USAWA

by Al Myers

The USAWA has 4 postal meets per year (March, June, September, and December), with the last one being designated as the Postal Championships. All these together make up the Postal Meet Series. Each postal meet a lifter competes in generates points for him/her, that total up for the final Postal Series Ranking.

The way the points are generated is pretty simple. I take the overall placings of the meet and then reverse “the count” for the points earned for each lifter. I.E – if three lifters compete lifter number 1 gets 3 points, lifter number 2 gets 2 points, and lifter number three gets 1 point. The Postal Championships is worth “double points”. Obviously then, as more lifters enter more points can be earned for winning the meet, and ALL lifters earn points regardless where they place overall. Just entering will earn points toward the Postal Series Ranking.

Overall there was good participation in the USAWA Postal Meets last year. A total of 21 lifters competed in the various postal meets, which is more lifters than competed last year. The first Postal Meet had 11 lifters, the second had 9 lifters, the third had 15 lifters, and the Postal Championship drew 17 lifters. Several lifters competed in ALL of the postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized.  These lifters are the GRAND SLAM WINNERS:  RJ Jackson,  Dan Wagman, Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Denny Habecker, and Dean Ross.

Now for the overall rankings for the 2016 USAWA Postal Series!

WOMENS DIVISION – TOP FIVE

PLACING	LIFTER	MEETS ENTERED	POINTS
1	RJ Jackson	4	14
2	Tressa Brooner	2	5
3	Cyrstal Diggs	3	4
4 Tie	Mary McConnaughey	2	3
4 Tie	Lynda Burns	2	3
4 Tie	Kim Lydon	1	3

MENS DIVISION – TOP TEN

PLACING	LIFTER	MEETS ENTERED	POINTS
1	Dan Wagman	4	52
2	Al Myers	4	43
3	LaVerne Myers	4	35
4	Denny Habecker	4	32
5 Tie	Chad Ullom	1	24
5 Tie	Eric Todd	3	24
7	Barry Bryan	1	20
8	Mark Raymond	2	19
9	Dean Ross	4	19
10 Tie	Barry Pensyl	1	16
10 Tie	Rocky Morrison	2	16

Congrats to RJ Jackson and Dan Wagman for being the OVERALL WINNERS of the 2016 USAWA Postal Series.  RJ and Dan  won EVERY one of the quarterly postal meets!  This is an amazing accomplishment considering each postal meet offers different lift challenges. Being able to consistently win overalls in postal meets shows that these two lifters are truly all round weightlifters.

I want to thank everyone who participated in our Postal Meet Series.  This partipation is what keeps our Postals going every year.