Reminder:

Just so everyone knows the meet deadline for the August 6 WV USAPL State Championship is this coming Saturday, July 23, 2011.

All entries must be postmarked by this date or the lifter may be subject to a late entry fee of $20.

Having a deadline facilitates the logistics of running a sanctioned event by allowing the director to know ahead of time how to set up the event, how many awards to obtain and an estimate of how long the event will run.

Late entries will be accepted, but not recommended.

Doug Currence, meet director

And Congratulations Go To…

… Doug Currence for his win at the 2011 USAPL Master’s National Powerlifting Championship.

Doug, lifting equipped in the 242 lb, 50-54 age group, totaled an impressive 1807.  Individual lifts were squat 683, bench 480, and dead lift 644.

Records updated.

Weight Classes

News regarding the new IPF weight classes and how it affects the USAPL, its affiliates, and the USAPL-WV in particular will be posted in the upcoming weeks.

Doug Currence at the 2011 USAPL Masters Nationals

USAPL-WV’s chairman, and the state’s most prolific powerlifter, Doug Currence will be competing at the 2011 Masters Nationals this weekend in Atlanta, Georgia.

The USAPL Masters Nationals runs from August 28 to May 1, 2011, and will be streamed on UStream at this address:  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/usapl-masters-nationals

For a full roster and more details, see the official USAPL Masters Nationals site: http://www.usaplnationals.com/2011-usapl-masters-nationals/index.shtml

The Time Has Come!

The 2011 West VirginiaState/Open/BP/Ironman/Powerlifting Championship will be held on August 6.  Mark your calendars, and start puttin’ up those PRs, people.

The entry form can be found here.

 

Just in case you’re wondering…

… the details of the 2011 USAPL West Virginia State, Open Championship are in the process of being worked out. I know you’re excited, but you’ll just have to wait a bit longer for more info.

The following new records were set …

… last Saturday (12.4.2010) at VMI.

• Doug Currence set records in the 242 RAW masters (50-54 age group) and RAW open divisions with lifts of 573, 380, 633, for a total of 1587.
• Morgan Elswick, lifting in the 181 equipped collegiate and junior divisions, set records in the squat, bench press and total.  Her lifts were 402, 187 and 904 (total) respectively.

Records section has been updated.

Records updated…

… to reflect Doug Currence’s latest record in the Men’s Equipped Bench Press  Only category.

More to follow.

New record: USAPL Bench Press Nationals

A belated congratulations goes out to Chris Asbury for setting a state record bench  press at the 2010 USAPL Bench Press Nationals held  August 29 in Charlottesville, VA.  Lifting in the equipped, open 242 division, Chris bench pressed an amazing 617 and placed second.  Chris made the lift on the first attempt.

Chris’ success was not without controversy, though.  For his second attempt Chris called for 639, got fired up, pushed the weight to lock out and got the lift passed,  two to one.  Or, so he thought…

The platform referees ruled the lift good, but the jury sitting next to the platform thought otherwise.  They used their overriding powers to disqualified the lift, saying the bar went back down momentarily during the ascent (USAPL/IPF rules governing disqualification of  a bench press relating to this matter state: “any downward movement of the whole of the bar in the course of being pressed out.”).

Chris took the 639 lbs over on the third attempt but to no avail.  He was pushed out at that point.  Sometimes it’s quite devastating to lose an all-time best lift to a controversial technicality such as that just described.

Records updated.

Once again…

…congratulations go to Doug Currence. This time for setting records in the Men’s Open Division (equipped), 242 lb class:  1775 lb total, and the Men’s Master Division (equipped), 242lb class:  667 lb squat; 480 lb bench press; 628 lb deadlift; 1775 total.

Records were set at the recent NAPF/IPF Championship in Puerto Rico.

Note: All lifts performed in an IPF contest count as USAPL records.

Records updated.