Ultimate Fitness Push/Pull Meet 2009

So the 2009 version of the Ultimate Fitness Bench Press and Deadlift competition was a great success. 17 Lifters participated in the event, that was held at the Ultimate Fitness Arnprior Location.

The thing that has made the biggest impact on me is that we had 11 Ultimate Fitness members lifting in the competition. And to top it off, 8 of the 11 UF lifters were women. That's right, the ladies were out in full force. All of them for the first time in competition. Before I move onto the guys and the stats, I again just want to point out that these girls came out and didn't care whether or not they were "strong enough" for our meet or going to get beat. (which is exactly why we only had 3 guys)
Huge props to our UF ladies.

Jayne Major (Ladies Winner) 95lb bench, 225 D/L
Angie Burgess (2nd) 105 bench, 280 D/L
Tracy Alf (Tie 3rd) 120 bench, 280 D/L
Hilda Siegel (tie 3rd) 105 bench, 225 D/L
Melanie Liard 105 bench, 260 D/L
Kerri Dunsmore 85 bench, 185 D/L
Ellynne Dickson 140 bench, 175 D/L
Kirstin Martel 95 bench, 205 D/L

We had 3 UF men swing the axe on Sunday. David Droeske, Dane Blimkie and Keith Kapow. Dave and Kapowski are seasoned vets but for Dane "Vomit" Blimkie, it was the first time in a meet. The guys represented well putting up some great numbers and getting some PR's in the process. We also had 6 men visiting from outside the walls of Ultimate Fitness.
Here's how the men's side unfolded.

Raw Men

Darren Mallette (Winner) Bench 340, D/L 585
Nick Morneau (2nd) Bench 350, D/L 600
Keith Kapow (3rd) Bench 315, D/L 545
Dan MacDonald Bench 330, D/L 495
Dane Blimkie Bench 215, D/L 455
Jeremy Siegel Bench 140, D/L 235
Dave Droeske Bench 365, D/L 135

Equipped Men
Peter Wagner (winner) Bench 425, D/L 560
Scott MacDiarmid (2nd) Bench 445, D/L 455

All of the winners/placings were determined using the Wilks calculator.

Congrats to ALL the Lifters!

A Huge THANK YOU to Curd Hos, The Bench Freak at NEO-GENIXX, for sponsoring the event and providing the T-shirts and prizes. Curd also threw down a Raw double with 500lbs on the bench press. WITHOUT A WARM-UP! Rediculous.

I had a great time, thanks to all the volunteers that helped out. Shane, Brian and Sarah. (and the nameless kid we called "Florida"