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February 2012:
Lea-Ann has been awarded Eastern Illinois University's 2012 Rising Star Award and will be honored at a banquet at EIU on March 28th.

October 2011:
Congratulations and thank you to the Rise of the Deadlift Beast of the Bench Press Competitiors! Joe Atef took home the tropie for Male Best Lifter and for Best Bench Press, Lynne Bielski took home Female Best Lifter, Joe Holland recieved the award for Best Deadlift and Team Jakked took home the 1st Place Team Trophy!

June 2011:
Lea-Ann breaks 5 State Records at the Chicago Summer Bash

December 2010:
Lea-Ann wins Best Female Lifter at UPA Power weekend in Dubuque Iowa

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October 2010:
PSP featured on Powerlifting Watch website!

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May 2010:
Progressive Sports Performance's new facility is featured on Elite Fitness website!

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March 2009:
Erv competes in Illinois State Meet

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March 23-24, 2012
PSP is hosting the APF Illinois State Championships! For more info, click here or to download the entry form (pdf), click here

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Last Updated:
January 17, 2012

March 23-24, 2012

APF/AAPF Illinois State Championships

Download entry form here (pdf)

Meet Directors: Erv Domanski - (847) 347-7569 or domanski3@comcast.net
Lea-Ann Domanski - (847) 707-0847 or elbell6@hotmail.com
Events: Bench Press Only Raw and Equipt-Capped Entries at 30 lifters
Powerlifting Raw & Equipt (sq+bp+dl) - Capped entries at 60 lifters
Place: Progressive Sports Performance
2775 Shermer Road Unit 110, Northbrook IL 60062
Lifting Sessions: Friday 3/23: Bench Only; Rules 5 pm, Meet starts 5:30 pm
Saturday 3/24: Powerlifting (Equipt and Raw); Rules 8:15 am, Meet starts 9 am
Sanction/Rules: Sanctioned by the American Powerlifting Federation (APF).
Check www.worldpowerliftingcongress.com for information and rulebook.
One piece lifting suit required.
Weigh-ins: Friday Lifters: Thursday 3/22 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Friday 3/23 from 9 am to 11 am; 3 pm to 4 pm
*Friday Bench Only lifters may NOT weigh in past 4 pm!
Saturday Lifters: Friday 3/23 from 9 am to 11 am; 5 pm to 6 pm
Saturday 3/24 from 6:30 am to 7:30 am
All weigh-ins will take place at Progressive Sports Performance
Eligibility: Open to all APF/AAPF members. Lifters may become a member
before weighing-in, or otherwise must present their card at weigh-ins.
Registration is $30 per card, $40 for both APF and AAPF; half price for high school students.
Entry Fee: The entry fee is $80 for one division, and $30 for each additional division.
Entry fee MUST accompany entry form when mailed. NO REFUNDS.
Entries for the team competition are $60. Teams must provide a list with their
12 scoring lifters at the weigh-ins (teams can have more members listed, but
only the 12 designated will be used for scoring purposes).
Deadline: The entry deadline is March 5 - Postmark mailed entries by March 3.
Late entries will be charged a $25 late fee, and can be denied.
Once the max number of lifters is reached for each event, no more entries will
be allowed, regardless of the March 5th deadline. If the cap is reached, a
notice will be placed on the Progressive Sports Performance Facebook page.
No late entries will be accepted at the weigh-ins.
Awards: Awards will be given to the first three places in all Men's and Women's Open
Weight classes. Age divisions will be scored via coefficient (all weight classes in each division against each other).
Best Lifter awards will be given in divisions based on the content of the entries.

Download entry form here (pdf)