Category Archives: USAWA Meet Results

Memorial Record Day

By Denny Habecker

MEET RESULTS –

2019 Memorial Record Day

We had a great turnout for the first Memorial Record Day, with 8 lifters taking part. I was really impressed with the variety and difficulty of the lifts that were done.  Christopher Lestan, Zachariah Marhamo and Ryan Bingham came down from Massachusetts, Lou Tortorelli came in from New Jersey, Elizabeth Skwarecki from Pittsburgh, Barry Pensyl from Easton, and Aidan Habecker and I rounded out the group. The officials were Barry Pensyl, Chris Lestan and Denny Habecker.

RESULTS:

2019 Memorial Record Day
Habecker’s Gym
Lebanon, PA
December 7th, 2019

Meet Director: Denny Habecker

Officials (1 official system used): Barry Pensyl, Denny Habecker

Lifts: Record Day

Elizabeth Skwarecki – 39 yrs. 140 Lbs.  [ FEMALE 65KG. – Open]
Bent Press – Dumbbell – Left  –  66 Lbs.
Bent Press- Dumbbell- Right  – 77 Lbs.
Snatch from Hang                – 88 Lbs.
Dinnie Lift                          – 355 Lbs.
Bench Press – Fulton Bar     – 132 Lbs.

Aidan Habecker – 16 yrs. 208 Lbs  [95 Kg. 16-17]
Judd Clean and Jerk          –  44 Lbs.
Lano  Lift                        –  22 Lbs.
Miller Clean & Jerk          –  44 Lbs.
Snatch – Fulton Bar         – 121 Lbs.
Vertical  Bar – 1″ – Right  – 198 Lbs.

Ryan Bingham  19 Yrs.  – 300 Lbs.   [ 125 Kg. +  – 18-19]
Deadlift – 12″ Base        –    550 Lbs.
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip – 387 Lbs.
Hand & Thigh                  – 700 Lbs.
Hip  Lift                          – 1022 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                  – 154 Lbs.

Zachariah Marhamo  21 Yrs. – 231 Lbs. [ 105 Kg. – Open]
Clean & Press                      – 176 Lbs.
Deadlift, Ciavattone-Right    – 253 Lbs.
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip    – 407 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                      – 242 Lbs.
Hackenschmidt Floor Press  – 342 Lbs.

Christopher Lestan   23 Yrs – 285 Lbs. [ 125 + Kg. – Open]
Dinnie Lift                         – 600 Lbs.
Deadlift, No Thumbs          – 387 Lbs.
Habecker Lift                    – 154 Lbs.
Zercher, One Arm- Left     – 143 Lbs.
Zercher, One Arm- Right   –  66 Lbs.

Lou  Tortorelli  – 53 Yrs.  239 Lbs. [ 110 Kg. – 50-54]
Curl- Strict                       – 110 Lbs.
Deadlift – Trap Bar            – 425 Lbs.

Barry Pensyl  – 71 Yrs.  -150 Lbs.  [70 Kg. – 70-74 ]
Allen Lift                               –  33 Lbs.
Clean & Jerk -One Arm- Right – 51 Lbs.
Good Morning                        – 110 Lbs.
Press, Dumbbell, Right           – 40 Lbs.
Snatch- One Arm – Left          – 55 Lbs.

Denny Habecker – 77Yrs. 185Lbs. [ 85Kg. – 75-79]
Deadlift- Dumbbell- Right                 – 176 Lbs.
Clean & Press Behind Neck               – 110 Lbs.
Clean & Seated Press                       – 88 Lbs.
Clean & Seated Press Behind Neck     – 88Lbs.
Vertical Bar – 1″ – Right                    – 105Lbs.

Gold Cup

By Steve Gardner

2019 IAWA GOLD CUP

Lifters at the 2019 IAWA Gold Cup in Perth, Australia.

Lifters at the 2019 IAWA Gold Cup in Perth, Australia.

And so another great IAWA event is over. The Gold Cup here in Perth Australia has been great, all down to great work and organisation by Peter Phillips, John Mahon and Sharni Clifford and other members of the great Western Australia group. The lifting was sensational today and what amazing loading all day by Shaun and Nicki.

It has been great to catch up with so many old friends here pushing the sport strong for the last 20 years plus, Great to see all round lifting looking so healthy in Australia and the group are in a great place using the Lambda Academy as their headquarters with great support from the owners.

As many of you know IAWA is a great big family around the World and it sure is a joy to belong to such a great sporting body. Next year 2020 is going to be super amazing too with great events ahead. These are exciting times in all round lifting, long may it continue, well done to everyone who took part, you should all be proud of yourselves…. long live IAWA

MEET RESULTS: THE 2019 IAWA GOLD CUP (word)  THE 2019 IAWA GOLD CUP (pdf)

3rd Quarter Postal

By Denny Habecker

MEET RESULTS –

USAWA 3RD QUARTER POSTAL MEET

The results of the 3rd Quarter Postal have been tabulated. We had 11 men and 5 women take part, with Al Myers leading the men and R.J. Jackson leading the women.

RESULTS:

3rd Quarter Postal Meet
July 1st through September 30th, 2019

Meet Director – Denny Habecker

Lifers with Certified Officials:
Al Myers – Laverne Myers
John Douglas – Laverne Myers
Dean Ross – Laverne Myers
Laverne Myers – Al Myers
Eric Todd – Lance Foster- John Strangeway
John Strangeway- Eric Todd – Lance Foster
Chris Todd  – Eric Todd-Lance Foster- John Strangeway
Lance Foster – Eric Todd- John Strangeway
Phoebe Todd – Eric Todd-Lance Foster-John Strangeway
Denny Habecker- Barry Pensyl
Barry Pensyl – Denny Habecker
Aidan Habecker – Denny Habecker
Crystal Diggs- R.J. Jackson

Lifters with Non-Certified Officials:
R.J. Jackson
Sylvia Stockall
Lynda Burns

The Lifts- Pullover and Press, Curl-2 Dumbbells, Cheat, Continental to Belt

MEN’S DIVISION

Al  Myers             –  53  – 232   – 230 – 150 – 360 – 740  – 695.71

Eric Todd             –  44  – 256   – 345 – 170 – 310 – 825  – 679.30

John Strangeway  – 41   – 210  – 244  – 150 – 345 – 739  – 655.78

Denny Habecker   – 76  – 183   – 165  –  80  – 220 – 465  – 645.32

Barry Pensyl         – 71  – 150   – 127  – 80   – 206 – 413  – 607.10

John Douglas       – 55   – 308   – 220  – 150 – 352 – 722  – 600.50

Laverne Myers     – 75   – 229   – 100  – 110 – 220  – 430  – 521.45

Chris Todd          – 40   – 270   – 244   – 145 – 265  – 654 – 504.58

Dean Ross          – 76   – 240   – 130   – 90   – 180  – 400 – 479.57

Aidan Habecker   – 16  – 206   – 132    – 80   – 209  – 421 – 407.58

Lance Foster       – 53  – 345   – 0       – 100  – 265  – 365 – 238.24

WOMEN’S DIVISION

R.J. Jackson        57   – 106   – 100  –   70    – 125  – 295 – 483.82

Sylvia Stockall    61    – 140   – 75    –  90     – 135  – 300 – 408.52

Lynda Burns       44   – 175    – 78     – 80     – 145  – 303 – 307.42

Crystal Diggs     32   – 165     – 43     – 60     – 95   – 198  – 198.33

Phoebe Todd      9    – 84       – 0       – 20     – 65   – 85    – 197.54

 

World Championships

PRESS RELEASE

The 2019 International All Round Weightlifting Association (IAWA) World Championships occurred on October 5th & 6th in Abilene, Kansas.  Lifters from all over the World came to compete in this All Round Weightlifting Championships. Several lifters attended from England, as well a lifter from Ireland and a lifter from Australia. Local Abilene resident Al Myers served as the meet promoter for this Championships.  Every year IAWA hosts a World Championships which features the best All Round Weightlifters in the organization. The location of this Championships rotates among all of the affiliated organizations.  Last year the IAWA World Championships were held in Eastbourne, England.  Several All Round lifts were contested over the two days.  The lifts were the Reverse Curl, Snatch from Hang, One Hand Clean and Jerk, Thumbless Deadlift, Pullover and Push, Continental to the Belt, and the 2″ Bar Straddle Lift. The overall women’s best lifter was Elizabeth Skwarecki from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   The overall men’s best lifter was Steve Sherwood, from England.  Two local Abilene men competed in this event, LaVerne Myers and Brandon Rein. Both were crowned World Champions in their respective age and bodyweight classes.  The next IAWA Championship will be the Gold Cup, which will occur in 1 month in Perth, Australia.

Group picture from the 2019 IAWA World Championships

Group picture from the 2019 IAWA World Championships

MEET RESULTS:

World Champs 2019 Day1    World Champs 2019 Day2     World Champs 2019 Both Days

Team Championships

By Al Myers

MEET RESULTS –

2019 USAWA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dean Ross and LaVerne Myers pulling a BIG 2 man Fulton Bar Deadlift at the 2019 Team Championships. Both of these guys are over 75 years of age!!!

Dean Ross and LaVerne Myers pulling a BIG 2 man Fulton Bar Jefferson Lift at the 2019 Team Championships. Both of these guys are over 75 years of age and are a formidable team lifting duo !!!

The USAWA Team Champs may not have been a large meet this year, but it made up for that in the heated battle between the two teams that were there!

I was a little concerned that my teammate Chad might be worn out from his heavy lifting the day before at the OTSM Champs in Missouri, and not be at full strength.  I also was very aware of the venerable veteran due of LaVerne and Dean, and how they had been training secretly together to knock us off our throne this year. Chad and I have won the overall at 10 previous Team Championships together and have not been beaten yet, but all streaks come to an end eventually. I was concerned that this might be that year.  Both Dean and LaVerne seemed very confident before the meet, and Dean even made a boisterous comment how they were gonna take us down!  Plus I knew since the USAWA adopted the IAWA scoring format this year they were gonna get an additional 10% to their total points.

Dean and LaVerne had the lead through the first 3 lifts.   I was hopeful that we would catch them on the no thumbs deadlift, but that didn’t happen. It got tense at one point when pops told me to quit checking the point status with the calculator, as he knew we would have the last attempt with the fulton bar Jefferson and I would know how much we needed! Well, it took all we had to get our final lift for the win! (and of course I knew how much we needed to lift haha).  Dean even tried to stop us just as we got ready to lift by saying he wanted to get his camera out to take a picture as he was hoping to throw us off our pre-lift psyche.  That’s a master sly trick only done by a wily seasoned lifter who knows how to play “head games” with his competition.

This was the closest finish in Team Championship history.  Dean and LaVerne will pick up an additional percent next year so Chad and I may have to do a little secret training ourselves if we are to stay ahead of them.  It was a great day at the Dino Gym, and after the meet we did several finger lift records for the fun of it. I really want to encourage others to join us next year for this Championships.  It’s truly one of the most enjoyable meets I do every year in the USAWA.

Meet Results:

2019 USAWA Team Championships
Dino Gym
Holland, KS
September 8th, 2019

Meet Director: Al Myers

Scorekeeper: Al Myers

Officials (1-Official System Used): Al Myers & LaVerne Myers

Lifts: Curl- Strict Reverse Grip, Snatch – From Hang, Deadlift – No Thumbs Overhand Grip, Jefferson Lift – Fulton Bar

MENS DIVISION

Al Myers & Chad Ullom – 45+ Age Group 105KG BWT Class
Al Myers (53 Years Old, 228# BWT) & Chad Ullom (47 Years Old, 228# BWT)

LaVerne Myers & Dean Ross – 75+ Age Group 110KG BWT Class
LaVerne Myers (75 Years Old, 230# BWT) & Dean Ross (76 Years Old, 235# BWT)

Lifters Curl Snatch DLNT Jeff TOT PTS
Al & Chad 175 175 700 800 1850 1662.7
LaVerne & Dean 150 150 550 520 1370 1638.4

Notes: All lifts recorded in pounds. TOT is total pounds lifted.  PTS are overall amended points corrected for age and bodyweight.

RECORD DAY LIFTS AFTER THE MEET

Dean Ross – 76 years old, 235# BWT
Finger Lift – Middle, Left 131#
Finger Lift – Middle, Right 131#

Chad Ullom – 47 years old, 228# BWT
Finger Lift – Middle, Right 95#
Finger Lift – Middle, Left 95#

LaVerne Myers – 75 years old, 230# BWT
Finger Lift – Middle, Left 95#
Finger Lift – Middle, Right 95#
Finger Lift – Index, Left 95#
Finger Lift – Index, Right 95#
Finger Lift – Ring, Left 85#

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