Competitors Numbers Around The Country

[Jason Pyles]

I'm Trying to gather some numbers for state to state.

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals

4) If you not in a club/group just answer the questions as an individual

Thanks for you help JP

[Scott Byers]

Solo from Michigan.
Qualified did not attend.

[Kevin Cronin]

1) CT. We've got about 8 who train consistently at Retro, another four that kinda rotate between here and other crews (eg, keough and mastell train with us dependent on whether they are at school or not. dunno whether malazzi should be considered to train with us since he has his own stuff. Dave mostly trains with us (when he's actually training, haha) but will sometimes train with malazzi or at sacred heart) and then another who's been inconsistent of late, not sure if that's temporary. So 13 total

2) me for the men's, Christina for the women's, poundstone for the pro's, Carlos and Mastell for the teen's

3) I believe that in addition to to those people, we had 7 guys qualify for but not attend nats, plus I dont know if Mastell should be double counted but i believe he qualified for men's open nats as well as teens

[Steve Reid]

1. Just me...from NY

2. 0

3. 0

[Tom Mutaffis]

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state?

I will speak for the local groups since I am not sure if they post on here.

Lake Crew (NC) - 5-7 Competitors
Chantler's Garage (SC) - 3 Competitors
SC Barbell (SC) - 8-14 competitors
Tom Bowman's Crew (NC) - 3-4 Competitors
Hoffmaster's Crew (NC) - 2-3 competitors

There is at least one more group in North Carolina as well.

Total in the Charlotte, NC & Columbia SC area -> Roughly 25 competitors.

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals

We had (2) HW competitors who went to nationals, from all training groups. There were also (2) women who competed at Women's Nationals. One of whom is now a National Champion (congratulations Beth).

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals

I believe a total of (12) competitors qualified for Nationals, 15 if you count women. This means that (10) men qualified and (1) women qualified who did not go to Nationals. There is also one PRO competitor who did compete at Pro Nationals (ASM).

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If you are trying to find out how many guys did not go to Nationals who were qualified, my guess would be that for LW's (all weight classes) the number who participated is probably about 1/3 of those who qualified. In the HW's I would say that probably a 50/50 split between those who competed and those who qualified.

Not sure if it matters but some guys have qualified multiple times.

Locally we had Corey Belden qualify at least 3 times as a HW, and Steve Jordan qualified at least twice I believe, as did Jason Lawson. I qualified 4 times as a LW and 2 times as a HW. Jonathan Creason qualified 2 times as a LW and Frank Domingoes qualified at least 2 times as well. None of us went to Nationals.

[Patrick McGuffin]

Me by myself then Elliot Baum And whoever he trains with in Portland. LW Pro Mark Wetcher lives somewhere in Oregon, don't know is he still competes. WOW I named 3 whole people in the entire state of Oregon...

[Dana clipper]

1. 7 all the time, 4 more sometime, all from maine

2. 0

3. 3 or 4.

[Alex.Truman]

i am a solo from PA.

i went to teen nationals but not mens

I qualified at atleast 4-5 shows for mens.




I know atleast 10 other LW guys who qualified for nationals and did not go within an hour drive of myself.

[Anthony Esquerdo]

NYC somewhere around 10 guys only around 5 of us have done more then one comp but we keep getting more and more new comers

Long Island there is about 6-8 guys

[Jason Pyles]

Thanks guys, great info so far keep it going

[Jessejobe]

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state
Well my gym is actually in Iowa, but a big majority of the guys who train at my gym are from Nebraska. We have anywhere from 10-15 who train but usually only about 5-6 regular guys.

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals
We had 2 that went, Zack Best won the 265s

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals
We had 5 others that qualified but didn't go.

Jesse Jobe

[Anthony Esquerdo]

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state

NYC somewhere around 10 guys only around 5 of us have done more then one comp but we keep getting more and more new comers

Long Island there is about 6-8 guys


2) How many did you club/group send to nationals
None for NYC not sure about LI

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals
2 for Nyc and a possible 2 from LI but they need to confirm that.

[Louis Costa]

I know The stable in chambersburg prolly has upwards of 15 competitors. I'll let snavely touch on the exact nums and qualifiers.... Off the top of my head:

Phisterererererer,Manino,frye,Hoen,Bob,Wes, Snavely, Bill, Zach, myself, Mikey "when he's on his meds" . apologies if I forget anyone

Johny P trains alone around the area and Jenkins trains by himself or with us. Both top notch

Greg Plowman and the lindamen crew....I know have around 10 guys....i'll let him touch on that...

The SMBB crew out of palmerton is pretty thick with talent also:

Haas, BBG, Matt Michael, and a couple of other guys they have coming up. I believe they have 4 or 5 overall? Have to contact them for exact nums.

Damien Hollis'crew is stout with nums out of Pittsburg along with JD and his crew...not sure of nums.

Up in Bradford @ the iron mill there is Chris P/Sean Lewis/Tim Meyers. 3 quality guys - they wont post on here

This is all PA alone..and I know there are guys i've missed!

Within an hour and a half we have 4 of the top 15 national qualifiers for the arnold....Training is gonna be naaaassstttty....:C:

[Andy Deck]

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state?
From Maryland. Until recently with peoples schedules getting totally messed up, we had about 8 guys train consistently, including, myself, Steve Mattheu, Rob Rowland, Jeff Sweet, Pat Flannigan, Nate Broemm, Jose Febles, and Vince Russo. Graham has a group down in Waldorf with Lou D'Ambrosio, Tom Bruns, Justin Reid, not sure if the other guys still train with him like Keith Dickey. I know Kyle Wells is down in Waldorf for the time being. Dayberry is in Essex. Mike Jenkins is in Columbia, so thats at least 16 guys with likely at least 5 more I'm missing. We also have a few guys who train with us when they are on break from school like Mark Alexander.

2) How many did your club/group send to nationals?
Jenkins, D'Ambrosio, Bruns, Steve and I went to nats. Rob, Mark, Jose, and Jeff qualified, but did not attend this year. Again, I know I am forgetting people, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head right now.

[Jason Nunn]

In the Indianapolis area:

3 in one group (2 went to nats)
2 in another group (1 went to nats both were qualified)

In kokomo:
Chad Coy trains there with some random novice guys.

I'm probably missing some, but this is all I can think of off the top of my head.

[corey.clark]

In the Syracuse area theres 3 of us who train regularly and a 4th who trains with us once in a while, and I Know theres another guy who I think trains alone nearby.

2 of us qualified for nationals, but neither ended up going.

[Damian Hollis]

I'm Trying to gather some numbers for state to state.

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals

4) If you not in a club/group just answer the questions as an individual

Thanks for you help JP

Consistently only I compete. I qualified, but could not make nationals. Train in Johnstown Pa. Closest groups about 2 hours from me.

[Kristyn Vytlacil]

I'm Trying to gather some numbers for state to state.

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals

4) If you not in a club/group just answer the questions as an individual

Thanks for you help JP

1. I train with the Warehouse Crew in Kent, WA, home of the HIGA MONSTERS. Grant Higa, Tyler Scott, Steve Spellman, Zack Nims, Scott Hughes, Rocco Liogghio, Ryan Petrosky and myself all train pretty consistently. There are quite a few people who come on occasion though, I'd say at least 5 including Joe Myers and Andy Palmer.

2. Zack and Rocco both went to Nationals this year.

3. Ryan and Tyler qualified for Nats but didn't go. I planned to go to Nationals but got injured and shouldn't have competed.

[James Ball]

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state

Mark Kimaner (spl?) , Brian Siders , James Ball (me) , David Pike, Kenny Davis, Shane Hernandez , Dalton (dont know last name)

Im on naming people that train at Brute Strength Gym, in Norfolk VA. I dont really know anyone else outside my little circle lol.

We have a lot more people that train, but these are the only ones who competed this year

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals

2 went, me and David Pike

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals

4 qualified but only 2 went.

[Daniel Pope]

New Jersey Strength Crew

1) How many people are in you club/group and from what state
Uhhhh.... somewhere around 10-15 usually between 3-5 come per week

2) How many did you club/group send to nationals
one son

3) How many qualified but didn't go to nationals
Think we had 3. Rob Agnoli, me, chris weaver

Honestly the all star in the group is Dan the Man Roman. He is without a doubt the strongest man in the universe. Saw him push press a volcano once

[Craig Pfisterer]

Honestly the all star in the group is Dan the Man Roman. He is without a doubt the strongest man in the universe. Saw him push press a volcano once
Not that impressive Dan, everbody knows it was one of those small, inactive volcanoes.

[Jim Harbourne]

train in my garage in clawson mi. There are groups close by but I'm older than most of the trees and they train mornings on weekends. I don't get warmed up til around noon at the earliest.....

[steve Barkley]

My groups numbers depend on the day or time of year.

Want to say there are about 4 that are there all the time.

1 went to nationals

3 qualified

[Jerry Zimmerman]

Tri-state Strongman Team
4 strong training in Ephrata, PA

1 qualified for Nats

1 attended Nats