Team Championships
By Al Myers
2016 USAWA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
I started promoting the USAWA Team Championships in 2007, so this year makes it the 10th year! I remember thinking this would become a popular meet amongst the lifters because it gave a different element to lifting than other meets -that being you lifted “on the bar” with a team mate! Well, in these 10 years it has not seemed to grow as I imagined back then, but none the less, always gives an entertaining day of lifting. This year Chad and I again competed to “defend our title” from last year, and were challenged by the Dino Gym elders LaVerne Myers and Dean Ross. These two team up well in size and lifting ability, plus have “been around the block a time or two” so they know how to play dirty. I knew they would give us a good fight. That was true.
For the first time in the Team Championships we included an Old Time Strongman Lift, the Hackenschmidt Floor Press. This proved to be a real challenge with two lifters on the bar as your elbows were hitting your partners and you had to press in a closegrip fashion. The second lift was the 1 arm deadlift with the fulton bar. This has been contested in the Team Champs before so Chad and I had a goal to break our previous meet best. We accomplished that with a 210 KG lift. The final lift was the Team Stifflegged Deadlift. Both teams used up their 3 attempt limits before hitting a true maximum weight.
Even though this was a small meet we had a great time! We finished so quick that we had time afterwards for Dean and Chad to do their National Postal lifts along with some record day lifts.
MEET RESULTS:
2016 USAWA Team Championships
Dino Gym, Abilene, Kansas
December 17th, 2016
Meet Director: Al Myers
Officials (1 official system used): Al Myers, Chad Ullom, LaVerne Myers
Lifts: Team Hackenschmidt Floor Press, Team One Arm Fulton Bar Deadlift, Team Stiff Legged Deadlift
Lifters:
Dino Gym 1
Dean Ross – 74 years old, 250 pounds
LaVerne Myers – 72 years old, 239 pounds
Dino Gym 2
Al Myers – 50 years old, 226 pounds
Chad Ullom – 45 years old, 246 pounds
| TEAM | Press | 1FBDL | SL DL | TOTAL | POINTS |
| Dino Gym 2 | 235 | 210R | 350 | 795 | 674.2 |
| Dino Gym 1 | 120 | 155R | 185 | 460 | 485.5 |
NOTES: All lifts recorded in kilograms. TOTAL is total kilograms lifted. Points are adjusted points for age and bodyweight corrections.
Record Day Lifts:
Dean Ross – Back Lift 1050 lbs.
LaVerne Myers – Thors Hammer 20 lbs.
Al Myers – Thors Hammer 45 lbs.
LaVerne Myers – Pinch Grip Left 70 lbs.
Al Myers – Pinch Grip Left 80 lbs.
Al Myers – Pinch Grip Right 80 lbs.
LaVerne Myers – Finger Lift Left Middle 95 lbs.
Al Myers – Finger Lift Left Middle 125 lbs.
LaVerne Myers – Finger Lift Right Middle 125 lbs.
Al Myers – Finger Lift Right Middle 125 lbs.
