In last month’s National Governing Body Meeting (NGB) Eric Kupperstein of Cohasset was unanimously elected as the first ever USA Powerlifting Athlete of the Year Award. This is a new award that was created at the 2011 NGB to accompany: Brother Bennett Award, Coach of the Year and Referee of the year. The USA Powerlifting Athlete of the Year Award is given to the athlete with the most successful year, representing USA Powerlifting in National Read More
Orlando, FL, June 21- The National Governing Body Meeting traditionally held the day before Men’s Nationals was the site for two important announcements for USA Powerlifting in New England. First Boston wins the bid for the 2014 American Open and local lifter, meet director and coach Michael Zawilinski is elected to a two year term as one of five Athlete Representatives. The American Open is a national meet that doesn’t require a qualifying total and Read More
Excerpt from www.gonu.com USA Women’s Hockey home | USA Powerlifting home | Northeastern write-ups from Powerlifting Nationals (Men and Women) Two Northeastern strength and conditioning coaches, Mike Zawilinski and Sarah Cahill, have been tabbed to lead Team USA squads in upcoming international events. Zawilinski was named the head coach of Team USA for the North American Regional Powerlifting Championship, while Cahill will assist head strength and conditioning coach Mike Boyle with the USA Hockey women’s Read More
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Ian Macpherson is one of the upcoming great lifters in the USAPL. He began competing three years ago as a sophomore in high school and just won the Ryan Moore Best Lifter award at the second Annul New England Open High School Powerlifting Championships. This was even more significant because this award was in honor of his teammate who passed away two years prior. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am 18 Read More
Stockholm, Sweden, June 12, 2012- Eric Kupperstein (Cohasset, Mass.) placed third overall and second in the deadlift in the 59Kgs/130Lbs weight class at the inaugural International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Eleiko World Cup. Kupperstein is no stranger to open IPF championships but with this being the first ever raw world championship no one could have predicted how the outcome would unfold. He had a rough start to the competition missing his first two squat attempts but Read More
Massachusetts lifter, Eric Kupperstein set to lift for the USA on Tuesday June 12 in the first Eleiko World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden. This marks the first ever raw world championship in the history of the IPF. Eric comes into this inaugural championship ranked 3rd in the 59Kgs/130Lbs weight class. Mass-Lift will post details on this page as they become available. Nominations and Info World Men’s Classic Cup World Women’s Classic Cup Invitation Final timetable Read More
Pilsen, Czech Republic, May 24, 2012 – Luis Jaimes (Roslindale, Mass) placed second in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Junior Bench Press Championships. Jaimes pressed 262.5Kgs/578.7Lbs in the Junior (age 19-23) 105Kgs/231.5Lbs division. Jaimes is a recent graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, MA where he was one of the main contributors to the Club Powerlifting team. His silver medal performance at worlds comes just over a month after his second place finish at Read More
Pilsen, Czech Republic, May 22, 2012- Jeffrey Hadad (New Hampshire) Placed seventh in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Men’s Bench Press Championships. Hadad pressed 180Kgs/ 396.8Lbs in the 66Kgs/ 145.5Lbs weight class. Hadad is a 46 year old veteran of bench press. He earned his spot on Team USA with his victory at the 2011 USAPL Bench Press Nationals. There, he won the open and masters divisions with a 182.5 Kgs/ 402.3Lbs press. He Read More
Pilsen, Czech Republic, May 21 through May 26th will be the location for the IPF World Bench Press Championships. This year Luis Jaimes a Massachusetts resident and recent graduate of Northeastern University will be representing the USA in the 105Kgs/231Lbs junior division. Luis earned his spot on this year’s bench press world team with his 230Kgs/ 507Lbs press to win the junior division last august at Bench Press Nationals in Orlando. More recently Luis pressed Read More