Just curious... Did you have to cut water to make this weight? If so, how did you find the strength while 'dehydrated'? I know sometimes it can take its toll, depending on how long you lift after weigh in.

By the sounds of it, the 245 was probably very close! Even though it didn't count, its good to know that the strength was there and with 'meet lifting' experience, those numbers will fly up. Good job on the deadlift too! Always fun when you can set PRs during a meet. Placings don't matter. PRs matter. I suspect that your deadlift numbers will fly well into the 500s by june. In a year or two, I wouldn't be surprised to see deadlifts in the upper 500s and bench over 300. These are very good numbers to be hitting raw!

Do you plan on getting into equipped lifting in the future?