 but several lifters changed classes as the meet drew near. Chad Crigger of Iowa separated himself from the rest of the class early in the meet with a 573 squat. Chad missed a 628 and 633 squat. Chad ended the day with a 644 deadlift giving him a 1598 total and first place. Only 17 pounds separated the second and fourth place finishers. Stuart Junker of South Dakota was in second at subtotal with 837 followed closely by Joel Diers of Lincoln and Tony Springman both had 815 at subtotal. The final deadlifts would determine the placing. Joel opened with a 507 dead to move into second. Tony came back with a 518 second attempt to move into second. Joel took a conservative jump to 523 to move ahead of Tony. Stuart attempted a 501 third attempt, which would have given him second place. When the dust settled Joel was in second with Tony 5 lbs behind in Third and Stuart in fourth1with a 1322 total. David Ortiz of Missouri totaled 1069 pounds to round up the finishers in fifth.

Two lifters completely dominated the 242 pound weight class, separating themselves from the rest of the finishers by over 300 pounds, while breaking numerous state records. Mike Taylor of Omaha came up from the 220 class intentionally to compete against Bryan Getchell, the Iowa State Chair. Mike and Bryan wanted to go head to head. Mike only weighed 221lbs. Mike went 3 for 3 in the squat and got a PR 584. Bryan also went 3 for 3 and stayed close with a 556 effort. In the bench both lifters were on and went 3 for 3, Mike pushed up a new Nebraska Submaster record 451 and Bryan pressed a new Iowa Open record bench of 457. Mike took a 22 pound lead into the deadlift. Both opened the dead with 573. Mike took 589 for a second attempt and Bryan made a big jump to 622. Mike ran into trouble and missed 589 twice. Bryan made 622, but missed his third attempt of 633. When the day ended, Brian Getchell came out on top with a 1636 pound total, including Iowa state bench and deadlift records. Mike Taylor took second place totaling 1609 pounds, including Nebraska state submaster records in the bench, deadlift, and total. There was also a close battle for third and fourth place, with Ron Ruhs of Blair, Nebraska totaling 1284 pounds over Jesse Borden of Iowa who totaled 1218 pounds. Howard Huffman of Nebraska took the fifth place spot with a 1058 pound total.

The 275 pound class only had one entry, but that lifter stole the show. Steve Davenport of Nebraska went 9 for 9 which included the biggest squat of the day with 650 pounds, and the biggest total of the day with 1802 pounds. His performance earned him the Heavy weight Best Lifter award.

The Super heavy weight class had a couple of the closest battles of the day. Last year’s Super Heavy Champion, Ken Ufford had entered but got hurt weeks before the meet. With Ufford’s absence the class was open for the taking. The class had four huge lifters. They all started the day with big squats. Bobby Bowman and Tom Stout both squatted 584. Kevin Andrew had a 622 lift and Brian Jacobson had to take three tries to get his opener in but it was the biggest squat of the class at 628. Bowman attempted the biggest bench at 501, but finished with 479. Kevin Andrew took the lead at subtotal followed by Bowman and Stout. Bowman opened the dead with 600 and finished with a 672 to secure the win with a 1736 total. Tom was behind Kevin by 94lbs at subtotal. Tom opened conservatively but took big jumps on his second and third to finally pull 611, which tied him with Kevin. Tom won the tie by body weight. Brian pulled a 600 opener, but had troubles with his second attempt of 622 and passed on his third. Both Stout and Andrew set masters records in the squat, bench, deadlift, and total for their respective states. Brian Jacobson of South Dakota was only 66 pounds back from them totaling 1532 to take fourth place.

This was the first year that a bench press competition was added to the meet. Once again, the female bench pressers competed by formula. Four women went head to head while each one of them set a Nebraska state record in their respective age category and weight class. Rachel Swanson took the title by lifting 93 pounds more than the next biggest lift, with a lift of 181 pounds. Barb Sieps and Linda Birman lifted the same weight at 77 pounds, but Sieps had the slight edge according to the formula and took the second place spot. Finishing out the women’s division was Rita Carlson with a bench press of 88 pounds for fourth place.

The men’s lifting started out with a single entry in the 123 pound weight class, with Scott Leapman of Iowa. Scott had been trying to make the 114 class, but missed weight by a couple pounds. He finished the day completing a 176 pound bench press.

The 165 pound weight class had Richard Davis of Iowa taking the victory with a bench press of 336 pounds.

The 181 pound weight class also had Mike Dowling going unopposed to walk away with the title making a South Dakota state submasters record bench of 385 pounds.

A fairly close battle went on in the 198 pound weight class. Myself, Dave Geistlinger, benched 369 pounds for the first place spot, with Josh Hudelson of Iowa only 33 pounds back with a bench of 336 pounds to take second place. Todd Kowal of Omaha, Nebraska benched a great 319 pounds for a new state teenage record (18-19 years old).

The 220 pound competition ended with 18 year old Jake Johnson of Nebraska making arguably the most impressive bench of the meet with 446 pounds. This earned him the new state record in the 220 pound teenage weight class (18-19 years old). This is only about 10 pounds of f the Teenage American record. Jake already has numerous American and National records in all three lifts to his credit. Stuart Junker of South Dakota made a 358 pound bench for second place, while 53 year old Clyde Garmong of LaVista, Nebraska benched 308 pounds for third place and a new Nebraska masters state record.

The 242 pound weight class had Charles White of Lincoln. Charles dropped weight from the 275 class and was looking to smash several records. The weigh lose took its toll on Charles as he only managed his opener of 457 pounds. But 457 was good enough for a new Nebraska state submaster and Police & Fire record.

The biggest bench of the day came from Tom Lamb of Blair, Nebraska. Tom opened with an easy 457 then jumped right to 507 for a new Nebraska State Police & Fire record. On Tom’s third attempt, he missed a 512 bench about an inch from lockout. Tom was awarded the overall best bencher award.

The Midwest Senior State contest is quickly becoming the “who’s who” of powerlifting in the Midwest area. Each year, the meet grows with more and more of the best lifters in the area stepping up to showcase their abilities. The meets design of eliminating all divisions and allowing lifters to compete head to head in their weight class against all other lifters has become very popular with the lifters. The meet also offers a lot of bonuses for the lifters and spectators. The meet director uses two large projection screen scoring systems. One shows weight on the bar in pounds and kilos, time clock, and loading chart. The second screen shows up to the second scoring of the lifters order, lift attempts missed and made and total with wilks formula continuously updated. Both a computer generated and make the meet more lifter and spectator friendly. The lifter feedback has been very positive.

The meet director, Tim Anderson, would like to thank everyone who helped make this meet a reality. For meet photos and other meet info be sure to check www.nebraskapowerlifting.com. Next year’s meet is currently being planning so start training and plan to attend.

Dave Geistlinger

Nebraska USA Powerlifting Athlete’s Representative