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| | Niagara Powerlifting Club Team Members | | 
| Carol Adamczyk [Honorary]
Carol recently retired from being the coordinator of the Family Support Group of 107th Air and Refueling Wing here at the Niagara Air Base. She has always been a hard worker who went above and beyond to help local military families cope with any hardships that they may occur while their loved ones were overseas. For her hard work and patriotism to our country, we were honored when Carol accepted an honorary membership to our Niagara Powerlifting Club. She will be missed but we know her work will continue as she has accepted another position in Tampa, Florida and to also be closer to her husband who has been stationed in that area. Thank you Carol for all you have done for our local military men and women, we will all miss you. | | 
| Travis Barke
Travis who lives with his parents Jeff and Brenda and has a brother Jeff Jr started bench pressing in 2003 and powerlifting in 2006 He has placed first at the Red Brick Bench Press Classic Championship in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He placed fourth at the 2007 New York State High School Powerlifting Championships and first at the Erie County Community College Bench Press Championship. Travis is a starter for the North Tonawanda (New York) High School JV football team. His best lifts at 14 years old are 265lbs squat, 235lbs bench and a 290lbs deadlift at 132lbs Teen 13-15 age division. At 15 years old, Travis increased his competition bench to 250 pounds at this years Red Brick Bench Press Championships. Travis has also increased his squat to 280 lbs and his deadlift to 315 lbs at a body weight of 140 pounds. He set those marks at the N.Y.S. High School Powerlifting Championships for a sixth place finish. | 
| Dennis Brochey
Owner and operator of Dennis Brochey's Automotive in Lewiston, New York, Dennis has been involved in powerlifting since 1995. Dennis is married to the lovely Cathy Brochey and they have two children, Dennis Jr and Jennifer. Dennis is the creator and meet director of the Red Brick Bench Press Classic Championship, an annual charity event that has raised over $37,000 in donations over the last five years for the Air National Guard, 107th Air Refueling Wing Family Support Group in Niagara County. His best lifts are 405lbs squat, 300 lbs bench and a 365 lbs deadlift at 148lbs Masters 50-59 age division. Dennis has a best bench of 310 lbs at a bw of 152 lbs almost breaking the IPA world record of 315 with a 320 lb attempt. | | 
| Thomas Delorimiere
Big ''D'' is the gentle giant on the team that you wouldn't want to get mad. Tom has done it all from powerlifting to strongman competitions to spending time training young people the art of lifting. |  | Patrick Dick
Known as BRUTUS on our team, Pat is one of the original members since 1996. He started in 1994 in the 198lbs class and has moved up over the years to his present 275lbs class. He has squated, pressed and pulled some heavy numbers over the years. Born in 1972 , Pat makes his home in Niagara Falls, NY with his wife Cindy and daughter Caitlynn. | | | Johnny Elsberry
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|  | Sean Hailey
Born in 1968, Sean makes his home in Wheatfield, NY with his wife Holli and children Liam and Nolan. Sean is a nurse practitioner who started powerlifting in 1994. His best lifts to date are 705 lbs squat, 535 lbs bench and a 570 lbs deadlift all in the 198 lbs class. A former IPA bench press record holder in the submaster division, Sean is an original member of the Niagara Powerlifting club. Our heartfelt condolences goes to Sean and his family for the sudden loss of Terry Hailey,[ Seans dad]. |  | greg Hoplight |  | Matthew House
Born in 1984, Matt is from Niagara Falls ,NY and trains at the Niagara Health and Fitness Center in Lewiston, NY. A newcomer to the sport Matt already has impressive numbers with a 455lbs squat (briefs only) a 385 lbs bench press and a raw 415lbs deadlift. Matt is a student at the University at Buffalo working on his Masters in Nutrition. Depending on his training weight, he is a competitor in either the 181 or 198lbs class. | | 
| Jeff Miller
Known as "Animal" and the "Vanilla Gorilla". Born in 1975 somewhere in the darkest part of Africa, Jeff lives with his wife, [Rae-Ann], son[Ty] and daughter{Kylie] in Barker, N.Y. An original member of the Niagara Powerlifting Club since 1996, Jeff was also a part of the undefeated 2000 WNPF World Championship team. At somewhere over 350+ pounds, Jeff was a 3 time national bench press champion, a 2001 WNPF deadlift champion, NASA junior record holder in the bench press and also a Strongman competitor. In May of 2007 Jeff suffered a career threatening complete tricep tear. He is making a strong comeback with hopes of competing in Feb.2008 at the Red Brick Bench Press Championships. His goals right now are to bench press more than any man who has after suffering from this type of injury and to break the world log lift record with a lift of more than 400#. Jeff is currently working as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital. | | 
| Rae-Ann Miller
Rae-Ann was born in 1976, lives in Barker, N.Y. with her husband, Jeff, son Ty and daughter Kylie. She works as a customs broker and has been competing in powerlifting and strongwomen competitions for about 3 years. Rae-Ann has won "Best Female Lifter" in every contest she has competed in, so far. She took first place honors in the NYS Strongman[strongwomen] Competition and in her second competition took 3rd place at the NASS Strongwoman Nationals. Her goals for the future is to increase core strength and get more experience in strongwomen competitions. "BUT" her main goal is to never be out benched by Dennis Brochey. Respond by Dennis; That's it!!! I started this morning training for the National Strongwoman Competition. You have made me mad!! | | 
| Matthew Rydelek
AKA "the Kid". Another one of the original members since 1997, Matt has impressive numbers of 660# squat,585# bench and a best deadlift of 655. Matt has made POWERLIFTING USA's top 100 listing in the 242's a number of times with his best ranking being #53. Matt recently competed raw at the Red Brick Bench Press Championships and set a nice 465 lb personal record A Niagara Catholic High School Valedictorian in 1992, Matt is presently a history teacher at Williamsville North High School and a Graduate School Professor of Education at D'Youville and Medaille Colleges. Matt is originally from Niagara Falls, N.Y. but now makes his home in Williamsville, N.Y. | 
| Joseph Scalzo
Joe Scalzo of Niagara Falls, NY has been competing for 32 years, starting first with Olympic weightlifting and then moving to powerlifting. Joe alternates his training between Niagara Health & Fitness in Lewiston, NY and the Aquatics Center in Tonawanda, NY. His best lifts are 425lbs squat, 350lbs bench and 440lbs deadlift at 132lbs Open age division. His best lifts at 148lbs Open age division are a 520 lbs squat, 480 lbs bench and 470 lbs deadlift. Joe is presently sponsored by Ken Anderson of Titan Support System. Congratulations on your 470lbs Bench Press in the 148lbs division at the IPA Iron House Open in Zanesville, Ohio on October 27, 2007! | | 
| Todd Savard
Todd, aka the VIKING, is another newcomer to the sport and a new member of the NPC. Born in 1970, Todd makes his home in Lewiston, N.Y. After training for just half a year , his raw training bench has gone over 350# and can now easily pull over 500# off the floor. | | 
| Matthew Schimpf
At 44 years of age, he known by the youngsters as "OLD MAN MATT". Sorry ladies, he's married with a whole bunch of kids and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Educated as a chemist, Matt is employed in the environmental cleanup and disposal business. To date he has a best squat of 610#, bench of 425# and a deadlift of 500# all in the masters 275# class. Presently training for the big one[Red Brick Bench Press Championships] in Feb,2008. Matt is from North Tonawanda, N.Y. Congrates to the "Old Man" for setting a personal raw record of 400 lbs at last Feb's Red Brick. | | 
| Daniel Zahno
Grumby, Tree Stump and Captain Zahno are just a few of the names Dan has answered to. Another new comer to the sport, Dan competes in the 198lbs class . In his 1st ever contest (Febuary 2007) Dan had a 205lbs bench press. A few months later he competed at the IPA Worlds in York, PA and set world records in the Open division with a 300lbs squat, and 460lbs deadlift. Dan also improved to 240lbs in the bench press. All numbers where Raw divsion records. Dan makes his home in Ransomville, NY with his wife Stacey and are expecting their first child this Spring 2008. Dan's bench improved to an assist 375 lbs at the Battle of Chrome and Steel and he had more in him. That's a 170 lb increase in his bench in 1 1/2 years. His deadlift also jumped up to 550 lbs and has a best raw squat of 450 lbs. More to come from this little man! | | |
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