State records · by lifter residency · 9,039 entries
Iowa Powerlifting Records
Iowa has 9,039 competition entries on file from 2,754 lifters registered in the state. Records are scoped by the lifter's state of residence at the time of the meet.
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Records aggregated across USAPL , USPA , NASA , UPA , WRPF , and Powerlifting United , and 1 more.
Iowa's heaviest total on file is Shawn Frankl's 1,231.5 kg (2,715 lb) at Powerstation Pro/Am in 2010. IPL sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 22% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 2023, the busiest year on record with 836 entries.
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Iowa Total Records
| SHW | 1 | Tristan Brothers | 955.0 kg2,106 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 2 | Ben Aschenbrenner | 912.5 kg2,012 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| SHW | 3 | Zach Severin | 910.0 kg2,006 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 308 lb | 1 | Laken Fluegel | 1,037.5 kg2,288 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| 308 lb | 2 | Robb Philippus | 988.5 kg2,180 lb | WRPF | 2017 |
| 308 lb | 3 | Josh Clark | 975.0 kg2,150 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 275 lb | 1 | Brock Chonka | 902.5 kg1,990 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 275 lb | 2 | Cole Hale | 840.0 kg1,852 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 275 lb | 3 | Louis Kolling | 835.0 kg1,841 lb | UPA | 2023 |
| 242 lb | 1 | Landyn Voss | 887.5 kg1,957 lb | USPA | 2026 |
| 242 lb | 2 | Lyle Jennings | 870.0 kg1,918 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 242 lb | 3 | Justin Kirby | 810.0 kg1,786 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 220 lb | 1 | Josh Lentz | 935.0 kg2,062 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 lb | 2 | Luke Arrowood | 852.5 kg1,880 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 lb | 3 | Kelby Kindelsperger | 822.0 kg1,812 lb | USPC | 2025 |
| 198 lb | 1 | Jake Hartman | 807.5 kg1,780 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 lb | 2 | Phillip Vsetecka | 745.0 kg1,643 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 198 lb | 3 | Jacob Stratton | 742.5 kg1,637 lb | WPC | 2016 |
| 181 lb | 1 | Joseph Brandenburg | 800.0 kg1,764 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 181 lb | 2 | Clay Kuhlemeier | 755.0 kg1,665 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 lb | 3 | Stefan Kraus | 695.0 kg1,532 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 165 lb | 1 | Giovanni Alvarez | 767.5 kg1,692 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 165 lb | 2 | Kyle Keough | 757.5 kg1,670 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 165 lb | 3 | Tevin Pham | 647.5 kg1,428 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 148 lb | 1 | Anthony Blakley | 582.5 kg1,284 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 148 lb | 2 | Jared Simmons | 470.0 kg1,036 lb | UPA | 2019 |
| 148 lb | 3 | Kyle Schafroth | 465.0 kg1,025 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 132 lb | 1 | Braden Sahlfeld | 462.5 kg1,020 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 lb | 2 | Chris Mahlstadt | 377.5 kg832 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 123 lb | No records yet. | ||||
| 114 lb | No records yet. | ||||
Iowa Squat Records
| SHW | 1 | Tristan Brothers | 385.0 kg849 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 2 | Devanta Kruger | 375.0 kg827 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Zach Severin | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 308 lb | 1 | Robb Philippus | 418.5 kg923 lb | WRPF | 2017 |
| 308 lb | 2 | Laken Fluegel | 397.5 kg877 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| 308 lb | 3 | Josh Clark | 375.0 kg827 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 275 lb | 1 | Brock Chonka | 340.0 kg750 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 275 lb | 2 | Cole Hale | 327.5 kg722 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 275 lb | 3 | AJ Brown | 320.0 kg706 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 242 lb | 1 | Justin Kirby | 325.0 kg717 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 242 lb | 2 | Lyle Jennings | 322.5 kg711 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 242 lb | 3 | Landyn Voss | 322.5 kg711 lb | USPA | 2026 |
| 220 lb | 1 | Josh Lentz | 347.5 kg766 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 lb | 2 | Bobby Cook | 307.5 kg678 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 lb | 3 | Luke Arrowood | 305.0 kg673 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 lb | 1 | Phillip Vsetecka | 280.0 kg618 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 198 lb | 2 | Holden Clark | 272.5 kg601 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 198 lb | 3 | Sam Shepherd | 267.5 kg590 lb | USPA | 2026 |
| 181 lb | 1 | Joseph Brandenburg | 300.0 kg662 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 181 lb | 2 | Clay Kuhlemeier | 257.5 kg568 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 lb | 3 | Andrew Dickson | 250.0 kg551 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 165 lb | 1 | Giovanni Alvarez | 265.0 kg584 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 165 lb | 2 | Kyle Keough | 260.0 kg573 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 165 lb | 3 | Tevin Pham | 237.5 kg524 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 148 lb | 1 | Jared Simmons | 210.0 kg463 lb | UPA | 2019 |
| 148 lb | 2 | Anthony Blakley | 202.5 kg447 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 148 lb | 3 | Kyle Schafroth | 170.0 kg375 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 132 lb | 1 | Braden Sahlfeld | 155.0 kg342 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 lb | 2 | Chris Mahlstadt | 117.5 kg259 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 123 lb | No records yet. | ||||
| 114 lb | No records yet. | ||||
Iowa Bench Press Records
| SHW | 1 | Ben Aschenbrenner | 272.5 kg601 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| SHW | 2 | Zach Severin | 245.0 kg540 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| SHW | 3 | Levi Locke | 227.5 kg502 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 308 lb | 1 | Laken Fluegel | 260.0 kg573 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| 308 lb | 2 | Robb Philippus | 242.5 kg535 lb | WRPF | 2017 |
| 308 lb | 3 | Josh Clark | 242.5 kg535 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 275 lb | 1 | Louis Kolling | 220.0 kg485 lb | UPA | 2023 |
| 275 lb | 2 | Brock Chonka | 210.0 kg463 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 275 lb | 3 | Chris Long | 209.0 kg461 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 242 lb | 1 | Jake Prazak | 233.6 kg515 lb | UPA | 2015 |
| 242 lb | 2 | James Allison | 227.5 kg502 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 242 lb | 3 | Jason Weite | 222.5 kg491 lb | NASA | 2012 |
| 220 lb | 1 | Josh Lentz | 252.5 kg557 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 lb | 2 | Jake Hartman | 217.5 kg480 lb | UPA | 2017 |
| 220 lb | 3 | Lyle Jennings | 197.5 kg436 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 198 lb | 1 | Ryan Eichenberger | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 198 lb | 2 | Anthony Van Thomme | 185.0 kg408 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 198 lb | 3 | Tommy Thompson | 182.5 kg403 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 lb | 1 | Joseph Brandenburg | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 181 lb | 2 | Khashayar Farzam | 187.5 kg414 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 181 lb | 3 | Stefan Kraus | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 165 lb | 1 | Giovanni Alvarez | 202.5 kg447 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 165 lb | 2 | Kyle Keough | 182.5 kg403 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 165 lb | 3 | Calvin Manivong | 175.0 kg386 lb | AMP | 2024 |
| 148 lb | 1 | Anthony Blakley | 140.0 kg309 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 148 lb | 2 | Jared Simmons | 137.5 kg303 lb | UPA | 2018 |
| 148 lb | 3 | Cristian Miranda | 137.5 kg303 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 132 lb | 1 | Braden Sahlfeld | 117.5 kg259 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 lb | 2 | Chris Mahlstadt | 110.0 kg243 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 123 lb | No records yet. | ||||
| 114 lb | No records yet. | ||||
Iowa Deadlift Records
| SHW | 1 | Tristan Brothers | 367.5 kg810 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 2 | Devanta Kruger | 322.5 kg711 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Joey Roberts | 320.0 kg706 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 308 lb | 1 | Ben Aschenbrenner | 409.0 kg902 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 308 lb | 2 | Laken Fluegel | 380.0 kg838 lb | UPA | 2025 |
| 308 lb | 3 | Josh Clark | 357.5 kg788 lb | UPA | 2026 |
| 275 lb | 1 | Brock Chonka | 352.5 kg777 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 275 lb | 2 | Bryan Dermody | 335.0 kg739 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 275 lb | 3 | Cole Hale | 320.0 kg706 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 242 lb | 1 | Lyle Jennings | 352.5 kg777 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 242 lb | 2 | Landyn Voss | 352.5 kg777 lb | USPA | 2026 |
| 242 lb | 3 | Mark Weisman | 317.5 kg700 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 220 lb | 1 | Luke Arrowood | 365.0 kg805 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 lb | 2 | Kelby Kindelsperger | 363.0 kg801 lb | USPC | 2025 |
| 220 lb | 3 | Josh Lentz | 337.5 kg744 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 198 lb | 1 | Jake Hartman | 322.5 kg711 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 lb | 2 | Derek Beasley | 297.5 kg656 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 198 lb | 3 | Derek Gripenberg | 295.0 kg651 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 181 lb | 1 | Joseph Brandenburg | 315.0 kg695 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 181 lb | 2 | Clay Kuhlemeier | 315.0 kg695 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 lb | 3 | Nathaniel Smith | 295.0 kg651 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 165 lb | 1 | Kyle Keough | 315.0 kg695 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 165 lb | 2 | Giovanni Alvarez | 302.5 kg667 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 165 lb | 3 | Benly Xamonty | 275.0 kg607 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 148 lb | 1 | Anthony Blakley | 240.0 kg529 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 148 lb | 2 | Brad Cattell | 225.0 kg496 lb | NASA | 2012 |
| 148 lb | 3 | Kyle Schafroth | 200.0 kg441 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 132 lb | 1 | Braden Sahlfeld | 190.0 kg419 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 lb | 2 | Chris Mahlstadt | 150.0 kg331 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 123 lb | No records yet. | ||||
| 114 lb | No records yet. | ||||
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Iowa Record FAQs
What is the highest men's total by a Iowa lifter?
The highest men's total by a Iowa lifter is 1,231.5 kg (2,715 lb), set by Shawn Frankl (100 kg class, multi-ply) at Powerstation Pro/Am in 2010.
What is the highest men's raw total by a Iowa lifter?
The highest men's raw total by a Iowa lifter is 1,037.5 kg (2,288 lb), set by Laken Fluegel (140 kg class) at Walcott Wreckers in 2025.
What is the highest women's total by a Iowa lifter?
The highest women's total by a Iowa lifter is 694 kg (1,530 lb), set by Jessica O'Donnell (90+ kg class, single-ply) at Southern Ohio Powerlifting and Bench Championships in 2008.
What is the highest women's raw total by a Iowa lifter?
The highest women's raw total by a Iowa lifter is 600 kg (1,323 lb), set by Chloe Lansing (75 kg class) at Surge's Iron Rebellion IV in 2025.
What is the heaviest men's squat by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest men's squat by a Iowa lifter is 499.9 kg (1,102 lb), set by Marvin Harrington (140+ kg class, multi-ply) at Rise of the Beast in 2024.
What is the heaviest men's raw squat by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest men's raw squat by a Iowa lifter is 418.5 kg (923 lb), set by Robb Philippus (140 kg class, no knee wraps) at Boss of Bosses 4 in 2017.
What is the heaviest women's squat by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's squat by a Iowa lifter is 290.3 kg (640 lb), set by Krystal Cary (82.5 kg class, multi-ply) at Nutri-Sport Fullpower Meet in 2014.
What is the heaviest women's raw squat by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's raw squat by a Iowa lifter is 227.5 kg (502 lb), set by Janelle Hartwig (90+ kg class, no knee wraps) at Drug-Tested World Powerlifting Championships in 2017.
What is the heaviest men's bench press by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest men's bench press by a Iowa lifter is 419.6 kg (925 lb), set by Jake Prazak (multi-ply) at Arnold Multiply Finals in 2014.
What is the heaviest men's raw bench press by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest men's raw bench press by a Iowa lifter is 272.5 kg (601 lb), set by Ben Aschenbrenner (140+ kg class) at Iron Built Games in 2024.
What is the heaviest women's bench press by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's bench press by a Iowa lifter is 187.5 kg (414 lb), set by Krystal Cary (82.5 kg class, multi-ply) at Midwest Monster Powerlifting in 2013.
What is the heaviest women's raw bench press by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's raw bench press by a Iowa lifter is 130 kg (287 lb), set by Chloe Lansing (75 kg class) at Surge's Iron Rebellion IV in 2025.
What is the heaviest men's deadlift by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest men's deadlift by a Iowa lifter is 409 kg (902 lb), set by Ben Aschenbrenner (140 kg class, raw) at Midwest Monsters in 2026.
What is the heaviest women's deadlift by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's deadlift by a Iowa lifter is 250 kg (551 lb), set by Jessica O'Donnell (90+ kg class, single-ply) at Women's Nationals in 2010.
What is the heaviest women's raw deadlift by a Iowa lifter?
The heaviest women's raw deadlift by a Iowa lifter is 242.5 kg (535 lb), set by Chloe Lansing (75 kg class) at Surge's Iron Rebellion IV in 2025.