Muscle Mania features 23 in three events

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The 2010 Muscle Mania powerlifting meet was held Friday at Triangle Fitness Center. The event was sponsored by Budweiser (Responsibility Matters). A special appearance by Richard Hawthorne, world record holder for the deadlift, was provided by the One Stop Vitamin Shop.

The meet featured 23 competitors from several different branches of the service in three events - deadlift, bench and squat. Al Watkins served as head judge and official for the meet, assisted by James Rainey and Robert Lupton.

Overall winners were Mayisha Johnson, 81st Medical Group, winner in the 148 pound class, and Robert Reville, a reservist from the 403rd Security Forces Squadron and member of the Triangle Fitness Center, winner in the 198 pound class.

The three female competiors were in different classes:

105 pound -- Bianca Nguyen, 335th Training Squadron.

148 pound -- Mayisha Johnson, 81st Medical Support Squadron.

165 pound -- Nicole Schariff, 334th TRS.

198 pound -- Aimee Burbridge, 338th TRS.

Male winners:

148 pound -- Sam Bessinger, 338th TRS first; Jarad Kerners, Marine Corps Detachment, second.

165 pound -- Charles Britt, 209th Civil Engineer Squadron, first; Mark Bautista, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, second.

181 pound -- Jacob Hollis, 338th TRS, first; Nathan Lucas, 332nd TRS, second; and Ehren O'Brien, 336th TRS, third.

198 pound -- Reville, first; Austin McKay, Navy, second; Joshua Lemoine, 403rd AMXS; third.

220 pound -- Shawn Maynard, Mobile AS, first; Vernon Johnson, 81st Medical Support Squadron, second; and Kasey Crowe, 335th TRS, third.

242 pound -- Keith Brandon, 81st MDG, first; Omar Johnson, spouse of Trish Johnson, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, second.

275 pound -- Kenneth Boudoin, 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron, first.