2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man Results

Kerri Vanderstelt defeated 21 fellow countrymen to win the gold.

Last updated on June 16th, 2025

The 2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man (ECSM) contest occurred in Ayer’s Cliff, Canada, on June 14, 2025; one week after its sister contest, the 2025 Western Canada’s Strongest Man (WCSM), won by Colten Sloan.

Twenty-two strongmen represented the great white north in three events during a qualifying stage that cut to the top 12 in the field for the remaining three events. The events in qualifying were the Log Lift, Car Deadlift, and Sack Carry. The events in the Final were the Arm-Over-Arm Pull, Dumbbell Press, and Natural Stones.

After qualifying and finals, Kerri Vanderstelt stood victorious over his fellow countrymen, scoring 45 of a possible 48 points. Each finalist was given an overall rank after qualifying and corresponding points with a single event (i.e., the highest seed after qualifying was awarded 12 points, the second seed was awarded 11 points, and so on).

2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man Results

1. Kerri Vanderstelt — 45 points
2. Frédérick Rhéaume — 37 points
3. Samuel Daigle — 32.5 points
4. Mathieu Poirier — 30 points
5. Ben Court — 27.5 points
6. Keven Malenfant-Caron — 27 points
7. Simon Pratte — 25 points
8. Jonathan Prévost — 19 points
9. Yanick Boucher — 17 points
10. Martin Rhéaume — 13 points
11. Alex Bélanger — 10 points
12. Francis Marchesseault — Five points

Qualifying Stage

1. Mathieu Poirier — 59 points
2. Kerri Vanderstelt — 57 points
3. Ben Court — 50 points
4. Frédérick Rhéaume — 47 points
5. Yanick Boucher — 46.5 points
6. Keven Malenfant-Caron — 45 points
7. Samuel Daigle — 44 points
8. Simon Pratte — 42 points
9. Martin Rhéaume — 38 points
10. Jonathan Prévost — 37 points
11. Francis Marchesseault — 34 points
12. Alex Bélanger — 30 points
13. Jasmin Desjardins — 29 points
14. Adrien Nesta — 27 points
15. Brian Pennell — 26.5 points
16. Philippe Dumont-Bouchard — 26 points
17. Marc-Antoine Campagna — 25.5 points
18. Alex Laquerre — 24.5 points
19. Tomy Chevalier — 19.5 points
20. David Nollet — 14.5 points
21. Shangye Zhang — 10.5 points
22. Lance Lavallée — 7.5 points

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2025 Eastern Canada’s Strongest Man Event Results

Below are the results for each events contested in Ayer’s Cliff:

Log Lift — Qualifying

Athletes had 75 seconds to lift 150 kilograms for reps.

1. Mathieu Poirier — Six reps (T-first)
2. Keven Malenfant-Caron — Six reps (T-first)
3. Kerri Vanderstelt — Five reps
4. Ben Court — Four reps (T-fourth)
5. Frédérick Rhéaume — Four reps (T-fourth)
6. Samuel Daigle — Four reps (T-fourth)
7. Alex Laquerre — Four reps (T-fourth)
8. Tomy Chevalier — Four reps (T-fourth)
9. Simon Pratte — Three reps (T-ninth)
10. Martin Rhéaume — Three reps (T-ninth)
11. Philippe Dumont-Bouchard — Three reps (T-ninth)
12. Adrien Nesta — Two reps (T-12th)
13. David Nollet — Two reps (T-12th)
14. Yanick Boucher — One rep (T-14th)
15. Jonathan Prévost — One rep (T-14th)
16. Francis Marchesseault — One rep (T-14th)
17. Alex Bélanger — One rep (T-14th)
18. Jasmin Desjardins — no lift
19. Brian Pennell — no lift
20. Marc-Antoine Campagna — no lift
21. Shangye Zhang — no lift
22. Lance Lavallée — no lift

Car Deadlift — Qualifying

Each strongman has 75 seconds to deadlift 411 kilograms for reps.

1. Frédérick Rhéaume — 17 reps
2. Mathieu Poirier — 15 reps (T-second)
3. Ben Court — 15 reps (T-second)
4. Yanick Boucher — 14 reps
5. Kerri Vanderstelt — 13 reps
6. Simon Pratte — 11 reps (T-sixth)
7. Adrien Nesta — 11 reps (T-sixth)
8. Marc-Antoine Campagna — 10 reps (T-eight)
9. Keven Malenfant-Caron — 10 reps (T-eight)
10. Alex Bélanger — Eight reps (T-10th)
11. Brian Pennell — Eight reps (T-10th)
12. Samuel Daigle — Seven reps
13. Martin Rhéaume — Six reps
14. Jonathan Prévost — Five reps (T-14th)
15. Francis Marchesseault — Five reps(T-14th)
16. Jasmin Desjardins — Four reps
17. Philippe Dumont-Bouchard — Three reps
18. Alex Laquerre — Two reps (T-18th)
19. Shangye Zhang — Two reps (T-18th)
20. Tomy Chevalier — One rep (T-20th)
21. Lance Lavallée — One rep (T-20th)
22. David Nollet — no lift

Sack Carry — Qualifying

1. Jasmin Desjardins — 50.85 meters
2. Jonathan Prévost — 50.62 meters
3. Yanick Boucher — 48.16 meters
4. Kerri Vanderstelt — 45.72 meters
5. Francis Marchesseault — 40.18 meters
6. Mathieu Poirier — 39.12 meters
7. Samuel Daigle — 37.67 meters
8. Martin Rhéaume — 33.27 meters
9. Brian Pennell — 33.22 meters
10. Ben Court — 30.48 meters (T-10th)
11. Simon Pratte — 30.48 meters (T-10th)
12. Marc-Antoine Campagna — 27.69 meters
13. Alex Bélanger — 27.2 meters
14. Keven Malenfant-Caron — 26.87 meters
15. Frédérick Rhéaume — 23.77 meters
16. Philippe Dumont-Bouchard — 17.42 meters
17. Shangye Zhang — 13.72 meters
18. Lance Lavallée — 9.93 meters
19. David Nollet — 8.64 meters
20. Alex Laquerre — 6.07 meters
21. Tomy Chevalier — no lift
22. Adrien Nesta — no lift

Arm-Over-Arm Pull — Final

1. Samuel Daigle — 47.53 seconds
2. Simon Pratte — 53.57 seconds
3. Kerri Vanderstelt — 60.15 seconds
4. Mathieu Poirier — 63.04 seconds
5. Yanick Boucher — 64.6 seconds
6. Frédérick Rhéaume — 66 seconds
7. Jonathan Prévost — 66.24 seconds
8. Ben Court — 69.92 seconds
9. Martin Rhéaume — 14.15 meters
10. Francis Marchesseault — 12.39 meters
11. Alex Bélanger — 12.19 meters
12. Keven Malenfant-Caron — 9.09 meters

Dumbbell Press — Final

Athletes attempted to lift any of four implements weighing 102, 109, 118, and 124 kilograms for reps. A single rep at a heavier weight outranked any number of reps with a lighter weight.

1. Kerri Vanderstelt — One rep, 124 kilograms
2. Keven Malenfant-Caron — Three reps, 109 kilograms
3. Frédérick Rhéaume — One rep, 109 kilograms
4. Samuel Daigle — Two reps, 102 kilograms (T-fourth)
5. Ben Court — Two reps, 102 kilograms (T-fourth)
6. Simon Pratte — One rep, 102 kilograms
7. Mathieu Poirier — no lift
8. Jonathan Prévost — no lift
9. Yanick Boucher — no lift
10. Martin Rhéaume — no lift
11. Alex Bélanger — no lift
12. Francis Marchesseault — no lift

Natural Stones — Final

The final event involved four implements weighing 147 to 181 kilograms being lifted for time within the 90-second time cap.

1. Kerri Vanderstelt — Four in 42.32 seconds
2. Frédérick Rhéaume — Four in 44.41 seconds
3. Jonathan Prévost — Three in 18.87 seconds
4. Mathieu Poirier — Three in 27.18 seconds
5. Keven Malenfant-Caron — Three in 27.31 seconds
6. Alex Bélanger — Three in 27.55 seconds
7. Samuel Daigle — Three in 29.28 seconds
8. Martin Rhéaume — Three in 29.83 seconds
9. Ben Court — Three in 45.92 seconds
10. Francis Marchesseault — Three in 56.01 seconds
11. Simon Pratte — Three in 64 seconds
12. Yanick Boucher — Two in 55.28 seconds

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