So, the Heartland Challenge has come and gone and it went very well. Much better than I had anticipated. I'll post the write up and a picture. Next up is a tentatively scheduled contest in illinois in january. One of my friends is thinking of competing so this log will hopefully capture not only my training but her's as well. It will be interesting to see the strides she makes as a beginner. I'm excited.
Here's the contest.
The 2008 Master Nationals/Heartland Challenge is now official. It was a great day of competition with some fierce battles. We had competitors from all over the country representing 20 different states. The 13 LW’s, 10 HW’s & 5 50+ athletes competing made this the biggest Master Ntls. to date. Thank you to all that came out to compete.Before I get to the events, I have to start off by thanking everyone that was involved. If I do forget someone, I do apologize and thank you more than you can imagine, but I believe I have everyone accounted for.First off, thanks to all the competitors for putting on a great show. You guys were incredible all day and anyone “waiting to become a master” had better be prepared for the competition they are in for. To our sponsors, Metabolic Technologies, Inc.- producers of HMB, Iron Rhino Fitness, PowerLift & Flex Power. Thanks to my beautiful wife for everything she did throughout the day, the days leading up to the event and just in general. To my contest partner in this event, Richard “Vince” Vincent. You did a great job with judging, getting the truck loaded/organized and just everything in general. To my judges, what an amazing job they did, Shawn Baier, Eric Todd, Mark Reinig & Vince, for doing all you did all day, you guys kept things running very smoothly. To my loaders and spotters, Ray Peters, Mac Capello, Shaun Satterfield & Tonya Satterfield, you all did an incredible job and worked your butts off all day.To my mother and sister for running the refreshment/t-shirt table, to my sister-in-law Cindy for helping with the admissions. To Jesse Jobe, for letting me use some of his equipment, to the Papillion Fire Department for use of some 45# plates. To Shawn Baier for bringing his trap bars down to use. To Jimmy Jett, for the use of his sound system. To Willie Wessels, for doing a great job on the microphone. Also to Vince, Shawn, Scott, Fran, Glenn and Fran for helping me unload the truck. I cannot thank all of you enough as none of this could have happened without you. And one of the greatest things of all was that we raised close to $400 for Camp CoHoLo. I was very happy with this as this allowed us to give them over $3,500 this year from our two contests. Now on to the contest. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces and a lot of new ones. I thought all the divisions were very competitive all day. The LW masters saw Dean Nascimben winning, becoming the first 2-time winner in the LW division. Dean looked very strong all day. Mark Sikora edged out Mike Hemlepp on the last event to take 2nd place. Mark was one of the lightest competitors at the show. Mike Hemlepp had a good day and took 3rd place. In the HW master division, Rocco Liogghio took 1st place and was consistent all day. Bud Schweder took 2nd place, just missing 1st place by 1 pt. TBS’s Keith Saunders took 3rd place, only 3.5pts. out of first. The 50+ division was dominated by Dave Kraft, winning all 5 events. Tom Roman took home 2nd place with Roger Hall winning 3rd place. It was awesome watching these guys all day. Many NAS Master records were set today also.Log pressLW Mike Hemlepp 280#HW Rocco Liogghio 290#Keith Saunders 290#Yoke CarryLW Mike Hemlepp 9.09 sec.HW Bud Schweder 11.66 sec.Farmers WalkLW Dean Nascimben 17.41 sec.HW Keith Saunders 19.88 sec.
The Heartland Challenge saw 18yr. old sensation Glenn Melnick rack up another win in the LW division, with local competitor Corey Kenkel taking 2nd place. The HW division was a battle all day with Zack Best taking 1st place and Chris Canada right behind him in 2nd place. Charles Kasson won the last event to get a 3rd place finish.
EVENTS:Log Press for Max.
Deadlift Medley (MLW, 50+ & Open LW) 425# Axle, 475# Barbell, 520# Trap Bar, 580#
Farmers (MHW & Open HW) 450# Axle, 500# Barbell, 550# Trap Bar, 600# Farmers
Yoke Carry (MLW, 50+ & Open LW) 550#, (MHW & Open HW) 650#
Farmers Walk-100' w/ one turn (MLW, 50+ & Open LW) 240#, (MHW & Open HW) 260#
Stone Load for Reps to 45" (MLW, 50+ & Open LW) 270#, (MHW & Open HW) 310#
Here are the results:
Master Lightweight
Master Lightweight
Dean Nascimben-60.5pts 1st
Mark Sikora-53pts 2nd
Mike Hemlepp-52pts 3rd
Curtis Lake-47.5pts 4th
Rodney Wood-46.5pts 5th
Dave Kraft-41.5pts 6th
Bill Jeffers-36pts 7th
Pete Berg-35pts 8th
Scott Brockelman-21.5pts 9th
Jim Harbourne-20pts 10th
Michael Dorman-14.5pts 11th
Ron Langondoerfer-12.5pts 12th
David Hawkins-11.5pts 13th
Master Heavyweight
Rocco Liogghi-43pts 1st
Bud Schweder-42pts 2nd
Keith Saunders-39.5pts 3rd
Mike Beyers-33.5pts 4th
Cedric Woriax-31.5pts 5th
John Petropoulos-26pts 6th
Christopher Tjarks-18.5pts 7th
Art Boss-16.5pts 8th
Larry Kaiser-6.5pts 9th
Lance Foster-4pts 10th
Master 50+
Dave Kraft-25pts 1st
Tom Roman-20pts 2nd
Roger Hall-12.5pts 3rd
Marty Elliot-11pts 4th
Larry Readman-6.5pts 5th
Heartland Lightweight
Glenn Melnick-9.5pts 1st
Corey Kenkel-5.5pts 2nd
Heartland Heavyweight
Zack Best-31.5pts 1st
Chris Canada-28pts 2nd
Charles Kasson-22.5pts 3rd
Jay Shelton-18.5pts 4th
Conan Wass-17.5pts 5th
Colin Wetlaufer-11.5pts 6th
Scott Tully-10.5pts 7th
Once again, thank you to all the competitors, sponsors and everyone involved with making this contest a success. Also, congratulations to all the new Ntl. Champions and to all the competitors that came out and put it on the line. -D.J. Satterfield
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