The World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) will present the Ghost Clash 3 meet on the weekend of April 6-7, 2024, at The Tank Brewing Co. in Miami, FL. The meet features amateur and professional competitions with raw and raw w/wraps competitions.
The Amateur Day is on Saturday, April 6, and the Pro Day is on Sunday, April 7, 2024. The lists of divisions and athletes for all full meet lifters can be seen below, as shown on the meet’s LiftingCast page:
Saturday, March 6, 2024 — Amateur Day
Below are the athletes competing on Day One:
Women’s Raw Open 60KG
Brianna Donatucci
Brittany Lisa
Samantha Johnson
Women’s Raw Open 67.5KG
Miranda Good
Brooke Mitchell
Amber Shackelford
Delaney Hopkins
Women’s Raw Open 75KG
Samantha Taha
Janet Macias
Skye Murray
Madeline Scott
Women’s Raw Open 82.5KG
Gina Caiafa
Nalae Yang
Women’s Raw Open 90KG
Kelly Ikalina
Jessica Berkery
Stacey Dewitt
Lexi Leneau
Courtney Fox
Women’s Raw Open 100KG
Melissa Hufford
Lauren Calloway
Brie Levy
Women’s Raw Open 125KG
Shauntre Lilley
Women’s Raw Open 140KG
Amanda Torres
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 75KG
Kaitlin Haddad
Women’s Raw With Wraps Sub-Master (35-39) 75KG
Kaitlin Haddad
Men’s Raw Junior (18-19) 82.5KG
Anthony Ferrara
Men’s Raw Junior (20-23) 110KG
Luke Vonhollen
Dylan Clawson
Men’s Raw Master (40-44) 125KG
Michael Greeno
Men’s Raw Master (45-49) 125KG
Crawford (Larry) Mizell
Men’s Raw Open 67.5KG
Avery Jackson
Men’s Raw Open 82.5KG
Anthony Ferrara
Jerry Whisenhunt
Thomas Boswinkle
Justin Evangelista
Ernesto Lopez
Phillip Bennett
Ran Tun
Men’s Raw Open 90KG
Timothy Zhuravlev
David Joplin
Coleton Rescignano
Josh Kersh
Micaiah Branch
Men’s Raw Open 100KG
Eugene Zhuravlev
Ethan Featherstone
Drew Stocklein
Daniel Longo
Justin Robinson
Jeremy Lowery
Vance Cohee
Eli Mcdaniel
Men’s Raw Open 110KG
Zach Tyree
Dylan Hawk
Christian Davis
Luke Vonhollen
Scott Percy
Anthony Giarolo
Russ Wood
Patrick Hughes
Adam Frandsen
Oniel Martinez Orozco
Rudy Salandanan Jr.
Louis Nutter
Dylan Clawson
Men’s Raw Open 125KG
Crawford (Larry) Mizell
Michael Greeno
David Macias
Men’s Raw Open 140KG
Scott Schofield
Noah Pruitt
Giovanni Iurato
Men’s Raw Open +140KG
Matthew Cuthbert
Ramsey Johnson
Travis Bridges
Men’s Raw Sub-Master (35-39) 100KG
Justin Robinson
Men’s Raw Sub-Master (35-39) +140KG
Ramsey Johnson
Men’s Raw With Wraps Junior (18-19) 110KG
Nate Burket
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 90KG
Bryan Kraft
Josh Gallone
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 100KG
Jack Vernon
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 110KG
Travis Dyer
Valeriy Kazibyekov
Nate Burket
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 125KG
Nicolas Villalobos
Nikolas Bender
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 140KG
Clayton Huff
[Related: Betty Aborah (63KG) Raw Deadlifts 4 Kilograms Over IPF Junior World Record for a Triple]
Sunday, March 7, 2024 — Pro Day
Below are the athletes competing on Day Two:
Women’s Raw Junior (20-23) 75KG
Amanda Smith
Women’s Raw Open 56KG
Angelina Bennett
Women’s Raw Open 60KG
Nikki Solis
Women’s Raw Open 67.5KG
Naomi Sheppard
Ayngelia Star Ara
Haley Hill
Brittany Bowles
Women’s Raw Open 75KG
Amanda Smith
Ceejay Byam
Women’s Raw Open 82.5KG
Women’s Raw Open 100KG
Taylor Phillips
Women’s Raw Sub-Master (35-39) 75KG
Ceejay Byam
Women’s Raw With Wraps Junior (20-23) 75KG
Hanna Luukkonen
Women’s Raw With Wraps Master (50-54) 67.5KG
Suzanne Davis
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 52KG
Alisha Luna
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 56KG
Catalina Pineda
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 60KG
Jen Hazzard
Valerie Leone
Monica Burgos Angulo
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 67.5KG
Suzanne Davis
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 75KG
Hanna Luukkonen
Landri Peden
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 82.5KG
Lily Riley
Women’s Raw With Wraps Open 90KG
Jaymii Morris
Men’s Raw Open 90KG
Geramy Alexander
Michael Weshnak
Marco Galindo
Men’s Raw Open 100KG
Daniel Cardona
Louis-Alexis Gratton
Edward Blair
Omar Villegas
Men’s Raw Open 110KG
Jimbo Cooper
Dawson Windham
Brandon Cintron
Pat Horvath
Alec Lowi
Jordan Faria
Bryan Duncan
Alex Charchuk
Jake Dunn
David Cailler
Men’s Raw Open 125KG
Travis Calloway
Phillip Herndon
Anthony Krznar
Justin Zottl
William Euliss
Trae Lounsbury
Men’s Raw Open 140KG
TJ Shliff
Men’s Raw Open +140KG
Craig Foster
Patrick Maguire
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 82.5KG
Nydir Hayden
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 100KG
Luke Tolman
Rory Payne
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 110KG
Bobby Hume
Boris Olegov Tsvetkov
Mike Risti
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 125KG
Gabriel Vega
Men’s Raw With Wraps Open 140KG
Shane Haller
Men’s Raw With Wraps Sub-Master (35-39) 100KG
Rory Payne
[Related: Dave Richardson (125KG) Deadlifts 430 Kilograms in Training]
[Related: Gwen Marsden (43KG) Hits Unofficial IPF Junior World Record Deadlift and Total]
Women Athletes to Watch
Below are female powerlifters expected to post huge numbers in Miami.
Hunter Henderson
Hunter Henderson confirmed that she would focus on bodybuilding after this meet while speaking to BarBend earlier in the week. She aims to win the Chicago Pro and qualify for the 2024 Olympia.
Before that, Henderson has two world records in mind for this meet. She will try to break the all-time world record squat raw w/wraps at 82.5KG. She would also like to take home a new bench press world record.
Brianny Terry
Henderson will compete in the same category as her training partner, Brianny Terry. The last time Terry was on a platform, she set the all-time world record for the heaviest deadlift by a woman at the 2023 American Pro 2 when she completed a lift of 291 kilograms (641.6 pounds).
Terry is an IFBB Pro League bodybuilder in the Women’s Physique category. She previously shared that she will focus on bodybuilding in 2025, which means she will pull out all the stops to get big numbers in Miami.
Samantha Rice
Samantha Rice pulled 291 kilograms at the American Pro 2 but Terry claimed the world record for having a lighter body weight. Rice will compete raw in the 82.5KG class, and one can imagine that she would like to leave the Sunshine State with that deadlift record in her possession.
Men Athletes to Watch
Below are several world record holders in the male division who could rewrite the record books:
John Haack
Haack has bounced back and forth between the 90KG and 100KG weight classes. For this meet, he will be in the raw 90KG category.
Haack recently posted an Instagram video wherein he bench pressed 250 kilograms (551 pounds). That was the same as he lifted in the American Pro 2. He has also pulled as much as 420 kilograms in training for this contest. Another record-setting total attempt is definitely a possibility in Miami.
Jamal Browner
This is Browner’s first time on the platform since he competed in the 2022 USPA Pro Raw Championships. In 2023, he focused on strongman, competing at the 2023 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) during the Giants Live World Open.
Browner tied for fifth in the Deadlift event at the 2023 WDC with a lift of 430 kilograms (948 pounds). Browner has lifted as much as 455 kilograms (1,003 pounds) in sanctioned powerlifting competition.
Shane Haller
Haller made headlines at the Ghost Clash in 2022 when he squatted 420 kilograms to take the world record in the 140KG category. He most recently competed in December 2023 at the RPS King and Queen of the Platform 3 meet. Haller only makde one attempt on each lift and still totaled 1,057 kilograms.
Haller was not in the Ghost Clash 2 meet in 2023. This will be his first time competing at this event since he took that world record two years prior.
How to Watch
Both days of competition will be live-streamed free of charge on the WRPF AMERICAS – Professional Powerlifting YouTube channel. The amateur meet will be featured in two sessions and the Pro Day will have one. The links to both days’ streams can be seen below:
Saturday, April 6, 2024 — Amateur Day — AM Livestream
[Related: 16-Year-Old Yaw Parbey (74KG) Deadlifts 320 Kilograms (705 Pounds) In Training]
Saturday, April 6, 2024 — Amateur Day — PM Livestream
[Related: Zuzanna Kula (57KG) Breaks IPF Equipped Bench Press World Record With 161 Kilograms]
Sunday, April 7, 2024 — Pro Day — Full-Day Livestream
BarBend will provide a meet recap as well as cover any world records set during either day of competition.
Editor’s note: BarBend is the Official Media Partner of the WRPF. The two organizations maintain editorial independence unless otherwise noted on specific content projects.
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