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Powerlifting
Four school records fell at the 37th annual event held at Sweet Home High School. Andrew Hopkins, Nick Christman, and Matt Lycett all broke school records. Hopkins broke a 23-year old record in the 220-pound division, bench pressing 320 pounds. He also edged tournament director Paul Strefeler's 19-year old record in total weight by 20 pounds (1,290 to 1,270). Hopkins was named co-most valuable lifter with Niagara-Wheatfield's Adam Ferchen. Christman placed third in the unlimited class and set a school record in the bench press with 365 pounds. The old record was 335. Lycett benched 225 in the 136-pound division, 20 pounds more than previous record holder Ben Usen. Nick Terhaar and Chris Akromas placed sixth in the 200 and 220 pound divisions, respectively. Ryan Wilson was 14th at 220 pounds. Strefeler credits the six with training in the Sweet Home weight room for its success. "Those kids are always in the weight room before and after I'm done working out," said Strefeler. As a team, Sweet Home placed fifth with 25 points. Churchville, who hadn't competed in the event since 1996, brought 30 powerlifters and took first with 100 points. North Tonawanda came in second with 70 points. Grand Island and Pioneer were third (60) and fourth (40), respectively. Kenmore East and Maryvale (tie for sixth, 12), Kenmore West (10), Niagara-Wheatfield (9), Canisius, Lancaster and Letchworth (8) and Amherst (6) rounded out the team scores. Although there were fewer competitors than last year, Strefeler said the event was a success. "We got great feedback from the coaches and were very happy with the judging," he said. "It ran very organized." Prior to the meet, world record holder Paul Childress, a competitor at the NYS Championships in the 1980's, discussed proper training technique and benched 315 pounds for 15 times. Strefeler said the event raised over $1,000 with proceeds going towards the Sweet Home track team and the school's fitness center. Sponsors included Dick's Sporting Goods, who donated $10 coupons for the top three finishers of each weight class, Tim Horton's, Pepsi, Coca-Coca, Upstate Milk, and Manhattan Bagel. Here are results for the top three finishers. Female Jessica Mysliwiec (Grand Island), meet record 639.3 Kristen Hineman (Lancaster), 596.47 Melinda Aderman (North Tonawanda), 516.78 116 Lee Schuster (G. Island), 585 Justin Skretney (Pioneer), 545 Dan Lapidus (Ken East), 490 126 Dominic Cannata (G. Island), 760 Chris McDonnell (G. Island), 645 Ernie Little (G. Island), 530 136 Darryl Howk (Pioneer), 875 Matt Lycett (Sweet Home), 785 Jesse Howk (Pioneer), 775 148 Ryan Steedman (Churchville), 1070 (most valuable lifter) Chris Vitale (Churchville), 960 Jim Litz (Maryvale), 865 Garth Boldt (Pioneer), 865 158 Adam Kibat (N. Tonawanda), 920 Zach Emmick (Letchworth), 900 Pharoah Gayles (Amherst), 900 Kevin Border (N. Tonawanda), 885 168 Vance Leeney (Churchville), 1165 Adam Ferchen (N. Wheatfield), 1090 Matt Muniz (Churchville), 1050 178 Collin Martin (Churchville), 1120 Joe Gugino (N. Tonawanda), 1000 George McCraith (Grand Island), 1000 Ryan Boyle (N. Tonawanda), 965 188 Jaime Englert (Churchville), 1160 Justin Volk (Canisius), 1110 Brandon Hodgins (Churchville), 1075 200 Scott Gregson (N. Tonawanda), 1205 Averin Collier (Churchville), 1200 Matt Kerwin (Churchville), 1160 220 Sean Leary (Ken West), 1325 Andrew Hopkins (Sweet Home), 1290 Mike Appenheimer (Maryvale), 1275 Unlimited Steve Dunn (Churchville), 1355 Nick Christman (Sweet Home), 1330 Dominic Fraterrigo (Ken East), 1200 |
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