Fort Scott Tribune: Community Sports: Lifters turn out for BCSD fundraiser (06/17/09)

A competitor in the fundraising bench-pressing meet hosted by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Department Corrections Division June 13 prepares to lift with the assistance of a spotter. Proceeds from the event go toward the division's annual Christmas toy drive.(Submitted photo)
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UNIONTOWN -- The Bourbon County Sheriff's Department Corrections Division was host for a bench-pressing meet at the Uniontown High School gymnasium here Saturday. The event serves as one of the fundraisers for the department's annual Christmas toy drive.

The winners of each division were as follows:

* Pre-teen male, 80-pound class: D'Anthony Fredericks, Pittsburg, 60 pounds.

* Pre-teen male, 150-pound class: Garret Elder, Redfield, 65 pounds.

* Teen female: Darla Snyder, Pleasanton, 180 pounds.

* Teen male, 181-pound class: Dylan Duggins, 220 pounds.

* Teen male, 231-pound class: A.J. Roberts, Nevada, 225 pounds.

* Female novice 1, 105-pound class: Billie Cox, 120 pounds.

* Female master 1: Sheila Nichols, Bronson, 9 5pounds.

* Male novice 1, 220-pound class: Dylan Marlow, Uniontown, 475 pounds.

* Male novice 2, 153-pound class: Justin Olberding, Fort Scott, 220 pounds.

* Male novice 2, 257-pound class: Brad Rich, Joplin, 415 pounds.

* Sub-master male: Delbert Elder, Redfield, 325 pounds.

* Sub-master male, 164-pound class: Matt Davis, Uniontown, 340 pounds.

* Sub-master male: Roc Lee, Pittsburg, 350 pounds.

* Male master 1: Jimmy Nichols, Bronson, 550 pounds (overall winner); Rusty Reynolds, Pleasanton, 300 pounds; Tom Davis, Fort Scott, 295 pounds.

How does someone bench press 550 pounds, and I recently heard that Nichols had lifted 600 pounds at a meet in Iowa. Can anyone say STEROIDS?

-- Posted by mightymouth on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 11:49 AM

Thank you for your comments mightymouth, but unfortunately for you steroids are not in the picture. See the meet in Iowa is sanctioned, which means that all lifters are tested for illegal and controlled substances, as are the others meets I attend. So all I have to blame my strenght on is hard work and determination. For the record I did lift 600 in Iowa, but my best lift is 635. 40 and all natural baby, not bad for an old man.

-- Posted by slipknot1 on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 12:04 PM

Hey now, I definitely did'nt mean any disrespect, especially to someone that could probably throw me through a brick wall if they wanted. I just think it is awesome that someone in this area has that kind of strength and raw power. Keep lifting, I know I will. I obviously have a long way to go.

-- Posted by mightymouth on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 12:10 PM

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE STEROIDS. LETS GET ONE THING STRAIGHT, I HAVE NEVER DONE STEROIDS. STEROIDS DID HOWEVER CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEATH OF A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY. STEROIDS WILL NOT MAKE YOU LIFT 600, 500, 400, OR EVEN 300 POUNDS. THEY DO ALLOW YOU TO WORK OUT LONGER, HARDER , AND RECOVER MORE QUICKLY. YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO LIFTED IN THIS EVENT. I PERSONALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. BY THE WAY, WHERE'S MY TROPHY NICHOLS?

-- Posted by bigslick1 on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 10:59 PM