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Contests & Exhibitions:
Competed in:
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Strongest Man Alive®
Atlas Stones Challenge July 2 & 3, 2004
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Battle of the Beasts, Venice Beach, May
1st, 2004
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2003
Vegas Strongman Challenge
- 2003
Wilmington Blue Rocks
Atlas Stone Challenge Exhibition
- 2003
Northeast Strongman Showdown
Feb
16th & 17th 2002
- 2002 St Louis County Air Fair
Strongman Exhibition
- 2002 Viking Challenge, South
Beach Miami, FL
- 2002 Hercules Challenge,
Kokomo IN
- 2002 Northeast Strongman
Showdown
- 2002 Midwest Strongman
Challenge
- 2001 Gatineau Balloon Festival
Strongman Contest
- 2001 THE "BAC"...Back Alley
Challenge
- 2001 East Coast
Strongman/woman Championship.
Virginia State Record: Crucifix Hold,
35 lbs,
Mark Keshishian,
51.06 seconds,
10/20/01,
ECSC,
Oceana Air Base
2001 Beauty and The Beast,
Honolulu, Hawaii
2001 York Strength Spectacular
Weekend Strongman, York, PA
2001 Hercules Challenge,
Kokomo, IN
2001 Fire House Strongman,
Brandywine, MD
2001 Don Pablo's Cinco De Mayo
Strongman, Sterling, VA
2001 NSAA Azalea Festival,
Norfolk, VA
2000 NSAA Back Alley
Challenge, 6th Place
2000 The American Showdown,
St. Louis, MO (Qualified for)
2000 Hercules Challenge,
Kokomo, IN
2000 NSAA Beauty and The
Beast, Honolulu, HI
1999 AFSA US Championships,
Las Vegas, NV
(I was in 5th place in 99 when I tore my bicep on a 805lbs tire that
really weighed 1300lbs (Thanks Marshal Ennis)....so after doing 3 events,
I still placed 13th or 14th (at Nationals)...!")
1999 Beauty and The Beast,
Honolulu, HI
1999 York Barbell Strength
Weekend, York, PA
1998 Strongest Man Alive
Contest, St. Louis, MO
1998 AFSA US Championships, Las Vegas, NV,
13th Place
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Vital Info
Mark Samson Keshishian , USA
AGE: 48
HEIGHT: 5’11’’
WEIGHT: 250lbs
ARMS: 20”
THIGHS: 31”
WAIST: 38”
CHEST: 50”
Hometown: Gaithersburg,
MD
Occupation: Manager of
Mark Keshishian & Sons inc, Established in
1907 & Owner of
Samson-Power.com
STEVE KIRIT IS THE 2004 STRONGEST
MAN ALIVE®!
SEEN HERE ACCEPTING THE FIRST PLACE CHECK FROM OUR FRIENDS AT PACIFICO FORD
About 10,000 fans
watched the three segments that made up the Pacifico Ford Strongest Man
Alive Championship.
Steve Kirit won first place finishing first in the Stones Challenge in front
of 7,000 fans that packed Daniel S. Fawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware.
(a copy of one of Sunday's papers in on
www.footballstories.com )
Many athletes such as Magnus Ver Magnusson, Walt Gogola and Jesse Marunde
had their first names chanted by the focused audience during their runs.
Jon Anderson suffered a quad injury in the truck dead lift and could not
participate in the stones.
Marunde turned the event into a mini-WWE show when, after his run, flattened
Rocky Moose, the Blue Rocks mascot, in what was really an exaggerated high
five...Rocky was OK but refused to be in the picture like he did last year.
A big part of the crowd booed Marunde as he flexed in the middle of the
infield. You really, really had to be there.
They did cheer later when Robby, the PA guy, got Marunde to kiss Rocky and
make up.
In all, including the Phillies promotion (say what you want about it),
54,000 people saw strongman live and countless millions more on TV.
Gary Mitchell was incredible as the ref and Bryan Neese was great talking to
the crowd. Robby, the other announcer, was hired by the Blue Rocks as their
announcer because of the job he did.
The order of finish:
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Steve Kirit
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Jesse Marunde
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Jon Anderson
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Chad Coy
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Walt Gogola
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Magnus Ver
Magnusson
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Mark Keshishian
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