Welcome to the Club
By Al Myers
I just got done updating the USAWA Record List with the recent results from the USAWA National Championships. I usually let 2 or 3 meets go by before I update the online record list, but I wanted to get on this quick for one reason. That’s because I knew Randy Smith was standing at 99 USAWA records for one year (since last years Nationals) and I knew he had to set at least one record at Nationals to make the CENTURY CLUB.
And that he did, so welcome to the CENTURY CLUB Randy Smith. And then to my surprise Eric Todd has now made it as well. Congrats ET as I know you have working at this for a long, long time. Eric’s first USAWA competition was over 15 years ago in which he first set a USAWA record. With the addition of Randy and Eric to the CENTURY CLUB, the Men’s Club now stands at 23 members. Not much changed in the Men’s overall ranking. Denny still holds a commanding lead, over Art and myself. John McKean stills solid at number 4, and Joe Garcia and Dean Ross are tied at the number 5 spot. These 5 lifters are the only ones over the 300 record mark. Other changes include Scott Schmidt climbing a spot (past fellow Cleveland native the legendary Howard Prechtel) to number 12, and LaVerne Myers moving from number 16 to 14. Chris Waterman’s return at Nationals allowed him to add several records to his count, thus moving him up to a tie for 17th.
In the Women’s Century Club, there was a BIG CHANGE. RJ has finally overtaken Noi for the number one spot, with 271 records. Many consider Noi as the most decorated women’s lifter in the history of the USAWA, so this is a major accomplishment for RJ. Congrats RJ as I know you have worked very hard to achieve this. Mary Mac and Susan Sees round out the Women’s Century Club.
(The Trivia Answers blog will be ran tomorrow as I’m still getting responses from those who have taken the quiz)