Krista Back on Road to Commonwealths -
1st Stop Provincials: Sept. 23rd
Krista will be working her way back to the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships which will be held in December 2007 in Fiji. OPA Provincials Champions, hosted by Belle River, will be the first stage of the journey. Krista will need to weigh in under 60 kg (132 lbs) on September 23rd and lift at least a Class III total (237.5 kg or 522.5 lbs) in order to qualify. Krista's personal best total in the 60 kg class is 330 kg.
Coming off of a minor hip flexor injury, Krista does not plan on beating that total, but does hope for a personal best in the bench press. In strong support of seeing bench shirts eliminated from the International Powerlifting Association list of approved equipment, Krista will be participating "raw" (no bench shirt) in the bench press portion of the competition. Krista feels strongly that bench shirts are dangerous and are a detriment to the sport both from a safety and integrity perspective.
Krista will then have to lift at the CPU Nationals in the spring and hope to be selected again for the 2007 Canadian Commonwealth team. Krista won a bronze medal in the squat at 1st Commonwealth Championships in 2005 in the U.K, finishing 4th overall.
Stay tuned for fund raising efforts in the near future.
For more information on the 2005 Commonwealth event:
http://www.powerlifting-ipf.com/worlds/commonwealth2005/commonwealth2005.htm
For more information on the OPA Provincials and qualifying totals:
http://www.ontariopowerlifting.org/Technical/qualifying.htm
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Krista Schaus PICP CPT
Ontario CANADA
krista@definingedge.ca
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Arizona USA
kate@definingedge.ca
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