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Clark’s Gym Record Day, November 2024 – Results
Leadership Award: Runner-Up
By Eric Todd
Runner-up in the leadership category: Bill Clark
This award is given the following description:
This is for an individual that has shown exceptional leadership qualities within the USAWA during the past year. Things that should be looked at are: going above the level expected of an Officer position, promoting sanctioned events with emphasis being on promoting National or World Competitions, promoting the USAWA by developing a strong club, writing articles for publications about the USAWA, or through other means.
This year’s runner-up in the Leadership category goes to Bill Clark. Bill has resurrected his “Clark’s Gym” USAWA club of late, bringing in many new lifters and revitalizing the lifting careers of others. He has sanctioned and promoted 6 events since last year’s nationals. I am quite certain he has the only commercial all-round gym in Missouri, and I am sure one of the few in the USA. His club members have competed in local, and distant meets including worlds, and they have a very strong presence in our quarterly postal events. This accolade is well deserved. Congrats, Bill!
Newcomer of the Year Award
By Eric Todd
Nick Frieders awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award!
The Newcomer of the year award is described as such:
This award goes to an individual who in new to the USAWA or has become involved again. It doesn’t have to go to someone in their first year of being involved in the USAWA.
This year, the winner in this category is Nick Frieders from Clark’s Gym. He started off strong by winning third place in the second quarter postal. He successfully completed all 11 lifts at Clark’s birthday weekend, and outright won three of the events. Nick was fifth overall in the 2022 Postal Championship, and was eighth this year in the first quarter postal. He most recently competed in the bench Press Decathlon. Nick is an energetic young lifter, and seemingly has a bright future in the USAWA. Well deserved, Nick. Congratulations!
Lifter of the Month of January 2022
By Eric Todd
Travis Luther with 1,800 in the harness lift enroute to 2,100. Photo by Gene Baumann
The nod for the first lifter of the month in 2022 goes to Clark’s gym member, Travis Luther, for winning this year’s installment of the Zercher Strength Classic. He did so in classic style, by coming from behind to defeat Nick Frieders (2021’s November lifter of the month) by dominating the chain lifts. Travis narrowly beat Chad Ullom for lifter of the month honors. Chad was the winner of the Dino Gym Challenge. Nick’s monstrous chain lifts is what put him over the top. At a bodyweight of 158, Nick put up a 1685 hip lift and a 2100 harness lift. To put that hip lift in perspective, for my first 10 years of all-round, my best hip lift was 1675, and those were done at a bodyweight of between 240-275. That is some fantastic chain lifting for seemingly a relative newcomer to all-round lifting and the chain lifts. It is a well-deserved honor, and I look to see where Travis goes in the future in these lifts. Congratulations, Travis Luther!