2001 USAPL
Jr. Nationals in Review
by Erik Steiner
The
2001 USAPL Teenage/Junior Men’s
National Championships were held on June
23-24, at the Lincolnwood Radisson Hotel,
in Chicago.
Day 1 included the 114-181 classes.
Micah Kiletico looked great winning the
123’s and Clay Grubbs excelled in
the 148’s. Both of these young
men attend Louisiana Tech, and will be
representing the U.S. at this year’s
IPF Junior Worlds in Bulgaria. 165
lbs. collegiate champ Brad Robbins
decided to give it a go at 181, setting
up a showdown with Oklahoma’s Noah
Divine. The two traded the lead
through the deadlifts, with Robbins
pulling the win on his third attempt.
Sunday’s lifting began with the 198’s.
2000 IPF Junior World Bronze Medalist
Nick Tylutki ruled the class and cruised
to an easy win. He will be
competing against a very impressive
collegiate national champ in Jason Beck
from Slippery Rock University at this
year’s IPF Junior Worlds in Sofia,
Bulgaria. Defending IPF 220lbs.
junior world champion P.J. Chovanec
posted a huge 1855lbs. total at the
Collegiate Nationals, and no one showed
up in Chicago to challenge it.
Eight men came to lay claim to the
242lbs. National Title. Pennsylvania’s
Erik Steiner led after the squats, with
688. Shane Newark from Ohio was
second with 672. Tony Arterburn,
from Fort Bragg, N.C., was third with
617. Newark hit a 473lbs. bench and
Arterburn used a huge 501lbs. bench to
take 1st and 2nd,
respectively, going into the deadlifts.
Steiner ended the bench in 3rd
, after making 407lbs. and being called
for uneven extension with 429lbs. Newark
fell off the pace in the deadlift and
finished the meet in 3rd.
It was only Shane’s 2nd
meet, and he’s only been seriously
training for less than a year. Expect
BIG numbers out of him in the
future!! Arterburn successfully
pulled 622 on his second attempt,
followed by Steiner’s 650 to take
the lead. Arterburn then managed
633 on his third to retake the lead.
Steiner called for 661 for the win.
He pulled the bar to within an inch of
lockout, but ran out of gas and the bar
crashed back to the platform. Arterburn-1752lbs.,
Steiner-1747lbs. in a great contest.
Louisiana Tech’s Emilio Saldiero
lifted very well and took control of the
275’s. Finally, came the
Superheavyweights, and Brian Siders of
West Virginia. Siders OPENED with
an IPF Junior World Record in the bench
press and SMOKED it!! He went on to
rebrake his own record, and decimate the
SHW class.
The contest was very well run, as Dennis
and Sandy Brady events usually are.
The U.S. looks to be sending a very
strong team over to Bulgaria for the IPF
Junior Worlds.
Team USA consists
of:
123-Micah Kiletico
Alternates: 242-Erik Steiner
132-Trey Cunningham
275-Emilio
Saldiero
148-Clay Grubbs
165-Brad Robbins
198-Jason Beck
198-Nick Tylutki
220-P.J. Chovanec
220-Evan Whalen
242-Tony Arterburn
275-Henry Thomason
SHW-Randall Harris
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