APA Texas Open Championships was very successful - results are in!

The APA Texas Open Powerlifting Championships & Bench Press event held in Houston was a great success. Special thanks to all the students of Revere Middle School who put in a long day helping out and Tom McCullough who put in endless hours making sure the event turned out ok.

Biggest lifts of the day were a 780 squat by David Muns which took the submasters class. Biggest Deadlift of the day was 770 by Tom McCullough which set a new Masters 275 class world record. Tom weighed in at a lean 273 and had put in a long day officiating when he decided to do a guest lift for the kids at Revere School where he also teaches. Biggest Bench Press was 520 and a near miss with 530 by David Menchaca which won the master class in the bench press. Highest total of the day was 1945 which was set by David Muns for an APA Texas submaster record in the 275's (bwt 268).

Another awesome submaster was Roy Hardy who competed at a bodyweight of 218. Roy ended up with a 680 squat, 420 bench, and 600 deadlift. He passed on some of the deadlift attempts and ended the day with a nice 1700 total.

Loads of teenage powerlifters showed up and competed for the first time ever. Some did some incredible lifts considering their ages which ranged from 13-15. APA & WPA Powerlifting begins at age 13. I'm sure we would have had more youngsters competing if the age was set younger but we just don't believe in youth lifting at too early of an age. Plenty of time for that later on when the joints and bones start maturing and there is less danger of injury.

I was very impressed with 13 year old Micharl Rocha who benched 210 at bwt 141. For a 13 year old this is an incredible lift!

In the bench press 54 year old Danny Brackin benched 420 which is a hell of a great lift for a 54 year old man!

A young lady (age 17)named Tashauna Ann Turner squatted 290, benched 155 with a near miss of 170, and pulled a 290 deadlift. These are great lifts considering she was only able to put a couple workouts in during the past 2 months due to her schedule which is quite busy!

John Mendoza at age 22 was 196 lb. bodyweight was looking quite strong. Mendoza ended the day with a 660 squat, 365 bench, and just missed a 660 deadlift which made him settle for 590 in the deadlift which knocked his total down quite a bit but he still ended up with 1615 which ain't shabby for a 22 year old. He took the mens open 198 class.

The 220's was a real battle with 6 or 7 guys going at it for the top spot which went to Roy Hardy who also competed in the submasters. Roy's 1700 total took the open 220's.

Anyway, too much to mention but I thought I'd just cover the highlights because I've gotten a lot of e-mails about this already. Results will be posted on the APA website real soon.

Scott Taylor