Postal Series

The 2022 Postal series had great participation again! Over the 4 Postals we had 37 men and 9 women that competed in at least one postal. So the overall ranking for the postals was done again using the same scoring system as in the past. The overall placing in the meet determines you points. I.E.- if three lifters compete, lifter number one gets 3 points, lifter number 2 gets 2 points and lifter number three gets 1 point.Obviously then, as more lifters enter, more points can be earned for winning and all lifters earn points regardless where they place overall. Just entering will earm points toward the Postal Series Ranking. The Postal Championships is worth “double pionts”. Several lifters that competed in all the Postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized. These lifters are the GRAND SLAM WINNERS: Beth Skwarecki, R.J. Jackson,Stacy Todd, Kim Van Wagner, Phoebe Todd, Janet Thompson, Abe Smith, Randy Smith, Nick Frieders, Dave Hahn, John J. Carter, Dave DeForest, Jarod Fobes, Barry Pensyl, Denny Habecker, Chris Todd, Tony Lupo, Eric Todd, LeRoy Todd, Everett Todd and Bill Clark.

Now for the overall ranking for the 2022 USAWA Postal Series!

WOMEN’S DIVISION – TOP FIVE

PLACING       LIFTER                   MEETS ENTERED     POINTS

1-Tie            Beth Skwarecki                  4                      33

1-Tie            R.J. Jackson                      4                      33

3            Stacy Todd                        4                     20

4           Kim Van Wagner                4                      19

5           Phoebe Todd                     4                       17

MEN’S DIVISION – TOP TEN

PLACING      LIFTER              MEETS ENTERED     POINTS

1              Abe Smith                    4                     115

2            Randy Smith                  4                     104

3            Nick Frieders                 4                      97

4           John J. Carter                 4                      95

5.          Dave DeForest                4                      84

6.         Anthony Hose                  3                     78

7.         Dave Hahn                      4                     76

8.         Eric Todd                        4                      65

8.         Barry Pensyl                   4                      65

10.       Denny Habecker             4                      64

This has been a great year for our USAWA Postal Series. The overall Champions for the 2022 USAWA Postal Series are WOMEN- BETH SKWARECKI in a tie with RJ JACKSON and MEN – ABE SMITH. Congrats to those two lifters and thank you to everyone who participated in the Postal Series last year.

 

 

Century Club Update

By Eric Todd

Dave DeForest-One of our newest members of the Century Club

Dave DeForest-One of our newest members of the Century Club

With the newest record update, I figured it was time to take a new look at the Century Club.  And there has been some movement.  The men’s Century Club, our biggest mover was no surprise.  It was Abe smith, and if he is in a meet, you know he is challenging for top honors, and records are going to be one of the many casualties in his wake.  Abe jumped up 39 records in his count, and that moved him up 9 spots to number 17.  Randy Smith jumped up the second most spots by moving four to number 25 on our list.  Big Frank Ciavattone improved his count by 21 records, and that saw him go from eighth on our list to seventh.  Myself and our founder, Bill Clark moved up 20 and 19 records, respectively, but maintained what place we sit in.  Biggest news in the men’s division is the addition of Dave DeForest, of Clark’s Gym.  This makes Dave the fifth member of Clark’s Gym to make the cut.  Dave sits at 111 records and is tied for 28th place.

Phoebe Todd becomes the fifth member of the Women's Century Club, and the youngest member to ever do it at age 12

Phoebe Todd becomes the fifth member of the Women’s Century Club, and the youngest member to ever do it at age 12

The Women’s Division once again saw very little movement.  RJ Jackson stands firm in first place, Noi Phumchona stays in second, Mary McConnaughey in third, and Susan Sees in fourth.  This is the way this list has looked for some time.  There is a new name on the list, though.  Young Phoebe Todd has broken through the Century mark at 104 records.  Unless I am missing something (and I am not), Phoebe is the youngest member ever of the Century Club.  She joins the ranks at a mere twelve years of age.

Below is a link to the club:

Record List and Century Club

Plese note, our records director John Strangeway has been doing some work on cleaning this list up.  So if you are unsure why your count is lower than you think, that is why.  There were duplicate records for the same lift spanning decades.  So, for a time, you might have had a record listed that had since been beat, but your record remained on the books.  So, while we are not claiming it is perfect, this should be a more accurate reflection of where you stand in the record count.

New record List Out

By Eric Todd
The newest record list is out and posted. This list is current through the “Lift for Leroy Record Day.” If you are uncertain if your record should be included or not, please refer to the results page. If your lift was completed in a meet that was posted after “Lift for Leroy” it is not and should not be posted yet. Hope you guys enjoy Johnny’s work, and to see where you and your friends fall on the records list. Will be posting an update on the century club soon.

2022 National Postal Championship

By Denny Habecker

Dan Wagman executes a Bench Press-Reverse Grip in the National Postal Championship.

Dan Wagman executes a Bench Press-Reverse Grip in the National Postal Championship.

We had great participation in the 2022 4th Quarter Postal again, with 24 men and 7 women taking part. There  were some great lifts done in this meet, with many records set or broken. Jeff Ciavattone set a tough standard in the men’s division and Beth Skwarecki placed at the top of the women’s division.

4th Quarter Postal – October 1 thru December 31, 2022

The Lifts : Bench Press- Reverse Grip, Deadlift – Dumbbell – One Hand, Zercher

Records are marked with an * All weights are in Pounds

MEN’S DIVISION:

Jeff Ciavattone    – 43    – 240        – 315 *      – 425 -R*       – 450 *       – 1190    – 1003
Abe Smith          – 41    – 180       – 270 *      – 300 -R*        -370 *        –  940     -910.76
Randy Smith      – 68     – 197       – 155         – 228.5 -R      – 295           – 678.5  – 807.4
Anthony Hose    – 53    –  228       – 285 *       – 280 – R*     – 275           – 840     – 796.91
Nick Frieder       – 22     -153        – 165         – 248  -R       – 340            – 753     – 791.4
Dave Hahn        – 85    – 142        – 100         – 125 – L        – 190            – 415    – 761.44
Barry Bryan       – 64   – 185        – 226 *      – 187 – R       – 220            – 633     – 739.42
John J. Carter    – 64  –  215        – 115         – 260 – R*     – 300*           – 675     – 724.61
Dave DeForest   – 62   – 190         – 170        – 238 -L*       – 200            – 608     – 688.38
Frank Ciavattone- 67  – 276       – 155         – 310 – R*      – 225            – 690    –   672.47
Jarrod Fobes      – 45 – 209      – 240          – 235  -R        – 215             – 690      – 637.78
Dan Wagman         – 175.8       – 331 *      – 331 -L*        –   0              – 662       – 637.77
Barry Pensyl    – 74 –    140       –  44        –  154 – R       – 176             – 374       – 601.14
Denny Habecker -80 -181        – 88 *        – 176 -R*      – 143             – 407        – 600.95
Chris Todd        – 43 – 270       -225 *       – 280 – R*      – 225 *          -730         – 579.04
Wade Marchand -53 – 162     – 155 *       – 211 -L*       – 112              -478         – 552.38
Eric Todd         – 47  – 263      – 225         – 300 – L*       -135             – 660         – 551.63
Tony Lupo       – 56  – 236.5    – 250*       – 165-R*          – 155        –   570       –   544.65
Leroy Todd      – 11   -92.4       – 45*        – 90-R*            – 80          –   215       –   451.82
Sanjiv Gupta   – 51  -194.9       – 0          – 170-R         – 175             –  345        –  381.63
Mark Raymond -59   -226        -125*       – 170-L *       – 55               –  350        – 352.42
Everett Todd   – 9    – 86         – 40*         – 70-R*         –  45               – 155         -351.11
Lance Foster  – 57  – 263        – 0            – 210-R*      – 135               – 345         – 315.05
Bill Clark       – 90  – 197.5     -55*          -108-R*        –  0                 -163      –     258.30

WOMEN:

Beth Skwarecki   – 42 – 145      – 121*      – 187-L*       -222*            – 531       – 596.64
R.J. Jackson       – 61  – 103.4   – 100       – 171-R        – 67                – 338       – 479.62
Stacy Todd      –   39  – 180.4   – 120*      – 205-R*      – 170*            – 495        – 469.50
Kim Van Wagner -55    -124      – 95          -95-R          -130               – 320       – 453.12
Lily Todd           – 13   – 137.8   – 80*        – 115-R*     – 110*             – 305      –  416.51
Phoebe Todd     – 12   – 118      – 50*        -120-R*      – 70*              – 240        –  405
Janet Thompson -65   -165      – 40*        – 75- R*       -45*              – 160        201.94

OFFICIALS:

Abe Smith- Bill Clark, Tony Lupo, Dave DeForest
Nick Frieders- Bill Clark, Tony Lupo, Dave DeForest
Anthony Hose- Tony Lupo, Abe Smith, Dave DeForest
John Carter- Tony Lupo, Abe Smith, Dave DeForest
Tony Lupo- Bill Clark, Abe Smith, Dave DeForest
Dave DeForest- Bill Clark, Tony Lupo
Bill Clark     – Dave DeForest, Tony Lupo
Janet Thompson – Bill Clark, Tony Lupo
Chris Todd – Eric Todd, Lance Foster, Jeff Rigby[Probational}
Leroy Todd- Eric Todd, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, J. Rigby
Stacy Todd – Eric Todd, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, J. Rigby
Lilly Todd – Eric Todd, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, J. Rigby
Phoebe Todd – Eric Todd, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, J. Rigby
Eric Todd – Chris Todd, Lance Foster, Jeff Rigby
Lance Foster – Chris Todd, Jeff Rigby
Jeff Ciavattone – Frank Ciavattone, Mark Raymond
Frank Ciavattone- Jeff Ciavattone, Mark Raymond
Wade Marchand – Jeff Ciavattone, Mark Raymond
Mark Raymond- Frank Ciavattone, Jeff Ciavattone
Barry Bryan- Denny Habecker, Bethh Skwarecki
Denny Habecker- Barry Bryan, Beth Skwarecki
Beth Skwarecki – Barry Bryan, Denny Habecker
Dan Wagman – R.J. Jackson

Lifters with no Certified Official:

Randy Smith, Jarrod Fobes, Barry Pensyl, Sanjiv Guota,

R.J. Jackson, Kim Van Wagner

 

 

 

 

 

Recording Records-Converting Kilos to Pounds

A few years ago the call was made to allow partial pounds in our record book. This was mostly due to converting kilograms meets to pounds to not shortchange the US crowd. This carried over to using half pounds throughout. It has been requested by a member we adhere to the organization’s rules and no longer use partial lbs. All current partial records will be rounded down as per the rules of the USAWA. Please remember for future record attempts to no longer use partial pounds.
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