The World Raw Powerlifting Federation’s (WRPF) American Pro 2 meet is set to be held on the weekend of Oct. 27-29, 2023, in Manassas, VA. This raw meet is considered one of the largest events on the WRPF calendar. Several world records were broken at the 2022 edition of the meet, and some lifters have already publicly stated they intend to break more records in The Old Dominion State.
How to Watch
Fans who won’t be in attendance in Manassas can still watch the action live. All three days of the meet will be streamed live by A1 Digital on the WRPF YouTube channel free of charge. There are six different streams available to watch live. All times below represent EST:
Friday, Oct. 27, 2023
The action for Tested lifters will start at 8:00 AM with Session 1. The Primetime portion of the day will kick off at 4:00 PM.
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023
Day two will feature athletes lifting with knee sleeves. The morning events will begin at 8:00 AM, and Primetime will start at 3:00 PM.
Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023
The final day of lifting will focus on those using knee wraps. The morning stream will be live at 8:00 AM, and the Primetime portion will kick off at 3:00 PM.
All lifters will be recorded on LiftingCast. You can track your favorite lifter by watching the page they lift on. Updates from the meet will also be shared on Instagram via the @the_american_pro_ page. The rosters of full meet lifters for each day are listed below:
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Day One | Friday, Oct. 27, 2023 — Tested
Below are the rosters for each division:
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 67.5KG
- Ashley Wilson
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 75KG
- Cherrelle Moser
Women’s Raw Junior (20-23), 56KG
- Reagan Lacey
Women’s Raw Junior (20-23), 60KG
- Kinzie Peterson
Women’s Raw Junior (20-23), 67.5KG
- Grace Gill
Women’s Raw Open, 75KG
- Brittany Rabe
- Kara Pegram
Women’s Raw Open. 90KG
- Brittainy Chown
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 67.5KG
- Christian Kearney
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 82.5KG
- Johnathon Carlisle
Men’s Raw Junior (18-19), 100KG
- Lance Jelen
- Paul Acosta
Men’s Raw Junior (20-23), 67.5KG
- Anthony Yatos
- Syed Hashmi
Men’s Raw Junior (20-23), 125KG
- Shane Calhoon
Men’s Raw Master (40-44), 100KG
- Kirk Whittenberg
Men’s Raw Master (40-44), +140KG
- John Newby
Men’s Raw Open, 67.5KG
- Anthony Yatos
- Nabil Akram Lahlou
- Ryan Pierce
Men’s Raw Open, 90KG
- Chad Harrison
- Nicholas Elia
- Jimmy House
- Vance Cohee
Men’s Raw Open. 100KG
- Noah Kim
- Ryan Jordan
- Timothy Persad
- Devin Clark
- Nicholas Perez
- Ethan Gainey
- Kirk Whittenberg
- Dwardly Edouard
Men’s Raw Open, 125KG
- Christian Barham
- Richard Chavez
- Taylor Duncan
- Richard Andre
- Antonio Thomas
Men’s Raw Open, 140KG
- Zack Carr
- Dorrell Petties-Dahmer
Men’s Raw Open, +140KG
- Michael-James Stamps
- John Newby
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Day Two | Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 — Sleeves
Women’s Raw Junior (20-23), 75KG
- Amanda Smith
Women’s Raw Master (40-44), 67.5KG
- Liz Strain
Women’s Raw Master (45-49), 82.5KG
- Heather Smith
Women’s Raw Master (45-49), 125KG
Women’s Raw Open, 56KG
- Yelena Espinoza
- Landri Peden
Women’s Raw Open, 82.5KG
- Heather Smith
- Shanae Smithson
- Taylor Ball
Women’s Raw Open, 90KG
- Nicole Pottieger
- Alex Donald
Women’s Raw Open, 100KG
- Tenaya Tuteur
Women’s Raw Open, 125KG
- Sara Schiff
Men’s Raw Junior (20-23), 90KG
- Connor Finnegan
Men’s Raw Junior (20-23), 100KG
- Jordan Kortman
- John Kaufman
- Cody Wilson
- Bryce Kuznia
Men’s Raw Open, 82.5KG
- Jawon Bethea Garrison
- Braden Moss
Men’s Raw Open, 90KG
- John Haack
- Stephen Peszynski
- Drake Stephens
- Jordan Wong
- Emerson Knoebel
- Connor Finnegan
- Parker Belle
- Travis Calloway
- Sean Dewey
Men’s Raw Open, 100KG
- John Kaufman
- Cody Wilson
- Daniel Dixon
- Daniel Cardona
- Steven I Ruffin
- Aaron Nance
- Lucian York
- Demerrius Slocum
Men’s Raw Open, 110KG
- Patrick Horvath
- Alex Charchuk
- Dawson Windham
- Bryan Duncan
- Walker Blazek
- Husameddin Ateyia
- Jake Dunn
- Jason Legrand
Men’s Raw Open, 125KG
- Zac Meyers
- Danny Grigsby Jr.
- Travis Calloway
- Sean Dewey
Men’s Raw Open, 140KG
- Andrew Fox
- Chris Miller
- Joe Jackson
- Zachary Zeus Smith
Men’s Raw Open, +140KG
- Luke Nall
Men’s Raw Sub-Master (35-39), 140KG
- Chris Miller
[Related: Denise Herber (75KG) Deadlifts 285 Kilograms (628 Pounds) During Prep For the 2023 WRPF American Pro]
Day Three | Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 — Wraps
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 56KG
- Angelina Bennett
- Natalie Carr
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 67.5KG
- Sara Šobak
- Suzanne Davis
- Brittany Bowles
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 75KG
- Kristy Hawkins
- Denise Herber
- Brianny Terry
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 82.5KG
- Hunter Henderson
- Samantha Rice
- Brittany Trahan
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 90KG
- Laura Vogelsang
Women’s Classic Raw Open, 100KG
- Catherine Croydon
Women’s Classic Raw Sub-Master (35-39), 82.5KG
- Brittany Trahan
Men’s Classic Raw Junior (20-23), 110KG
- Colton Stewart
Men’s Classic Raw Master (45-49), 125KG
- Chris Jones Sr.
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 75KG
- David Raymond
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 82.5KG
- Nydir Hayden
- Raymond Phillips
- Austin Hutzenbiler
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 100KG
- Antonio M Carter
- Marc Gaudet
- Dakota Luzader
- Nate Norton
- Rory Payne
- Matthew Sullivan
- Russell Steve Yankee
- Jeremy Goss
- Billy Bockrath
- Chad Penson
- Edward Blair
- Mike Schaeffer
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 110KG
- Brandon Cintron
- Saylor Lavallii
- Michael Risti
- Ronnell Leftwich
- Houston T Woods
- Azariah Joel Pierce
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 125KG
- Gabriel Vega
- Chris Jones Sr.
- Phillip Herndon
- Justin Cherocci
- Ryan Emmons
- Arman Ahrabian
Men’s Classic Raw Open, 140KG
- Justin Zottl
- Maurice Moody
- Fernando Arias
- Henry Craig
- Joe Coursey
- Brad Abbott
Men’s Classic Raw Open, +140KG
- Patrick Maguire
- A.C. Toriz
Men’s Classic Raw Sub-Master (35-39), 100KG
- Russell Steve Yankee
Men’s Classic Raw Sub-Master (35-39), 140KG
- Maurice Moody
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