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USPF Nationals Official Results

Submitted by Staff on July 8, 2009 - 8:48am.

Results are posted for the USPF Powerlifting, Bench Press, and Deadlift National Championships which were held from Friday through Sunday in LaMirada, California.

Open Powerlifting Results
Men
148
1. Darren Matsumoto - 573/451/501 - 1,526
2. Scott Layman - 600/374/523 - 1,499

165
1. Dariel Unson - 507/314/440 - 1,262

181
1. Bob Benedix - 655/396/573 - 1,625
2. Ed Kinsey - 1,603
3. Brandon Littlefield - 1,471

198
1. Greg Buffington - 606/462/584 - 1,653
2. Damion Gittens - 1,631
3. Victor Calia - 1,614
4. Trinity Eriksen

220
1. Ed Koo - 650/473/573 - 1,697
2. Jason Kelske - 1,647
3. Michael Del Signore - 1,636
4. Robert Harris
5. Tony Hardridge
6. Kevin Aubel
7. Jerry Blanco

242
1. Chris Papillion - 727/562/683 - 1,973
2. Keith Mithcell - 1,901
3. Dave Smiley - 1,846
4. Mike Tronske
5. Tony Ponce
6. Phil Andrews
7. Ricardo Costa
8. Mick Benales
9. Patrick O'Neal

275
1. Scott Smith - 903/650/672 - 2,226
2. Brendan Luedtke - 1,835
3. Bill Newman - 1,829
4. Joe Dentice
5. Patrick Rhoades
6. Chase Collins

308
1. Jim Hoskinson - 881/644/672 - 2,199
2. Ted Isabella - 1,918
3. Mark Bell - 821/275/655 - 1,752
4. Robert Lee - 677/473/501 - 1,653
5. Alan Aerts

Shw
1. Lance Karabel - 936/661/744 - 2,342
2. Dan Harrison - 705/402/661 - 1,769

Women
123
Bonnie Aerts - 486

132
1. Becky Rich - 297/209/319 - 826

181
1. Nicolai Stern - 1,201

198
1. Janet Loveall - 479/330/479 - 1,289

Shw
1. Nicki I'Anson - 992

Bombs
Leonetta Richardson (148)
Cara Westin (165)
Matthew Garcia (148)
Eric Talmant (165)
Robbie Martin (181)
Brian Pacheco (181)
Thang Nguyen (181)
Jose Hernandez (198)
Matthew Vizcarra (198)
Eric Kratz (220)
Shawn Buckley (220)
Koji Inoue (220)
Glenn Baggett (242)
Charles Bailey (275)
Thad Coleman (shw)

Did not compete
Marcus Wild (242)
Alan Best (308)

Complete results (pdf).

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Submitted by Zach Trowbridge on July 8, 2009 - 12:16pm. » quote

Eric Talmant bombed? Isn't he a raw lifter?

www.AllStrengthTraining.com

Submitted by Deutsch on July 8, 2009 - 1:50pm. » quote

Eric has been training in gear for a few meets. He bombed in the squat.

What the hell happened to Mark Bell. The new judging rule made him take a 275lb raw bench?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 1:57pm. » quote

275 at 308, that is a serious rule change.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 2:34pm. » quote

I counted about 50 DQ's. How can you say the judging wasn't screwed up? I hope the drama gets fixed before worlds.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 3:06pm. » quote

those werent all the bombs. there were more bombs on friday. 10+ bombs on friday and only 6 on saturday.

Submitted by Bill Newman on July 8, 2009 - 3:26pm. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

those werent all the bombs. there were more bombs on friday. 10+ bombs on friday and only 6 on saturday.

hah

Out of the 70 lifters that started the meet on friday, 50 finished. so much so that two flights had to be combined on one of the platforms.

my flight on saturday started with 15 and ended the day with 10.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 5:03pm. » quote

The judging does not look all that tight. I haven't sen a video yet with a call that didn't favor the lifter. Some of the squats would have been passed in other federations but they aren't good in a fed that calls by the rulebook.

Submitted by Chris pappillion (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 6:59pm. » quote

mark bell did the smart thing so he could compete at worlds. he knew how strict the judgeing was so he took the smart road to stay in the meet. He was blowing shit up in the warm up room. He is an awsome lifter can't wait to see what he does at worlds. his opener was well over 800 on bench but his shirt would not touch. I think he would have pressed it the way he looked in the warm up room.

Submitted by Rpinelli on July 8, 2009 - 8:41pm. » quote

Chris pappillion wrote:

Are you going to worlds chris?

Submitted by chris pappillon (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 9:10pm. » quote

I will be there

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 8, 2009 - 11:02pm. » quote

I see Tawzr only did 225 he is a 400lb bencher.Whats going on?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on July 9, 2009 - 4:44am. » quote

i like how everyone is saying the judging was fine from watching videos of sat and sun

where are the ones of fri which is when all the bombs happened and the complaints were?

Submitted by Deutsch on July 9, 2009 - 9:22am. » quote

Mark is a strong bencher though. My point is what is his best raw bench and why did he only take 275. That seems insanely low for such a strong man.

Submitted by Jim McDonald on July 9, 2009 - 11:27am. » quote

Deutsch wrote:

Mark is a strong bencher though. My point is what is his best raw bench and why did he only take 275. That seems insanely low for such a strong man.

If you take a raw opener, it needs to be low enough that you lead off the flight and then have time to put on your shirt. If he had opened with a heavy raw bench around 500, which he was clearly capable of, he would have been near the end of the flight. It was not packed with good benchers. Other than Jim Hoskinson, no one finished with over 500 lbs...even in a shirt.

Submitted by Steve Denison on July 10, 2009 - 2:02am. » quote

Here's a PDF update on the results. Had to go back and recheck every score card and update a few items.

http://www.powerliftingca.com/sites/default/files/downloads/results/2009_USPF_National_PL_BP_DL.pdf

Steve Denison
www.powerliftingCA.com

Submitted by chris pappillion (not verified) on July 10, 2009 - 3:57am. » quote

Its funny people have the nuts to question a great lifter. you want to talk about mark bell I suggest u put over 800 pounds on your bench opener and see if you can even get it of the rack. Mark Bell is the truth so before you say something about him compare your numbers to his. Other than that shut up and try to learn something from him.

Submitted by lilg (not verified) on July 10, 2009 - 3:59pm. » quote

As a teenage lifter I find this fact amazing and inspiring. The average age of the 9 open men weight class was 40. That seems old to me. But it does give me hope.

Submitted by Deutsch on July 11, 2009 - 5:31pm. » quote

chris pappillion wrote:

Seriously don't be an asshole. If you are refering to my comment about Mark opening light then back the hell up. I know he is a great lifter and have a ton of respect for him. I didn't understand why opening light was better than taking a 500 bench then gearing up. God people jump to conclusions and get pissed. Fuck!!

Jim McDonald wrote:

Deutsch wrote:

Mark is a strong bencher though. My point is what is his best raw bench and why did he only take 275. That seems insanely low for such a strong man.

I never thought about this. I would have said open heavy then go for it, but you are right. Great point. Learned something new today I guess.
Thanks man.