Team Championships
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
2013 USAWA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
I'm a little reluctant to share this picture, as I don't want to discourage participation in the Team Championships. But Team lifting can be a different challenge - and when things go bad - there can be a disaster! It's pretty easy to tell how this lift ended for Chad and I as we were preparing for the Team Champs a few years back!!! Not good and it was all Chad's fault.
Every year the Dino Gym has an annual weekend celebration which we call the DINO DAYS. It usually includes competitions of different kinds, and lots of good food and socializing! This year will be no exception to that. It is a gym affair, but the invite goes out to anyone else who wants to show up and be part of the fun. Also, as has been the case the past few years, the USAWA Team Championships will be held at the Dino Gym that same weekend.
The Team Championships are different than any other type of meet that you can enter. It involves having a teammate that joins you in lifting – with BOTH of you lifting on the bar at the SAME TIME! Team Lifting has three categories for Team Lifts: 2-Man (male & male), 2-Female (female & female), and Mixed Pair (female and male). The weight class the team is entered in is the weight class of the heaviest lifter, and the age group the team is entered in is the age class of the youngest lifter. An exception is if a Junior lifter is teamed with a Senior (20-39 age) or Master Lifter (great than age 40). In that case, the age class designation will be designated as open.
This is a fun event to compete in. As I’ve said before – if you have a bad day you can always blame it on your partner! And if you have a great day – you can take all the credit! This is one of the “signature events” in the USAWA since it is one of our Championship Events, and the winners will be declared the USAWA Team Champions for the year.
ENTRY FORM – TeamChampionships2013