East Coast West Coast Challenge
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The East Coast Team of South Buffalo Barbell beat the West Coast Team
collaboration of Phat Elvis and Columbus Weightlifting Club on a percentage of
104.32% to 98.70%! Way to go East!
| East Coast Team | | West Coast Team |
Amie Jakubowski
Jason Snusz
Lorne Reedhead
Chris Burzynski |
|
Silena Blanton (CWLC)
Jim McAlister (CWLC)
Thienan Nguyen (PE)
Sean Waxman(PE) |
East Coast Team won $ 1000 and was coached by one of our magnificent and
patient translators, Mike Ramsey. Thanks Mike!
Prize Money Breakdown
For an Olympic tie-in, we took each lifters total in Womens Open and Mens
Open and divided it into the 2000 Olympic Games Gold Medal Total in each
lifters respective weight class and gender. For the Junior Division, we used
the 2003 Junior World Placings, as the dividing factor to ascertain the lifter
with the best % lifts.
Juniors Division:
| 1st place | - | $ 2000 | | Derrick Johnson | | 81.88% |
| 2nd place | - | $ 600 | | Paul Ernst | | 79.87% |
| 3rd place | - | $ 450 | | Kane Glidewell | | 74.91% |
| 4th place | - | $ 300 | | Natalie Williams | | 74.11% - female Canadian lifter |
| 5th place | - | $ 150 | | Derek Fry | | 72.22% |
Womens Open Division:
| 1st place | - | $ 3000 | | Cheryl Haworth | | 83.33% |
| 2nd place | - | $ 1000 | | Tracy Steinberg | | 65.98% |
| 3rd place | - | $ 800 | | Erin Doyle | | 64.17% |
Mens Open Division:
| 1st place | - | $ 3000 | | Oleg Kechko | | 88.44% - former Belarus |
| 2nd place | - | $ 1000 | | Armen Ghazaryan | | 86.71% - Armenia |
| 3rd place | - | $ 800 | | Shane Hamman | | 84.66% |
| 4th place | - | $ 600 | | Michael Butler | | 76.54% |
| 5th place | - | $ 450 | | Justin Thacker | | 75.64% |
| 6th place | - | $ 300 | | Chris LeRoux | | 75.38% |
Additionally, we awarded nine $ 25 Gift Certificates to Dynamic Fitness (Bud
Charniga) for the following:
Juniors Division:
| Best Snatch Lift | | Phillip Mangiarcina |
| Best C & J Lift | | Jeanette McGee |
| Best Coach | | Tim Swords, Team Houston |
Womens Open Division:
| Best Snatch Lift | | Jennifer Jasper |
| Best C & J Lift | | Chandra Armstead |
| Best Coach | | Don McCauley, Team Savannah |
Mens Open Division:
| Best Snatch Lift | | Jeff Crass |
| Best C & J Lift | | Ralph Guglielimi |
| Best Coach | | Dennis Snethen, Wesley Weightlifters |
