APA Lonestar Championships

Overall Lifter = *
Texas Record = t
Louisiana Record = l
American Record = a
World Record = w

Another successful powerlifting meet goes down in the books thanks to all the great lifters and the great people who gave their time to work at this meet.  Thanks to Steve Burttschell, Brian Kline, Shannon McDougald, and Josh Ash who judged the meet and  Lowell Holmes, Josh Devereaux and the spotting and loading crew for all your great work.  A special thanks to Houston ISD and Principal Ken Estrella of Revere Middle School for supporting this sport and giving us the facilities to have this contest.  Thanks also to HISD Police Officer Joe Rodriguez for working as security for the day.

We got started off with a bang in the men’s division when 18 year old Michael Muzyka lifting in the 148’s set 4 Texas records with his 350 squat, 225 bench, 325 deadlift and 900 total. From Houston Texas, James Evans lifting in the 181 Junior’s had a great day walking away with 2 Texas records with his 500 squat and 1240 total.  The 198’s were deep and master lifter Paul Boutte ended on top with a 1315 total in the 50-54 age group.  His total and squat got him not only a Texas record, but an American and World record.  In the master 40-44 division Dan Deuter set 3 Texas records with his 430 squat, 385 bench and 1265 total.  Sixty-two year old Whitley Price also walked away with 3 Texas records in the masters 60-64 division with his 450 squat, 300 bench, and 1250 total.  Coming here from Louisiana, Ryan Cidzik, lifting in the open 200’s had a fantastic day.  Ryan managed to set 3 Louisiana records and a Texas record with his 650 squat, 456 bench and 1665 total.  After all the chalk dust settled, Ryan also left the meet as the 2003 Lonestar Championship’s Overall Lifter.  In the 308 master 45-49, the big man from Vidor, Texas, Nolan Meyers ended up with 4 Texas records hitting a 650 squat, 440 bench, 610 deadlift, and a 1700 total.

In the Men’s Bench Press Only division lifting in the 198 master 50-54, Brian Kline from Houston set a Texas record with his 360 bench.  Steve Burttschell give up the judges chair when it came time to bench and opened with a strong 475 and just missed 510 and 520.

In the Women’s division Gina Shafer from Vidor, Texas lifting in the teen 16-17’s had a great day hitting a 220 squat, 130 bench press, 250 deadlift and a 600 total.  Gina walked away with 4 Texas records, 3 American records and 3 World records.  In the Junior division, Charity Kelley hit a 290 squat, 105 bench, 290 deadlift and a 685 total ending up with 4 Texas records, 3 American records, and 3 World records.  By the time the meet had ended 52 Texas records, 10 American records, and 10 World records had been set or broken.

A very special thanks to  Inzer Advance Designs who support for our lifters, the sport, and our meets is deeply appreciated.  Also a special thanks to Mike Lambert and Powerlifting USA who has been there supporting us all for almost as long as the sport has been around.  The great companies have worked hard to help us enjoy the great sport of powerlifting.