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2020 Postal Series

By Al Myers

The USAWA has 4 postal meets per year (March, June, September, and December), with the last one being designated as the Postal Championships. All these together make up the Postal Meet Series. Each postal meet a lifter competes in generates points for him/her, that total up for the final Postal Series Ranking.

The way the points are generated is pretty simple. I take the overall placings of the meet and then reverse “the count” for the points earned for each lifter. I.E – if three lifters compete lifter number 1 gets 3 points, lifter number 2 gets 2 points, and lifter number three gets 1 point. The Postal Championships is worth “double points”. Obviously then, as more lifters enter more points can be earned for winning the meet, and ALL lifters earn points regardless where they place overall. Just entering will earn points toward the Postal Series Ranking.

Overall there was good participation in the USAWA Postal Meets last year. A total of 39 lifters competed in the various postal meets, which is 10 more lifters than competed last year. The first Postal Meet had 19 lifters, the second had 25 lifters, the third had 31 lifters, and the Postal Championship drew 24 lifters. Several lifters competed in ALL of the postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized.  These lifters are the GRAND SLAM WINNERS:  Eric Todd, Abe Smith, John Strangeway, Denny Habecker, Dave DeForest, Barry Pensyl, Dean Ross, Bill Clark, RJ Jackson, Elizabeth Skwarecki, Sylvia Stockall, Phoebe Todd, Lynda Burns

Now for the overall rankings for the 2020 USAWA Postal Series!

2020 POSTAL SERIES SUMMARY

Postal Meet Winners

POSTAL MEET MEN WOMEN
1st Quarter Postal John Strangeway RJ Jackson
2nd Quarter Postal Abe Smith Elizabeth Skwarecki
3rd Quarter Postal Jeff Ciavattone Amorkor Ollennuking
Postal Championships Eric Todd RJ Jackson

GRAND SLAM WINNERS: Eric Todd, Abe Smith, John Strangeway, Denny Habecker, Dave DeForest, Barry Pensyl, Dean Ross, Bill Clark, RJ Jackson, Elizabeth Skwarecki, Sylvia Stockall, Phoebe Todd, Lynda Burns

Final Postal Series Rankings

WOMENS DIVISION – TOP TEN

PLACING LIFTER MEETS ENTERED POINTS
1 TIE RJ Jackson 4 33
1 TIE Elizabeth Skwarecki 4 33
3 Sylvia Stockall 4 30
4 Lynda Burns 4 17
5 Phoebe Todd 4 16
6 Natalie Collins 1 10
7 Janet Thompson 3 9
8 Amorkor Ollenuking 1 8
9 Olivia Collins 1 4
10 Crystal Diggs 3 3

MENS DIVISION – TOP TEN

PLACING LIFTER MEETS ENTERED POINTS
1 John Strangeway 4 76
2 TIE Abe Smith 4 71
2 TIE Eric Todd 4 71
4 Denny Habecker 4 56
5 Dave DeForest 4 55
6 Barry Pensyl 4 52
7 Barry Bryan 3 41
8 Tony Hose 3 39
9 Al Myers 2 34
10 TIE Christopher Lestan 1 30
10 TIE John Carter 2 30

It was very CLOSE for the overall winner in the Women’s Division, and ended up being a tie between RJ Jackson and Elizabeth Skwarecki.  Sylvia Stockall was very close behind these two, only trailing by 3 points. A total of 11 women competed in the various postal meets (the most ever) so for the first time we had a TOP TEN for the Women’s Division.

The Men’s Division was very close as well, with John Strangeway taking the title of Overall Champion of the USAWA Postal Series.  Behind him was a close tie for second with Abe Smith and Eric Todd.  The strength and depth of the Mens Division was the best ever, and it took competing in every postal meet to make the top five overall.  A total of 28 men entered at least one postal competition which is the most ever.

I want to thank everyone who participated in our Postal Meet Series.  This participation is what keeps our Postals going every year. I also want to mention and give credit to our Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker who makes all this happen.  A full historical archive of the past Postal Meet Series is kept on the website, under “history”.

1st Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

The 1st Quarter results are in and we had great participation despite the pandemic we are going through right now. Eric Todd’s KC Strongman Club had 7 entries, and it was great to see 3 entries from Bill Clark’s gym. John Strangeway was the top male lifter by a wide margin and R.J. Jackson edged out Sylvia Stockall in the woman’s division.

MEET RESULTS

1st Quarter Postal
January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020

The Lifts- Swing – Dumbbell, One Arm, Deadlift- No Thumb, One Arm, Deadlift- 2 Bars

John Strangeway   – 41  – 206   – 110 L – 225 R  – 550 – 895 – 802.62

Dave Deforest       – 60  – 195   – 50 L   – 170 L  – 390 – 610 – 669.23

Abe Smith            – 38   – 181   -115 L  – 195 R –  390 – 700 – 662.55

John Carter          – 61   – 219   – 75 R   – 200 R  – 350 – 625 – 648.35

Denny Habecker   – 77   – 182   – 61 R  – 132 R   – 253 – 446 – 631.40

Barry Pensyl        – 72    – 150  – 57 R  – 113 R   – 250  – 420 – 626.33

Eric Todd             – 45    – 257  – 115 L – 175 R   – 402 – 692  -574.20

Mike Lucht           – 37   – 230  – 100 L  – 175 L   – 402  -677  – 560.89

Bill Clark             – 87   – 209   – 10 R    – 135 R   – 200 – 345  – 511.42

Chris Todd          – 40    – 275  – 90 R   – 160 R   – 382  – 632  – 482.56

Dean Ross         – 77    – 237   – 40 L     – 95 L    – 190  – 325 – 397.55

Lance Foster      – 54    – 347   – 45 L    – 141 R   – 302  – 488 – 381.10

Leroy Todd        – 8      – 17.5  – 17.5 R –   40 R  –  70 – 127.5 – 368.35

Woman’s Division:

R.J. Jackson      – 58    – 106     – 50 R    – 95 R  – 180    –  325   –  537.54

Sylvia Stockall CAN – 62    – 140     – 50 R    – 96 R  – 210    – 356    – 534.95

Beth Skwarecki – 39    – 143     – 61 R    – 121 R – 263.5 – 445.5 – 490.31

Lynda Burns     – 45    – 180    –  45 L     – 110 L – 210    – 365    – 367.51

Phoebe Todd    – 9      –  93     – 23 R      – 40 L   – 70     – 133    – 277.50

Crystal Diggs   – 33    – 165    – 30 R      – 75 R  – 150    – 255    – 255.43

Lifters with Certified Official:
John Strangeway – Eric Todd, Lance Foster, Chris Todd
Eric Todd           – John Strangeway, Lance Foster
Mike Lucht         – Eric Todd, Lace Foster, John Strangeway
Chris Todd         – Eric Todd
Lance Foster      – Eric Todd
Leroy Todd        – Eric Todd
Phoebe Todd     – Eric Todd, Lance Foster, John Strangeway
Dave DeForest  – Bill Clark
John Carter      – Bill Clark
Bill Clark         – Dave DeForest
Dean Ross      – Denny Habecker
Crystal Diggs  – R.J. Jackson

Lifters without Certified Officials:
Abe Smith
Denny Habecker
Barry Pensyl
R.J. Jackson
Sylvia Stockall
Beth Skwarecki
Lynda Burns

2020 Postal Series

By Al Myers

The entire 2020 Postal Series Meets has been announced.  The USAWA has had a long history of promoting postal meets, and for the last several years have hosted a Postal Series, consisting of 4 quarterly Postal Meets with the last one being the USAWA Postal Championships.

The promotion of these meets are done by the USAWA, under the direction of the Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker.  All scoresheets are to be sent to Denny as he does the formula calculations for the final meet standings. There is no entry fee to enter the USAWA Postal Meets. The Postal series is sponsored by the USAWA.  However, you must be a current member of the USAWA to participate.

Postal Meets are a great way to get introduced to All Round Weightlifting. Denny picks a variety of different lifts for each meet.  Rules for the lifts are found in the USAWA Rule Book, which is available for free download from the website.

Now for the lifts of this years Postal Series!

1st Quarter Postal Meet – January 1st to March 31st
Swing – Dumbbell, One Arm
Deadlift – No Thumb, One Arm
Deadlift – 2 Bars

2nd Quarter Postal Meet – April 1st to June 30th
Curl – Cheat, Reverse Grip
Snatch – Dumbbell, One Arm
Clean and Push Press

3rd Quarter Postal Meet – July 1st to September 30th
Lateral Raise – Lying
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip, One Arm
Continental to Belt

Postal Championships – October 1st to December 31st
Snatch – From Hang
Deadlift – Dumbbell, One Arm
Pullover and Push

All entry forms for the USAWA Postal Meets are found in upcoming events in the right column of the website homepage.

Postal Series 2019

By Al Myers

The USAWA has 4 postal meets per year (March, June, September, and December), with the last one being designated as the Postal Championships. All these together make up the Postal Meet Series. Each postal meet a lifter competes in generates points for him/her, that total up for the final Postal Series Ranking.

The way the points are generated is pretty simple. I take the overall placings of the meet and then reverse “the count” for the points earned for each lifter. I.E – if three lifters compete lifter number 1 gets 3 points, lifter number 2 gets 2 points, and lifter number three gets 1 point. The Postal Championships is worth “double points”. Obviously then, as more lifters enter more points can be earned for winning the meet, and ALL lifters earn points regardless where they place overall. Just entering will earn points toward the Postal Series Ranking.

Overall there was good participation in the USAWA Postal Meets last year. A total of 29 lifters competed in the various postal meets, which is more lifters than competed last year. The first Postal Meet had 15 lifters, the second had 20 lifters, the third had 16 lifters, and the Postal Championship drew 20 lifters. Several lifters competed in ALL of the postal meets last year and they deserve to be recognized.  These lifters are the GRAND SLAM WINNERS:  John Strangeway, Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Denny Habecker, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, Dean Ross, RJ Jackson, Sylvia Stockall, Lynda Burns

Now for the overall rankings for the 2019 USAWA Postal Series!

2019 POSTAL SERIES SUMMARY

Postal Meet Winners

POSTAL MEET MEN WOMEN
1st Quarter Postal John Strangeway RJ Jackson
2nd Quarter Postal Al Myers Sylvia Stockall
3rd Quarter Postal Al Myers RJ Jackson
Postal Championships John Strangeway RJ Jackson

GRAND SLAM WINNERS: John Strangeway, Al Myers, LaVerne Myers, Denny Habecker, Chris Todd, Lance Foster, Dean Ross, RJ Jackson, Sylvia Stockall, Lynda Burns

Final Postal Series Rankings

WOMENS DIVISION – TOP FIVE

PLACING LIFTER MEETS ENTERED POINTS
1 RJ Jackson 4 20
2 Sylvia Stockall 4 18
3 Lynda Burns 4 13
5T Crystal Diggs 3 5
5T Phoebe Todd 2 5

MENS DIVISION – TOP TEN

PLACING LIFTER MEETS ENTERED POINTS
1T John Strangeway 4 66
1T Al Myers 4 66
3 Eric Todd 3 43
4 Denny Habecker 4 39
5 LaVerne Myers 4 33
6 Barry Bryan 2 30
7 Barry Pensyl 3 29
8 John Douglas 3 27
9 Greg Cook 1 26
10 Chris Todd 4 23

RJ Jackson was the Postal Series Champion in the Womens Division.  She barely edged out Sylvia Stockall, who got second.  For the first time ever there was a tie for the Overall in the Mens Division.  John Strangeway and myself ended in a tie at 66 points.

I want to thank everyone who participated in our Postal Meet Series.  This participation is what keeps our Postals going every year. I also want to mention and give credit to our Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker who makes all this happen.  A full historical archive of the past Postal Meet Series is kept on the website, under “history”.

COMING SOON…. full details regarding the 2020 USAWA Postal Series

Postal Championships

By Denny Habecker

2019 USAWA POSTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

We had a very good turnout for the 2019  Postal Championships, with 15 men and 5 woman competing. We also had some of our youngest lifters ever take part. John Strangeway was our men’s champion and R.J. Jackson was our women’s champion.

MEET RESULTS:

2019 USAWA Postal Championships

October 1st ,2019 to December 31st, 2019

Meet Promoter: Denny Habecker

The Lifts: Press- Dumbbell, One Arm, Deadlift- 2 Dumbbells, Push Press- From Rack

Men’s Division

Name                   Age  BWT                                Total    Points

John Strangeway – 41 – 207 –  105 -L  – 480 – 230   – 815  – 728.71

Al Myers             – 53 – 232 –   80 – R  – 475 – 150   – 705  – 662.81

Greg Cook          – 62 – 255  –  55 – R  – 440  – 185  – 680 – 657.57

Eric Todd            – 44 – 252  – 120 – R – 350  – 270  – 740  – 614.14

Dave Glasgow    – 66  – 250  – 75  – L  – 350  – 170  – 595  – 599.60

Barry Bryan       – 61  – 187  – 77  – R  – 308  – 143  – 528  – 598.23

Mike Lucht         – 37  – 236 – 101 – R  – 380  – 250  – 731  – 597.59

Denny Habecker – 77  – 184 –  61 – R   – 254  – 110  – 425  – 549.43

Barry Pensyl       – 71  – 150 – 40  – R   – 240  – 87    – 367  – 516.02

Chris Todd          – 40  – 269 – 70  – L   – 340   – 200  – 610  – 471.37

LaVerne Myers    – 75  – 228 – 30 – L    – 280   – 70    – 380  – 464.86

Nikolai Lucht       – 7   –  61   – 15 – R   – 80     – 35    – 130  – 448.64

Dean Ross          – 77  – 232  – 35 – L   – 200    – 75    – 310 – 386.04

Lance Foster       – 54  – 346  – 50 – R   – 280    – 135  – 465 – 363.52

Leroy Todd          – 8   – 68    – 10 – R   – 70      – 25    – 105 – 316.05

Women’s Division

R.J. Jackson        58    – 106  – 35 – R   – 160    – 90    – 285  – 471.38

Sylvia Stockall     61    – 140  – 45 -R    – 190    – 100  – 335  – 456.19

Lynda I Burns      45    – 175  – 35 – L    – 180   – 100  –  315  – 325.15

Phoebe Todd        9      – 88   – 13 – R    –  70    – 30    –  113  – 249.79

Crystal Diggs      33     – 163  – 20 – R    – 80     – 45     – 145  – 146.34

Lifters With a Certified Official:

John Strangeway-  Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Al Myers             – Laverne Myers
Greg Cook          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Eric Todd            – Lance Foster, John Strangeway
Dave Glasgow     – Laverne Myers
Barry Bryan         – Denny Habecker
Mike Lucht          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Denny Habecker  – Barry Bryan
Chris Todd          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Laverne Myers    – Al Myers
Nikolia Lucht       – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Dean Ross          – Lance Foster, Eric Todd
Lance Foster       – Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Leroy Todd         – Eric Todd, Lance Foster
Phoebe Todd       – Lance Foster, Eric Todd, John Strangeway
Crystal Diggs      – R.J. Jackson

Lifters without Certified Officials :

Barry Pensyl
R.J. Jackson
Sylvia Stockall
Lynda I. Burns

Notes: All weights are recorded in pounds- Total is pounds lifted. Points are adjusted points corrected for bodyweight and age.

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