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Belle of the Bar 2025 results
Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.
3 elite raw lifters (0 men, 3 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 506.4 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Melanie Jones, who totalled 1,200.4 lbs (544.5 kg) at 167.1 lbs (75.8 kg) bodyweight (527.4 DOTS).
Meet at a glance
Raw full-power lifters
35
All entrants, not only elite
Bombed out
0
No valid total
Attempts made
84%
316 of 375
Avg. total for 3rd place
713.7 lbs
Across weight classes
Best lifter
Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.
Heaviest lifts of the meet
Squat
- 1. Caitlin Miller446.4 lbs
- 2. Melanie Jones446.4 lbs
- 3. Madeleine Forberg363.8 lbs
Bench press
- 1. Melanie Jones253.5 lbs
- 2. Caitlin Miller226 lbs
- 3. Heather Cere209.4 lbs
Deadlift
- 1. Melanie Jones500.4 lbs
- 2. Amanda Mastrosimone446.4 lbs
- 3. Ariel Risinger407.9 lbs
Podiums by weight class
Top three totals in each class, all age divisions combined. Official placings may differ by division.
Women up to 106 lbs (48 kg)
1 lifter
- Rebekah Visingardi727.5 lbs
Women up to 123 lbs (56 kg)
2 lifters
- Madeleine Forberg914.9 lbs
- Brianna Schmidt772.7 lbs
Women up to 149 lbs (67.5 kg)
11 lifters
- Jennifer Cronley799.2 lbs
- Emilija Mitreska788.2 lbs
- Nicole Augusto760.6 lbs
Women up to 165 lbs (75 kg)
3 lifters
- Heather Dick644.9 lbs
- Lesley Loeb584.2 lbs
- Yasmine Bedir540.1 lbs
Women up to 182 lbs (82.5 kg)
7 lifters
- Melanie Jones1,200.4 lbs
- Ariel Risinger970 lbs
- Amanda Mastrosimone970 lbs
Women up to 198 lbs (90 kg)
2 lifters
- Heather Cere931.5 lbs
- Kristen O'Keefe600.8 lbs
Women up to 220 lbs (100 kg)
4 lifters
- Mia Riley881.8 lbs
- Melissa Bergquist844.4 lbs
- Kirsten Tamayo584.2 lbs
Women up to 243 lbs (110 kg)
2 lifters
- Caitlin Miller1,074.8 lbs
- Marion McGrath722 lbs
Women up to 309 lbs (140 kg)
1 lifter
- Ashley Sobel744.1 lbs
Elite women results
Best squat, bench press and deadlift of the day, in pounds (kg in brackets). Total = sum of the three lifts. PR = lifetime competition best set at this meet.
| Athlete | Class | Place | Squat / Bench / Deadlift | Total | DOTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie Jones · USAPR | 181.9 lbs (82.5 kg) | 1 | 446.4 lbs / 253.5 lbs / 500.4 lbs | 1,200.4 lbs (544.5 kg) | 527.4 |
| Carolyn Stoller · USAPR | 114.6 lbs (52 kg) | 1 | 292.1 lbs / 181.9 lbs / 402.3 lbs | 876.3 lbs (397.5 kg) | 496.0 |
| Carolyn Stoller · USA | 114.6 lbs (52 kg) | 1 | 292.1 lbs / 181.9 lbs / 402.3 lbs | 876.3 lbs (397.5 kg) | 496.0 |
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