USAWA

By Al Myers

There has always been some inconsistencies in how meet results have been turned in to me. Usually this is not a big problem as if I have questions I will send emails or make phone calls to get the answers.  However if some pertinent information that is required is missing  – lifts may not be eligible for records as this information is needed for the record list.  So what I’m saying today is important!

Simply put – this is the format I would like to see all meet results submitted to me to follow:

MEET RESULTS:

Name of Meet
Location of Meet
Date of Meet

Meet Director:  “Name”

Meet Announcer/Scorekeeper: “Name”

Meet Officials: “first state whether the 1-official or 3-official was used, and list names of all officials.  Only list certified USAWA officials.”

Lifts: “list events in order they occurred and use the OFFICIAL USAWA name for the lifts as stated in the USAWA Rulebook.”

WOMENS DIVISION

Lifter

Age

BWT

Lift1

Lift2

TOT

PTS

MENS DIVISION

Lifter

Age

BWT

Lift1

Lift2

TOT

PTS

TOT is total pounds or kilograms lifted. PTS are overall adjusted points corrected for age and bodyweight adjustments.

Other information that is very important and needs to be included with meet results:

• Lifters names spelled correctly in meet results
• For record days make sure to identify lifters as male or female
• Make clear whether the lifts were recorded in pounds or kilograms
• If a lift is a one arm lift, make sure to state right or left arm used
• Only submit results for lifters that are USAWA members! Submitting results for non-members may result in meet sanction being revoked
• Age must be declared in years. Do not submit age group only.
• Bodyweight must be submitted in pounds or kilograms. Do not submit bodyweight class only.
• Always list lifts with official USAWA name as specified in Rulebook

I’ve made a PDF of these guidelines for meet promoters to print off – meet-result-protocols

I’ve also included this meet result protocol page  under the section “forms and applications” for easy reference.

*** PLEASE SEND IN MEET RESULTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN EVENT***

I should recieve meet results the following week after a weekend competition. After that it is “old news” and appears to me that the meet results must not be that news worthy and/or important to the promoter. I’m very busy myself yet I always get the results on the website within a couple of days of recieving them, so that’s not an excuse to me.

*** PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK THE MEET RESULTS FOR ACCURACY***

Turning in accurate meet results is the responsibility of the promoter. To many times errors are found after the meet results have been published.  This creates additional work for me to edit these mistakes after the meet results are on the website.