USAWA

The USAWA National Meet was held Saturday 27 June 2026 in Columbia, MO. Besides our insufferable humidity and road construction, MO is the land of the University of Missouri, nice rolling terrain, Civil War History, the Katy Trail, Route 66, and delicious BBQ which we hope you enjoyed! We welcomed 19 lifters representing six USAWA clubs including our eastern and westernmost (Frank’s Barbell Club and High Country Vigour) and all points in-between (Ledaig Heavy Athletics, Dino Gym, KC Strongman, and of course the home team). Two teams featured lifting families, the Traub’s and the Wenzel’s. We hope you enjoyed the meet events and Missouri. Thank you all for the help tearing down after the meet. That was a huge help to us.

The meet results are posted below. There were four difficult lifts; Deadlift, No Thumbs, Overhand, Clean and Press, Heels Together, Lateral Raise, Lying, and the Jefferson Lift. Our meet director and gym leader, Bill Clark, made the day go smoothly and David DeForest was crucial for set-up, refereeing and loading. And a thank you to Our Lady of Lourdes Church and School for letting us use their gym. The venue was very nice. We’ve “sliced and diced” the results for each lifter and you can check how you placed as well as the number of records set. It was an all-around success with the exception of a “typo” in the score sheet. While normally these wouldn’t decide who wins – this time it did. And the meet scorekeeper apologizes for this.

The winners were:

Women’s Jr: Nevaeh Traub

Women’s Master: Christian Traub

Women’s Overall: Nevaeh Traub, Christian Traub, and Nisha Gupta

Men’s Jr: Jayden Traub

Men’s Master: Larry Traub

Men’s Overall: Larry Traub, Abe Smith, Drew Traub

Teams: Ledaig Heavy Athletics 1 (1st), Clark’s Gym (2nd), High Country Vigour (3rd).

Additionally, the Records Page and all Records Tables are updated to include Nationals.

The Results: USAWA NATIONALS RESULT