sports
Personal Best
Cancer survivor, 55, wins gold medal
for 320-pound bench press.
Steve Stein
I Contributing Writer
N
eed a lift?
Check out what West
Bloomfield resident and can-
cer survivor Jeff Ellis did last month at
the Michigan Senior Olympics weight-
lifting competition at the Rochester
Athletic Club.
He won his seventh Senior Olympics
gold medal in weightlifting with a
record-breaking bench press of 320
pounds in the 55-59 age group.
"That's a middle-age personal best
for me, and a weight I haven't bench-
pressed in more than 20 years:' said
the former Michigan State University
weightlifting standout.
His previous middle-age bench-
press best was 315 pounds. He did that
last summer in the Senior Olympics.
When Ellis won his first Senior
Olympics gold in summer 2009, a few
months before his colon cancer diag-
nosis, his bench press was 275 pounds.
Last month's competition was the
first time Ellis, who will turn 55 in May,
participated in the 55-59 age group.
He has no intentions of slowing
down. The certified public accountant
rarely misses a lifting or cardiovascu-
lar workout, which keeps his weight in
the 192- to 196-pound range.
His goal is to bench press 325
pounds this summer in the Michigan
Senior Olympics competition.
"I really enjoy competing in the
Senior Olympics," said Ellis, who has
been cancer-free for four years.
"People are great. They're very
encouraging. Everyone roots for each
other"
Help Wanted
The Detroit delegation has openings
for athletes, artists and coaches in the
JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest the
Motor City is hosting Aug. 17-22.
Athletes are needed in individual
sports, plus girls basketball, girls
volleyball and boys and girls soccer.
Coaches are needed for in-line hockey,
boys basketball and girls soccer.
Prospective athletes, artists and
coaches should go to the Maccabi web-
site at www2014detroit.org or contact
Detroit delegation head Franci Silver
at (248) 505-9007 or soccerrcoach@
gmail.com.
Host families and volunteers also
are needed. Go to the website, call the
Jeff Ellis
Maccabi Games hotline at (248) 432-
5500 or send an email to
jccmaccabi2014@jccdet.org.
Card Sharks
New Detroit Tigers manager Brad
Ausmus and second baseman Ian
Kinsler are included in the seventh
edition of Jewish Major Leaguer
Baseball Cards. Ausmus was born to a
Jewish mother and Kinsler to a Jewish
father.
The 50-card set, which focuses on
events in baseball involving Jewish
players since the sixth edition was
published in 2010, will be released
March 15.
There are cards of active players like
Kinsler, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Braun,
Ike Davis, Scott Feldman and Sam
Fuld; Jewish managers; career leaders;
and artifacts from Chasing Dreams, an
exhibition of items on loan from the
American Jewish Historical Society
at the National Museum of American
Jewish History in Philadelphia.
Martin Abramowitz of Newton,
Mass., is the curator and producer of
the cards. His first set was released in
2003. The cards are licensed by Major
League Baseball and the Major League
Baseball Players Association.
Cost is $36 for one set plus $5
for shipping. Cards can be pur-
chased by credit card using PayPal at
Jewishmajorleaguers.com or by check
(made out to JML Inc.) sent to JML
Inc., 104 Greenlawn Ave., Newton, MA
02459.
There are discounts for mul-
tiple sets. For larger orders, contact
Abramowitz at martinabramowitz@
gmail.com .
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