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Posted by Jason Phillips
on August 18, 2008, 4:52 pm
Message modified by board administrator August 24, 2008, 6:50 pm
Ed And Betty Pariso’s Europa Super Show
2008 Superlifting Stars Pro Bench Press
Dallas Convention Center, August 16
Contest Results (early report before meet director’s official scoresheet)
MX2 division (Most weight X 2 or more repetitions)
Three weight classes contested
Light-heavyweight (under 198)
JASON COKER 700x3, 750x0
JESSIE KELLUM 700x2, 750x1,0
FRANK CAMINITA 650x1,0 600x1,0,0
JOE CEKLOVSKY
Heavyweight (under 259)
ROB LUYANDO 800x2, 850x2
BOBBY FIELDS 750x1, 700x2
Superheavyweight (over 259)
SCOT MENDELSON 850x2, 900x1&0
TINY MEEKER 800x2&0, 950x0
GLENN RUSSO 750x2, 850x1,0
SEBASTIAN BURNS 750x0, 700x2
GENE RYCHLAK 850x1
PAUL KEY 800x1&0, 850x0
SXR division (Set weight X most Repetitions)
Two weight classes contested
Heavyweight (259 and under)
500 Pound Bar
JASON COKER 9 (4500)
ROB LUYANDO – 8 (4000)
BOBBY FIELDS – 7 (3500)
JESSIE KELLUM – 6 (3000)
FRANK CAMINITA -- 4 (2000)
400 Pound Bar
JASON COKER – 16 (6400)
JESSIE KELLUM – 15 (6000)
FRANK CAMINITA – 10 (4000)
Superheavyweight (over 259)
600 Pound Bar
TINY MEEKER – 11, 10, 7 (16,200)
SCOT MENDELSON – 11, 10, 6 (15,600)
GLENN RUSSO – 8 (4800)
SEBASTIAN BURNS – 6 (3600)
PAUL KEY – 3 (1800)
500 Pound Bar
GLENN RUSSO – 17 (8500)
SCOT MENDELSON – 13 (6500)
TINY MEEKER – 12 (6000)
Superlifting Pro Bench Prize Winners
JASON COKER $3,000 (1st MX2, 1st SXR, 1st SXR)
ROB LUYANDO $2,000 (1st MX2)
SCOT MENDELSON $2,000 (1st MX2)
TINY MEEKER $1,000 (2nd MX2, 1st SXR
GLENN RUSSO $750 (3rd MX2, 1st SXR)
JESSIE KELLUM $500 (2nd MX2)
BOBBY FIELDS $500 (2nd MX2)
SEBASTIAN BURNS $250 (4th MX2)
Prizes were awarded as follows:
MX2 - $2000 1st, $500 2nd, $250 3rd,, (3rd place HW no-show awarded to 4th place winner in SHW)
SXR - $500 1st each division and round.
Thanks to meet director Kirk Stroud and Samm Stroud, Stroud’s Fitness and their Team for running a quality, quick and efficient operation. The referees ran tight judging. The platform manager and spotter loaders were fast and loaded perfectly. The famous announcer Chuck Lamantia was awesome. The legend Ken Lain showed once again why his legacy continues. He was extremely positive and supportive of the current champions. The Producers, Directors and film, camera, officials, scorecard, score table, logistics, sound, music, staging, promotion, security, and platform Crews were all professional and superb. The list is very long of great people who helped, and they all deserve congratulations because it was not easy to work a format that had never been done before.
Thanks to Ed and Betty Pariso’s Europa Super Show Sports Expo for providing a great venue!
All the lifters who came for this groundbreaking powerlifting event showed real courage, sportsmanship and camaraderie. Thanks to a couple of lifters who had serious pre-meet injuries, and another who was still recovering from an earlier meet, but honored their commitments and showed up for this historic competition. The results here do not fully indicate extra rep attempts that were made but not passed by the referees. The intense battle between Tiny Meeker and Scot Mendelson in the SXR 600 had everyone’s eyes glued to the stage. It is but one of a number of examples of the dramatic energy of the event. After the third, tie-breaking set both men were exhausted. Scot was helped off the bench and Tiny rolled off to the floor. Neither competitor would let the other win, yet now both Tiny and Scot share the new World Record for strict reps in this division at 600x11. Ken Lain bounded up on stage and held both their arms up in victory.
The contest started at 12 noon and wrapped up in time before the pro bodybuilding began. The audience was captivated with nonstop pro lifting and new World Records for the supermax. In less than 2 hours over 200 huge lifts were completed by these top pro benchers who proved in this competition that strict power repping is more extreme than was imagined. The energy throughout the Superlifting Pro meet was incredible. After the meet, the competitors were already planning their strategies for the Olympia Powerlifting Supershow, Sept 27th in Las Vegas. A big thanks to the standing-room-only, packed Audience! You were the best!
This initial report is a very, very brief account of the competitors, atmosphere and people before the meet and at the Europa Powerlifting and Superlifting Pro Bench stage. There is a detailed story to be reported about every Superlifter in the event, Jason, Jesse, Frank, Joe, Rob, Bobby, Scot, Tiny, Glenn, Sebastian, Paul and Gene. An in depth account of this fantastic event will follow!
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