Mendelson Bench Press Classic Offers Up $5,000

Information is out about the Fit Expo - APF Scot Mendelson Bench Press Classic & APF California State Championships. It will be held at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, California on February 18th & 19th. There will be Pro-Division Bench Press only classes for the men and women which are invite only. The Pro Division winners of each weight class (lightweight and heavyweight) for the men will be awarded $5,000. Each of the women's weight classes will earn $500. The men on the invite list are:

1. Gene Rychlak 1005 2. Ryan Kennelly 903 3. Shawn Lattimer 859 4. Tiny Meeker 848 5. Gary Frank 837 6. Steve Wong 832 7. Andy Fiedler 826 8. Mike Wolfe 825 9. Clay Brandenburg 821 10. Mike Miller 805 11. Dave Keye 805 12. Chris Cooke 804 13. Bill Crawford 800 14. Vinnie Dizenzo 800 15. Vinnie Gillespie 800 16. LaMarque 800 17.John Bernore 804 18.Brian Siders 804 19. Bill Carpenter 741 20. Rob Laydo 729 21.George Halbert 766 22.Jason Jackson 771 23 Alberto Franko 727LB 24. Brad Kelly 740ld 25. Joe Ladnier 730LB 26. Kyle Robertson 771 27. Christian Simmons 716 28. Joe Bayles 705 29. Travis Mash 704 30. Kenny Paterson 716 31. Bobby Fields 741

The women include:

1. TINA REINHART 400lbs 2. KARA BOHIGIAN 385lbs 3. CHRISTY NEWMAN 353lbs 4. BROOKE FREIMAN 319lbs 5. MARI ASP 325lbs 6. LEONETTA RICHARDSON 331lbs 7. AMY WEISBERGER 324lbs 8. KATHY GOLISZEK 365 lbs 9. SANDI MC CASLIN 355lbs 10. KRISTI RESKE 358lbs 11. SHAWNA MENDELSON 365LBS 12. KELLY FRANKLIN 374lbs 13. DEB FARRELL 401 lbs 14. LIZ WILETT 407lbs

Here's the event application.