Category Archives: 2021 Meet Results

National Championships

By Al Myers

2021 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Group picture from the 2021 USAWA National Championships.

Group picture from the 2021 USAWA National Championships.

After a year and a half of COVID shutdown in the USAWA, we finally all gathered together for a big competition. It was very exciting for me to see lifters I haven’t seen in a long time.  I held the meet in my gym, like I did for the Nationals in 2009.

It was great to see a wide range of lifters starting with the two Junior lifters Leroy and Phoebe, to ole veterans of the USAWA like LaVerne, Denny and Dean competing. Several different clubs of the USAWA had entered lifters – the Dino Gym, Clark’s Gym, Habecker’s Gym, KC Strongman, and even a lifter from the Ambridge Club.

The overall women’s champion was Beth Skwarecki.  Beth  made her big mark in our sport at the 2019 IAWA World Championships where she was crowned overall best women’s lifter.  She is a great all round lifting talent and I expect she will be a top contender for quite some time in the USAWA.   The young Phoebe Todd at only 10 years old showed great form on the lifts and has a very bright future.

The overall men’s champion was Abe Smith out of Clark’s Championship Gym.  Abe has been competing “off and on” in the USAWA for over 20 years with his last Nationals appearance being in 2001 where he was the overall Runner Up.  I would say he’s been waiting his turn to win the overall, and it was well deserved as he was solid in all the lifts.  Weighing in at only 173 pounds he still posted the top total of the meet.

Runner up in the men’s division went to the long time USAWA lifter Randy Smith (no relation to Abe!) from Michigan, or as Randy says the UP.  Randy doesn’t make it to many USAWA meets throughout the year but he seems to always be at the Nationals.  Randy is a past overall Nationals Champion, winning the title in 2015 at York Barbell. At the day’s end, Randy was the overall Master’s Champion.

Third place went to Mike McBride. Mike is also a past overall champion of Nationals, winning his title in 2005 in Youngstown.  It’s been a few years since I’ve got to see Mike lift, but he hasn’t changed a bit.  He’s a pure technician on the lifts and I was quite impressed with his old school technique in the one arm snatch.

I was extremely impressed by everyone’s lifting. I have several people I want to personally thank for their help during the day.  To start with, Chad Ullom spent the day at the table with me doing all the scorekeeping without making a single mistake.  Eric Todd and Denny Habecker spent their off lifting session in the head officials chair, while Thom Van Vleck and Dave Glasgow spent the entire day officiating.  I want to thank Lance Foster for leading up the loading crew all day along with everyone who helped him out.  Lastly I want to thank my personal assistant Faith for all she did, especially with getting the food out on time!!!

MEET RESULTS:

2021 USAWA National Championships
Dino Gym, Holland, Kansas
June 19th, 2021

Meet Director: Al Myers

Meet Announcer: Al Myers

Meet Scorekeeper: Chad Ullom

Meet Loaders: Lance Foster and others

Officials: Eric Todd, Denny Habecker, Thom Van Vleck, Dave Glasgow

Lifts: Curl – Cheat, Snatch – One Arm, Clean and Press – Heels Together, Deadlift – Fulton Bar, Ciavattone Grip, Deadlift – One Arm

WOMENS DIVISION

LIFTER AGE BWT Curl Sna C&P DL DL1 TOT PTS
Beth Skwarecki 40 152 105 70R 90 190 200R 655 698.6
Phoebe Todd 10 116 40 20R 38 85 70R 253 431.9

EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORD:

Beth Skwarecki: Snatch One Arm Right – 75
Beth Skwarecki: Clean and Press Heels Together – 95
Beth Skwarecki: Deadlift One Arm Right – 210

MENS DIVISION

LIFTER AGE BWT Curl Sna C&P DL DL1 TOT PTS
Abe Smith 39 173 190 120L 210 315 285R 1120 1088.9
Randy Smith 66 193 155 80R 125 260 265R 885 1031.2
Mike McBride 44 224 205 105L 165 295 285R 1055 930.1
Eric Todd 46 250 200 115R 190 230 350R 1085 921.2
Denny Habecker 78 188 90 45R 90 205 205R 635 893.3
Dave DeForest 61 195 140 85R 125 225 210R 785 867.7
LaVerne Myers 77 224 100 45L 35 270 195R 645 812.3
John Strangeway 43 213 100 100L 100 300 200L 800 716.8
Chris Todd 41 259 165 90R 155 220 220R 850 675.8
Dean Ross 78 191 55 30L 0 155 100L 340 473.8
Leroy Todd 10 79 35 15R 30 45 35R 160 399.3

EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS:

None

Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds. All lifts recorded in pounds.  R and L designate right and left.  TOT is total pounds lifted.  PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight. 

BEST LIFTER AWARDS

Women’s Junior – Phoebe Todd
Women’s Master – Beth Skwarecki
Women’s Overall – Beth Skwarecki
Men’s Junior – Leroy Todd
Men’s Senior – Abe Smith
Men’s Master 40 to 44 – Mike McBride
Men’s Master 45 to 49 – Eric Todd
Men’s Master 60 to 64 – Dave DeForest
Men’s Master 65 to 69 – Randy Smith
Men’s Master 75 to 79 – Denny Habecker
Men’s Master Overall – Randy Smith
Men’s Overall – Abe Smith
Men’s Top Total – Abe Smith
Overall Top Club – Clark’s Gym (Randy Smith, Mike McBride, Abe Smith, and Dave DeForest)
Runner Up Club – KC Strongman (Eric Todd, Chris Todd, Leroy Todd, Phoebe Todd, and Johnny Strangeway)

Clark’s Record Day

By Bill Clark

CLARK’S RECORD DAY AND FUN DAY

What was expected to be a big crowd proved to be a very small crowd of five gym members. Not a single soul from outside Clark’s Gym entered.

Since it was the first sanctioned meet in 14 months, plans had been made to match the county health protocol and an anticipated crowd of at least a dozen.

The five local lifters all checked in with their vaccination cards and two – Nick Frieders and Tony Hose – did their USAWA second quarter postal lifts six weeks early.

We were long gone by noon.

MEET DETAILS

Clark’s Record Day
Clark’s Gym
Columbia, Missouri
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Meet Director: Bill Clark

Officials (1-official system used): Bill Clark, Dave DeForest

Lifters:

Tony Hose, 52, 229 pounds
Fulton bar bench press – 300.
Reverse grip bench press – 235.

Nick Frieders, 20, 157 BWT
Bent over row – 205.
RH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 192.
LH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 192.
Reeves deadlift – 275.
Kennedy lift – 535.

Dave DeForest, 61, 194 bwt.
Neck lift – 450.
Deanna lift – 405.
Habecker lift – 275.
Peoples deadlift – 435.
2H, 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 2×125 – 250 total.

John Carter, 62, 213 bwt
2H Ciavattone deadlift – 365.
2H deadlift – heels together – 365.
Zercher lift – 255.
Reeves deadlift – 265.
Straddle lift – 320.

BILL CLARK, 88. 203 BWT.
RH i-inch vertical bar deadlift – 107.
LH 1-inch vertical bar deadlift – 132.
RH 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 82.
LH 2-inch vertical bar deadlift – 82.
Kennedy lift – 275.

Note: The fifth lifter above was not planning to lift. But he did – and may have become the first in USAWA history to lift wearing a catheter and an adult diaper.

1ST Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

MEET RESULTS – 

2021 1ST QUARTER POSTAL MEET

We had very good participation again to start this years postal series. Nineteen men and seven woman competed in this meet, with a lot of excellent lifts being done. Abe Smith led the men and Sylvia Stockall topped the woman.

MEET RESULTS:   

1st Quarter Postal
January 1 thru March 31st, 2021
LIFTS – Bench Press – Feet in Air; Curl-Cheat – Dumbbell, One Arm; Deadlift- Fulton Bar, Ciavattone Grip

MEN
Abe Smith          – 39  – 177   – 295  –  100-L   – 305  –  700   –  671.86
Anthony Hose     – 52 –  231   – 305  – 100-R    – 305  – 710    – 663.34
Barry Bryan        – 63 – 187.8 – 253  – 55-R      -253    – 561   – 644.71
Al Myers            – 54  – 232    – 250   -90-R     – 335  – 675    – 640.17
Randy Smith      – 66  -195.5  – 175  – 97.5-R  – 278  – 550.5 – 620.64
Dave Hahn        – 83  – 146    – 130   -45 -R    – 162   -337    – 592.12
Nicholas Frieders – 20  – 150    – 200  -95-R     – 255   -550     -585.86
Denny Habecker – 78  – 191    – 154   -45 -R    – 220   – 419    – 584.33
John Carter       – 62  – 215    – 185  – 90-R     – 270   -545     – 575.69
Eric Todd           – 46 – 262    – 300  – 120-R    – 270  – 690     – 572.33
Chad Ullom       – 49  – 227   – 190   – 100-R    – 335  – 625    – 547.57
Barry Pensyl      -73  – 148    – 132  –  50-R     – 165  – 347     -529.59
LaVerne Myers  – 76  – 227    – 115  – 55-R      – 270  – 440    – 525.77
Dave DeForest  – 61  – 196   – 185   – 70-R      – 220  – 475    – 523.75
Robert Gilsdorf  – 68  – 140   – 115   -40-R      – 150   -305     – 449.38
Bill Clark           – 88 – 207.5 – 85    – 30-R      – 170  – 285     – 429.21
Lance Foster      -55  – 342    – 155  – 65-R      – 200  – 420    –  332.71
Chris Todd        – 41  – 267    – 260  – 83-L       – 0     – 343    – 268. 66
Leroy Todd        – 9   – 76      – 39.5 – 15-R      – 0      -54.5    – 142.68

WOMEN
Sylvia Stockall         – 63 – 140      -145    – 50-R     – 135   – 330     – 456.75
R.J. Jackson           – 59 – 107.8  – 110    -51-R      – 150   – 311    – 426.04
Elizabeth Skwarecki  – 40 – 143.7 –  140.5 – 55.5-L     -168   – 364    – 402.93
Lynda Burns            – 46 – 164    – 95       – 45-L       -160   – 300    – 322.89
Phoebe Todd            -10  – 109   – 42.5     -30-R       – 80    – 152.5  – 274.93
Chris DeRoller        – 59  – 160   – 55       – 35-R       -125   – 215     – 263.57
Janet Thompson     – 63  – 180   – 65      – 35-R       – 115   – 215     – 253.24

OFFICIALS:

Barry Bryan       – Denny Habecker, Barry Pensyl
Al Myers         – Chad Ullom, LaVerne Myers
Denny Habecker   – Barry Bryan, Barry Pensyl
Nicholas Frieders  – Bill Clark, Dave DeForest
Chad Ullom          – Al Myers, LaVerne Myers
Barry Pensyl         – Denny Habecker, Barry Bryan
LaVerne Myers     – Al Myers, Chad Ullom
Phoebe Todd        – Eric Todd, Lance Foster
Abe Smith –         – Bill Clark
Anthony Hose      – Bill Clark
John Carter         – Bill Clark
Eric Todd           – Lance Foster
DaveDeForest    – Bill Clark
Robert Gilsdorf   – Bill Clark
Bill Clark           – Dave DeForest
Lance Foster      – Eric Todd
Leroy Todd         – Chris Todd
Chris DeRoller    – Bill Clark
Janet Thompson – Bill Clark

Lifters With No Certified Official:
Randy Smith
Dave Hahn
Chris Todd
Sylvia Stockall
R.J. Jackson
Elizabeth Skwarecki
Lynda Burns

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