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National Championships

By Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Good news for the USAWA is about here! After much discussion by the USAWA Executive Board, it has been decided that the USAWA is ready to get back to business.

I will be promoting the National Championship at the Dino Gym on June 19th.  It will be a one day meet with the Annual Meeting and meal to follow the day’s lifting. At the meeting we will as a group discuss the future plans for the USAWA – but I’m hoping that all will be in favor of just resuming normal operations.

The meet will be ran in the two-session format as normal for a Nationals.  The approved lifts for the Nationals are: Cheat Curl, 1 arm Snatch, Clean and Press with heels together, Deadlift with a Ciavattone Grip on the Fulton Bar, and the 1 arm deadlift.  This is a pretty straight forward selection of lifts that are pretty common all round lifts, so training preparations should be easier. I proposed these lifts with that in mind as I know this is “short notice” in regards to the Nationals announcement.

The Nationals will be limited to the first 15 lifters that register.  Space is limited in the Dino Gym and I don’t want a large crowd “packed around”. We still need to be cognizant of the COVID risk recommendations. If you are attending please don’t bring alot of people with you to watch.

 

ENTRY FORM (PDF) – 2021 National Championships Entry Form

USAWA History – 1991 Nationals

by Al Myers

This was the Ambridge Barbell Clubs first promotion of the USAWA National Championships. Art Montini and John McKean were the meet directors.  This meet at Ambridge drew 34 lifters, which is one of the best turnouts in the history of the USAWA National Championships.  Ambridge BBC ran away with the team title, as well as Art Montini taking the overall best lifter award. Steve Schmidt was the top Open lifter with a point total of 2270.1 points.  At 63 years of age, Art ended up with a total age/bodyweight adjusted points of 2500.0.  Frank Ciavattone had the best total of the day with 6105 pounds.  This appeared to me to be a very difficult meet over the course of two day with 3 chains involved – Neck, Hand and Thigh, and the Hip.  Add on other “tough lifts” like the Hack Lift, Steinborn, and the Zercher Lift, and this National Meet could have been the HARDEST National Meet ever!!

Several elite USAWA members made their National Meet debut here – Joe Ciavattone, Bob Geib, John Monk, Rex Monahan, and John Kurtz.

MEET RESULTS

1991 USAWA National Championships
July 13-14, 1991
Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Meet Director: Art Montini and John McKean

Lifts: One-Hand Clean and Jerk, Hack Lift, Pullover and Push, Steinborn, Hand and Thigh, Continental Snatch, One-Hand Deadlift, Zercher Lift, Neck Lift, Hip Lift

Men: Top Ten Placings
1. Art Montini, Pennsylvania
2. Bill DiCioccio Sr., Pennsylvania
3. Steve Schmidt, Missouri
4. Barry Bryan, Pennsylvania
5. Roger Lynch, Massachusetts
6. John McKean, Pennsylvania
7. Jim Malloy, Ohio
8. Joe Garcia, Missouri
9. John Monk, Pennsylvania
10. Frank Ciavattone, Massachusetts

Women: Top Three Placings
1. Jeanne Burchett, Pennsylvania
2. Noi Phumchaona, Ohio
3. Suree Hughes, Ohio

Best Lifter Awards:
Women Masters – Jeanne Burchett
Women Open – Jeanne Burchett
Men Junior – Robbie McKean
Men 20-39 Age Group – Steve Schmidt
Men 40-44 Age Group – Paul Montini
Men 45-49 Age Group – John McKean
Men 50-54 Age Group – Bill DiCioccio Sr.
Men 55-59 Age Group – Dennis Mitchell
Men 60-64 Age Group – Art Montini
Men 65-69 Age Group – Howard Prechtel
Men Master – Art Montini
Men Open – Steve Schmidt