Author Archives: Beth Skwarecki

Stars of Tomorrow – and Record Day for All Age Groups (Columbia, MO and remote)

JUNE 14-15, 2025

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE.

ENTRY FEE:  None

WEIGH-INS – 8 a.m. each day.

AGE REQUIREMENT – Must not have achieved 20th birthday by June 14, 2025.

GENDER – Open to both genders in the teenage and pre-teenage categories.

AWARDS – Certificates for both male and female.

LIFTS:

  • Bench press – feet in air;
  • Jerk from rack;
  • Anderson squat;
  • Dead lift – heels together;
  • clean and press, heels together.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on  Tuesday of the weekend involved or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday following the meet.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

Diamond Jubilee – and Record Day for All Age Groups (Columbia, MO and remote)

APRIL 26-27, 2025

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE

ENTRY FEE – None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 A..M. each day.

AGE REQUIREMENT – Most be at least 70 on April 26, 2025 for the Diamond Jubilee.

AWARDS –  Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS:

  • Deadlift Heels together
  • Deadlift, Fulton Bar – no thumbs (non USAWA lift)
  • Jefferson with Fulton Bar
  • Bench press – reverse grip
  • Bench press -close grip
  • Press, seated, from rack.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on  Tuesday of the weekend involved or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday following the meet.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

Steve Schmidt Backbreaker Pentathlon – and Record Day (Columbia, MO and remote)

DECEMBER 6-7, 2025

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE.

ENTRY FEE – None.

WEIGH-INS  – 8 a.m. each day.

AWARDS – Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS

  • Back lift,
  • neck lift;
  • harness lift;
  • hip lift;
  • hand-and-thigh lift.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on  Tuesday of the weekend involved or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday following the meet.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

Hermann Goerner Deadlift Dozen – Plus One (Columbia, MO and remote)

OCTOBER 25-26, 2025

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE.

ENTRY FEE – None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 a.m,  both days.

AWARDS – Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS – All deadlifts to include

  • two-bars,
  • Reeves, 
  • Jefferson,
  • heels together,
  • hack,
  • all four fingers,
  • one-hand with each hand,
  • one-hand thumbless with each hand.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on  Tuesday of the weekend involved or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday following the meet.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

Two Fisted Challenge – and Record Day (Columbia, MO and remote)

SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2025

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE

ENTRY  FEE –  None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 A.M. both days.

AWARDS –   Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS

  • All four fingers and thumb on each hand; 
  • deadlifts by pairs of fingers, Index, middle, ring, and little.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on  Tuesday of the weekend involved or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday following the meet.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

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