Cinco de Mayo Bench Press Challenge overall winner Jeffrey Velazquez pushes out 295 pounds during the competition May 5. He eventually added 10 more pounds to win the challenge. For more on the challenge, see page 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Julie Manuel)
Posing for a group photo after the bench press competition May 5 are (from left to right) Elycia Fine, heavy weight class 1st place (female); Nick Knihal, light weight class 1st place; Jeffrey Velazquez, mid weight class 1st place (male) and overall winner; Dan Reiff, heavy weight class 1st place; (male); Matt Moses, super heavy weight class 1st place, and Tammi Weldon, mid weight class 1st place (female). In addition to the contest, participants ate Mexican food and celebrated the anniversary of the defeat of the French army at Pueblo by Mexican forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Julie Manuel)
Elycia Fine, female heavy weight class 1st place winner, lifts during the competition May 5. (U.S. Air Force photo by Julie Manuel)
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