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2007 America's Strongest Man

The 2007 America's Strongest Man was held on 2007-05-25 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 16 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: May 25, 2007 – May 27, 2007
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Type: America's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Derek Poundstone
1st Place

Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸

Total Points: 124.5

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Block Press
  2. 2. Deadlift
  3. 3. Carry & Drag
  4. 4. Atlas Stones
  5. 5. Deadlift Hold
  6. 6. Log Lift
  7. 7. Truck Pull
  8. 8. Medley

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 USA 124.5
2 Nick Best 🇺🇸 USA 94.5
3 Van Hatfield 🇺🇸 USA 92.5
4 Steve MacDonald 🇺🇸 USA 90.0
5 Tom McClure 🇺🇸 USA 83.5
6 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 83.5
7 Matt Wanat 🇺🇸 USA 69.5
8 Eric Hammer 🇺🇸 USA 67.0
9 Nick Brugal 🇺🇸 USA 60.0
10 Pete Konradt 🇺🇸 USA 55.5
11 Matt Parkes 🇨🇦 CAN 50.0
12 Chad Coy 🇺🇸 USA 45.0
13 Brad Dunn 🇺🇸 USA 43.0
14 Gerard Benderoth 🇺🇸 USA 36.5
15 Grant Higa 🇺🇸 USA 33.0
16 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 USA 3.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 5 in 41.40 s 16.0
2 Steve MacDonald 5 in 57.57 s 15.0
3 Nick Best 4 in 32.11 s 14.0
4 Brian Shaw 4 in 48.89 s 13.0
5 Matt Parkes 3 in 42.89 s 12.0
6 Nick Brugal 3 in 43.06 s 11.0
7 Eric Hammer 3 in 45.52 s 10.0
8 Brad Dunn 3 in 53.68 s 9.0
9 Gerard Benderoth 3 in 59.08 s 8.0
10 Matt Wanat 2 in 17.89 s 7.0
11 Van Hatfield 2 in 32.58 s 6.0
12 Grant Higa 1 in 17.45 s 5.0
13 Chad Coy 1 in 26.59 s 4.0
14 Pete Konradt 1 in 67.12 s 3.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0
- Tom McClure 0 stones 0.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 2 in 16.44 s 16.0
2 Matt Wanat 2 in 22.61 s 15.0
3 Tom McClure 2 in 23.36 s 14.0
4 Pete Konradt 2 in 23.99 s 13.0
5 Brian Shaw 2 in 27.99 s 12.0
6 Van Hatfield 2 in 30.94 s 11.0
7 Matt Parkes 2 in 36.30 s 10.0
8 Nick Brugal 2 in 38.58 s 9.0
9 Eric Hammer 2 in 51.18 s 8.0
10 Steve MacDonald 2 in 57.34 s 7.0
11 Grant Higa 1 in 12.33 s 6.0
12 Chad Coy 1 in 13.30 s 5.0
13 Brad Dunn 1 in 27.40 s 4.0
14 Travis Ortmayer 1 in 30.54 s 3.0
15 Nick Best 1 in 39.36 s 2.0
- Gerard Benderoth (No lift) 0.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 26.15 s 16.0
2 Derek Poundstone 26.54 s 15.0
3 Van Hatfield 28.55 s 14.0
4 Tom McClure 29.55 s 13.0
5 Matt Wanat 32.06 s 12.0
6 Steve MacDonald 32.28 s 11.0
7 Brian Shaw 32.53 s 10.0
8 Matt Parkes 34.70 s 9.0
9 Pete Konradt 34.96 s 8.0
10 Brad Dunn 35.33 s 7.0
11 Eric Hammer 35.90 s 6.0
12 Grant Higa 37.88 s 5.0
13 Chad Coy 45.75 s 4.0
14 Nick Brugal 54.90 s 3.0
15 Gerard Benderoth 59.97 s 2.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 5 reps 15.5
1 Van Hatfield 5 reps 15.5
3 Nick Best 3 reps 13.5
3 Tom McClure 3 reps 13.5
5 Pete Konradt 2 reps 10.5
5 Steve MacDonald 2 reps 10.5
5 Brian Shaw 2 reps 10.5
5 Eric Hammer 2 reps 10.5
9 Matt Wanat 1 rep 8.0
- Matt Parkes 0 reps 0.0
- Chad Coy 0 reps 0.0
- Brad Dunn 0 reps 0.0
- Gerard Benderoth 0 reps 0.0
- Grant Higa 0 reps 0.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0
- Nick Brugal 0 reps 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 53.78 s 16.0
2 Steve MacDonald 49.28 s 15.0
3 Derek Poundstone 47.22 s 14.0
4 Brian Shaw 43.56 s 13.0
5 Van Hatfield 37.50 s 12.0
6 Nick Brugal 35.41 s 11.0
7 Tom McClure 35.19 s 10.0
8 Eric Hammer 34.44 s 9.0
9 Gerard Benderoth 33.78 s 8.0
10 Chad Coy 32.47 s 7.0
11 Pete Konradt 26.57 s 6.0
12 Matt Wanat 25.84 s 5.0
13 Grant Higa 25.68 s 4.0
14 Matt Parkes 25.31 s 3.0
15 Brad Dunn 21.25 s 2.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 13 reps 16.0
2 Van Hatfield 10 reps 15.0
3 Brad Dunn 9 reps 13.0
3 Tom McClure 9 reps 13.0
3 Nick Brugal 9 reps 13.0
6 Pete Konradt 8 reps 11.0
7 Gerard Benderoth 7 reps 8.5
7 Steve MacDonald 7 reps 8.5
7 Matt Wanat 7 reps 8.5
7 Eric Hammer 7 reps 8.5
11 Chad Coy 5 reps 6.0
12 Matt Parkes 4 reps 4.0
12 Grant Higa 4 reps 4.0
12 Nick Best 4 reps 4.0
15 Brian Shaw 3 reps 2.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 46.35 s 16.0
2 Nick Best 58.22 s 15.0
3 Van Hatfield 64.16 s 14.0
4 Tom McClure 71.65 s 13.0
5 Brian Shaw 74.77 s 12.0
6 Steve MacDonald 41.22 m 11.0
7 Matt Parkes 38.33 m 10.0
8 Chad Coy 36.93 m 9.0
9 Matt Wanat 32.82 m 8.0
10 Gerard Benderoth 32.54 m 7.0
- Nick Brugal - 0.0
- Pete Konradt - 0.0
- Brad Dunn - 0.0
- Grant Higa - 0.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0
- Eric Hammer - 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 21.66 s 16.0
2 Eric Hammer 24.44 s 15.0
3 Nick Best 24.50 s 14.0
4 Nick Brugal 25.56 s 13.0
5 Steve MacDonald 25.93 s 12.0
6 Brian Shaw 26.69 s 11.0
7 Chad Coy 27.25 s 10.0
8 Grant Higa 27.38 s 9.0
9 Brad Dunn 27.50 s 8.0
10 Tom McClure 27.53 s 7.0
11 Matt Wanat 28.16 s 6.0
12 Van Hatfield 28.56 s 5.0
13 Pete Konradt 29.63 s 4.0
14 Gerard Benderoth 30.15 s 3.0
15 Matt Parkes 31.75 s 2.0
- Travis Ortmayer (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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