at the Powerhouse Gym in Waukegan, IL
June 26, 2004
Official Results
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In an Excel Document
The Summer Bash was a very successful meet with some great lifting. We were pleased to be at the Powerhouse Gym in Waukegan, IL. We brought in high quality equipment, including a monolift, Sarden bench, Pansella squat bar, Frantz deadlift bar, and Ivanko kilogram plates. We had 43 lifters at the meet, including some great lifters from the Frantz Power Team, from the Carpenter Powerlifting Team from Iowa, from the University of Illinois powerlifting team, and many others.
The highlight of the meet was the 1003 lb squat by 242 lb Frantz lifter Jason Patrick! This big squat put him #4 on Michael Soong's All-Time Rankings. We also had some big squats from fellow Frantz lifters Jose Garcia with a 975 lb squat at 242 lbs, and Noel Levario with a 970 lb squat at 275 lbs. We also had a big 600 lb squat from Gary Reichert at 165 lbs, the host of the APF Wisconsin State Meet on December 11. Finally, Andrew Kim from Illini Powerlifting had one of the grittiest deadlifts I've ever seen with a 500 lb pull at 181. Kim missed the lift on his third, but after receiving some advice from Ernie Frantz to move out his grip, he came back and got it on his third. After the lift, Andrew looked as though he was going to faint, and immediately had to run to locker room to throw-up!
The Best Lifters from the meet received a big sword as well as a 5 lb bag of All Pro Protein. The Best Male Powerlifter in the APF and AAPF was none other than 1000-pound squatter Jason Patrick with a 2325 lb total at 242 lbs. The Best Male APF Bench Press went to Noel Levario with a 645 lb bench at 275 lbs. The Best Male AAPF Bench Press went to another Frantz lifter, Bob McConaughey with a 567 lb bench at 242 lbs. The Best Female Powerlifter and Bench Press awards both went to Tywania Brewton. She had a 192 lb bench press and 805 lb total at 165 lbs. All of the Best Lifters had great days and are great lifters!
I had tons of help, with my training partner and girlfriend Jackie Ebben running around doing various things for me. I had my friend Todd Scharbert there to help me set-up and take down all the equipment, especially the monolift. I had veteran WPC Officials Maris Sternberg and Bob Spaulding running the scorer's table with Maris announcing. I also had my training partner Sharra Powell at the table taking attempts from the lifters at the scorer's table. I had plenty of judges rotating in and out--APF Iowa State Chair Bill Carpenter, WPC Officials Mike Sweeney, Bob Kelly, Dick Zenzen, and even Ernie Frantz, as well as APF Referee Erwin Chang. I had some great spotters led by Mike Marrow, and had even my training partner Keith Earley to come in on some of the big squats so we could have 5 spotters for the over 600 lb squats.
I also had some great sponsors, getting equipment from Frantz Gym and Eric Maroscher, getting tons of protein for the lifters from All Pro Protein, getting free t-shirts from Podapenza Power Wear, getting gift certificates from Crains Muscle World and Kim Karnoscak, certified massage therapist, and having Digital Paradise Studios taking videos and selling DVDs of the lifting. I also had my brother Ken Stone there taking pictures of all the lifting.
Thanks again to everyone who helped, and congrats to all the lifters. It was a very good experience for me, and I hope to be running Summer Bash II next year.
Eric Stone
Meet Director
2004 APF/AAPF Chicago Summer Bash
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And now for some plugs for our sponsors:
To purchase CDs of pictures of your lifting for $8 shipped, contact Ken Stone at KStone113@sbcglobal.net
To purchase DVDs of the lifting for $25 shipped, contact Adam Vande of Digital Paradise Studios at adam@digitalparadisepictures.com.
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For some of those great t-shirts at the meet:
Podapenza Power Wear
For some of the great protein from the meet:
All Pro Protein
5 lbs of Whey Protein for $28 shipped!
For some of the best powerlifting gear available:
Crains Muscle World
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