Posted by Staff on August 22, 2008, 4:56 pm, in reply to "2008 Europa Superlifting Stars Pro Bench........... RESULTS"

Hello Jason... Thank you for the quick and accurate report on the Superlifting Stars Pro Bench! The lifters held the audience in awe the entire 2 hours. The audience kept growing the whole time til there were so many people they were stretched around corners trying to see. Great job to everyone who made this happen! --Previous Message-- : 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 : 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 was 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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Posted by Travis Bell on August 20, 2008, 5:06 pm, in reply to "2008 Europa Superlifting Stars Pro Bench........... RESULTS"

Man that was some seriously impressive benching. Its great to see benching at such a big venue like the Europa! I look forward to seeing how the competition goes at the Olympia! --Previous Message-- : 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 : 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 was 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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Posted by "BIG WILLIE" J.T. HALL on August 20, 2008, 9:46 am, in reply to "2008 Europa Superlifting Stars Pro Bench........... RESULTS"

Great report! TRAIN HARD "BIG WILLIE" J.T. HALL --Previous Message-- : 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 : 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 was 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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Posted by brian carroll on August 18, 2008, 11:44 pm, in reply to "2008 Europa Superlifting Stars Pro Bench........... RESULTS"

Sounds like an incredible meet. Coker and luyando are freaks.. I wonder how coker is going to do doing back to back weekends.. Nice cash prizes as well. --Previous Message-- : 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, 750x2 : JESSIE KELLUM 700x2, 750x0 : FRANK CAMINITA 650x0, 650x1 : 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 : 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. : 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 was 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. An in depth account of this : fantastic event will follow! :

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Posted by brad heck on August 18, 2008, 8:55 pm, in reply to "2008 Europa Superlifting Stars Pro Bench........... RESULTS"

Im really excited about competing in this format at the olympia. Coker said it was the most fun he has ever had at a meet. I have heard nothing but positive feedback from the lifters that have competed so far. Its making training fun again for me after a year of injuries.. Cant wait to see more of this!

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