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r 994 MNPOWERTIFTERSOF THE YEAR

t l renda Cnerre and I ton l lof t $ere voted the topl \1N ADFPA Powerl i f ters in 199-l b1 a pol l o{ Statepowerlifting referees.

Brenda Cncrrc, rvho l ives in tsrooklyn l ,ark, NlN,obtained an El i le €lassi f iLal ion .nd lvomen's Besl Li f terasa.d basect on her pe.fornin.. 'at thc 1994 NorthweslOpen. Brenda l i f ts in lhe 129lb. r le ight c lass.

Ron I lof f f rom CotlaSc Crove, l \ ' lN, h:rd annBerome vear in 1994 be8inning with a MN Sr. Slare t i t lcin February and was named lv len's Bcst Li f tcr andNorlhlvest Cup recipient al the Northwesl Open in Mav-He lhen wenl on to the iVIcn's Nit ioni ls in Chicago whcrche place 2nd in lhe 132 lb. $eight c lass. I ton t lof f. (hicvod an lnternal ionnl Ll i le classi frcnt ion in i l l lhreeof this 1994 competi l ions.

(onfratulat ions to both l l renda nnd l . (on beingnamed 1994 I{N ADFPA Powerl i l tcrs of the tear.

1995 ADFPA Minnesota State

The 1995 ADFPA lv lN Slale I ,owerl i f t ingChampionships \a,ere held on Ianuary 2l & 22 atConcordir Col lcSe in St. Paul. Nleet Director was \ l i leiVi tchel l of T$, in Ci l ies Cym.

ln thc !Vonren's Divis ion: 17 ye.1r old ErinErsenberg l i f led wi lh th€ poiso of . veleran lotal ing E701bs. rnd eslabl ishing 4 lvfN Stnte Teen records in theprocess. Kir isa Kuhn lvas crowned the 176 lb. StateChampion, lotal ing a Stntc record 915 Ibs. and alsoestabl ishing Slat€ Open records in the squat and deadl i f t .Kir isr was also named Women's Bcsl Li f ter. In the 176+weitht c lass, Karen Amman l i f led rvcl l in her f j rst meet.Ji l l Vanvugt of Rochester became only the third lv lNwoman to bench more than 200 lbs. in a ful l powerl i f t ingmeet . Borb Vin.ent, who trains at Norihwest Racquet,Swim and Health, established 4 naw N,fN State Mastersrecords with her ,105 lb. deadl i f t (actual weight 406.0lbs.) breaking the e\ ist ing American Masters record byover 140 lbs. Her record forms have been submitted andawait cert i f icat ion.

Twenty ei8hl men entered the j \ ' len's Open withhopes of being crowne.t ADFPA MN State Powerl i r l ingChnmpions. David Aberwald won the 11.1's on f incdetermined l i f t ing. At l32lbs. fonrer Nat ionaland

World Champion Ron Hoff of Cottate Grove finished firsiwith a 1235 lb. total which included a sol id secondattempt 490 lb. State Open record deadl i f l . Sp€cinlOlympian Chris Austrums f inished second. At 14E lbs.Louis Rein had to sweat off a few pounds before makin8l leighr and f inished third with 1020 lbs. wirh DougN{ccabe second. i\ronti.cllo's Pat Beaumaster finishedf irst , winning the State Championship on super l i f t ingrrhich included a 530 squat, 300 bench, s20 deadlift,totalint 1350 lbs.

At 165 lbs. roel (Fordster) Ford took third placelotal ing 1115 lbsi 47 ycar old Darryl Schmidl placeds€cond wi lh a 1145 lb. tolnl . Northwesl Po\serl i f t ins'sDoug N.l i l ler placed f i rst lo lnl ing 127s lbs. The 181champion lhis yeai was Andy Schmitz from Cannon Falls,N,lN. And], squatted 575, benched 310, and pulled 530 for al415 total . In second place \ ,ras Jim Klein with MastersLif ter Chuck Lind€mans f inishinB third.

Forty-three year old Joel Bernslen is this year 'sl9E lb. State Champion. Joel , who l i f ts lor ' lwin Ci l icsCym, hcld off the charges of teanrmate Tinr lerngawarvho f inished second by 10 lbs. lakint third was RonI iorcmnn ,1994's ADFPA National Masters and lvor ldl \ ' lastcrs Chnnpion r50-54 y. ' r rs old). Finishing fourthwas the l ikable' Iom Haggenmil l t ' r of Pel ican Rapids. Inthc 220 lb. w€ighl c lnss, J.nres Cahi l l , 1994's Nl l t ioni lCol legiat€ Champion, totaled 16,15 lbs. f in ishing f i rsth ' i lh )vl i tch Edelstcin and lv l ike Ricker placing second andthird respect ively. The lone entry in lhe 275's was Jefff r ieberg lvho f in ished off his day with a f ine 6,10 lb.dendl i f l .

Young Mnrcus Steter of Fergus Falls finished thidin the 275's with 1994 National and lVorld MaslersChampion lto), Simmons finishing second on the strengthof a 9 for 9 day total ing 1680lbs. nnd sett ing 3 MN Statei \ lasters records. Karl Ci l l ingham of Ci l iy 's l rower andFitness f in ished f i rst at 27s lbs. lv i th a 700 lb. deadl i t t .Kad's you ter brolher Brad won th. ' 275+ . lass with thebitgest totat of the weekend,2035 lbs. and won the BestLi f ter Award with a S.hwartz total of 1048.02. TlvinCities Cym won the team championship with 45 points.

Twenty-two men and one woman entered theMidwest lvfasters Divis ion. HiShl ights w€re: BarbVincent's 406 lb. American lvfastcrs record d€adlift; St€veJohnson's triumphant relurn to the platform in the 220's;the bat l le in lhe 198 lb- Masters 50 and over, between 1993National Champion Tom Chavie and 1994 Nit ional andWotld Champion Ron Foreman. Tom had a slrper davcoming out on top by 10 lbs. with a 1380 cornpared withIton's 1370. This battle, by itself, was worth the price ofadmission . Sixty yeir old Bi l l Ornundson became thefirst lvlinnesotan lo total over 1000 lbs. in that a8e group

(and I think he had a tot more tef t in hrm). ADFpA

;::;',li;l:'"1*:; and c'irv Rohweder sive so,id

;nr j ..B',, filli [ ;! [ffi:'".fi '.i i11,::,K. :if ]lii{iiiilir::,["",li#1l;,1r;;Ht r:iTr,ilt ;*]ianempl to stay in rhe meet ind evenrua22os and,,r u ;gh rohn iJ;;;;;Tlll .Iil::grr' i;fi.."",.-ll$T,- "s':, iL l;, ::;i11 . " ,{,'",91;i::we:\etdorte, wins the award for moqiercrreo t i t rer aFter

H'J:9,Jli,'llf"i'"ji,1,,""1 i? ji;;"* newcomer HenryI woutd l rk€ to rhank ev€rvoi

Hi:{i:f [::..",rti:*ffi ",^,"s]iirl;:ilj'JJ#.iJTI; 11,,1!;i !t;pmi;; : *r":i*

to lhe sponsors: f r in Crtrcs Cym; Joe]:T:: ' : i . ' , '"d cnll; Dr' Frederick crary. chiropracior;l '"1*";\'j i i.fl

rord; and Leishron 'rna c.out.",.

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tite ro.commend tat on his ver) successtulr::l"liig,.il::l.lare and wish him conrrnued quccessand personat gral i frcarU" t. rf , i ,

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his r i '=t powerl i t t int meet in ra90 atrne t,olrce and Fire N.rt ion.r ls. He i:selghls morl

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been l i f t ing

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Apr.22,2j

Apr.29,30

May 6,7:5_ll'- T:', of hG life and a*,al ," *., r,,!'"li,lJii::::pnred

to othec invotved in liw enforcem""r. ei.ii.:;,:';*:ilj".;: il:'::l1i:;.;',,j:". ". r. 'r," ii! iip.og."ts_in purs,i,g his go;ir"'"" '" totp"t" 1o g'tuge hrs

. _ . . l ,at t rn ins most of the t rm€ in his bnsement

;riiff !1i]1 i;:,T ;" ri!: ".H: i::H f::*iilj:i i ili" "',ff iffit l:r: *"_$: il ;:t}i I,]T_":,." y":r most of rhe ,i." uur'ao", .r,in-g" ii: : : ,1'u'! . to 1 r imes in 8 d.ys. Squar and bench" are:'Jjffl,,T:1";;';;:1#i:f in" nL,mber of se,s and

.-, . .-The onll 'supptemJnt par uses rs a mutrivihmin

L:_:l : Tlr" srapte in his dier js runn and rice. ror. rndrnrarn his. weitht ar the t4S tb. ctasl |Jt also r ides astarronarJ bike fo, l /2 hour on lhe days he doesn.t v!ork

;:g:;Tl,H"-f.ll"t$ii[::i::.l'F.:il111l;i'fl1on. comperins, in. ;e v"";,'r"i-"l'. ];:' '^:,;lm;

i:::{: :1 i",". f ,Ti:l; ili,"i" i ::ftr ;#;n ;lliro move!pro tho to< tb. c ld.s.rnd e\p€rience more \uccess.

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accompti \hm€nls in(tude competin8 in i0F:i:li';:',:H:';:*li'J,ru,"'""tr;J:.#j,:x.JJh:

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

RedRiverOpen, Farso.NDAnn DeC.oor, 25r) l vr l t r ;n\ !fa€o, ND 58101

High S.hool Nat'l DesMoines,IAl lJ. F,,st id, J lTh We5r. l I+ Srreui

Nofthwest Oper,, Fridl€v, MNErin FcldF$. S52s C{d,)r L;ke Ro;rdJi. Lours park, MN j541b

Womerls Nationals, St. Louis,MOI een,Junior, Open rnd Mnbte.{I l ika Cri5c . rs LJkc,rd{ Dr.bt. Luui5, MO 6J167

ffiThis yerrs meeting of the ADfpA \ i r t ioni l

: : - ' "" .J i"9.B"dy (NcBr ha; been bi tred as . .JUdgement

o.ry . t o ctate sever,rl issu€s have been brou8ht ;p. " -. .

. l : _1ofno presidenr Bob caynor has rnvr led orherorut-rree ortanizat ions and th€ hDFPA

Inar courcr lerd to a unif ic.r t ion or some so to hdve a dialog

2, .,Sev€ru1

M).t l!.1.r)rers h.rve e\pressed lheir disptearure

; l l l l :"..,,*", readership oi rhe {DFIA \risters

i)^?:l:: g,:lrr :lg!(.t8o h.,s dccrrred hi5 clnidJCr for| , re<rdenr

ot the ADF|A. I rrry Mi l ter ot Ohio h i seek

;: ; i j , : l " "" F\ecurive commif lce. r .m sure orher. ! \ i

f t i<mv,responsibi l i rv to e\ercise Minne\otr .s !ore ar lhe:)^11,:n. ' r t \ , le: l inq. r f you h.)ve an\ input. , rovrco or rssu(, :v lou woutd t jke brought up, tel me.know. t t rc *a1 ro.n.:nBe pot icy is throuth lha democrrt ic proces<.

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T,TEFIfJ4ESVLIS_F9R . THE 1995 r,lt[NESoTA STATE POT,JERLIFTTNG CHA PIO{{SHIpSBY T E A,D,F,P.A. l /21-2211995 ttr. t t ik€ Hitchell , He€t Direc

AGE

AO.0 Kas . / 176.25 LbsKuhnr Karisa L. 26Eisenbere' Er in N. 17oyEr 80.0 Kes / Over 176.25

SQUAT BENCH DEADLIFT

lroHENs oPEI,l

165 385 S170' t 375 7

TOTAL PLACE }'ALONE

325 TLD5

915 S B.L. 652.44B7B r 2 AAA,I9

Vincent ' larbara E.Van \ tugt ' J i l lAonannr Karen E.

52.0 Kos / 114.50 LbsAberuald' David P.56.0 Xes / 123.50 Lbs6g,g Kas / 132.25 LbsHoff ' Ronald J.Austruns' ChFis67.5 Kqs / 148.75 LbsBeaufiasterr Patllc CabEt Doug D.Rein! Louis A.75.0 K.rs / 165.25 Lbsl l i I ler ' Douglas J.Schnidt

' Dairgl E.

Fofd! Joel D.82,5 Kqs / 181.75 LbsSchmitz r Andiet! J,Kleinr Jane5 c.Lindenan5r Charles Fllheetr Dan R.Fridasr Shalrn l '1, (ND)90.0 Kqs / 198.25 Lbs

1.1 406 ASHs 3r0

255

875 t{790

825

1235485

1350r065to20

1273r l45rt15

I

I2

I

1415 IlJo0 21235 tl 3545 4

t4go G. L.

t4a6 I1394 21370 31t4A 41505 G. L.1355 6.L.

r 645163014401380

1505

lSlOl6ao lt1375

489. 45324.04

SCHIIARTZ

795. 85

1005.19395.67

9S6.50789.4574t.29

763.28754.1b

885. 80a2r.!7

343.V2867.59

819.96Bl4. l r802.39679.58896.90793.92

I 913.702 99J.573 820.934 763.4

I 8S8.41

| 962.022 846.223 721.49

300EO245

2Et264

462334

23

3722

24

26473l

285 Ir275185

I185245105

520423424

285

46595

530399350

4454to42l,

33 50041 473 ta19 16526 430

550

660630 lr480

I.IENS OPEN

229

286140

3lo2752bgt7g380

340345305290328310

629 3656gD 395529 326500 340

328

490 S254

505450

5303E500279590

5J5530575 H4505505t0

Eernstenr Joel 43 5ETeiaeaua' TiI| P. 27 473Forenanr Ronald 6. 51 49ttHaggenni ller' Thq||as 50 4OOEdnondson' Daniel S. (ND)21 635Dorsher.' John S. (ND) 34 535lOE.$ KEg / 226-25 LbsCahi l l ' Janes g. 2lEdelstein ' i tchel l 32Rickerf f l ichael D. 29f'fadvie' E.ad D. nlr6.a KeE / 242.50 LbsFreibergr Jeffreg S. 29l2\.O Kes / 275.58 LEGi I I inehan' Karl G. 29Sixnnonsr Ros A, 43Stegerr l larcus A, l9

315

430430 lt350

649

660635686540

7BO620

Teafts: Turin Cit ies G9& - 1st place {45 points)

Over 125.0 Kqe / Over 275.50 LbsGi I I ingh.m! Erad H. 750 S 2033 B.L. 1048.022E 735 530

B.L. = 3e5t Li f terS = liinnesota State Open Recordt'l = finnesota State l.laEters Record

G,L. = Guest Li f terA = Anieri can llasters RecoFdT = i l innesota State Tenaoe Record

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