A Commitment to Excellence

John's Throw of 185-5 was Tops in the Nation for a Junior' ~~"""""'''''l!'''''''~''''''''''''''''''' Rymiszewski's Awesome Power Enables Him To Clean 300 Pounds.

Once inagreatwhilea talented and creative coach will come along who possesses an unusual desire to give everything he has for his athletes. Once in a great while a talented and intelligent athlete will come along who possesses an unusual desire to give everything he has for excellence. And once in a great great while a combination like this gets together at the high school level. Such is the case at Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Virginia, where there are several coaches at Mount Vernon who have greatly contributed to the success of the athlete John Rymiszewski.

We would like to particularly praise Coach Mark Bendorf, assistant football coach and John's weight event coach for his unique commitment to excellence. He is a 25 hour-a-day coach who loves his work and his kids. We first became aware of John when we selected Team. When John's nomination form was mailed in Coach Shepard exclaimed, "I don't care who else we hear about; this kid is First Team'" As you read further, we think you'll share Coach Shepard's enthusiasm.

Although, only a junior, John has started 27 football games for Mount Vernon and last season led the team in total tackles, extra point blocks, caused and recovered fumbles from his linebacker position He was a First Team All-State Linebacker and John was named the Most Valuable Player in the State Championship game as he led Mount Vernon to a AAA (Big School) State Championship After winning the State Championship game John was being interviewed and stated "Let's face it, you can't win a State Championship without a great defense. Now it's back to the weight room and we're coming back next year for two in a row." "Cotta love a kid like that"

says Head Coach Bruce Patrick Besides football Rymiszcwski throws the discus better than any junior in the United States He has blasted the platter an amazing 185 feet plus. John says "Since [' m so short (5-1 0) I have to ma ke up for th ings n by working harder than anyone on the weights. We'd like you to know John is also an honor student with a 3.2 CPA and he is often called on to speak for church and community groups on goal setting and leadership. Since John is a leading candidate for our BFS Athlete-of-the-Year Award, we will finish his great story in our next November Issue. Below is John's Record:

John Rymiszewski A Serious Commitment To Excellence (Cont. from Pg. 9)

P.O. Box 20612 Salt I.ake City, Utah 84120 Utah, Alask<l & Hawaii 1-801-969-9935 Rymiszewski Struck Fear Into the Hearts of Many.

H.S. MEET RESULTS!

* Coach Mike Reed of West Monroe High School in Louisiana was named National Power Lifting Coach of the Year. Had a 45-0 Record' Coach Reed's team won the National Championship held at Shawnee, Oklahoma. William Winn a 1st Team BFS Football All-American squatted 639 and totaled l5l0!

* Power Marty laVelle directed the Ohio High School Lifting Championships with 170 lifters. Jack Buchanan a BFS Football All-American from Perkins High School squatted 645 and totaled 1550 in the unlimited class.

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From BFS Magazine — September/October 1984. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).