**1 DAY MEET. ALL LIFTING WILL BE DONE ON SATURDAY MARCH 14.”
Updated on 3/4/2026 9:00 AM
March 14, 2026 UPA Powerlifting National Championship – 2027 Arnold Classic Qualifier
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ENTRY FORM LINKS: ENTRY DEADLINE – Feb. 27, 2026
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**REMINDER ON BRACELETS**
SPECTATOR FEE: $15 at the door Saturday. – (**Children 10 and under – free/ lifters are only free for their day to lift. Coaches and handlers are not free.**)
MEET HOTEL: Grand Harbor Resort & Water Park. The meet site (Grand River Center) is connected by sky walk to Grand Harbor Resort & Water Park. Mention “UPA Nationals” to get $129 a night room rate. www.GrandHarborResort.com (563)690-4000 ext 1. The “cut-off date” for accepting reservations into this room block is Wednesday Feb. 11.
UPA Powerlifting National Championship – Roster List…
Roster Count: 36
Saturday – Bench Only: 9 (2 doing full Power to)
Saturday – Ironman (Push/Pull): 1
Saturday – Deadlift Only: 0
Saturday – Full Power: 28
Max Full Power Lifters on Satuday 45 – NO EXCEPTIONS
**Reminder**
Raw = Knee wraps.
Raw Elite = Without knee wraps (knee sleeves or bare knees), the monolift stays locked and must be walked out.
| Division | Category | PL/BO/IM/DO | AD | Wgt Class | Age | Day | |
| Raw Elite (No wraps and walked out) – Powerlifting | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| Emilee Close – Moline, IL | Women | Open | PL | 220 | 28 | Saturday | |
| Amanda Carber – Davenport, IA | Women | Open | PL | 242 | 38 | Saturday | |
| Grace Rood – Davenport, IA | Women | WJ(20-23) | PL | 198 | 22 | Saturday | |
| Kristine Ion-Rood – Davenport, IA | Women | WM(50-54) | PL | 181 | 54 | Saturday | |
| Cynthia Mann – Muscatine, IA | Women | WM(55-59) | PL | 148 | 57 | Saturday | |
| Men | |||||||
| Michael Richard – Dickyville, WI | Men | Open | PL | 198 | 30 | Saturday | |
| Ryleigh Clark – Bradford, IL | Men | Open & SM(33-39) | PL | 220 | 34 | Saturday | |
| Landyn Voss – Bettendorf, IA | Men | Open | PL | 242 | 28 | Saturday | |
| Kace Roedema – Jesup, IA | Men | MT(13-15) | PL | 123 | 11 | Saturday | |
| *Laydon Boddicker – Long Grove, IA | Men | MT(13-15) Full Power & Raw MT(13-15) Bench Only | PL & BO | 148 | 12 | Saturday | |
| Maclane Morgan – Tiffin, IA | Men | MT(18-19) | PL | 198 | 19 | Saturday | |
| Desmond Rayford – Peoria, IL | Men | SM(33-39) | PL | 220 | 39 | Saturday | |
| *Michael Boddicker – Long Grove, IA | Men | MM(40-44) Full Power & Raw MM(40-44) Bench Only | PL & BO | 308 | 40 | Saturday | |
| Phillip Bailey – Dubuque, IA | Men | MM(45-49) | PL | 198 | 47 | Saturday | |
| Rob Bethke – Madison, WI | Men | MM(50-54) | PL | 198 | 54 | Saturday | |
| Raw (With knee wraps) – Powerlifting | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| Kayla Toenyes – Moro, IL | Women | Open | PL | 242 | 25 | Saturday | |
| Sara Lomelino – Davenport, IA | Women | WM(45-49) | PL | 165 | 49 | Saturday | |
| Jane Reinhardt-Martin – Moline, IL | Women | WM(60-64) | PL | 181 | 62 | Saturday | |
| Men | |||||||
| Isaiah Sabers – Durango, IA | Men | MJ(20-23) | PL | 275 | 20 | Saturday | |
| Ryan Girsch – Waterloo, IA | Men | MM(40-44) | PL | 181 | 44 | Saturday | |
| Raw – Bench Only | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Cole Kascel – Dubuque, IA | Men | Open | BO | 242 | 34 | Saturday | |
| Corey LaRose – Maquon, IL | Men | MM(40-44) | BO | 308 | 43 | Saturday | |
| John MacBean – Cornell, IL | Men | MM(65-69) | BO | 275 | 65 | Saturday | |
| Equipped – Powerlifting | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Delario Skipper – Marion, IA | Men | Open | PL | 242 | 46 | Saturday | |
| Tom Trussel – Traer, IA | Men | MM(60-64) | PL | 220 | 60 | Saturday | |
| Equipped – Bench Only | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Stephen Webb – Marquette Heights, IL | Men | MM(50-54) | BO | 220 | 52 | Saturday | |
| Michael Happach – Peoria, IL | Men | MM(55-59) | BO | 242 | 59 | Saturday | |
| Dan Swift – Pekin, IL | Men | MM(75-79) | BO | 220 | 78 | Saturday | |
| UPA-AD (Drug Tested Division) | |||||||
| AD Raw Elite – Powerlifting (No wraps and walked out) | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| *Gena Robertson – Stockton, IL | Women | AD Open & Open | PL | Y | 308+ | 32 | Saturday |
| Men | |||||||
| Camden Dunne – Marion, IA | Men | MT(16-17) | PL | Y | 148 | 16 | Saturday |
| Tyce Howard – Marion, IA | Men | MT(16-17) | PL | Y | 198 | 16 | Saturday |
| Matthew Kerley – Waukesha, WI | Men | MM(40-44) | PL | Y | 198 | 42 | Saturday |
| AD Raw (With knee wraps) – Powerlifting | |||||||
| Women | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Ernest Taylor – Peoria, IL | Men | SM(33-39) | PL | Y | 181 | 37 | Saturday |
| AD Equipped – Powerlifting | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| AD Raw – Bench Only | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Logan Peterson – Chillicothe, IL | Men | MT(18-19) | BO | Y | 242 | 19 | Saturday |
| Women | |||||||
| *Shelly Houzenga – Rock Falls, IL | Women | AD Open, AD SM(33-39), SM(33-39), | BO | Y | 181 | 37 | Saturday |
| *Marcie Aguayo – Dubuque, IA | Women | AD Open & AD WM(45-49) | BO | Y | 220 | 45 | Saturday |
| AD Raw – Ironman | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Mark Reittinger – Warren, IL | Men | Open | IM | Y | 148 | 34 | Saturday |
| *Means lifter is doing more than 1 Division. | |||||||
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