USAWA

I am going to go out on a limb for July’s lifter of the month.  Since there, were no meets contested in July, but the second quarter postal goes through the end of June and is reported n July, I will use that for the lifter of the month.  After making that determination, the selection was easy.  Ruth Jackson is your 2021 July lifter of the month!  Ruth won one of the more impressive postal women’s division I have seen in dominating fashion.  She defeated National and World Champion Elizabeth Skwarecki and Canadian lifter Sylvia Stockall by over 100 points apiece.  Ruth has been a dominant force in the USAWA for many moons now.  This is her 5th time being named lifter of the month for the USAWA. Please join me in congratulating Ruth on being July 2021 Lifter of the Month!

Since I have taken over as Secretary of the USAWA back in June, I have been planning to pick back up with naming lifters of the month of our organization.  Well, I am a bit behind, but I intend on catching up.  With June being our National Championship, I am picking from our National Champs for this months recognition.  Abe Smith gets the nod over Beth Skwarecki for June’s lifter of the month for besting 3 former National Champions in Denny Habecker, Mike McBride, and Randy Smith.  Abe totaled 1120 pounds, and outscored 2nd place by over 50 points.  Congrats to Abe for being named Lifter of the Month of June 2021!

By Eric Todd

The title pretty much sums it up.  Scottish Johnny updated the team records, and they are now posted current as of today.  I have not paid them much mind thus far, as I have never done anything with the team lifts (though I have considered it),  It is a rather lean list to date, but could be fun if you had someone of similar build to try a few with. (Edit-It was not as lean as I thought.  The list as it was updated was not a complete list!  The complete list is now posted).

By Eric Todd

Over the past few months, we have had 3 now “officials in training” pass their officials exam.  Abe Smith, Clint Poore, and Beth Skwarecki have all passed the test, and are now just 3 practical training sessions away from becoming Level 1 officials in the USAWA.  These are all very exciting, but particularly Clint Poore, as he could potentially open up a new territory of exposure for the USAWA.  Good job guys; I looks forward to seeing your contribution to the USAWA officials program!