SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – A 63-lifter American delegation finished first in 51 of its 69 entries at the 20th NAPF North American Bench Press Championships, held with the 11th Pan American Bench Press Championships at the Hilton Garden Inn Santa Ana from October 29 to 31. Every US entry finished in the top three of its class. The meet drew 168 lifters from eight nations, and the Americans made 169 of their 207 attempts.
Farod-James Kee made the heaviest bench of the meet in the classic Open 120+kg class, going 3-for-3 to 283.5, with Lucas Damm second at 242.5. Michael Dudley won the Open 105s at 225. Quan Myers won the Open 83s at 175, made on his third attempt after missing the weight twice, and Jonathan Chan and Jordan Glenn both benched 185 in the Open 93s for second and third.
Broc Evitch won the Junior 120kg class at 240.5, 3kg over his previous best, with Eduardo Cruz second at 217.5. Caleb Chan went 3-for-3 to 205 in the Junior 83s, 10kg over his previous best. Dawson Aaron won the Junior 93kg class in both classic, at 198, and equipped, at 200, and Jose Bellon went 3-for-3 to 215.5 in the equipped Junior 105s.
Kenzie Probasco won the women’s Junior 84+kg class at 122, 2kg over her previous best. In the Open division, Chloe Sumner (84+kg, 112.5), Sina Gartner (69kg, 99, 3-for-3), and Angel Dawkins (63kg, 93) won their classes, and Christy Birch took the Master I 63s at 103. Faith Anderson won the equipped Junior 63kg class at 90.5 and took silver in classic.
Jonathan Losa won the Master I division in both classic, at 195 in the 83s, and equipped, at 230 in the 93s, 2.5kg over his previous best equipped bench. Steve Petrencak (Master II 66kg) and Ron Falcone (Master III 105kg) also won classic and equipped titles in the same class.
Kenneth Levine, born in 1953, won the classic Master IV 83kg class at 135.5, two weeks after a Master IV world record 140.5 bench at Masters Worlds in Reno. Three more lifters came to San José from Reno: Kenneth Cameron (Master II 120+kg, 182.5), Thomas Cencich (equipped Master III 93kg, 193.5), and Robert Keller (equipped Master III 120+kg, 155).
US lifters return to the platform at the 2026 IPF World Equipped Powerlifting Championships, November 9 to 15, in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Full results: the roster and schedule are on the event page. Official NAPF results to follow.