Powerlifters Win Big in the Competitions

The AAU New England and Massachusetts State Championships were held on Saturday, June 12th, 2010 in Scituate, Massachusetts. The venue was the Bay State Athletic Club. Competition started promptly at 9:30 AM and was completed by about 3:00 PM. An enthusiastic audience was in attendance to cheer on the competitors.

Lisa McKinnon of the BIG IRON Powerlifting Team totaled 200kg in her first meet in the 132# division. Lexi Zippin of the Chamberlain School Team, perennial division winner, set a number of records and took home quite a collection of first place trophies.
In the 275# sub master division Steve Sarcia and Dennis Wall battled it out with Steve’s 165kg bench being the deciding factor as Dennis took the squat and dead lift while Steve won the bench and total. Luis Vega of BIG IRON placed 1st in the 165# Masters 2.

Chad Winters of BIG IRON had another outstanding meet and won the BIG IRON Team Best Lifter award. His dead lift continues to improve as he made a good effort at 600#; the bet is that he will make that pull next time.
The competitions were intense and in many instances extremely close.

In the team competition, the Chamberlain School Team, coached by John Buckles, placed second, while the BIG IRON Team took first place. This one really came down to the wire with BIG IRON pulling out the victory by a mere 6 points.

There has been a resurgence of interest in the sport of Powerlifting in the Northeast over the past few years particularly in the Raw Divisions. The AAU has been strong in Massachusetts for over 10 years with Larry Larsen running many meets over the years. Now more recently with Larry’s assistance, BIG IRON Powerlifting and Mark Seiminski’s Bay State Athletic Club are providing quality venues for local lifters to get together in competition.

These records will be posted and kept current by Rich Deleon of BIG IRON Powerlifting and may be accessed at www.bigironpowerlifting.com.  Rich and BIG IRON Director Dave Mansfield can be reached at bigironpowerlfting@comcast.net.

For more information on Powerlifting, visit aaupowerlifting.org.

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