State records · by lifter residency · 28,026 entries
Pennsylvania Powerlifting Records
Pennsylvania has 28,026 competition entries on file from 9,620 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 USA Powerlifting , USPA , RAW , Powerlifting America , RPS , and NPL , and 5 more.
Pennsylvania's heaviest total on file is Sean Willitts's 1,096 kg (2,416.5 lb) at Old Line Hoist in 2024. IPF sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 32% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 2024, the busiest year on record with 2,837 entries.
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Class System
Equipment
Sex
Division
Tested
Total
| SHW | 1 | Andrew Ungerman | 895.9 kg1975 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| SHW | 2 | Dustin Zachmann | 877.5 kg1935 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| SHW | 3 | Joshua Erickson | 847.5 kg1869 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 1082.5 kg2387 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Robert Knutsson | 973.0 kg2145 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| 308 | 3 | Brian Carter | 952.5 kg2100 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 1045.0 kg2304 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 970.0 kg2139 lb | USPC | 2026 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 962.5 kg2122 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 1 | Artur Meleshko | 912.5 kg2012 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 242 | 2 | Aaron Chapple | 882.5 kg1946 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 242 | 3 | Isaac Whistler | 860.0 kg1896 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 220 | 1 | Dwardly Edouard | 885.0 kg1951 lb | AMP | 2024 |
| 220 | 2 | Johnathon Idelson | 830.1 kg1830 lb | APF | 2020 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Miller | 825.0 kg1819 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 875.5 kg1930 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Damien Pezzuti | 800.0 kg1764 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 198 | 3 | Hung Mai | 772.5 kg1703 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 755.0 kg1665 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Matt Raymond | 740.0 kg1632 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Kyle Moyer | 737.5 kg1626 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Elijah Morrison | 729.0 kg1607 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Albert Le | 695.0 kg1532 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 165 | 3 | Jared Caroff | 672.5 kg1483 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 148 | 1 | Sean Sowney | 594.2 kg1310 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| 148 | 2 | Luke Ha | 585.0 kg1290 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Benjamin Weinberger | 567.5 kg1251 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 132 | 1 | Dalton LaCoe | 587.5 kg1295 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Michael Kuhns | 565.0 kg1246 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 | 3 | Eric Smith | 547.5 kg1207 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 422.5 kg932 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 402.5 kg888 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Squat
| SHW | 1 | Andrew Ungerman | 356.1 kg785 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| SHW | 2 | Joshua Erickson | 327.5 kg722 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| SHW | 3 | Dustin Zachmann | 325.0 kg717 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 385.0 kg849 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Joe Jackson | 375.0 kg827 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 308 | 3 | Alejandro Wickham | 372.5 kg821 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 422.5 kg932 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPC | 2026 |
| 275 | 3 | Austin Forte | 365.0 kg805 lb | NPL | 2023 |
| 242 | 1 | De'Metre Forney | 327.5 kg722 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 2 | Artur Meleshko | 327.5 kg722 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 242 | 3 | Jake Dunn | 322.5 kg711 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 1 | Johnathon Idelson | 331.1 kg730 lb | APF | 2020 |
| 220 | 2 | Dwardly Edouard | 325.0 kg717 lb | AMP | 2024 |
| 220 | 3 | Bryan Mackle | 317.5 kg700 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 353.0 kg778 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Damien Pezzuti | 302.5 kg667 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 198 | 3 | Kwasi Amponsah | 292.5 kg645 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 282.5 kg623 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Kyle Moyer | 277.5 kg612 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Matt Raymond | 262.5 kg579 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Elijah Morrison | 278.0 kg613 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Albert Le | 260.0 kg573 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 165 | 3 | James Koenig | 247.5 kg546 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 148 | 1 | Thom Ferris | 207.5 kg458 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 2 | Luke Ha | 205.0 kg452 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Benjamin Weinberger | 205.0 kg452 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 132 | 1 | Michael Kuhns | 245.0 kg540 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 | 2 | Eric Smith | 192.5 kg425 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 132 | 3 | Dalton LaCoe | 192.5 kg425 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 145.0 kg320 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 140.0 kg309 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Bench
| SHW | 1 | Thomas Murray | 252.5 kg557 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| SHW | 2 | Andrew Green | 238.1 kg525 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Jeremy Burroughs | 235.0 kg518 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 308 | 1 | Ryan Barletto | 272.5 kg601 lb | IPL | 2018 |
| 308 | 2 | Chris DiSalvo | 260.0 kg573 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 308 | 3 | Fernando Arias | 252.5 kg557 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 252.5 kg557 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 242.5 kg535 lb | NPL | 2023 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 240.0 kg529 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 1 | Joseph Amendola | 254.0 kg560 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 242 | 2 | Aaron Chapple | 235.0 kg518 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 242 | 3 | Artur Meleshko | 230.0 kg507 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 220 | 1 | Andrew Carpenter | 217.5 kg480 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 | 2 | Tim Lewis | 215.0 kg474 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 220 | 3 | Bob Zappolo | 215.0 kg474 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 245.0 kg540 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Mykhailo Zabrodin | 200.0 kg441 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 198 | 3 | Daniel Amon | 200.0 kg441 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 187.5 kg414 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Bryan Wu | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 181 | 3 | Tom Ferguson | 182.5 kg403 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 165 | 1 | Kyle Miller | 177.5 kg392 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 165 | 2 | Elijah Morrison | 172.0 kg379 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 3 | Albert Le | 170.0 kg375 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 148 | 1 | Patrick Breene | 160.0 kg353 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 148 | 2 | Douglas Maiorana | 147.5 kg325 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 148 | 3 | Michael Kuhns | 147.5 kg325 lb | ADAU | 2010 |
| 132 | 1 | Brandon Rumbaugh | 160.0 kg353 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 132 | 2 | Dalton LaCoe | 135.0 kg298 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 3 | Devin Gloecki | 127.5 kg281 lb | RAW | 2017 |
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 92.5 kg204 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 75.0 kg166 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 3 | RJ Karl | 57.5 kg127 lb | RAW | 2015 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Deadlift
| SHW | 1 | Charles Hawkims | 342.5 kg755 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| SHW | 2 | Dustin Zachmann | 335.0 kg739 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| SHW | 3 | Adam Stephens | 330.0 kg728 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 445.0 kg981 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Aria Attia | 385.0 kg849 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 308 | 3 | Robert Knutsson | 381.0 kg840 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 385.0 kg849 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 275 | 2 | David Jasiulewicz | 380.0 kg838 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 375.0 kg827 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | Dominic Jones | 360.5 kg795 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 242 | 2 | Isaac Whistler | 355.0 kg783 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 3 | Artur Meleshko | 355.0 kg783 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 220 | 1 | Roman Denisyuk | 363.0 kg801 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Dwardly Edouard | 357.5 kg788 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Miller | 332.5 kg733 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Hung Mai | 340.0 kg750 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 198 | 2 | Daniel Gordon | 317.5 kg700 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 3 | David Bragitikos | 315.0 kg695 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 1 | Kyle Moyer | 317.5 kg700 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Andre Silva Cunha | 310.0 kg684 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Matt Raymond | 305.0 kg673 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Freddie Jones | 295.0 kg651 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 165 | 2 | Jared Caroff | 290.0 kg640 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 165 | 3 | Christion Thomas | 290.0 kg640 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 148 | 1 | Raleigh Dia | 265.0 kg584 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 148 | 2 | Tyler Werner | 250.0 kg551 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Sean Sowney | 249.5 kg550 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| 132 | 1 | Dalton LaCoe | 260.0 kg573 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Eric Smith | 240.0 kg529 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 132 | 3 | Terrence Soler | 200.0 kg441 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 123 | 1 | Jason Judge | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 123 | 2 | Rob Akers | 185.0 kg408 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 3 | RJ Karl | 104.5 kg231 lb | RAW | 2015 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
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