This award goes to an individual who in new to the USAWA or has become involved again. It doesn’t have to go to someone in their first year of being involved in the USAWA.
Chip Hultquist
This year’s newcomer of the year, runner up went to Chip Hultquist out of Buffville Gym in Kentucky. Chip was the Buffville Push/Pull champion at 73 years old.
This year’s first place winner in the newcomer of the month category is Jeff Wenzel out of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, MO. Jeff was third place in the Zercher Strength Classic. He was tied for tenth in our 2023 Postal series, having lifted well in all four legs of the series. He also took second place in the Schmidt’s Backbreaker Pentathlon, losing only to Heavy Lifter extraordinaire, John Carter.
