… White, Cummings shine

By Michelangelo Jacobus
AT 69 years of age, Noel Cummings set new national records in the 66kg Master 4 Raw category on Sunday at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation’s (GAPLF) Novices/Juniors Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

In the first GAPLF meet of the year Cummings strained and muscled his way to lift a combined record weight of 340kg.The sexagenarian set the Master 4 Raw squat record at 115kg, the bench press record at 85kg and the deadlift at 140kg.

Meanwhile, Runita White, competing in the Female Junior Raw 84+kg category, blew away her competitors amassing 313.511 Wilks points and lifting a total of 383.5kg.White finished first by squatting 145kg, bench pressing 62.5kg and deadlifting a national record weight of 175kg.Speaking to Chronicle Sport in an exclusive interview, Runita White who is also the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the GAPLF noted; “It was my first time competing and I was a bit nervous for my first two lifts.

After that I calmed down and did what I would do in gym, only this time there were more weights on the bar. My goals were to try my best and to enjoy myself”.Ede Tyrell copped two first-place finishes in the Female Open Novice Raw 72kg and the Female Master 1 Raw 72kg categories.The first-place finishes came courtesy of a total lift weight of 262.5kg and 373.709 Wilks points; Tyrell squatted 80kg, bench-pressed 57.5kg and had a deadlift of 125kg.Lisa Oudit and Nadina Taharally who were guest lifters at the meet set new national records in their respective categories.

Oudit, lifting in the Female Open Raw 84kg category, eclipsed her previous records lifting a national record total weight of 328.5kg.Her new deadlift record now stands at 142.5kg while her bench press of 61kg is a new record also. In the Female Open Raw and Female Master 1 Raw 72kg categories, Taharally lifted a total record weight of 346kg; that further broke down to national records of an 123kg squat, 65.5kg bench press and a deadlift of 157.5kg.

Other results are as follows:
Female Equipped Novice Overall winner:
Junica Pluck – Squat 100kg, Bench 60kg, Deadlift 125kg. Total 285kg, Wilks 314.041
Overall Male Novice RAW:
Bjorn Williams:  Total 622.5kg, Wilks 389.187
Overall Male Novice Equipped
Timothy Bagla: Total 445kg, Wilks 383.412
Novices results Male59kg Open Equipped
Keshawn Rahiman, 1st place: Total 367.5, Wilks 335.417
66kg Open RAW
Noel Cummings, 1st Place: Total 340kg, Wilks 275.842
Rajiv Indarjeet, 2nd place: Total 340kg, Wilks 261.536
66kg Open RAW
Timothy Romalho, 1st place: Total 452.5kg, Wilks 365.937
Timothy Bagla, 2nd Place: Total 445kg, Wilks 383.412
74kg Open Equipped
Fawaz Rampertab, 1st place: Total 515kg, Wilks 381.152
74kg Open RAW
Shivdatt Hansrag, 1st place: Total 432.5kg, Wilks 319.920
Christopher Sookdeo, 2nd place: Total 410kg, Wilks 294.913
83kg Open Equipped
Sherlock Rigby, 1st Place: Total 447.5kg, Wilks 313.340
83kg Open Raw
Matthew Maycock, 1st Place: Total 440kg, Wilks 302.588
105kg Open RAW
Bjorn Williams, 1st Place: Total, 622.5kg, Wilks 389.187
Greg Stevens, 2nd Place: Total 440kg, Wilks 271.480
120kg Open Equipped
Ramzan Mohammed, 1st Place: Total 532.5, wilks 317.530
Male Junior Championship
Overall Junior Equipped
Gumdra Shewdas: Total 502.5kg, Age Wilks 501.688
Overall Junior RAW
Brandon Badal: Total 525kg, Age Wilks 374.417
58kg Junior Equipped
Gumendra Shewdas, 1st Place:
59kg Junior Equipped
Keshawn Rahiman, 1st Place: Total 367.5kg, Age Wilks 335.417
66kg Junior RAW
Rajiv Indarjeet, 1st Place: Total 320kg, Age Wilks 264.151
66kg Junior Equipped
Timothy Romalho, 1st Place: Total 452.5kg, Age Wilks 376.915
74kg Junior Equipped
Fawaz Rampertab, 1st Place: Total 515kg, Age wilks 392.586
83kg Sub-Junior RAW
Brandon Badal, 1st Place: Total 525kg, Age Wilks 374.858