National Championships
By Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT –
2018 USAWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The USAWA National Championships will be held at Cocoa Beach!
The date has been set and plans are underway for this years USAWA National Championships. For the first time in USAWA history, the Nationals will be held in Florida! The plans for this all started on the trip back from Nationals last year in Cleveland. After I received the bid for the 2018 Nationals, a young lifter from the Dino Gym, Cody Lokken, said he would sure like to help have the meet where he is moving to in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Well, that really got me interested – and now it’s going to happen!
Cody is going to be assisting me with this promotion and will be my “inside man” on location in Cocoa Beach securing a venue location and banquet location. I will do all the admistrative stuff – collect entry forms, getting tshirts made, awards, etc.
The lifts have been selected and approved by the Executive Board. The lifts are:
Curl – Cheat
Snatch – 1 Arm
Pullover and Press
Deadlift – 1 Arm
Zercher Lift
It will be a one day event this year. The banquet will follow the Championships on Saturday. The National Meeting will be planned for Friday night. Cocoa Beach is just a short drive from Orlando (1 hour), and if you aren’t driving would be the best airport to fly into. Details on venue location and banquet location will be released at a later time.
This meet would be the ideal excuse to plan a summer vacation to Florida this summer. I’m working on trying to get past IAWA President, Steve Gardner, to attend to be our guest announcer. Steve is the MASTER WITH THE MIC and if this can happen will be a special treat for our organization. So take today, put Nationals on your lifting calendar, so you can enjoy a great day of lifting and spending some time in the sun on Cocoa Beach!
USAWA Nationals Entry Form (PDF) – 2018 National Championships Entry Form