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April 2, 2008
The results for the Texas A&M Invitational and the South Texas Qualifier have been posted. Stay Strong! Kim
February 25, 2008
The entry form for the Texas State Meet is online! Click here or go to the Coming Events section. Stay Strong! Kim
February 1, 2008
The Texas A&M PL Club finally got their entry form to me so either click here or go to the Coming Events section. Stay Strong! Kim
November 26, 2007
The results for the Longhorn Open are posted here and/or in the Results section. We had a great meet! 129 lifters, 2 platforms, and done lifting by 7pm. The meet wouldn't be possible without the numerous hours put in by the UT Longhorn Powerlifting Team so I want to thank them personally for all their hard work. Stay Strong! Kim
November 7, 2007
After the dust settled it appears the Longhorn Open will have approximately 125 full-meet lifters and 10 bench-only folks. Unfortunately, I have had to turn over a dozen people away. If you do not find your name on this list, then check your e-mail. I sent a message yesterday to those lifters I couldn't accept. The final names on my list include: William Young, Doug Waterman, Jeff Ross, Colton Dipple, Hiawatha Nash, Alex Saez, Scott Smith, Jose Vicente Armendariz-Calvo, Justin Hopkins, Robert Elrod, Chris Powell, Alex Alaniz, Micah Ruby, Aaron Rosalez, Dylan Braudaway, Yolanda Beasley, Sauzi Hernandez, and Melanie Laney. I have not listed individuals from TAMU, SHSU, UTSA, Ft. Hood, Edna High School, and possibly a few more such groups/teams.

The tentative flight breakdowns look like the following:
Platform 1
Flight A - Women 97-132 (14 full meet + 1 bench only)
Flight B - Women 148-181 (15 full meet)
Flight C - Women 198-SHW & Men 114-132 (13 full meet)
Flight D - Men 148-165 (11 full meet & 2 bench only)
Flight E - Men 181 (12 full meet & 2 bench only)

Platform 2
Flight F - Men 198 Collegiate Only (11 full meet)
Flight G - Men 198 All but Collegiate (9 full meet & 3 bench only)
Flight H - Men 220 (15 full meet)
Flight I - Men 242 (12 full meet & 2 bench only)
Flight J - Men 275 - SHW (10 full meet)
These are tentative assignments! They could change if enough people change weight classes. Stay Strong! Kim
October 31, 2007 - early afternoon.
I am officially closing down acceptance of entries for the Longhorn Open! Unless, I have talked with you and told you to send in the entry form (meaning I have your name and info already) I can't accept anymore entries. If I receive all the entries from those I have heard from then we are well over 120 full-meet lifters. Sorry. Stay Strong! Kim
October 31, 2007
The postmark deadline is here and the Longhorn Open lifter count is up to 121 total lifters (6 are Bench Only so there is still some wiggle room). I am including all the entered entries found in my mailbox last night and a few folks who called to ask if there was still room. I have received individual entries from Trey Gully (M-O&BOO-198), Art Menton (M-M6-165), Johnny Vasquez (M-O-181), Brian Warren (M-O-165), Matt Jackson (M-O-242), Andrew Beckman (M-T1-123), Cameron Anderson (M-O-242), Raul Reyna (M-C-242), Brian Ficklin (M-BOO-198), Joe Lucio (M-M5-198), Chris Cruz (M-T3-198), Ben Villarreal (M-T2-148), Victor Gutierrez (M-T2-123), and Meagan Pollack (F-O-165). Stay Strong! Kim
October 25, 2007
The Longhorn Open lifter count is up to 105 lifters. The Fort Hood Phantom Warriors are bringing 10 lifters and the Texas A&M University is bringing 28 lifters! Wow! They are doing something right to promote powerlifting at the collegiate level. I have also received individual entries from Trey Jewett (M-C-198), Caleb Messimer (M-T2-114), and Josh Norton (M-RawT2-148). I have been talking with folks on the phone and several entries are supposed to be on the way, so our count is probably closer to 110-115. I may have to cut off entries by early next week. I hate to do it, but... Stay Strong! Kim
October 22, 2007
The Longhorn Open lifter count is up to 61 lifters. The University of Texas-San Antonio is bringing 9 lifters (so far!) Their entries are coming in small groups, so most of their names have already been added to my list here on the web, but the newest of their lifters include: Kathleen Hernandez (F-C-114), Danika Reaney (F-C-165), and Jed Hussein (M-C-148). John King (M-O-275), Shawn Baker (M-O & M1-275), and Alvah Cass (M-M4) round out the list this round. Get those entries in! Stay Strong! Kim
October 19, 2007
The Longhorn Open lifter count is up to 55 lifters. Sam Houston State University is sending a collegiate squad of 21 lifters! Way to go SHSU! Their lifters include: Brittney Brantner (F-C-165), Kerri Kelm (F-C-105),Laken Jenkins (F-C-148), Jessica Duyka (F-C-132), Alyssa Lamp (F-C-132), Sha'Vernon "Nikki" Thomas (F-C-148), Wes Blackmon (M-C-220), Cody Dorff (M-C-181), Jonathan Pritchard (M-C-181), Alex Estrada (M-C-242), Ian Madison (M-C-198), Jonathan Brooks (M-C-220), Andy Chasse (M-C-181), Travis Arbuckle (M-C-165), Jacoby Davis (M-C-198), Aaron Tolerton (M-C-181), Justin De Los Santos (M-C-275), Randall Willbanks (M-C-198), Eric Paluka (M-C-242), Kyle Kloc (M-C-198), Brad Pillow (M-C-275). Other entries I have received so far include: Eric Garnel (M-O-220), Ennis White (M-O, M1, BO-242), Brian Propst (M-RawO?-242), Kevin Jones (M-M2-132), Jim Yakubovsky (M-M5-198), John Sawyer (M-O-198), Joseph Franklin (M-BOO-198), and Olivia Trevino (F-C-105). Get those entries in! The postmark deadline is October 31, but I am keeping a close eye on the lifter limit number I posted on the entries (due to facility and personnel issues). Stay Strong! Kim
October 11, 2007
I fixed the link from this page to the entry form. It is also listed under "Upcoming Events" in case this one acts up again. In addition to the entries below I know that Edna High School is bringing 15 lifters so our number is up to 26 lifters. Get those entries in! The paper copies should go out in UT's mail today. Stay Strong! Kim
October 8, 2007
The entries are coming in for the Longhorn Open! As of this morning I have received 11 entries total from the following people (Male/Female-Divison-Wt Class):
Females: Laura McGuill (F-T2-105), Yomeida Sanchez (F-C-181)
Males: Douglas Lees (M-M5-181), Mike Settles (M-M5-181), Jim Lyons (M-M6-181), Trey Malone (M-C-181), Sam Parsons (M-C-198), Taylor Peyronel (M-T1-198), Wes Zunker (M-C-220), Craig McDowell (M-T3-275), Michael Rogge (M-C-SHW).
I just received the mailing labels from the national office on Friday, so we hope to get paper copies out on Wednesday to those people I haven't received entries from yet. Stay Strong! Kim
September 13, 2007
Longhorn Open entries are ready! We received the "thumbs up" from our facilities folks here on campus and I put the sanction in the mail today so we should be good to go. Remember, due to facility management issue we have to limit the number of lifters entering the Longhorn Open so get your entries in early. Paper copies of the entry will go out in a few weeks once we get the mailing labels from the national office. We are always looking for referees and good spotters/loaders so give me a call if you would like to volunteer. We are offering a "Raw/Unequipped" division this year. The lifters in this division must have a one-piece, nonsupportive suit and can only use a belt and wrist wraps. Otherwise all other rules are the same. I have to run off to class so I'll sign off for now. Stay Strong! Kim
July 5, 2007
Summer Powerfest!! I have signed Tony Cardella's paperwork and he has sent me his entry form so it sounds official! I have posted two versions of the entry form in the Upcoming Events page, or you can click one of the following: Word (doc) or Adobe Acrobat (pdf). Tony has had to limit the number of lifters allowed to 40 so get your entries in early - 1st come, 1st served! He is also calling for spotters/loaders and referees interested in helping with the meet. All of you USAPL State Referees this is a good chance to work on your referee credentials and skills. Send Tony an e-mail or give him a buzz. Check the entry form for contact information. Stay Strong! Kim
May 17, 2007
Part II - Oops! I forgot to mention that Tony Cardella is working on the details of hosting a meet in the Houston area on August 18. It is not official, meaning he hasn't submitted his paperwork yet, but he told me he is going to do it, so everyone can start planning. As soon as he submits the paperwork and an entry form I'll get it posted. Stay Strong! Kim
May 17, 2007
Bench Press Only Records!! If you haven't noticed, I managed to get the "Bench Only" records online about a month ago. I included the record on the regular records pages after the "Total" record. If your weight class/age group/division does not have the designation listed it means that I didn't find any records for it. I went through all the results documents (mainly the various local meets) I had on file back to 2001 or 2000. I did not go through back issues of Powerlifting USA for published competitions, I never received results from some meet directors, and I might have just plain missed some. Therefore, if you want to get credit for a particular lift that is not on the website yet, just e-mail me with the details (when, where, what) and I'll try to hunt up the results to verify it. If you know where the results were published the verification process will go much faster:) The IPF has just passed a rule (mainly for national and world records, but we can also use at the local level) that if a lifter in a 3-lift meet surpasses the single-lift bench record, the 3-lift meet bench result could stand for the single-lift record, but not vice-versa (the bench-only competitor cannot set the 3-lift meet record.) I'll follow this new rule from this year forward but I won't backtrack into previous years. We'll use the same record application/notification form for the bench-only records as we do for the rest of the records.

On another note, the USAPL Texas State Meet is in a couple of weeks. This is also a State Chairperson election year so I need to know who is interested in running for the position. I'll keep my name in the hat and so far, I have heard that Tom North has expressed interest. Please e-mail me and let me know if you are interested so that the election ballots I print up will have your name on it. See you in San Antonio in a few weeks!
Stay Strong! Kim
March 20, 2007
It is official! The USAPL Texas State Meet will be in San Antonio this year. Willie Mastin's entry form is online under the "Coming Events" link. The Texas A&M Invitational went well and had approximately 45-50 lifters. Not bad for their first meet in a long, long time! I have listed their meet results as well as the results from a last minute, qualifier meet directed by Coach Hector Munoz in Port Lavaca last week. There sure are a lot of strong high schoolers getting ready for the USAPL High School Nationals next week in Alexandria, LA! The USAPL Collegiate Nationals will be two weeks after that in Killeen, TX so everyone come down to say Hi! and see some awesome lifting done by our state's (and the nation's) strongest collegiate lifters.
Stay Strong! Kim
February 27, 2007
I finally received last year's results for the State Meet held in Killeen, TX. Check them out in the Results section.
Stay Strong! Kim
February 11, 2007
I have confirmed the date for the USAPL Texas State Meet. Willie Mastin in San Antonio has agreed to host it on June 2. When he gets his paperwork to me I'll post it in the Coming Events section, so until then everyone start training and plan a trip to San Antonio!
Stay Strong! Kim
February 7, 2007
I have posted the entry form for the Texas A&M Invitational in the Coming Events section. Their school is still tweaking their liability form, but at least you get the details of when, where, and contact info if needed.
I have also posted the results from Curt St. Romain's Toys for Tots meet he held in December 2006.
Stay Strong! Kim
February 1, 2007
The start of a new year and one month already gone! Texas A&M has finally made it official by turning in their paperwork - their powerlifting meet is on March 3. As soon as they turn in a copy of their entry form I'll get it posted.
Stay Strong! Kim

News from past years can be found here.





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