Legend has it after running two strongman medleys, the entire group of young obstacle course racers, ninja warriors, and, spartan athletes were tired out. However, one among the group rose to the top by hoisting this 103lb stone and carrying it the entire distance of the Couch Potato Plains (181ft), without a single drop. The person who accomplished this feat was Johnny Amaya, the father of strongwoman Nicole Barnhart, and, grandfather of several badass athletes. That day Johnny taught those young athletes a lesson in grit and determination. With this carrying the stone forever became known as the Amaya stone. 

Amaya Stone (103lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			Johnny Amaya – 181ft
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Legend has it after a long early morning car ride, 9-year old Zoey Walling competed in her first ever strength competition. The grueling grip challenge known as The Golden Potato Championship. After setting massive Personal Records, Zoey was fired up! She marched over to this 29lb boulder, single handedly hoisted it, and, carried it the entire length of the Golden Potato Plains without a single drop! A distance of over 180ft! In doing so, Zoey became the first to ever complete this carry, and forever claimed this stone in her honor!

Average Stone Timmy Stone (29lbs) – Pinch Grip
	Women’s Open	Women’s Under 231lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
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Legend has it during the great Pandemic of 2020 Christopher Daigle, with great strength and the seasoned hands of a SWAT Officer single handedly hoisted the great blob stone, as no man had done before.

Daigle Stone (34lb) – Distance Carry (downward claw grip)
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Addam Chaudoin – 105ft (V)
2		Christopher Daigle – 24ft
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Legend has it on a sweltering 100 degree day; Fontaine Kaufmann hoisted this massive stone and carried it across the entire Potato Plains, twice! No other woman had carried any stone the entire distance of the plains.

Fontaine Stone (106lb) – Distance Carry
	Women’s  Open	Women’s Under 176lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
1		Fontaine Kaufmann – 181ft
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Legend has it after a grueling flight, she found herself in the mysterious potato valley surrounded by iron, chalk, and, stones. She was at the entrance to the King Kong grip competition. On that day she lifted monstrous horns, hoisted the mighty crusher, and pinched steel from a far away land; however, she knew in order to leave a mark in this valley she would need to do something no other woman had done before. After the flight and King Kong competition, Emily Feaster marched up to a 125lb natural stone, and with a great effort, she carried that stone for 181ft without a single drop. On the day this was achieved, it was the heaviest stone carried by a female in the Potato Valley. This stone is now forever named in her honor, and is known as the “Gus the Bus” stone.

Gus the Bus Stone (322lb) – Distance Carry
	Women’s Open	Women’s Under 176lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
1		Emily Feaster – 181ft
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Legend has it on a cold fall day, a man of great power, Imam, hoisted this massive stone and carried it across the Potato Plains, to the great Cherry Tree, and, returned to stone to its original resting place. No other man had accomplished this feat!

Imam Stone (134lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Imam Elahi – 181ft
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Legend has it a young man of 8-years, JJ, spent his days observing the local strongmen. One summer day JJ decided he must prove his strength to his heroes. To do this JJ hoisted a massive stone and carried it the entire Potato Plains. The strongmen were so impressed they forever named the stone in JJ’s honor.

JJ Stone (36lb) – Distance Carry (downward pinch grip)
	Men’s Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Jacob Zarris – 237ft (V)
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Legend has it on a frozen Winter’s day, Eric Jurkovic singled handedly hoisted, and carried this mighty stone. Frost covered the uneven natural terrain; however, Eric was determined. He traversed the frozen tundra with the massive stone grasped in his vice like hands. Jurks only set it down after carrying it across the entire potato plains.

Jurk Stone (143lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			Eric Jurkovic – 181ft
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Legend has it a teenager of great strength, Evan King, lifted this massive stone and carried it across the Potato Plains and beyond. People claim the distance he carried the stone is well over 100ft. Clearly no other person had carried this stone prior, let alone such a distance.

King Stone (146lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Evan King – 106ft
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Legend has it after a cross country road trip William Maddox arrived in an unfamiliar land. Destined to make this journey a true conquest, Maddox set his sights on an ancient test of strength. Will all the power he could muster, William hoisted this massive 139lb lava stone, and single handedly carried it the entire length of the Potato Plains without a single drop. A feat never before achieved, and, in completing the carry, William forever claimed the stone in his name!

Maddox Stone (139lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			William Maddox – 181ft
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Legend has it after a competing in a long and grueling strength contest, Dayana Nukul wasn’t quite finished lifting. On that day, Dayana had the entire crowd cheering for her as she marched up to this massive 46lb boulder! Though nobody under 13 had ever lifted a stone this massive on the plains, she knew she had it in her. On that day Dayana single handedly hoisted this massive stone and carried it the entire distance of the Potato Plains (181ft). In doing so, Dayana claimed the stone forever in her honor, and, chose to name the stone after her two cats.  

Mittens & Dot Stone (46lbs) – Pinch Grip
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Frank Chaudoin – 41ft
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Legend has it the healthcare workers of 2020 had unmatched strength, bravery, courage, and, indomitable spirit. One of those healthcare workers, Myra King, took a brief moment away from her heroic duties to represent the strength of her and her fellow heroes by carrying this massive stone across the entire Potato Plains. A story all healthcare workers are proud to tell.

Moo Stone (97lb) – Distance Carry
	Women’s  Open	Women’s Under 176lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
1		Myra King – 81ft
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Legend has it a woman who gained unparalleled strength by wrestling mighty K-9’s, Chrish Newell, hoisted this stone from the pits of Mt. St. Helen’s and carried it across the full distance of the Great Potato Plains. She became only the second woman to carry a stone across the Potato Plains, and, the first to do it with a stone of lava!

Newell Stone (115lb) – Distance Carry
	Women’s  Open	Women’s Under 176lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
1			Chrish Newell – 181ft
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Legend has it, during a particularly slow time of year. Santa made his way down from the North Pole to the Couch Potato Garage to help plan the Gripmas in July Grip Spectacular. While hanging out at the garage, Santa noticed that nobody had claimed our largest stone. With a HOHOHO Santa marched over to the stone, hoisted it over his bowl full of jelly, and, proceeded to reindeer march with the stone! 

(Stones at 250+ will include names of lifters as well as carriers, a lift will be marked as a 0ft carry)

Nightmare Before Christmas Stone (322lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Albie Mushaney – 6ft
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Legend has it, on a typical rainy Washington day; Taylor Overmiller was out for a jog when he happened upon this massive stone. Without a second thought, Taylor hoisted the mighty stone and carried it the distance of the Great Potato Plains. To this day no other person has carried such a stone on such a wet and rainy day.

Overmiller Stone (218lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			Taylor Overmiller – 181ft
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Legend has it after witnessing her brother JJ carry a stone across the Great Potato Plains, at 5 years of age; Payton began her strength journey by hoisting this massive stone and carrying it the same distance as her older brother! With this amazing feat, this stone became forever known as the Payton Stone!

Payton Stone (17lb) – Put Distance
	Men’s Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Mike Wilfong – 29ft (V)
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Legend has it no man had ever lifted this massive stone to shoulder. That was, until super athlete Ryan Polin not only hoisted the stone to shoulder, but, carried it upon his shoulder twice the distance of the Great Potato Plains. It is said the next morning Ryan sprang out of bed, and ran 5 miles, that is, after his morning set of 500 pushups and 500 sit-ups!

Polin Stone (180lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			Ryan Polin – 181ft
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Legend has it a man of great speed who had accomplished the fastest stone carry across the Potato Plains set his sights on a new goal. After warming up with two strongman medleys, Jeremy Kaufmann stepped up to this massive 192lb stone (34lbs above Jeremy’s own bodyweight), hoisted it, and carried it the entire distance of the Great Potato Plains (181ft) without a single drop. That day Jeremy proved himself to be an elite all around badass and, with that, he forever claimed the stone in his moniker –  The Captain.

The Captain Stone (192lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1			Jeremy Kaufmann – 181ft
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Legend has it, during a wet and cold December day, a madman was spotted near the Couch Potato Garage eating chalking and muttering to himself about “bulking up”. We approached the man with caution, and, it turned out he was quite friendly. He presented us with some mysterious “N” rated metal and then proceeded to bend the largest piece of steel ever bent at the Couch Potato Garage. After completing his bend the man marched over to this 90kg stone, hoisted it to his chest and carried across a wet and soggy Potato Plains. When we asked the man who he was, he simply said “my title will be revealed in time”

Title in Progress Stone (198lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Devin Hoover – 181ft
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Legend has it after traveling across the entire United States, and competing in a five event Grip Competition, Vinny found himself staring at a wall of stones. The sun beaming down, Vinny knew he needed to leave his mark on this mysterious place. He was in the Great Potato Valley, and the stones he stood in front of where the stones of strength. Each stone marked with the name of a mighty human who previously hoisted it. After a thorough search, Vinny found an unmarked stone. The stone was extremely wide, smooth, and rounded. It was a tough stone for any hand to grasp. Undeterred, Vinny reached down, grasped the stone with all his might, and the stone wouldn’t move. It was at this point Vinny used his intelligence as a Lawyer and argued for the use of chalk. After hearing the argument, Couch Potato Strong agreed, stating “chalk the rock”; and, with that Vinny won his case and chalked up the stone. It was then Vinny clasped onto the stone, and did what nobody else ever had, he hoisted the stone in a pinch grip to a full lockout. Forever this stone is now know as the Vin stone.

Vin Stone (39lb) – Distance Carry (pinch grip)
	Men’s Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
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Legend has it there exists a stone that challenges the grip of even the mightiest men. Most attempt to lift this stone with a 2-hand pinch; however, one man has hoisted the stone from the ground with a single hand, Michael Wilfong. This feat is one only the strongest of hands can duplicate!

Wilfong Stone (78lb) – Distance Carry (downward claw grip)
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Michael Wilfong – 157ft (V)
2	Addam Chaudoin – 0ft (V)
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Legend has it she came from the land of potatoes with a mission. That mission, to prove that she could out potato pull anyone who has ever potato pulled before. After a quick warmup (winning King Kong lb4lb and weight class), Tammy McClure stepped up to the Golden potatoes, proudly dug her thumbs into the great state of Idaho, and, smashed out 15 Golden Potato Pullups. In celebration she casually hoisted a 106lb natural stone and carried it the entire length of the Great Potato Plains. With this carry, Tammy claimed the stone and proclaimed it be named Wilma. Thus, forevermore this stone shall be known as the “Wilma Stone”

Wilma Stone (106lb) – Distance Carry
	Women’s Open	Women’s Under 176lbs	Women’s Under 139lbs
1		Tammy McClure – 181 ft
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Legend has it on a cold Winter’s day, Jacob Zarris, a man with extreme focus and hands seasoned from steel, discovered the ultimate test. A stone so sharp and jagged no person was willing to touch. Zarris examined the stone, clamped down with a vice like grip, and, carried the stone across the entire Potato Plains. It is believed anyone who can carry this stone gains not only strength, but, mental fortitude.

Zarris Stone (111lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1		Jacob Zarris – 190ft (V)
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Legend has it a stone sat on the Potato Plains for over a year unlifted. This stone was passed on by some of the strongest man roaming the Earth. That is, until Jeff Walling arrived at the stone. Jeff, while weighing over 100lbs less than men who passed on this stone, knew he was the man destined to lift it. With an unparalleled focus, Jeff approached the stone, dug his feet into the ground, latched on, and, did what no other had done before. He lifted the mighty unliftable 299lbs stone, forever claiming it as his own! (Jeff is the Father of Zoey, the Average Timmy Stone – He named this stone in Zoey’s name)

(Stones at 250+ will include names of lifters as well as carriers, a lift will be marked as a 0ft carry)

Zoeys Dojo Stone (299lb) – Distance Carry
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Jeff Walling – 0ft (full lift)
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The DW Carry

This is a grip stone carry that involves carrying the Wilfong Stone in one hand and the Daigle Stone in the other hand. 

   

Daigle Stone (34lb) – Wilfong Stone (78lb) –  (downward claw grip)
	Men’s  Open	Men’s Under 231lbs	Men’s Under 176lbs
1	Michael Wilfong – 71ft (V)
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