Powerlifting event in York

Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 11/19/2008 07:13:45 AM EST
The International Powerlifting Association's
National Powerlifting and Bench Press
Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday
at York Barbell Co.

The event will start at 9 a.m. each day.

According to organizers, the championships will
"showcase the best strength athletes from the
powerlifting world and educate the surrounding
communities about exercise and the importance
of good health and fitness."

Highlights of the weekend event are scheduled
to be:
--- Super heavyweight Donnie Thompson will
attempt to break the all-time record with 3,000
pounds of total weight lifted.
--- Spectators will get to see a 1,200-pound
squat and a 900-pound bench press attempt
from at least two competitors.
--- Local athletes will include York's Jan
Swarthout, who will attempt to break her
existing records in the Master 45-49 age group,
and Vincent Cooke of Dover, one of IPA's premier
lifters, who will compete in the 275-pound
weight class and challenge his own 875-pound
squat.
--- Teenage competitors Anthony McCloskey
(17) and Anna McCloskey (15) of Glen Mills will
try to break their current squat records.