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The Fife Power Company is the name of our powerlifting team. This
whole thing came about from the year 2003 when four of us went to
the State Powerlifting Championships in Lynnwood. From there the
whole thing just grew and last year we took ten lifters to the state
meet and won the State Team Championships.We had 8 State Champions
and set 8 State Records. From that group we have 5 who are now nationally
ranked. We are members of USAPL - United States of America Powerlifting.
Powerlifting consists of three lifts. They
are the squat, bench press and dead lift and they
are performed in that order. A lifter gets three attempts at each
lift to see just how much they can lift and then the best lift from
each is totalled to see who wins in each age group and weight class.
The first group in 2003 consisted of Jake Bolam,
Aaron Brown and Shane Glasenapp. Shane and Aaron won their
weight class and age group and Shane lifted a school record 501
pounds in the dead lift. The group from 2004 included Ali
McWeeny, Victoria Saenz, Chris Bessette, Paul Brewer, Shaun Munsch,
Jake Theoharis, Chris Schaefer, Joe Vanaman, Matt Hutchinson and
Nick Byram. I also lift with them.
Ali, Nick, Shaun, Chris, Victoria, Joe and Jake were all
state champs. Paul was second while still nursing a sore shoulder
from football and Chris was second to Joe because they were in the
same weight class. Ali, Paul, Shaun, Victoria, Nick, Chris and Joe
are all Nationally ranked for their efforts from
last year.
February 12th Results
WOW! The kids had another
great day on the platform. They are Northwest Team Champions! The
team consisted of Kelsey McFarland, Ali McWeeny, Paul Brewer, Devon
Franklin, Andre Bohall, Dave Johnson, and Sean Masters. Jake
Afoa was there lifting, but couldn't be counte
as part of the team.
Kelsey had an awesome day. She set 4 state
records for her age and weight class and was named the Woman Powerlifter
of the meet - all in her first meet! Ali won her
age and weight class which makes for her third gold medal in three
meets. Paul was second based on a formula used
to measure lifters according to age and their total. He had an awesome
day coming back from last years shoulder injury. Devon tried
to make weight at 132, but missed it by four ounces so she had to
lift at 148 and did an outstanding job for her first meet (she was
also chasing Ali's records). She came home with the silver based
on the same formula used in Paul's weight class. Dave, Andre
and Sean had a great start in the squat, but missed their
three lifts in the bench so they didn't medal, but were allowed
to finish the meet out and did very well. All approached PR lifts
for them and proved great sportsmen. Their earlier lifts did contribute
to the team score so they are just as much a part of the trophy
as the others. A great day again for the Power Company!
The
Fife Power Company does it again!
Eight lifters went to Seattle on July 9th and competed in
the Seattle Summer Classic. SIX were Meet Champions and our second
placers got "beat" by their teammate. Kelsey McFarland,
Bri Whitney, Ali McWeeny, Devon Franklin, Austin
Specht, Drew Sullivan, Dave Johnson and Nick Byram
took time in the summer to go show off some more.
There was quite a show going on between Kelsey
and Bri in the 114 class as they both traded STATE
RECORDS before Bri pulled away for the weight class win.
The four records give Fife kids 24 State Records! All that
in just two seasons of competitive lifting. Bri was named
Best Teen Woman Powerlifter! This was her first meet.WOW!
Ali and Devon competed
against each other in the 148 class with Ali getting the gold while
Austin (165), Drew (220), Dave (181) and Nick (275) all
earned the gold medal in their classes. Drew and Austin were competing
in their first meets and lifted just like the experienced kids did
on our team - all with confidence and class! The kids just build
off each other and keep going. Dave was coming off a huge learning
experience from his first meet and he and Drew are (were) partners
in the weight room. Nick returned to the platform and did quite
well considering his back spasmed on him late in the day.
It was just another great day to watch the Fife kids in action.
THANKS kids!
The
Fife Power Company Puts on Their Own Show!!!
December
17,2005
And what a show it was! Not
only were the kids the team champs for their own meet, but added
a few more state records. It wasn't a full powerlifting meet because
we wanted our first try to be simple and fast so we stayed with
what is called a push/pull meet. That type of meet only involves
the bench press and dead lift.
Kelsey McFarland started it off in the 105
lb. class with a bench of 88 lbs. and a dead lift of 204 lbs. Kelsey
was once again Best Teen Woman Lifter. Bri
Whitney followed in the 114 lb. class and benched 77 lbs.
and dead lifted 193 on very limited training. Newcomer Alicia
Adams came in at 123 and benched 83 lbs. and dead lifted
259 lbs. for a fine first meet. Next came 8 state record holder
Ali McWeeny at 132 lbs. She hit numbers of 110
in the bench and 231 in the dead lift. Newcomer Alison Stewart
did quite well in her first meet bu benching 83 lbs. and
dead lifting a monster 259 lbs. Taking a weight class jump was veteran
Devon Franklin. She decided to jump to the 165
class and ended up setting a new state record in
the bench with a lift of 94 lbs. Devon came back with a fine dead
lift of 209.
On the boys side we started with newcomer Jeff Collins
at 132. Jeff finished his bench with 149 lbs. for a new
state record in his age group. He came back to
dead lift 209 with a very sore leg. Jeff was followed by newcomer
Doug Kohls at 165. Doug had a good first meet also
by benching 143 lbs. and dead lifting 303 lbs. Next up was Jeff
Krupp in his first meet. Jeff had a hard day in the bench
and got red lighted 3 times, but came back in the dead lift to finish
strong at 380 lbs.
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