The final results with records noted are available for the 2025 IAWA Andy Goddard Memorial World Postal. Thanks to Chris Bass and Paul Barette for preparing these. The USAWA fared quite well thanks to the four clubs that participated. The four were Iron Throne, High Country Vigour, Frank’s Barbell Club, and Clark’s Gym. All in all the USAWA had by my count 25 new world records, three teams (Clark’s 1, Clark’s 2, and Franks Barbell Club) were part of the top 10 teams, and Frank’s Barbell Club and Clark’s Gym finished 5th and 2nd, respectively. The USAWA also claimed four of the 10 best lifters by age class (Dan Jones 40+, Jeff Wenzel 50+, Tony Lupo 55+, and Dave Deforest 65+) as well as eight (Jeff Wenzel, Dave DeForest, Riley Wenzel, Travis Luther, Tony Lupo, Dan Jones, Wade Marchand, and Kim VanWagner) of the top 20 individual lifters! Well done USAWA!
Congratulations to Kim for winning the women’s field and the overall title! Jarrod won the men’s field but could not overcome the age-weight-gender adjustments. Nisha won the junior field.
This was the inaugural installation of an OTSM event held in Colorado. Given the popularity of Old Time Strongman, I wanted to make sure Colorado athletes had a chance to give it a try. For over half the local field it was the first time lifting with Dinnie Rings. In Colorado, we had (4) official lifters and (2) athletes unofficially giving All-Round weightlifting a try. Jeff and Tony joined in from Missouri to round out the field.
Top Dinnie Lift – Jarrod Fobes – 506 pounds Top Saxon Deadlift – Jeff Wenzel – 135 pounds
Colorado OTSM Classic
High Country Vigour September 13, 2025 Meet Director: Sanjiv Gupta Score Keeper: Sanjiv Gupta The one official system was used for all lifts. Officials: Jarrod Fobes, Sanjiv Gupta, Nisha Gupta, Tony Lupo, Allison Lupo, Bill Clark Loaders: Jarrod, Sanjiv, Nisha, Kim, Greg, Billy All lifts are recorded in pounds; All lifts performed to IAWA uniform standards. Lifts: Dinnie Lift; Saxon Deadlift; Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 (exhibition lift)
Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 Exhibition
In addition to the (2) official lifts, a Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 was added as an exhibition.
Sanjiv Gupta – 115 pounds
Jarrod Fobes – 115 pounds
Kim Van Wagner – 80 pounds
Nisha Gupta – 45 pounds
The 2×5 is a completely different lift and the results show Kim and Nisha were able to lift 30-45% more with the 2×5 Saxon Bar, while Sanjiv and Jarrod did not show much difference between the 2×5 and the 3×4 Saxon Bar.
We used a Sorinex Bare Steel 3×4 Saxon Bar with an empty weight of 45 pounds. This implement was too heavy for our Junior lifter today. We used a custom fabricated Bare Steel 2×5 Saxon Bar with an empty weight of 35 pounds. This was suitable for all of our lifters. Jarrod missed his second attempt at 135 pounds, but would have likely shown an improvement with more conservative 2nd and 3rd attempts.
Our third USAWA Hall of Fame inductee for 2025 is none other than Randy Smith. Randy is a member of Clark’s Gym and lives in the upper peninsula of Michigan (a “Yooper” as residents are affectionately known). Randy has been a constant presence in the USAWA for more than 20 years! Living where he does, there are not many USAWA referees around him. He is a certified referee (since 2010) himself. But that does not stop Randy from doing many remote USAWA events and submitting his lifts anyway. And he is a force to be reckoned with piling up about 150 records over the years in the events to which he can travel. Usually, those events are the USAWA Nationals (17 of the last 22 years!) and IAWA World Championships when they are held in the USA. And when he visits, he’s going to be a top 10 guy, you can count on it. He is also a USAWA courage award winner. Randy is a great presence when he visits. Generally he is laid back person, very friendly, and a fount of knowledge when it comes to weightlifting topics. He supports his fellow lifters and is willing to jump in and referee. He’ll help you with technique and performance. He has a lot of great ideas which he shared as a valuable member of the USAWA advisory board these past few years. He is able to analyze an issue from many angles. And if you talk to Randy, you’ll find out that he’s a retired physician who is knowledgeable on a whole range of topics! There is more to Randy than weightlifting, he is an officer in a shooting sports club. He enjoys nature and spends time hiking. Congratulations to Randy Smith as our third 2025 USAWA Hall of Fame Inductee!
Frank’s Barbell club sanctioned a record day for 16 August just two weeks following the Clark’s Gym Record Day. In spite of the 1000 miles of distance between them – the two clubs lifted together in spirit putting up some good numbers both times! The Walpole numbers including the IAWA records are posted below. Here’s to another year of successful record days.
Frank’s Barbell Club
WALPOLE RECORD DAY
AUGUST 16, 2025
Meet Director: Frank Ciavattone
Officials in Franks Barbell Club: Frank Ciavattone, Wade Marchand, Nils Larson, Mark Raymond
Officials in Clarks Gym: Bill Clark, Jeff Wenzel, Dave DeForest, Allison Lupo, Tony Lupo.
s = World Junior/Masters record; l = World Open record
