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Illnois State Championships - RESULTS
Below are the official results of the APF/AAPF Illinois State Championships, held on March 15-16 at Velocity Sports in Willowbrook, IL. The meet had over 100 lifters over two days, and was a very successful meet all around. Saturday Bench only: http://www.chicagopowerlifting.com/ILState08-BP.pdf Saturday Powerlifting: http://www.chicagopowerlifting.com/ILState08-Sat.pdf Sunday Powerlifting: http://www.chicagopowerlifting.com/ILState08-Sun.pdf A trip to Nationals: APF Illinois would like to congratuate the top male and female powerlifters from the Illinois State Championships. Each has earned a free entry into an APF/AAPF National meet of their choosing: APF Female: Stephanie Van De Weighe - Will be competing at APF Senior Nationals in Omaha, NE AAPF Female: Shannon Detman - Will be competeing at AAPF Nationals in Lake George, NY APF Male: Jose Garcia - Undecided, but likely to be going to APF Senior Nationals in Omaha, NE AAPF Male: Mike Strom - Undecided Congratuations to those lifters, and APF Illinois wishes them the best of luck at Nationals! 2008 Illinois Lifters of the Year/Hall of Fame Inductee: APF Illinois would like to congratulate the the winners of the 2008 APF Illinois Lifter of the Year awards as well as the 2008 APF Illinois Hall of Fame Inductee. These awards were nominated and voted on by the APF Illinois Executive Committee, based on the lifters' performance in the pervious year (i.e. 2007): Male Lifter of the Year: Tommy Harrison, Jr. Female Lifter of the Year: Tywnia Brewton Teenage Lifter of the Year: Ernie Lilliebridge, Jr. Team of the Year: Zenzen Barbell Hall of Fame Inductee: Rob Leoni Great job by all, congratuations once agian! |
Rise of the
Deadlift Results
***PICTURES!!! Photographs of the Rise of the Deadlift were taken by expert photographer Sidney Thoms. To purchase a CD of the photos of the meet, contact Sidney via email at sidalt@sbcglobal.net. A big THANKS goes out to Sidney for her service to APF Illinois for taking photos of the meet. On October 20, 2007, APF Illinois held its first ever deadlift only competition, the APF/AAPF RISE OF THE DEADLIFT at Velocity Sports in Willowbrook, IL. Over 30 lifters came out for the Halloween-themed meet, including groups of lifters from Zenzen Barbell, the Arroyo Power Team, Team Stone, and Lance's Gym. The best deadlifters of the meet were Husain Abdulaziz for the AAPF, Ernie Lilliebridge, Sr. for the APF, and Lynn Brault for the women. Abdulaziz pulled a BIG 715 lbs at 220 lbs in only his second competition, lifting for Pete Arroyo's team. Lifting with Zenzen Barbell, the elder of the Lilliebridge family pulled 735 lbs at 308 lbs. "Senior" just missed a big 805 lbs twice--we will likely see him pull the big "8" in a meet very soon. Lynn Brault, alumnus member of Illini Powerlifting, pulled an impressive 330 lbs at 148 lbs, besting her pull by over 100 lbs from last June! A number of first-time lifters participated in the event. Weighing in at a light 159 lbs in the 165 Junior class, Justin Sepe of Team Stone pulled a PR of 480 lbs. Jennifer Gimmel of the Arroyo team pulled an easy 240 lbs in her first meet as well. Young Joe DiMaggio, Jr. made his father proud with a 335 lb pull as a 165 lb teenager. Also from the Arroyo team, new lifter Tom Jacobs pulled 630 lbs as a 220 lb Junior. Recently having served in Iraq with the US Air Force, Ashley Bryant came over from her new current assignment in Ohio to pull a meet PR of 300 lbs as a 148 lb Junior. Fourty-six year old Bruce McCord of Zenzen Barbell went 3 for 3 on the day, pulling 565 lbs. All in all, there were no bomb-outs on the day (perhaps a first for APF Illinois meets?), and a ton of great pulling took place. Meet director Eric Stone, for maybe the first and last time, competed in his own meet, and left running the meet to wife Jackie and Maris Sternberg--many thanks to both of them. Fair and consistent judging was lead by head judge Tracy Frein, and aided by side judges Eric Maroscher and Keith Early. Jon Smoker, as usual provided some great awards for the lifters, and some great t-shirts were available from Serge Ceralde of Absolute Power. More thanks goes to loaders Jordan Evans, Garry Parquette, and Ed Czerwin, as well as scoreboard operator Steve Weiglos. Also thanks goes to Steve for bringing this deadlift bar for use in the warm-up area, and to Dick Zenzen for doing the same. And thanks as usual to Dale Deastch and Velocity Sports for hosting the event. Official Results: HTML Format PDF File |
Statement of Record As APF Illinois State Chairman, I would to state, for the record, that I am 100% committed to remaining with the American Powerlifting Federation. Despite some recent happenings with some new organizations forming, I am remaining solid with the APF/AAPF as the Illinois State Chairman. As I have done since I started in this sport as a teenager, I will always support powerlifting as a whole, across federation lines. I have judged in a number of different organizations, and plan on continuing to do so. I have a number of friends in powerlifting and have been or are now associated with another organization. I pride myself on my good relationship with other organization IL state chairmen, as well as some from surrouding states. Please do not confuse these relationships as non-support for the APF/AAPF. Rather, I feel a good relationship with other organizations can only bolster APF Illinois' reputation in the area, and, in the end, benefits our meets and our organization as a whole. My multi-federational website ChicagoPowerlifting.com has always supported POWERLIFTING in all of its forms and will continue to do so, as will I personally. Outside of a few possible changes in the membership of the APF Illinois Executive Committee (which is inevitbable and likely necessary with any commmittee), APF Illinois will be remaining the same. I regret that some individuals have left the APF, and disagree with their decision, I do respect their decisions to do so. I acknowledge that some problems do exist in the APF/WPC, but would contend that most of the complaints should directed more towards the WPO. While the APF and WPO are interconnected, they are NOT one in the same. The great state chairman and meet directors of the APF are what makes it the organization it is. Organizations are build from the grassroots level up, and that is what has made the APF the great organization it is for the past 25+ years. Some mistakes has admittedly been made as of late, but some of the happenings were out of the control of the officials of the organization. I will continue to support the APF/WPC, as well as the WPO. The issues in the WPO are being dealt with, and I believe it will contine to be the premire professional powerlifting organization, a goal for the top lifters of the APF and WPC lifter to strive for. I plan on remaining as the APF Illinois State Chairman for years to come. Myself and my wife Jackie Stone will be running the 2008 APF/AAPF Illinois State Championships in March of next year. It will take place at Velocity Sports in Willowbrook, IL. It will remain as the premire powerlifting competition in the State of Illinois. I would like to extend an invitation for anyone in Illinois who is interested in becoming more involved in APF Illinois. I am always seeking new certified judges for my meets. I will personally pay your processing fee to the organization. It is often a thankless job, but it is rewarding to give back to the organzation. I am also actively seeking other meet directors in Illinois. I personally simply cannot run as many meets as the state could likely support. For example, I will not be running the Illinois Record Breakers meet this year, despite last year's success. I know it could be a success meet, but I simply do not have the energy or time to put into another meet. The state could also support a couple of smaller bench only or push/pull meets throughout the year. If you are at all interesting in becomeing more involved, please contact me directly. I will help you through anything you are willing to do. Thank you for your continued support of APF Illinois. Please feel free to contact me on any of this issues at thestone@chicagopowerlifting.com or at (630) 794-0594. Eric Stone APF Illinois State Chairman |
2007 AWPC World Championship Results The AWPC Worlds once again came to Chicago on August 3-5. The meet had around 100 lifters from 5-6 different countries. A number of APF Illinois lifters took part in the meet with some great success. Meet directors Amy Jackson and Ernie Frantz should be commended for their hard work and success with this event. The results of the meet are available here, and pictures from GNL Productions are available here. Please note that the pictures from GNL Productions are for sale, and videos of the meet are also available. |
APF/AAPF Chicago Summer Bash 4 Results Chicago Summer Bash 4 Results The 4th Annual Chicago Summer Bash took place on June 30, 2007 at Velocity Sports in Willowbrook, IL. Some great lifting took place with some of the best lifters from around the mid-west came out to Chicago. APF Founder and "Godfather of Powerlifting" Ernie Frantz made his return back to the platfrom on this day, and put some up some very impressive lifts fro a man in his 70s! Frantz also led his Frantz Power Team to the 1st Place Team victory at the meet. Frantz lifter Noel Levario took home the APF Best Lifter Award in the full power. Frantz beat out the Carpenter Powerlifting Team as well as the Zenzen Barbell team, both whom also put forth some great efforts from their lifters. The Carpenter team, coached by big bench Bill Carpenter, saw a big 501 bench press at 181 from Korey Pfeiffer as well as a 1410 lb total from sub-master lifter Tony Quatrochi. Zenzen Barbell saw brothers battling in the 220 teenage with Ernie Lilliebridge, Jr. and Eric Lilliebridge. The older brother Ernie, Jr. came out on top with a huge 705 lb squat, 584 lb deadlift and 1642 lb total. Younger brother Eric, however, was right on his tail with a 650 lb squat, a BIG 622 lb deadlift, and a 1625 lb total. Tommy Harrison, usually a bench specialist, went full power at this meet, and came home with both the AAPF Best Lifter Awards in the Bench Only as well as the Full Power. This meet also some some ground-breaking bench presses. Lisa Miller hit an unbelievable 451 lb bench press, earning her the APF Womens Best Lifter Award in the bench only, and moving her up the all-time list again. Teresa Putchio won the AAPF Womens Best Lifter Award in the bench only with her 226 lb bench press in the 114 lb weight class. This meet was filled with big womens benches, also with Kyresten Tompkins hitting 242 as a teenager and Sidney Thoms doing 369 as masters lifter hitting. Finally, Roger Ryan hit a huge 711 lb bench press at 51 years of age, winning him the APF Best Lifter Award in the bench only. Thanks again to judges Maris Sternberg, Bob Kelly, Tywnia Brewton, Roger Ryan and Rob Luyando for their great work, and especially a thanks to my wife Jackie Stone for her tireless work on the scoring and announcing of the meet. Thanks especially to the great spotters from Rudy's Gym as well at Team Stone member Chris Szorc. Thanks also to Team Stone member Steve Weiglos for his help at the meet, as well as the rest of Team Stone for their help setting up. Thanks to the Arroyo Power Team for use of their monolift, Frantz Gym for use of their plates thanks to Velocity Sports for once again hosting the event. And to anyone I have forgotten, I appologize, and thank you as well. --Eric Stone |
APF Junior Nationals Results APF-Illinois held the historic APF Junior Nationals on April 28, 2007, along side the local APF Windy City Open meet, at Velocity Sports in Willowbrook, IL. A number of World Records were broken on the day, and the meet had almost 50 lifters from across the country. Lifters at the meet earned a shot at qualifying for WPC Worlds in Russia in addition to get some good experience on a national platform. The results of the meet are available here. |
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APF/AAPF Illinois State Meet Results The APF/AAPF Illinois State
Meet was once again the largest and most successful meet in
Illinois! Held on March 23-24, with over 80 lifters across two
days, the meet saw some of the best lifters in the state compete for
the title of State Champion. The results of the meet are
available here.
In addition to the IL State Meet, State Chairman Eric Stone has the previlage to award the 2007 Illinois Lifters of the Year. These awards were nominated and voted on by APF Illinois Executive Committee. Male Lifter of the Year: Bob McConaughey Female Lifter of the Year: Sidney Thoms Teenage Lifter of the Year: Zach Zenzen Team of the Year: Rudy's Gym Hall of Fame Inductee: Rich Flores |
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2006 APF/AAPF Illinois Record Breakers Results On November 11, 2006, APF
Illinois held the first APF/AAPF Illinois Record Breakers meet.
We had a number of great lifts performed, and had a number of records
broken. Rob Luyando hit an 800 lb bench press at a 220 lb
bodyweight, an APF and all-time record (at the time, Rob has since
re-broken it). It was a new concept for a meet for APF Illinois,
and turned out to be a successful one with over 50 lifters. APF
Illinois is considering making this meet an annual one to replace the
former Region 6 Championships. The results of the meet are
available here.
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New APF Illinois State Chairman is Eric Stone To
all APF Illinois lifters:
Maris Sternberg, as her final act at APF Illinois State Chairman, has appointed me, Eric Stone, as the new chairman. Effective today, June 20, 2006, I will be taking over all the duties associated with being the Illinois State Chairman. The main two jobs will be a) sanctioning the Illinois State Championship and all other Illinois APF meets, and b) keeping track of the Illinois State Records, which will now be kept on APF-Illinois.com. I will be keeping the Executive Board in tact just as it is currently. At this point, I am not sure if Maris is going to stay on in any capacity. But I believe all the other members of the board will remain basically the same. I am not sure at this point how I will fill the secretary position that I previously held One thing I want to do as State Chairman is have the meets for the next year set further in advance so lifters can plan for the meets better. With that in mind, check out the Meet page of this website for the proposed meet schedule for the rest of this year and next. Thanks for your support, and I look forward to serving all of the lifters of Illinois. -Eric Stone |
2006 APF/AAPF Illinois State Meet Results The APF/AAPF Illinois State & Open Championships was another success this year! We had over 100 lifters over 2 days at Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, IL. The results of the meet are available here. In addition, Sidney & Alan Thoms and James Lloyd took some great photographs at the meet, which are available for sale here. Amy Jackson and Ernie Frantz should be congradulated on another successful meet. In addition to the Illinois State Meet, the APF Illinois Executive Committee had their official annual public meeting. The EC would also like to congradulate the 2006 Lifter of the Year award winners: High School Team of the Year: Joliet Catholic aka Rudy's Team Teenage Lifter of the Year: Nick Metzger Female Lifter of the Year: Sidney Thoms Male Lifter of the Year: Eric Stone |
Questions/comments? Email Eric Stone, the webmaster of APF-Illinois.com, at thestone@chicagopowerlifting.com.