Competing in his seventh AAU Junior Olympic Games, Evan Pittman set world and national records in three different disciplines, and captained Jets Barbell to the national team title in powerlifting, All-sports combine and Feats of Strength at the 2015 Junior Olympic Games in Hampton Roads, Virginia, July 29 – August 8. On his first day of competition, Evan won gold […]
Evan Pittman was among 20 students chosen nationally (and one of two selected from Arizona) to attend the prestigious University of Southern California Chevron Frontiers of Energy Resources Summer Camp at the Viterbi School of Engineering July 5-10, 2015. The Phoenix Country Day School rising junior spent the week learning about renewable energy solutions from USC’s top […]
Evan was invited to participate in the Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory workshop on the campus of Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, during the last week of June 2015. Along with other musicians, Evan had the opportunity to work with top strings instructors from the Southwest, including Sarah Off, Chunyang Wang, and Anne Sorenson-Wang. The workshop culminated with attendees […]
Evan traveled to Las Vegas with his father and brother for the USPF National Powerlifting Championships on May 2. He had a cold and was taking antibiotics, but made all nine lifts with a 336 lb. squat, 204 lb. bench press, and 385 lb. deadlift in the 148 lb. class, good enough for six World Powerlifting Federation world records. This […]
Invited by the Arizona Diamondbacks to play the national anthem on April 3rd for the Diamondbacks-Cubs game at Chase Field; had a great time playing for thousands of D-Backs fans!
February and March have been busy months, with a road trip to Las Vegas for the High Stakes Diving Invitational, continued heavy training in pursuit of 100 world powerlifting records, and two days practicing and performing with the 2015 Arizona Western Regional Honors Orchestra. During this time, Evan also auditioned to play the national anthem at […]
It was a busy January, with training, school, and various activities. After completing a week of diving camp in Indiana over the holiday break, Evan was forced to cancel attendance at skeleton driving school in Park City, Utah because of illness. The highlights of January were attending a weekend training session with “The Legend” Dick Kimball, former Michigan and Olympic diving […]
It was a busy year, including a family move from Iowa to Arizona, eleven violin recitals, multiple open and high school diving meets, 30 world powerlifting records in five national/world meets, more than a dozen Feats of Strength and combine records, two diving camps and skeleton driving school in Utah, Phew! Welcome, 2015! January Begins […]
Two teenage AAU Strength Sports athletes had the opportunity to attend the US Bobsled & Skeleton Federation G-Force driving school in Park City, Utah, March 3 – 8. The school is conducted twice a year at Utah Olympic Park, site of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, to provide driving basics to athletes […]