National Championships
By Scott Schmidt
2017 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
This information is from Scott A. Schmidt. Al Myers asked me to provide a description of how our 2017 USAWA National Championship Competiton occured.
One Word? FANTASTIC! I was able to help Bob Geib who asked for this event last year. As always, we had to get a lot of things accomplished to make sure we could have a GREAT EVENT! When Bob had his first location in Vermilion cancel the event, I helped Bob re-locate our Meet to The West Park YMCA in Cleveland, Ohio. Thank God, every thing got in Beautiful Motion! We had all the equipment we needed at the YMCA to provide a very organized, smooth Meet. Also, we had a Great Location for our Awards Ceremony which was the West Park Station Resturant. They gave us a lot of room and great food. Very fun also to use their michrophone system to give everyone their awards. We got some Cool T-Shirts to detail our National Meet. And our Award Plaque is very Pro looking also.
We had a lot of details to do to accomplish this Wonderful Event. And all the folks who gave us their opinion gave us a Wonderful Congratulation! I am very pleased everything went well.
Al Myers will add the details of the results of all of our lifters to show names, weight class, lifting event, records, totals and place in class. I am sure you will be happy to see all the Great Accomplishments!
MEET RESULTS:
2017 USAWA National Championships
West Park YMCA
Cleveland, Ohio
June 24th & 25th, 2017
Meet Director: Bob Geib
Assistant Meet Director: Scott Schmidt
Announcers: Al Myers & John McKean
Scorekeepers: Al Myers & Judy Habecker
Officials (3-official system used): Scott Schmidt, Randy Smith, Denny Habecker, Frank Ciavattone, LaVerne Myers, Dennis Mitchell
Loaders: Aidan Habecker, Franklin, and Ryan
Lifts: DAY 1 Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1Bar 2″ One Hand, Clean and Push Press, Bentover Row, Deadlift – 2 Dumbbells DAY 2 Clean and Jerk – One Arm, Pullover and Push, Jefferson Lift
WOMENS DIVISION
LIFTER | AGE | BWT | VB1 | C&P | Row | DBDL | CJ1 | P&P | Jeff | TOT | PTS |
Susan Sees | 54 | 242 | 30L | 30 | 45 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 225 | 208.7 |
Kathy Schmidt | 59 | 187 | 0 | 20 | 35 | 45 | 7.5R | 17.5 | 45 | 170 | 189.3 |
EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS
Kathy Schmidt Clean and Push Press 27.5K
Kathy Schmidt Bentover Row 40K
Kathy Schmidt Dumbbell DL 55K
Kathy Schmidt Jefferson Lift 50K
MENS DIVISION
LIFTER | AGE | BWT | VB1 | C&P | Row | DBDL | CJ1 | P&P | Jeff | TOT | PTS |
Al Myers | 50 | 230 | 70R | 70 | 150 | 200 | 50R | 140 | 200 | 880 | 808.9 |
Randy Smith | 62 | 194 | 80R | 75 | 95 | 150 | 41R | 95 | 152.5 | 689 | 769.9 |
Chris Waterman | 63 | 145 | 60L | 50 | 67.5 | 120 | 25R | 80 | 130 | 533 | 719.9 |
Cody Lokken | 22 | 169 | 72.5R | 90 | 95 | 160 | 45R | 100 | 155 | 718 | 707.6 |
Denny Habecker | 74 | 194 | 47.5R | 55 | 90 | 125 | 27.5R | 92.5 | 120 | 558 | 684.2 |
John McKean | 71 | 154 | 55R | 10 | 70 | 120 | 10R | 40 | 120 | 425 | 587.4 |
Roger LaPointe | 46 | 161 | 52.5R | 65 | 80 | 120 | 37.5R | 45 | 135 | 535 | 582.3 |
Scott Schmidt | 64 | 232 | 65R | 65 | 100 | 125 | 27.5R | 75 | 105 | 563 | 579.6 |
LaVerne Myers | 73 | 240 | 80R | 35 | 75 | 120 | 20L | 55 | 120 | 505 | 548.2 |
Brandon Rein | 22 | 153 | 50R | 57.5 | 60 | 120 | 37.5R | 55 | 130 | 510 | 536.5 |
Jackson LaPointe | 10 | 66 | 20R | 12.5 | 22.5 | 50 | 10R | 12.5 | 55 | 183 | 536.4 |
Cale Dunlap | 22 | 161 | 57.5R | 55 | 60 | 120 | 35R | 60 | 125 | 513 | 521.3 |
Aidan Habecker | 13 | 140 | 58R | 30 | 35 | 90 | 22.5R | 0 | 101 | 337 | 469.5 |
Art Montini | 89 | 165 | 30R | 20 | 35 | 70 | 10R | 42.5 | 75 | 283 | 424.1 |
Dennis Mitchell | 85 | 144 | 30L | 10 | 35 | 70 | 7.5L | 25 | 70 | 248 | 395.6 |
Tim Moore | 37 | 291 | 72.5R | 105 | 155 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 370.1 |
Peeter Pirn | 53 | 200 | 72.5R | 52.5 | 95 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 330.9 |
Bob Geib | 74 | 256 | 45L | 25 | 45 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 245 | 258.2 |
Frank Ciavattone | 62 | 310 | 50L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 43.9 |
EXTRA ATTEMPTS FOR RECORDS
Jackson Lapointe VB DL 2″R 25K
Aidan Habecker VB DL 2″ R 60K
John McKean VB DL 2″ R 60K
Jackson LaPointe Clean and Push Press 14K
John McKean Bentover Row 75K
Cody Lokken Bentover Row 101K
Roger LaPointe Bentover Row 101K
Notes: BWT is bodyweight in pounds. All lifts recorded in kilograms. R and L designate right and left arms. TOT is total pounds lifted. PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight corrections. All lifters weighed in on DAY 2 in the same class as DAY 1.
BEST LIFTER AWARDS
Womens Master – Susan Sees
Womens Overall – Susan Sees
Mens Senior – Cody Lokken
Mens Master 45-49 – Roger LaPointe
Mens Master 50-54 – Al Myers
Mens Master 60-64 – Randy Smith
Mens Master 70-74 – Denny Habecker
Mens Master 85- 89 – Art Montini
Mens Master Overall – Al Myers
Mens Overall – Al Myers
Club Runner Up – Schmidt Barbell Club (2287.6 pts)
(Scott Schmidt, Kathy Schmidt, Bob Geib, Susan Sees, Chris Waterman, Peeter Pirn)
Club Overall – Dino Gym (3122.5 pts)
(Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Cody Lokken, Brandon Rein, Cale Dunlap)