Final 2014 Postal Series Rankings
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 18 lifters competed in the various postal meets, which is the EXACT number of lifters who competed last year. The first Postal Meet had 8 lifters, the second had 13 lifters, the third had 7 lifters, and the Postal Championship drew 10 lifters. Several lifters competed in ALL of the postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized. These lifters are Ruth Jackson, Eric Todd, Denny Habecker, Barry Bryan, and Lance Foster.
Now for the overall rankings for the 2014 USAWA Postal Series!
WOMENS DIVISION – TOP THREE
| PLACING | LIFTER | MEETS ENTERED | POINTS |
| 1 | Ruth Jackson | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Crystal Diggs | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Molly Myers | 1 | 2 |
MENS DIVISION – TOP TEN
| PLACING | LIFTER | MEETS ENTERED | POINTS |
| 1 | Chad Ullom | 3 | 31 |
| 2 | Eric Todd | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Barry Bryan | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | Denny Habecker | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Al Myers | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Dan Wagman | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Lance Foster | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Randy Smith | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Tim Piper | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Logan Kressly | 1 | 5 |
Congrats to Ruth Jackson and Chad Ullom for being the OVERALL WINNERS of the 2014 USAWA Postal Series. Ruth won EVERY one of the quarterly postal meets, and Chad placed 1st in the first and second postal, and second in the Postal Championships.