2009 Arnold Blog

NA Strongman’s Dione Wessels Celebrates Amateurs

Dione Wessels has always modeled a unique perseverance when it came to her desire to participate in sports. As a youngster growing up in Lithia Springs, Georgia, Wessels was a tomboy with a passion for competition. She excelled at athletics throughout elementary and high school and was identified as a top flight track & field competitor by her junior year.

Wessels’s did so well at sports she elected to try her hand out during try outs for the Lithia High School Football team. The coach quickly instructed the players to “hit her just like she was a boy.” They did and a humbled Wessels’s returned with a renewed vigor to her track & field training.

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North American Strongman, Inc., the premiere governing body for amateur strongman athletes, will join forces with The Arnold Sports Festival to present the 2010 Arnold Amateur Strongman. The event will be held Friday, May 5 and Sunday, May 7 at The Greater Columbus Convention Center.

The competition will feature a selection of up to 50 amateur strongman athletes from around the world. Ten top amateur strongmen from the United States and Canada are expected to compete, including Texas’s Ryan Bracewell and Dan Harrison of California.

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