Final 2015 Postal Series Standings
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 20 lifters competed in the various postal meets, which is more lifters than competed last year. The first Postal Meet had 13 lifters, the second had 11 lifters, the third had 15 lifters, and the Postal Championship drew 12 lifters. Several lifters competed in ALL of the postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized. These lifters are Ruth Jackson, Mary McConnaughey, Crystal Diggs, Denny Habecker, Dean Ross, and Christian Schimpf.
Now for the overall rankings for the 2015 USAWA Postal Series!
WOMENS DIVISION – TOP FIVE
| PLACING | LIFTER | MEETS ENTERED | POINTS |
| 1 | Ruth Jackson | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Tressa Brooner | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Mary McConnaughey | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Crystal Diggs | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Jera Kressly | 1 | 3 |
MENS DIVISION – TOP TEN
| PLACING | LIFTER | MEETS ENTERED | POINTS |
| 1 | Denny Habecker | 4 | 33 |
| 2 | Barry Bryan | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | Al Myers | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Chad Ullom | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Christian Schimpf | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Dean Ross | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | LaVerne Myers | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Eric Todd | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Draven Kressly | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Austin Brewer | 1 | 6 |
Congrats to Ruth Jackson and Denny Habecker for being the OVERALL WINNERS of the 2015 USAWA Postal Series. Ruth won EVERY one of the quarterly postal meets! Denny didn’t win a single postal meet, but he shows that consistency in each meet can get you an OVERALL WIN in the Postal Series!
I want to thank everyone who participated in our Postal Meet Series. This partipation is what keeps our Postals going every year.