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Mervin Moses cops best lifter trophy as five records smashed, one equaled
By Franklin Wilson
Hot and exhausting conditions did not hamper what turned out to be a successful Banks Power Stout/Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) Senior National Championships yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Mohamed Rassan
Five records were smashed and one equaled as fans were treated to some exhilarating lifts by the best athletes in Guyana led by overall best lifter, Mervin ‘Spongy’ Moses.
Moses, competing in the 165 lbs division, posted a new squat record of 694 ½ lbs erasing his old mark of 677 ¾ he set back in 2006. Moses also equaled the deadlift record of 606 lbs which is held by veteran athlete Winston Stoby who was very much a part of the competition.
Moses won this division ahead of Stoby and Ryan Williams with a total of 1691.75 (best squat of 694.25; bench press 391.25; deadlift 606.25).
Reigning Pan American and Caribbean 181 lbs champion, Randolph Morgan rebounded from an unfortunate slip during his second squat attempt to set two new bench press and dead lift records, in both cases, erasing his own marks.
Wazim Immamdeen
Morgan shattered the old bench press standard of 402 ¼ lbs, replacing it with a new standard of 429.25. His September 30, 1990 dead lift record of 639 ½ was replaced with a new mark of 650 ¼. Morgan also won the category relegating the young and promising Anis Ade Thomas to 2nd. He achieved an overall total of 1664 (squat 584; bench press 429.25; dead lift 650.25).
Berbice were not to be left out of the record breaking achievements as two of their own smashed old marks. Standing out among the day’s achievements was Wazim Immamdeen’s new dead lift mark of 485 lbs in the 132 lb class.
This new mark shattered the 35 year old record of 479 which was set by R. De Souza back in 1974. Immamdeen won this division with ease from Marcus Beete and his brother, Tariq Immamdeen. Wazim had a total of 1102 points made up of a best squat of 413.25; bench press of 203.75 and a deadlift of 485.
Mohamed Rossan took the top spot in the 148 lb class and also established a new dead lift standard of 501 lbs erasing the old record of 485 which was accomplished by M. Rossau on October 21, 2007.
Rossan overall total of 1206 (squat 468.25; bench press 236.75; dead lift 501) was just ahead of the second place Kelvin Lewis and 3rd placed Paul Adams.
Sixteen year-old Vijay Rahim, another Berbician was the lone athlete in the 123 lb class tallying 997.25 points (squat 402.25; bench press 170.75; dead lift 424.25).
Errol ‘Big Man’ Henry took the 198 lb class as the lone competitor. He totaled 1438 points (squat 562; bench press 303; dead lift 573); Mark Seymour topped the 242 lb category with an overall total of 1471.25 (squat 600.75; bench press 319.5; dead lift 551). This is the first time that Seymour who has been in the sport for less than one year, has broken into the 600 club.
Karel Mars was the best in the 220 lb class with a total of 1581.5 (squat 633.75; bench press 341.5; dead lift 606.25). Finishing as the runner-up overall was Morgan with Mars third.
Minister of Culture youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony was on hand to assist with the distribution of trophies along with North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Secretary General Robert Keller and NAPF Technical Committee Member and International Powerlifting Federation Category Two Referee, Mike Licciardi.
Both NAPF Officials were integrally involved in running yesterday’s championship as a precursor to Guyana hosting of the 4th Caribbean Powerlifting and Bench Press championship next March.
Athletes were also aware that their performances at yesterday’s competition will be used as the bench mark to select Guyana’s team for next year’s Caribbean championship.
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