Amanda Rowley and Donna Flynn, CSC, keep track of the 15 competitors’ progress throughout the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Each participant completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Tech. Sgt. Kasey Crowe, 334th Training Squadron, squats 475 pounds successfully for his first attempt in the category at the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fifteen participants completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. Crowe placed best overall in the male equipped division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Patrick Charters, spouse of Airman Basic Carrie Charters, 336th Training Squadron, attempts to bench press 192 pounds in his first attempt in the category at the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fifteen participants completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Justin Trott, spouse of 2nd Lt. Charlotte Trott, 81st Inpatient Operation Squadron, wraps his knees with ace bandage in preparation of his turn in the squatting category in the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fifteen participants completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. Trott placed 2nd in the male open/raw division. He also broke the Keesler dead lift record with a weight of 565.2 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Justin Trott, spouse of 2nd Lt. Charlotte Trott, 81st Inpatient Operation Squadron, spots Staff Sgt. Austin Sutton, 81st Security Forces Squadron, in the bench press category at the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fifteen participants completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. Sutton placed 1st in the male open/raw division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Airman 1st Class Sunita Brathwaite, 335th Training Squadron, dead lifts 95 pounds successfully for her first attempt in the category at the American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center June 22, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fifteen participants completed squats, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories — open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women division. Brathwaite placed 2nd overall in the female division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
by Steve Hoffmann
81st Training Wing Public Affairs
6/27/2012 - KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Fifteen Keesler members participated in Friday's American Powerlifting Federation event at the Triangle Fitness Center. Each participant completed squat, bench presses and deadlifts in four categories -- open raw division, equipped division and women's division.
Winners were determined based on the Schwartz/Malone formula which assigns a co-efficient based on the weight of the competitor. That co-efficient is then multiplied by the total weight lifted over the three events to provide the formula total. The person with the highest formula total is declared the strongest.
Open raw division
First place -- Austin Sutton, 81st Security Forces Squadron, with a formula total of 874.18 pounds.
Second place -- Justin Trott, husband of Charlotte Trott, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron, with a formula total of 834.89 pounds.
Third place -- Barron Ramiro, , with a formula total of 736.95 pounds.
Equipped division
Overall -- Kasey Crowe, 334th Training Squadron, with a formula total of 872.24 pounds.
Women's overall
First place -- Shayna Sutton, wife of Austin Sutton, with a formula total of 579.64 pounds.
Second place -- Sunita Brathwaite, 335th Training Squadron, with a formula total of 463.10 pounds.
There were also two Keesler weight-lifting record breakers in the competition. Justin Trott broke the deadlift record in the male 165.4-181.9 pound class with a weight of 565.2 pounds.
Shayna Sutton broke the squat and deadlift records in the women's 114.7-123.5 pound class with weights of 209.4 and 275.6 pounds respectively.
