SNOWMAN CHALLENGE

2003

FAT BASTARD

BARBELL COMPANY

"SIZE DOES MATTER"

AMATEUR FINAL STANDINGS

1ST - ROB HAYES  18.5

2ND - ERIC TODD  20.5

3RD - TRAVIS RUSSELL  21

4TH - NICK ZOSTAUTAS  23.5

5TH - (T) BRIAN AMUNDSEN  28

5TH - (T) DAN GAVIO  28

7TH - (T) MIKE WORTHAM  28.5

8TH - JON RIGGS  39.5

9TH - (T) KEVIN KNAPP  42.5

9TH - (T) CARL LUPICA  42.5

11TH - JASON HALING  46

12TH - BRIAN NASSAR  58.5

13TH - ROB COOPER  60

PRO FINAL STANDINGS

1ST - JOHN BEATTY  9

2ND - TONY SCRIVENS  11.5

3RD - ABDUL WESOLOWSKI  13.5

4TH - BRIAN SCHOONVELD (INJ) 16

THE 4TH ANNUAL SNOWMAN CHALLENGE WAS JAN 4TH 2003, AGAIN AT T.K. WENDL'S IN URBANA, IL.  THE SHOW KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR. IT WAS A BENEFIT FOR TIMM LUEHRSON, A FRIEND OF TRAVIS & MINE WHO WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA & HAD STARTED A NEW JOB IN WHICH HIS BENEFITS WERE NOT IN FULL FORCE YET. THIS YEAR WE DID SOMETHING NEW, BREAKING THE GUYS INTO PRO & AM CLASSES. ALSO, SANCTIONING WAS NEW.  NASS & IFSA/USA PRESIDENTS WILLIE & DIONE WESSELS AND JIM DAVIS WERE ON HAND.  WILLIE & DIONE KEPT THE SHOW MOVING AT A (MUCH) QUICKER PACE THAN USUAL, AND HUGE THANKS TO THEM BOTH, ESPECIALLY WITH WILLIE STARTING CHEMOTHERAPY THE VERY NEXT DAY.  AS USUAL WE WERE BUILDING EQUIPMENT RIGHT UP TO MEET START ( A LITTLE PAST).  BIG THANKS TO JAMIE FOR FINISHING THE HERC HOLD WHILE WE GOT THE TIRE STARTED.  THANKS GO OUT TO SPONSORS: APT'S - PRO WRIST STRAPS, ERGOPHARM, NUTRITION OUTLET CENTER, AND EASTERN ILLINOIS CHIROPRACTIC.   TO MINIMIZE THE LENGTH OF THE ARTICLE, I'LL ONLY PUT UP THE TOP 3 PLACINGS ON EACH EVENT.

TIRE FLIP - 800+TIRE, 84 FEET (WITH A TURN)

AM'S -  1ST - E. TODD -  37.09, 2ND - R. HAYES - 39.44, 3RD - T. RUSSELL - 39.97

PRO'S -  1ST - J. BEATTY - 34.54, 2ND - T. SCRIVENS - 1:00.56, 3RD B. SCHOONVELD- 1:00.72

AXLE PRESS - 220 LBS AM'S, 260 LBS PRO'S (CLEAN EVERY REP)

AM'S - 1ST - R. HAYES - 12,  2ND - N. ZOSTAUTAS - 11, 3RD - E. TODD - 10

PRO'S - 1ST - B. SCHOONVELD - 7, 2ND J. BEATTY - 6, 3RD - (T) SCRIVENS/WESOLOWSKI) - 1

SILVER DOLLAR DEAD (SORRY, LOST THE ATTEMPTS)

AM'S - 1ST - (T) -  K. KNAPP/D.GAVIO  - 825 LBS (NEW NATIONAL RECORD!!)

PRO'S - 1ST - A. WESOLOWSKI -  945 LBS, 2ND T. SCRIVENS - 925 LBS

HERC HOLD - ROUGHLY 220 LBS EACH HAND AM'S, 300 LBS EACH HAND PRO'S

AM'S - 1ST - R. HAYES - 1:23.85, 2ND -  B AMUNDSEN - 1:06.66, 3RD - J. RIGGS - 59.47

PRO'S - 1ST T. SCRIVENS - 41.78, 2ND J. BEATTY - 41.03, 3RD - A. WESOLOWSKI -  30.87

STONES - AM'S: 220, 235, 265, 290, 330.   PRO'S: 235, 265, 290, 330, 385

1ST THREE STONES TO A 53" PLATFORM, LAST TWO TO A 51" PLATFORM.

AM'S - 1ST - E. TODD - (5) 17.18, 2ND - T. RUSSELL - (5) 22.93, 3RD - R. HAYES - (5) 29.77

PRO'S - 1ST - J. BEATTY -  (5) 19.30, A WESOLOWSKI - (4) 22.02, 3RD - T. SCRIVENS - (4) 48.65

PICS

DUE TO A NEED TO CHANGE THE FORMAT OF THE PICS, THERE ARE NONE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THEY WILL BE UP SOON. IF YOU COMPETED IN THE SNOWMAN & YOU HAVE A GOOD PIC OR TWO YOU'D LIKE UP ON THE SITE, SEND ME A COPY & I'LL PUT THEM UP.