2004 News Archive
November 10, 2004
Nominations for the 2004 Longhorn Open are now available.
Click here to check them out.
October 17, 2004
Entry forms are ready for download! The Longhorn Open is
the weekend before Thanksgiving and the December Fest is the second weekend in December. Start your training today!
September 23, 2004
Fellow Texas Powerlifters-
This year’s USAPL Longhorn Open is upon us once again! As you may,
or may not know, the Longhorn Open is a powerlifting event that is hosted
and run by The University of Texas Powerlifting Club. All its members,
myself included, are collegiate students. We host this meet primarily
as a fundraiser to send as many of our team members as we possibly can
to the USAPL National Collegiate Championships each spring. Throughout
the last nineteen to twenty years “The Longhorn” has become
its own institution; as Tony Cardella remarked, “You always seem
to get your entries out late but you always have a great turnout. I just
don’t understand it.” Yes, that seems to be the way it is.
Due to University policies we have to wait until the fall semester begins
before we get the facility approval; therefore, our entries always go
out late since I don’t want to try and get new information to everyone
if we do not get the facility we request. Thanks to all the patient powerlifters
out there who are willing to train and wait!
As do all meet directors, the Club and I strive to put on
the best powerlifting event we can. For the last several years the UT
Powerlifting Club has managed to fulfill the spotting and loading responsibilities
that go along with a high class event, but this year we are going to have
to do things a bit differently. Our team has suffered some membership
drawbacks this year due to some extraordinarily high graduation rates
this past year (one of the perpetual problems with collegiate programs)!
We are in a rebuilding stage with many young and inexperienced lifters.
Plus, due to the technological advances of the gear now being worn I will
not trust just anyone with the responsibility of spotting – the
weights are much heavier, the margin for error too narrow, and the potential
for physical damage too great.
So…I am asking for fellow lifters who won’t
be lifting who would be willing to volunteer for spotting and loading
duty – squats and bench press only. We can’t really afford
to pay you (see above fund-raising comments), but we would supply you
with a free t-shirt and a free meal or two. We will be having a two-platform
meet so we need several EXPERIENCED persons per platform. While the UT
Club will still be doing the lion’s share of work on the platforms,
I would like to get approximately six to eight more spotters that would
be willing to be shuffled in and out so everyone can get an occasional
rest. The work will be mentally as well as physically taxing. (For those
of you that missed seeing the USAPL Bench Press National’s spotters
in action a few weeks ago, you missed a sight! They were great and saved
many a lifter, literally!)
Anyone that is interested in volunteering please contact me via e-mail:
beckfish@ev1.net. Thanks for reading this lengthy note and for considering
this opportunity to give back to the sport that means so much to you and
me. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Kim Beckwith
2004 USAPL Longhorn Open Meet Director
UT Longhorn Powerlifting Coach
USAPL Texas State Chair
beckfish@ev1.net
June 24, 2004
Results from the 2004 State Meet have been posted.
June 6, 2004
The Summer Powerfest will be held in Killeen on August 14th.
Download your entry form and start your training cycle today!
June 1, 2004
Records have been updated!!!
May 10, 2004
A message from Katie Ford:
Hello everyone, I am in the final weeks of preparation for Women's Worlds
in Cahors, France. In order to raise additional travel funds, I will be
holding a raffle at the Texas State Meet this weekend in Killeen. Thanks
to Titan Support Systems, Inzer Advanced Designs, and House of Pain for
their generous contributions to my fundraising efforts. Also, thanks to
Johnny Graham for letting me hold the raffle at his meet.
I will be be doing one drawing on Saturday and one on Sunday, each at
the completion of that day's lifting. Raffle tickets are $5 a piece and
can be purchased Friday-Sunday at the meet. If you are unable to attend,
but would like to participate, contact me prior to the competition to
purchase tickets. You do not need to be in attendance at the drawing to
receive a prize.
Prizes are as follows:
Saturday
Titan Support Systems Gift Certificate - worth $83
2 Inzer Advanced Designs Gift Certificates - worth $25 each
One Pair Inzer Iron Wraps
One Pair Inzer Wrist Wraps
Various Inzer or House of Pain attire, dependant on the winner's size
Sunday
Titan Support Systems Gift Certificate - worth $223
1 Inzer Advanced Designs Gift Certificate - worth $25
One Pair Inzer Iron Wraps
One Pair Inzer Wrist Wraps
See you all this weekend!
Katie
April 25, 2004
The entry form for the State Meet has been posted. Download it today
and send it in tomorrow! The deadline is April 28th!
April 16, 2004
Records set at the Sam Houston State Meet have been updated. The entry
form for the State Meet will be posted very soon.
January 29, 2004
The records have been updated from Willie Mastin's 2003 December Fest.
The new Sam Houston State University team is holding a meet on February
28th. Entry forms are due by Valentine's Day, so stop instant messaging
your online lover and download your entry form TODAY!
January 29, 2003
There has been confusion concerning who is eligible to set state records
and how to properly claim a record. Here are a few answers to the most
common questions:
In order set a state record, you must...
- be registered as a Texas USAPL member.
- weigh in 2 hours before you start lifting (not the night before).
- submit a Record Request Form
to the Webmaster.
Also, you can set a Texas record at any USAPL/IPF sanctioned meet in
any state or country.
Certain state records may be higher than American, National, or even
World Records because they are much easier to claim and do not require
national-level judges.
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