USAWA

By Bill Clark

Nick Frieders rolled to a defense of his Deadlift Dozen Plus One title, slipping past John Carter, Dave DeForest and Lucas Hardie in a tight battle that involved only Clark’s Gym Team members.

Colorado’s Kim Van Wagner, also a gym team member, was the only female entrant and she continued to show both interest and ability, though she cannot set records at the current time because she is isolated in the Denver area.

Nick, a senior majoring in theater at the University of Missouri, continues to improve as a deadlifter in every aspect of the pulling part of the sport. He needed all he could muster to stay ahead of 63-year-old John Carter who continues to challenge in the non-chain events – and remains a tough customer in the chain lifts – which are coming up in a month when Clark’s Gym sponsors the Steve Schmidt Backbreaker Pentathlon.

All lifts are listed in pounds.  Weights are listed in pounds.  The three official system was used.  Officials were Tony Lupo, Dave DeForest, and Bill Clark.  

** Denotes lifters who are not eligible for records.

*Denotes lifts that set or broke US records.

Results are as follows:

Lifter		age	division	weight	class	DL-heels	hack	DL – 2	DL – 1 arm	Dl -1 arm	DL – no	DL – No
WOMEN						together	lift	bars	right	left	thumb-R	thumb -L
**Kim	Van Wagner	54	50	125	60	165	155	180	95	95	95	95
MEN
Nick	Frieders	22	Open	153	70	400	405	410	305	305	170*	170
John	Carter	63	60	216	100	370*	460*	350	312*	265*	210*	180*
Dave	DeForest	62	60	187	85	325	315*	350	240	270*	150	150*
**Lucas	Hardie	38	Open	195	90	500	475	450	275	275	160	185
Tony	Lupo	56	55	234	110	350	150	300	200	200	155*	170*
WOMEN			Jefferson	Reeves	DL-fgrs	DL-fgrs	Dl-fgrs	DL-fgrs
			Lift	Deadlift	Index	middle	ring	Little
**Kim	VanWagner		165	75	75	105	65	0
MEN
Nick	Frieders		400	285*	135	185	135	130*
John	Carfter		355*	275*	150*	210*	150*	105*
Dave	DeForest		325	165	136*	156	150*	105*
**Lucas	Hardie		500	220	130	185	95	70
Tony	Lupo		300	200*	160*	155*	130*	100*
5			Total	BWT	Age		Place
			pounds	corr.	Cvorr.
WOMEN
**Kim	Van Wagner		1,365	1659,43	1918.34	1st	1st
MEN
Nick	Frieders		3,435	3623.93	3623.93		1st
John	Carter		3,202	2742.19	3399.08		2nd
Dave	DeForest		2,837	2631.03	3216.37		3rd
**Lucas	Hardie		3,520	3189.82	3,189.82		4th
Tony	Lupo		2,570	2,106.12	2464.16		5th

RECORD SESSION
Dave	DeForest
Cleand jerk – dumbells		ll	left hand	60
Clean and press – 12-inch base				100
Clean and press – alternate grip				100
Clean and press – reverse grip				100
Clean and seated press –				100
Tony	Lupo
Clean and seated press –				120
Deadlift – stiff-legged				340
Clean and seated press – behind neck				100
Clea and press – alternate grip				125