This weekend in strongman 02/01
Another weekend of strongman has passed, and though there were less competitions, they were certainly not uneventful.
In the Pro Strongman League East Coast qualifier, athletes competed in a trump log for reps, deadlift for reps, farmers into duck walk, yoke into sandbag load, and trump stone over bar. 31 athletes competed. Scores are not yet uploaded for this competition, but it can be found on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8DDsP2uKT0
In the first 210 Strong Texas Championship Qualifier, athletes competed in circus dumbbell for reps, deadlift for reps, and stone over bar for reps. Kimmie Everett dominated the Women’s Middleweights, with 15 reps of a 60lb circus dumbbell, 23 reps of 225 deadlift, and a 65lb stone over bar for 13 reps. Marsha Stokes did a great job keeping up with her on stone over bar, finishing one rep short at 12. In the Novice Men’s Heavyweights, Michael Maldonado took first, and in Open Men’s Middleweights, Justin Reyna took first. Shawndra Haak and Thaddeus Haak were unopposed in Masters Women’s Middleweights and Masters Men’s Heavyweights respectively.
At the Winter Classic Expo in Fargo, ND, athletes competed in log for reps, heavy farmers carry, max Kratos bar deadlift, super yoke, and max sandbag to shoulder. Standout performances include Matt Slagus pulling 815lb in the Men’s Super Heavyweight max deadlift, and Jonathan Wenzel shouldering a 335lb sandbag in the Men’s Heavyweights, matching the best of the SHW. Danielle Hertaus in the Masters Women pulled an amazing 415lb deadlift, the highest of all the women’s classes.
Staying up north we had the Black Thunder competition in Montana, featuring max circus dumbbell, max 18” axle deadlift, Hercules hold, frame carry, and head to head stone of steel. The heaviest circus dumbbell of the day went to Matt Dewhurst in the Men’s Heavyweights, with 180lb. The Novice Men had 3 athletes compete, with 1st and 2nd separated by only 1 point at the end of the day. Mathew Kozlowski and Tyler Sonne stayed tied in CDB and max deadlift, at 105lb and 531lbs respectively, before trading wins on the Hercules hold and frame carry. Matthew would take 1st, but Tyler and Matt Killham gave him a good battle.
And finally, the biggest show of the weekend was the 2nd Clearwater Classic in Clearwater, Fl. 60 athletes competed in this show, featuring a yoke and sandbag medley, fingal’s fingers, last man standing log, wagon wheel axle deadlift for reps, and head to head stone over bar. It’d be impossible to give equal attention to all of the weight classes in such a stacked competition, so I’m going to focus on the novices and women. Isabelle Reynolds in the Open Women’s Heavyweighs had the heaviest log press of the women’s classes with 140lb. She won her weight class, but Bridget Karr stayed right behind her the whole way. In the Novice Women’s Lightweights, Jeanine Balestrieri had an awesome 23 reps of 200lb axle deadlift, and a 120lb log press. On the novice men’s side, Nicholas Stowers won the Novice Men’s Lightweights in a very tight race with several other athletes, and Dom Carmosino won the Novice Men’s Heavyweights in a similarly tight race.
Full scoreboards can be found at:
Pro Strongman League Qualifier(not yet updated) https://ironpodium.com/events/live/professional-strongman-league-east-coast-qualifier
210 Strong Texas Qualifier https://ironpodium.com/events/live/210-strong-texas-championship-series-qualifier-1
Winter Classic Expo https://ironpodium.com/events/live/winter-classic-expo
Black Thunder https://ironpodium.com/events/live/black-thunder-1
Clearwater Classic 2 https://ironpodium.com/events/live/clearwater-classic-2-baddest-on-the-beach
