23 Stars and Stripes Championships - Nov. 11th, 2023

Sanction: (2023-PA-05)
Date: Nov. 11th, 2023
Location: Brown's Gym, Clarks Summit, PA
Entry Goes Live June 16th!
Official Qualifier 2024 Powerlifting America National Events, you must compete at Nationals to be considered for IPF World Team spots.
Pennsylvania States - April 15th Schedule Change - One Day Event
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Event Date: April 15th
Location: Brown's Gym, Clarks Summit, PA
Session 1: All Female and Male up to 66KG
7:00 - 8:30 AM: Weigh in for all Women
9:00 AM: Competition Lifting
Session 1 Awards
Session 2: Male 74 KG - UNL Male
11:00 - 12:30 PM Weigh-Ins for Session 2
1:00 PM - Competition Lifting
Session 2 Awards
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Special Things We Have Planned
- Our Livestream will be a 3 Camera, including eye from the sky (Same clip of that below)
- 8 IPF Approved warm-up racks for Squat and Bench
- A dedicated deadlift warm-up room, so lifters can
start
deadlift warm-up, even if bench warm-up is still going
Our April 15, 2023, Powerlifting America Pennsylvania State Championships will be held in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. It will have 1 IPF level competition platform and will have a great warmup area with 8 IPF level combo platforms with 8 IPF certified kilo sets. Again, one platform with 8 warm-up areas!
Our livestream will be 3 cameras including a sky camera for overhead shots in bench press. The meet will be run @browns_gym which offers a 24-hour sauna for those needing to cut weight. Our entry will be at $125, and this includes the event shirt, which is on high quality NextLevel materials. Our general admission will be $10. The coaches pass will be $15. This is the path to IPF World Championship level competition
Our state event will be limited to 60 lifters a day, roughly 30 lifters a session. We pride ourselves in events starting and ending on-time. We will NOT have sessions with 4 flights to a session. Our live scoring will be liftingcast, where anyone can watch online the status of the event and flits. Our great looking Powerlifting America medals will be handed out at the end of each lifting session, our best lifter awards are unique light up crystals
Official Powerlifting America National Qualifier
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General Admission / Coaches Passes Sold At Door
Date: April 15th, 2023
Deadline: March 15th, 2023
Location: Brown's Gym, 1000 South State Street, Clarks Summit, PA
Entry: $125 (Includes event shirt) - Limited to 120 Lifters
Official Qualifier 2023 Powerlifting America National Events, you must compete at Nationals to be considered for IPF World Team spots.
Scales will be available starting 4 PM at venue, sorry no early weigh-ins. The venue has sauna in both the Men's and Women's locker rooms.
Youth lifters are welcomed, please read section below for Youth guidelines.
Open to all lifters! Capped to the first 60 lifters per day!
Who is PurePowerlifting

Quick bits: Who is PurePowerlifting
Owner: Steve Mann (Age 47)
- Competitive Edge
- Competing since 1991
- Lifted in over 70 events
- Best Lifts Equipped: Squat 413 KG, Bench 320 KG, Deadlift 327.KG
- Best Lifts Raw: Squat 307.5, Bench 215 KG, Deadlift 285 KG (Only 3 Raw Competitions Lifted)
- Finished 7th place in the SHW at the 2022 World Games
- IPF Master's Worlds Best Lifter 2022
- Running the Show
- Meet directing since 1999
- Largest Event hosted 2015 USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals
- 1071 Lifters entered
- Run 3 days, 4 platforms, 16 warm-ups
- Run 3+ events a year
- Currently running Powerlifting America events
- Safesport certified
- Let's talk about my life
- Family
- I am a divorced father of 4 children. We are a balanced
family of 2 boys and 2 girls. My younger two children we
fostered for several years before we adopted them and made
them “official” Mann’s. I have shared custody. And
guess what, the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree, 3
of my 4 children also enjoy the sport of Powerlifting
- Professional Life:
- IT EDI Business Analyst for The Azek Company
You might know Steve, but not know.
- Steve was diagnosed with keratoconus
disease in both eyes since 2004. What does that mean,
well, he wears two contacts in each eye, yes 4 contacts!
- Steve is currently dating his 6th-grade sweetheart Denise, who
is the mother of 3 children, yes you counted that right. That's
7 TEENAGERS between the two of them!
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2023 Powerlifting America High School Nationals
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is recognized by the United States Congress, as serves as the official anti-doping organization for all Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American sports in the United States.
This 2023 High School National Championships will be one of the official qualifiers for the 2023 IPF Junior and Sub-Junior World Championships that will be held on August 26th – September 3rd in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Go to website HighSchoolnats.com
Our Media Company Photo Packages

Location:
March 31 to April 2, 2023
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Capture the best moments of your meet day with photography, videography, or BOTH from the PWRBLD Media team (the highest quality photos & videos)
PHOTOS ONLY: $80
(Minimum 15 photos)
*Rush delivery: $125
**Super Rush delivery: $155
VIDEO ONLY: $80
(Recap video of all 9 attempts)
*Rush delivery: $125
**Super Rush delivery: $155
PHOTO & VIDEO: $135
(Minimum 15 photos & meet recap)
*Rush delivery: $175
**Super Rush: $215
NOW OFFERING: RECAP HYPE
VIDEOS (limited to 10 lifters per meet)
(This video will be a 30-60 second hype video recap of the
individual lifter)
*Regular delivery: $150
PREMIUM PACKAGE: $300
*Includes individual lifter hype video recap, photos, & videos
all delivered in SUPER RUSH (24-48hrs)
REGULAR orders will be
sent out within 6-10 business days
*RUSH orders are sent out within 3-5 days
*SUPER RUSH orders are sent out within 24-48 hours
***PRICES HAVE 15% SURCHARGE AFTER MEET IS OVER
****No refunds