Thank you to everyone involved in making yet another one of our meets, the APF Florida State, a success. Congratulations to all of the lifters! We had no misloads or injuries with lots of PRs and records. It was a perfect meet. Thank you to the OBB crew who keep everyone safe and everything running efficiently. Our team make these meets possible. Here are who we were able to get a pic with from left to right: Melanie Flesh, Trinity, Me, Dylan Joyner, Brian Tincher, Anthony Liardo, Brandon Gully, Greg Godwin, Jeff Faber, Marky Mark Bennett Lessmann, Meana Albersworth, Rebecca Bachman, Rick Lawrence, Amanda Thompson, Buddy Tolley, Set Albersworth. Missing are: Carley Camarotti, Natalie Falbo, Isaac Sullender, Jesse McGrath, Sean McCormkick, Kaveh Albekord and I’m sure I’m forgetting some others.
Thank you to our sponsor Al Reiss for his continued support.
This time not only did we have medals as well as trophies for best lifters, we also had cash thanks to Keith Sundey of Team Elite in Lakeland. The top male and female lifters in the most contested divisions won $125 each!
Here’s who won the Best Lifter Awards-
Best Female Raw Lifter- Kayla Ellers
Best Female Classic Raw Lifter- Akilah Jones
Best Male Classic Raw Lifter- Jacob Sundey
Best Male Equipped Lifter- Michael Esposito
Best Female Teen/Junior Lifter- Mia Santiago
Best Male Teen/Junior Lifter- Ryan Hackney
Best Female Masters Lifter- Kathleen James
Best Male Masters Lifter- Terry Jacobs
Here’s a link to the full results: OBB APF Florida State Results 2.16.19_rev
Due to increasing costs without increasing revenue I’m not sure how much longer we’ll be to host these meets, but I appreciate all of your patronage through the years. We’ve held over 30 meets over the past 15 years (Trinity and I started hosting them when I worked at the YMCA). Unfortunately, our expenses continue to rise and our revenue is not, which seems to be a recurring theme for me.