USAA National Results

[Leonard Harkless]

2014 Europa/USAA National Pro-am Armwrestling Championship
Hartford, CT – June 28th Total Entries 296
Tournament Directors – Denise Wattles & Leonard Harkless
Referees; Leonard Harkless, Tim Sears, Chris Gangi, Badger Drews, Harry Bean, Ron Klemba,
Tim Bresnan, Jim Fitzsimmons, Benjie Dwyer, Ken McKinney
Brackets Denise Wattles, Priscilla Bean, Debbie Bresnan
Novice Left 0-154 Marin Czembrowski/ Travis Josselyn/ Matt Gauthier/ Ethan Bruzzese
155-176 Ronnie Bean/ Dan Hall/ Nathan Riley/ John Cole
177-198 Will Dawson/ Ben Witruk
199+ John Daigle/ Jose Zelaya/ Harry Bean V / Justin Kubillius
Novice Right 0-154 Matthew Gauthier/ Joshua Smith/ Marcin Czembrowski/ Floyd Ryder
155-176 John Cole/ Ronnie Bean/ Dan Hall/ Chris Moriartty
177-198 Ryan Doza/ Bobby Cooper/ Paul Seaha/ Ben Witruk
199+ James Patterson Jr/ Justin Kubillius/ Matt Swierszcz/ Bill Gavel
Grand Master Right 0-165 Tom Simko
166-198 George Givens/ Bobby Buttafuoco/ ray Berry/ Gary Kessler
199+ Harry Bean III / Jim Fitzsimmons/ Badger Drewes/ Lewis Corbin
Masters Left 0-154 Michael Shaloub/ Norm Devio/ Tom Simko
155-176 Ron Klemba/ Jesse Vieira/ Gary Kessler/ Tim Sears
177-198 Seith Barnett/ Ron Ermini/ Ray Barry
199-220 Jim Fitzsimmons/ Levi Holly/ Randy Stanaway
221+ James Patterson/ Paul Maurais/ Harry Bean III / Badger Drewes
Masters Right 0-154 Norm Devio/. Tom Simko
155-176 Ron Klemba Socrates Fronhofer/ Gary Kessler/ Tim Sears
177-198 Seth Barnett/ Bobby Buttafuoco/ Ron Ermini/ Serge Petro
199-220 Jim Fitzsimmons/ Randy Stanaway/ Levi Holly
221+ James Patterson/ Harry Bean III / Badger Drewes/ Paul Maurais
Amateur Left 0-154 Justin Pinsonneault/ Abdul Sarvalov/ Marcin Czembrowski/ Ron Singley
155-176 Kyle Dawson/ todd Van Blaricom/ Adbul Sarvalov/ Dimitri Kyriazis
177-198 Will Dawson/ Lajos Konta/ Joshua Grant/ Aaron Hawkins
199-242 Josh Vinikoor/ Andrew Sullivan/ Jose Zelaya/ Chad Lundry
243+ John Jackson/ Seth Bai
Amateur Right 0-154 Justin Pinsonneault/ Ron Bella Donna/ Marcin Czembrowski/ Jason Remache
155-176 Vladamir Sidorornin/ Kyle Dawson/ Ian Friel/ Dimitri Kyriazis
177-198 Lajos Konya/ Nazar Simko/ Serge Petro/ Josh Grant
199-242 Bill Runkle/ Jason Darienzo/ Levi Holly/ Andrew Sullivan
243+ John Jackson/ James Lane/ Jake Land/ Seth Bai




Open Left 0-143 Darius Wisnewski/ Aleksandr Medvedek/ Benjie Dwyer/ Jeremiah Meservey
Pro Left 0-154 Kris Mikels/ Emanuel Harris/ LaRaun Baldwin/ Darius Wisnewski
155-176 Ron Klemba/ Ken McKinney/ Jon Brown/ Mark Vieira
177-198 Michael Selearis/ Storm Chellino/ John Cervantes/ Seth Barnett
199-242 Marcio Barboza/ Kevin Nelson/ Chris Burns/ Alexandr Rakhmanov
243+ Shawn Lattimer/ Jerry Cadorette/ Chris Burns/ Max Maxwell
Open Right 0-143 Darius Wisnewski/ Jeremy Merservey/ Tom Simko/ Travis Josselyn
Pro Right 0-154 Samuel Harris/ Kris Mikeis/ Norm Devio/ Michael Shaloub
155-176 Ron Klemba/ Samuel Harris/ chris Nittoli/ Mark Vieira
177-198 Michael Selearis/ Storm Chellino/ John Cervantes/ Art Spindler
199-242 Marcio Barboza/ Storm Chellino/ Chris Burns/ Bill Runkle
243+ Jerry Cadorette/ Tim Bresnan/ Eric Guevin/ Mike Aiello
Ladies Pro Right 0-143 Jessalynn Carosella/ Valerie Beach/ Debbie Banaian/ Sue Fischer
144+ Cathy Merrill/ Kelly Carara/ Samatha Gangi
Ladies Left Hand Open Christy Resendes/ Cathy Merrill/ Valerie Beach/ Jessilynn Carosella
Team Champions PA State, Team Captain – Nitro
2nd Place Team Dungeon, Team Captain – Tim Bresnan
3rd PLACE Granite Arms, Team Captain – Badger Drewes
Cash Box Winners 200.00 Ron Klemba, 100.00 Badger Drewes, 50.00 Jim Fitzsimmons
Special Thanks to Ron Klemba for the Custom Armwrestling Tables!!!!

[Frank "The PREZ" Hirst]

Ton of classes. One class had 1 puller for national title.
See a bunch of pullers who shouldn't be in the novice and amateur classes.
Congratulations to all the open pullers.

[Leonard Harkless]

Jul 2, 2014 10:12:28 GMT -5 Frank "The PREZ" Hirst said:

Ton of classes. One class had 1 puller for national title.
See a bunch of pullers who shouldn't be in the novice and amateur classes.
Congratulations to all the open pullers.

Frank, I have no idea why you would be so negative to just results but let me clue you in to
a few facts.
You say "Ton of classes" Yes a National Championship has a lot of classes.....we had 46 but to give you and others some perspective the Unified had 81 plus 28 Juniors
The AAA coming up in July has 54 so of the 3 National events we have the least of all.
Now you say that some shouldn't be in the Novice or Amateur classes.
As for Novice we will get fooled occasionally but only once. The Amateur is another story, there was not one in the Amateur that didn't deserve to be there. Not one was a recognized pro, not one. This is not just a regular amateur class, this is a National Amateur Championship so the requirements are different.
Now lets deal with your comment on 1 puller in a class. That always happens at all the National events and it is a credit to our event that we only had one class with that. When the USAF results are up you will see classes without anyone and classes with just one, that is not criticism but just the reality of National events.
So how about congratulating all that came instead of degrading some.

LH

[Frank "The PREZ" Hirst]

I'm sorry but I can't congratulate those that pulled novice and amateur that don't belong there.
I know you can't police it .
Congratulations on your turnout though.
And the 1 competitor comment wasnt a dig at you or the tournament.
I just feel that "national champion" means nothing now.
Football 1 Superbowl
Baseball 1 world series.... etc
Armwrestling 4-5 nation events that s puller with nobody in his class becomes a champ.

[Leonard Harkless]

Jul 2, 2014 18:51:33 GMT -5 Frank "The PREZ" Hirst said:

I'm sorry but I can't congratulate those that pulled novice and amateur that don't belong there.
I know you can't police it .
Congratulations on your turnout though.
And the 1 competitor comment wasnt a dig at you or the tournament.
I just feel that "national champion" means nothing now.
Football 1 Superbowl
Baseball 1 world series.... etc
Armwrestling 4-5 nation events that s puller with nobody in his class becomes a champ.

Name names don't insinuate. There was not one Amateur in those divisions that did not belong.
As for the title not meaning anything, I obviously think that you are wrong but there has always been multiple championships at least since I started pulling in 1978.
The number of national events wouldn't have been such a big deal if they wasn't on the same weekend. They each have their own nitch, the USAF is the qualifier for Worlds, the USAA is the only PRO-AM and the AAA is the oldest (at least I think it is). I don't know what the other Nationals that you are referring to.

[David Owens]

What was the other nationals besides AAA in 1978?

[Leonard Harkless]

Jul 3, 2014 2:47:04 GMT -5 David Owens said:

What was the other nationals besides AAA in 1978?

At the time AAA was an amateur national and there was a Amateur National Championship held in Vegas by Sigfried. There was also the WPAA.

[Mike Cocchi]

Looked like a good event . Some strong pullers

[Shawn Lattimer]

I had fun and I didn't have to spend $1000 to fly to the event. Worked well for me.

[Andy Freeland]

Jul 3, 2014 14:43:07 GMT -5 Shawn Lattimer said:

I had fun and I didn't have to spend $1000 to fly to the event. Worked well for me.

Congratz on your win Shawn. Beast. Did you run A side all the way to first? Did you top Jerry? Ouch. Did Jerry take any losses right?

[Shawn Lattimer]

Jul 4, 2014 1:34:32 GMT -5 Andy Freeland said:

Jul 3, 2014 14:43:07 GMT -5 Shawn Lattimer said:

I had fun and I didn't have to spend $1000 to fly to the event. Worked well for me.

Congratz on your win Shawn. Beast. Did you run A side all the way to first? Did you top Jerry? Ouch. Did Jerry take any losses right?

I went undefeated left. Jerry went undefeated right.
Here is video of my first pull with Jerry.

[Leonard Harkless]

Jul 4, 2014 7:27:10 GMT -5 Shawn Lattimer said:

Jul 4, 2014 1:34:32 GMT -5 Andy Freeland said:

Congratz on your win Shawn. Beast. Did you run A side all the way to first? Did you top Jerry? Ouch. Did Jerry take any losses right?

I went undefeated left. Jerry went undefeated right.
Here is video of my first pull with Jerry.

Jerry lost once in the finals to Tim B.

[Shawn Lattimer]

Jul 4, 2014 9:22:47 GMT -5 Leonard Harkless said:

Jul 4, 2014 7:27:10 GMT -5 Shawn Lattimer said:

I went undefeated left. Jerry went undefeated right.
Here is video of my first pull with Jerry.

Jerry lost once in the finals to Tim B.

I stand corrected

[Andy Freeland]

Thanks and Daaaaaaaamn! Now that is how to beat Jerry's flop wrist press, with the power of a Rhino. I assume the rest of your matches were pretty much the same.

[Shawn Lattimer]

Jul 4, 2014 18:24:51 GMT -5 Andy Freeland said:

Thanks and Daaaaaaaamn! Now that is how to beat Jerry's flop wrist press, with the power of a Rhino. I assume the rest of your matches were pretty much the same.

I only pulled Eric Guevin and Max Maxwell left. Won both. I tried to get Marcio to jump in the supers, but he wasn't interested. He would be a real good match for me lefty.