Hometown and Start Lists for KeepOurTanker.com American Open in Mobile ... Competition Begins on Friday

(Mobile, Ala.) - More than 180 athletes from 31 states are slated to compete in the KeepOurTanker.com American Open which begins on Friday and concludes on Sunday in Mobile, Ala. 

Competition will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at approximately 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.  Competition on Sunday begins at 10 a.m. and is expected to end at approximately 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door.  Please note: these times are revisions to the previously released schedule.  

The event also has been moved from the Mobile Civic Center EXPO Hall to the Arena, 401 Civic Center Dr. 

Two-time Senior Nationals medalist Samantha Zimmerman (Mobile, Ala.) will be competing in the event in front of a hometown crowd when she lifts on Saturday. 

"I really like being able to compete at home.  Most of my friends and family don't ever get to see me compete, so it will be fun having them come out and watch," said Zimmerman, a graduate student at the University of Southern Alabama, who began competing in weightlifting in high school after being introduced to the sport as a volleyball player.  "I have some weightlifting friends staying with me too, so it will be great to get a chance to show them around."

Among the athletes scheduled to participate in the event are 2009 Senior World Team member Sarah Davis (Rincon, Ga.) who compete on Friday and two-time Olympian Chad Vaughn (Florence, Texas) who will be competing in his first event since Beijing on Saturday.

Competition schedule is as follows, which include revisions to the previously released schedule:

Friday December 11
9 a.m. Women's 48kg division

11 a.m. Women's 53kg division 

1:30 p.m. Men's 56kg and 62kg divisions

4 p.m. Women's 58kg division

6 p.m. Men's 69kg division

8 p.m. Women's 63kg division

Saturday December 12
9 a.m. Men's 77kg division Group B

11 a.m. Men's 77kg division Group A

1 p.m. Women's 69kg division

3:30 p.m. Men's 85kg division

6 p.m. Women's 75kg

8 p.m. Men's 94kg

Sunday December 13
10 a.m. Women's +75kg division

Noon Men's 105kg division

2:30 p.m. Men's +105kg division

The list of athletes competing this weekend (in starting order by weight division) is as follows: 

Women's 48kg

Raven House (Kansas City, Mo.)

Jaslyn McGraw (Olathe, Kans.)

Ellen Kercher (Hoschton, Ga.)

Lindsey Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Sandra Arechaederra (Alamo, Calif.)

Anne Lehman (San Francisco, Calif.)

Suzanna Sanchez (Shreveport, La.)

Kaysie Junco (Port Orange, Fla.)

Alison James (Longwood, Fla.)

Gina Guide (Orland Park, Ill.)

Rachel Churchward (Edmonds, Wash.)

 

Women's 53kg

Breanne Carlson (Marquette, Mich.)

Debbie Millet-Carroll (Sandy, Utah)

Mary Wang (Mountain View, Calif.)

Beth Terranova (Whiteston, N.Y.)

Jacque Payne (Aurora, Colo.)

Jerri Pugh (League City, Texas)

Danielle Durante (San Jose, Calif.)

Cortney Batchelor (Mobile, Ala.)

Jo Arnold (Oakland, Calif.)

Rachael Bommicino (Atlanta, Ga.)

Sarah Cowles (Marquette, Mich.)

Samantha Turnbull (Port Orange, Fla.)

Sarah Davis (Rincon, Ga.)

 

Women's 58kg

Kelly Reinhart (Rohnert Park, Calif.)

Michelle Downs (Annapolis, Md.)

Tina Carson (Ozark, Mo.)

Amalia Litras (Austin, Texas)

Gwendolyn Sisto (Eliot, Maine)

Stephanie Spencer (Castle Rock, Colo.)

Breanne Bassler (Seabrook, Texas)

Arielle Lippman (East Rockaway, N.Y.)

Chelsea Kyle (Sandusky, Ohio)

Megan Kranz (Shreveport, La.)

Amanda Hubbard (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

 

Women's 63kg

Corinne Grotenhuis (South Elgin, Ill.)

Kelly Charniga (Livonia, Mich.)

Veronica Aguila (Boulder, Colo.)

Jenna Kraska (McFarland, Wis.)

Ashley Perkovich (Auburn, Wash.)

Erin Tieder (Portland, Ore.)

Kari Shimomura (West Sacramento, Calif.)

Becky Freeman (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Laura Davie (Marietta, Ga.)

Megan Poole (Dahlonega, Ga.)

Jessie Humeston (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Robin Feuerman (Marquette, Mich.)

Jessica Gee (Eugene, Ore.)

Vanessa McCoy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Rizelyx Rivera (Moorestown, N.J.)

Fahm Saephan (Sacramento, Calif.)

 

Women's 69kg

Yvette Buyince (Houston, Texas)

Stephanie Martin (Savannah, Ga.)

Kristin Newman (Sunnyvale, Calif.)

Tracy Steinberg (Houston, Texas)

Arlene Ward (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Diana Fu (San Francisco, Calif.)

Ursula Papandrea (Pflugerville, Texas)

Alicen Lyrenmann (Freeport, Ill.)

Stephanie Haacke (Kensett, Iowa)

Allie Henry (Marquette, Mich.)

Brianna Barnett (Kidder, Mo.)

Jessica Carrero (Bronx, N.Y.)

Kelly Lynch (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Danica Rue (Jersey City, N.J.)

 

Women's 75kg

Kelsey Vance (Bradenton, Fla.)

Traci Jessop (Wall, N.J.)

Jackie Mah (West Sacramento, Calif.)

Whitnee Maycock (Lexington, Md.)

Michelle Baier (Holcomb, Kans.)

Maegan-Lee Snodgrass (South Jordan, Utah)

Samantha Zimmerman (Mobile, Ala.)

Rachel Crass (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Erin Wallace (Shreveport, La.)

 

Women's +75kg

Marissa Klingseis (St. Joseph, Mo.)

Chelsea Rebman (Millersville, Pa.)

Rebecca Kudrna (Lawrence, Kans.)

Nicole Knighton (West Bountiful, Utah)

Joanna Jones (Avon, Ohio)

Tamara Solari (Fall City, Wash.)

Karen Wyatt (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Holley Mangold (Centerville, Ohio)

 

Men's 56kg

Virgil Young (Altamonte, Fla.)

Michael Graber (Montclair, N.J.)

Dominique Brunson (Savannah, Ga.)

Joshua Barnett (Sanford, Fla.)

Vang Weced (Sacramento, Calif.)

 

Men's 62kg

Zach Ladlie (Orlando, Fla.)

Ryan Cook (Yorkville, Ill.)

Jordan Miller (Gainesville, Fla.)

Ryan Borges (Bradenton, Fla.)

Mack Brunson (Savannah, Ga.)

Darrel Barnes (St. Louis, Mo.)

Kyle Yamauchi (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Sean Hutchinson (Shreveport, La.)

 

Men's 69kg

Michael Evans (Livingston, N.J.)

Gabe Dutch Lowy (Fort Worth, Texas)

Ambrose Serrano (Johnson City, Tenn.)

Jerry Owens (Port Orange, Fla.)

Joey Botero (Altamonte, Fla.)

Timothy Scott (Palm Coast, Fla.)

Greg McElravy (Marietta, Ga.)

Louis Mangiaracina (Livingston, N.J.)

Daniel Moeller (Waterloo, Iowa)

Christopher Yorkovitz (Butler, Ohio)

Derrick Johnson (St. Louis, Mo.)

Peter Musa (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)

 

Men's 77kg

Robert Kruse (Lithonia, Mich.)

Dan Gorelik (Moorestown, N.J.)

Chris McGinnis (Bethlehem, Pa.)

Kyle Saelee (Sacramento, Calif.)

Joshua Beckler (Savannah, Ga.)

Thomas Sherwood (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

Christopher Nevels (Cedar Park, Texas)

Charles Litecky (Farmington, Minn.)

Datton Nguyen (El Paso, Texas)

Matthew Delaney (Quincy, Mass.)

Aaron Armstrong (Norfolk, Va.)

Jason Bourgeois (Atlanta, Ga.)

Adam Rozmenoski (Rochester, Minn.)

Jimmy Duke III (Beaufort, S.C.)

Jonas Westbrook (Buffalo, N.Y.)

Trique Meininger (Lake Tapps, Wash.)

Adam Beytin (Laurel, Md.)

David Boffa (Madison, N.J.)

Mike Soha (Shreveport, La.)

Christopher Heinig (Auburn, Wash.)

Mike Cerbus (Cortland, Ohio)

Chad Vaughn (Florence, Texas)

 

Men's 85kg

Steven Pan (Walnut Creek, Calif.)

Douglas Linn (Rockville, Md.)

Michael Calelly (Houston, Texas)

Christian Carter (Oak Park, Ill.)

Drew Dillon (Columbus, Ohio)

Mikkel Ng (Edmonds, Wash.)

Maher Baker (Longwood, Fla.)

Robert Hall (Marietta, Ga.)

Keylin Mackey (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Chandler Alford (Atlanta, Ga.)

Paul Roberts (St. Charles, Mo.)

David Motoyoshi (Lakeville, Minn.)

Michael Martin (Hampton, Va.)

Michael Tirrito (Livingston, N.J.)

Jared Fleming (Pine City, N.Y.)

 

Men's 94kg

Russell McDonnell (Quarryville, Pa.)

Brian Wiseman (Oxford, Miss.)

Jacob Rebman (Millersville, Pa.)

Robert Smith (Baltimore, Md.)

Jordan Rosen (Baltimore, Md.)

Timothy McInnis (Benton, La.)

Christopher Oakley (Morris Plains, N.J.)

Lyndon Echels (Pflugerville, Texas)

Tony Grana (Grover, Mo.)

Kevin Cornell (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Guy Hornsby (Johnson City, Tenn.)

David Rief (Auburn, Wash.)

Frankie Murray (Floral Park, N.Y.)

Jonathan North (San Ramon, Calif.)

Kyle Cook (Yorkville, Ill.)

Danny Schlag (Mesa, Ariz.)

Phil Sabatini (Lexington, Va.)

 

Men's 105kg

Brandon Jackson (Orlando, Fla.)

Matthew Mays (Gainesville, Ga.)

Leonard Harison (Maple Valley, Wash.)

Garrett Walters (Norvolk, Va.)

Ian Wilson (Berkeley, Calif.)

Thomas Braddy (Savannah, Ga.)

Robert Davis (Columbus, Ohio)

Yasha Kahn (Brookline, Mass.)

Shaughnessy McDermott (Shreveport, La.)

Anthony Martin (Savannah, Ga.)

Benn Overkamp (St. Louis, Mo.)

Steven Jarvis (Marquette, Mich.)

Donald Shankle (San Ramon, Calif.)

 

Men's +105kg

Eric McGill (Charlotte, Mich.)

Zachary Schluender (Shreveport, La.)

Shane Maier (Northbrook, Ill.)

Jason Starks (League City, Texas)

Caleb Ward (Pleasonton, Calif.)

Colin Ito (Marquette, Mich.)

 

The list of athletes competing this weekend (in order by state) is as follows:

 

Alabama

Cortney Batchelor (Mobile, Ala.)

Samantha Zimmerman (Mobile, Ala.)

 

Arizona

Danny Schlag (Mesa, Ariz.)

 

California

Sandra Arechaederra (Alamo, Calif.)

Jo Arnold (Oakland, Calif.)

Danielle Durante (San Jose, Calif.)

Diana Fu (San Francisco, Calif.)

Anne Lehman (San Francisco, Calif.)

Jackie Mah (West Sacramento, Calif.)

Kristin Newman (Sunnyvale, Calif.)

Jonathan North (San Ramon, Calif.)

Steven Pan (Walnut Creek, Calif.)

Kelly Reinhart (Rohnert Park, Calif.)

Kyle Saelee (Sacramento, Calif.)

Fahm Saephan (Sacramento, Calif.)

Donald Shankle (San Ramon, Calif.)

Kari Shimomura (West Sacramento, Calif.)

Mary Wang (Mountain View, Calif.)

Caleb Ward (Pleasonton, Calif.)

Ian Wilson (Berkeley, Calif.)

Caleb Ward (Pleasonton, Calif.)

Vang Weced (Sacramento, Calif.)

 

Colorado

Veronica Aguila (Boulder, Colo.)

Rachel Crass (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Jessie Humeston (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Lindsey Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Kelly Lynch (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Keylin Mackey (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Vanessa McCoy (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Jacque Payne (Aurora, Colo.)

Stephanie Spencer (Castle Rock, Colo.)

Arlene Ward (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Karen Wyatt (Colorado Springs,  Colo.)

 

Florida

Maher Baker (Longwood, Fla.)

Joshua Barnett (Sanford, Fla.)

Ryan Borges (Bradenton, Fla.)

Joey Botero (Altamonte, Fla.)

Brandon Jackson (Orlando, Fla.)

Alison James (Longwood, Fla.)

Kaysie Junco (Port Orange, Fla.)

Zach Ladlie (Orlando, Fla.)

Jordan Miller (Gainesville, Fla.)

Jerry Owens (Port Orange, Fla.)

Timothy Scott (Palm Coast, Fla.)

Thomas Sherwood (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

Samantha Turnbull (Port Orange, Fla.)

Kelsey Vance (Bradenton, Fla.)

Virgil Young (Altamonte, Fla.)

 

Georgia

Joshua Beckler (Savannah, Ga.)

Rachael Bommicino (Atlanta, Ga.)

Jason Bourgeois (Atlanta, Ga.)

Thomas Braddy (Savannah, Ga.)

Dominique Brunson (Savannah, Ga.)

Mack Brunson (Savannah, Ga.)

Chandler Alford (Atlanta, Ga.)

Sarah Davis (Rincon, Ga.)

Laura Davie (Marietta, Ga.)

Robert Hall (Marietta, Ga.)

Ellen Kercher (Hoschton, Ga.)

Anthony Martin (Savannah, Ga.)

Matthew Mays (Gainesville, Ga.)

Greg McElravy (Marietta, Ga.)

Megan Poole (Dahlonega, Ga.)

 

Hawaii

Kyle Yamauchi (Honolulu, Hawaii)

 

Illinois

Christian Carter (Oak Park, Ill.)

Kyle Cook (Yorkville, Ill.)

Ryan Cook (Yorkville, Ill.)

Corinne Grotenhuis (South Elgin, Ill.)

Gina Guide (Orland Park, Ill.)

Alicen Lyrenmann (Freeport, Ill.)

Shane Maier (Northbrook, Ill.)

 

Iowa

Stephanie Haacke (Kensett, Iowa)

Daniel Moeller (Waterloo, Iowa)

 

Kansas

Jaslyn McGraw (Olathe, Kans.)

Michelle Baier (Holcomb, Kans.)

Rebecca Kudrna (Lawrence, Kans.)

 

Louisiana

Suzanna Sanchez (Shreveport, La.)

Megan Kranz (Shreveport, La.)

Erin Wallace (Shreveport, La.)

Sean Hutchinson (Shreveport, La.)

Mike Soha (Shreveport, La.)

Timothy McInnis (Benton, La.)

Shaughnessy McDermott (Shreveport, La.)

Zachary Schluender (Shreveport, La.)

 

Maine

Gwendolyn Sisto (Eliot, Maine)

 

Maryland

Adam Beytin (Laurel, Md.)

Michelle Downs (Annapolis, Md.)

Douglas Linn (Rockville, Md.)

Whitnee Maycock (Lexington, Md.)

Jordan Rosen (Baltimore, Md.)

Robert Smith (Baltimore, Md.)

 

Massachusetts

Matthew Delaney (Quincy, Mass.)

Yasha Kahn (Brookline, Mass.)

 

Michigan

Breanne Carlson (Marquette, Mich.)

Kelly Charniga (Livonia, Mich.)

Sarah Cowles (Marquette, Mich.)

Robin Feuerman (Marquette, Mich.)

Allie Henry (Marquette, Mich.)

Amanda Hubbard (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Colin Ito (Marquette, Mich.)

Steven Jarvis (Marquette, Mich.)

Robert Kruse (Lithonia, Mich.)

Eric McGill (Charlotte, Mich.)

 

Minnesota

Charles Litecky (Farmington, Minn.)

Adam Rozmenoski (Rochester, Minn.)

David Motoyoshi (Lakeville, Minn.)

 

Mississippi

Brian Wiseman (Oxford, Miss.)

 

Missouri

Brianna Barnett (Kidder, Mo.)

Darrel Barnes (St. Louis, Mo.)

Tina Carson (Ozark, Mo.)

Tony Grana (Grover, Mo.)

Raven House (Kansas City, Mo.)

Derrick Johnson (St. Louis, Mo.)

Marissa Klingseis (St. Joseph, Mo.)

Benn Overkamp (St. Louis, Mo.)

Paul Roberts (St. Charles, Mo.)

 

New Jersey

Rizelyx Rivera (Moorestown, N.J.)

Danica Rue (Jersey City, N.J.)

Traci Jessop (Wall, N.J.)

Michael Graber (Montclair, N.J.)

Michael Evans (Livingston, N.J.)

Louis Mangiaracina (Livingston, N.J.)

David Boffa (Madison, N.J.)

Dan Gorelik (Moorestown, N.J.)

Michael Tirrito (Livingston, N.J.)

Christopher Oakley (Morris Plains, N.J.)

 

New Mexico

Becky Freeman (Albuquerque, N.M.)

 

New York

Jessica Carrero (Bronx, N.Y.)

Jared Fleming (Pine City, N.Y.)

Arielle Lippman (East Rockaway, N.Y.)

Frankie Murray (Floral Park, N.Y.)

Beth Terranova (Whiteston, N.Y.)

Jonas Westbrook (Buffalo, N.Y.)

 

Ohio

Mike Cerbus (Cortland, Ohio)

Robert Davis (Columbus, Ohio)

Drew Dillon (Columbus, Ohio)

Joanna Jones (Avon, Ohio)

Chelsea Kyle (Sandusky, Ohio)

Holley Mangold (Centerville, Ohio)

Christopher Yorkovitz (Butler, Ohio)

 

Oregon

Jessica Gee (Eugene, Ore.)

Erin Tieder (Portland, Ore.)

 

Pennsylvania

Chelsea Rebman (Millersville, Pa.)

Peter Musa (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)

Chris McGinnis (Bethlehem, Pa.)

Kevin Cornell (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Jacob Rebman (Millersville, Pa.)

Russell McDonnell (Quarryville, Pa.)

 

South Carolina

Jimmy Duke III (Beaufort, S.C.)

 

Tennessee

Guy Hornsby (Johnson City, Tenn.)

Ambrose Serrano (Johnson City, Tenn.)

 

Texas

Breanne Bassler (Seabrook, Texas)

Yvette Buyince (Houston, Texas)

Michael Calelly (Houston, Texas)

Lyndon Echels (Pflugerville, Texas)

Amalia Litras (Austin, Texas)

Gabe Dutch Lowy (Fort Worth, Texas)

Christopher Nevels (Cedar Park, Texas)

Datton Nguyen (El Paso, Texas)

Ursula Papandrea (Pflugerville, Texas)

Jerri Pugh (League City, Texas)

Jason Starks (League City, Texas)

Tracy Steinberg (Houston, Texas)

Chad Vaughn (Florence, Texas)

 

Utah

Nicole Knighton (West Bountiful, Utah)

Maegan-Lee Snodgrass (South Jordan, Utah)

Debbie Millet-Carroll (Sandy, Utah)

Nicole Knighton (West Bountiful, Utah)

 

Virginia

Aaron Armstrong (Norfolk, Va.)

Michael Martin (Hampton, Va.)

Phil Sabatini (Lexington, Va.)

Garrett Walters (Norvolk, Va.)

 

Washington

Rachel Churchward (Edmonds, Wash.)

Leonard Harison (Maple Valley, Wash.)

Christopher Heinig (Auburn, Wash.)

Trique Meininger (Lake Tapps, Wash.)

Mikkel Ng (Edmonds, Wash.)

Ashley Perkovich (Auburn, Wash.)

David Rief (Auburn, Wash.)

Tamara Solari (Fall City, Wash.)

 

Wisconsin

Jenna Kraska (McFarland, Wis.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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