CALLING ALL 190S...

There was 88 of us last year nationally. That's not bad. I believe we can do better than that. Lets all continue to recruit as many people as we can, both 190s and the huge freaks." Did I just type that out loud" I meant huge athletes , sorry. But really, 190s can be very competitive and with the weight limit you can only be so big and strong. Kevin Henderson represents the max of those factors along with perfect technique . Other outstanding 190s would be Jim Spalding , Mark Howe last years top finisher, and POWER HOUSE Davin Boydstun... And when ever you see Kevin Henderson this year YOU BETTER THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK. Without him 190s would not be here. It all starts in Phoenix, see you on the field... Lowell T.

Hey Pete I'll be throwing at Alma this year come on by or sign up open am. How high can a 190 throw a 25# sheaf? Not very high is the answer.

Thanks Lori. Looking forward to the Nationals in K.C. And double thanks to you and the instrumental efforts over the years. I always say " Lori does everything but throw".

If some of us would get off of our fat asses...we might actually throw 190's again...

 

Need to get William Wallace from South Carolina to Phoenix... He is all of 185 and doing well in the A's.

 

LT you rock man, new training this off season hope it works out.. oh and you training at altitude its going to be wild this year!!!!

im looking forward to getting to know some of you guys this season

Nah, it should be 196, which is 14 stone.

the 14 stone number is cool...not that I have a chance of reaching it

Yeah we can't all be like my brother.  the year he won the championship he weighed in holding his games bag.   haha.   stinkin light people.

This is the YEAR OF THE 190...

brandell wrote: I may have to judge you guys at KC this year...but beware, I am an EVIL Judge....

  The stories I could tell..... Evil but fair

thegnome wrote: Why isn't it 200?  200 is a nice round #.  It matches up roughly with a well used metric #, 90kg, and would add matches up with MWC classes.  Just a thought...I'll go away now.

Then I'd feel the need to eat my way up to that! I can see it now...

Me, waddling up to the trig ;-)

Thanks Doug, For the support and the respect and recognizing the pound to implement ratio.  190 is the standard and always will be. Thanks again Doug. See you on the battlefield.  

MY understanding of where "190" came from was the class was started by Greg Bradshaw in the RMSA (Rocky Mt. Scottish Athletics).  He wanted a class where some of the younger teens and smaller guys could enter and not deal with the fat boys.  He made a decision and it has been that ever since.  Then I believe Dan DeWelt started the 190 National Champs in Tulsa and then Steve Scott took it over in Kansas City.  Then Kevin Henderson came along and kept it alive and kicking.  Bill Scruggs probably figured that old guys that threw 190 were probably getting old and fat and didn't want to hassle with getting down to 190 (I recall Laynne Burnett coming into the 190 nationals in KC one year literally vascularized like a bodybuilder to make body weight, Randall, too). 

I know that I always tried to have a 190 class in any games that I AD'ed.  There have been many good ones.  Doug McDonald (not the Canuck, but the REAL Doug "McDougal" Donald), Kevin Rogers, Jim Spalding, Isaac and Nathan Burchett, Howe, Laynne Burnett, Tim Pinkerton, and Brian Randall).  Who has a list of the National winners?