USAWA

By Scott Schmidt

2017 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greetings!

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)