Lift for Leroy RD

By Erict Todd

MEET RESULTS – “LIFT FOR LEROY” RECORD DAY

“Lift for Leroy” a KCSTRONGMAN record day was held yesterday at the House of Iron and Steel.  We sanctioned this in addition to completing our national postal events.  We had originall planned for 6 lifters, but the Weather kept Dean away, and Greg could not make it out either.  It ended up being Sir Lance Alot, Scottish Johnny, myself, and the meet’s namesake, Leroy.

We started the day off by completing the events for the National Postal.  The lifting was good, we had a great time, but I will leave those results for Denny’s meet report.

After the postal was completed, we went right into our record day.  Between the four lifters, we completed a wide array of lifts.  Results are as follws:

 

LIFT FOR LEROY

ET’s House of Iron and Stone

Turney, MO

December 8th, 2018

Meet Director: Eric Todd

The 1 official system was used for Eric and Lance’s Lifts.  Chris and John’s lifts had two officials all in agreement of the lifts.  Officials: Eric Todd and Lance Foster

All lifts represented in pounds.

Lifter age division weigh weightclass Lift record
John Strangeway 40 40 198 90 CLEAN & PRESS, FULTON BAR 186
APOLLONS LIFT 242
DEADLIFT, FULTON DUMBBELL, RIGHT 170.5
DEADLIFT, FULTON DUMBBELL, Left 155.5
JEFFERSON LIFT FULTON BAR 410
Chris Todd 39 Open 269 125 LATERAL RAISE, STANDING 70
SAXON SNATCH 85
JACKSON PRESS 140
DEADLIFT, 2 DUMBBELLS 360
ANDERSON PRESS 215
Lance Foster 53 50 340 125+ APOLLONS LIFT 120
DEADLIFT, DUMBBELL, LEFT 140
DEADLIFT, DUMBBELL, RIGHT 212.5
JACKSON pRESS 95
Eric Todd 43 40 259 120 FINGER LIFT, LEFT LITTLE 110
FINGER LIFT, RIGHT LITTLE 110
FINGER LIFT, LEFT MIDDLE 190
FINGER LIFT, RIGHT RING 115
JACKSON PRESS 180

At the end of the day, the biggest winner was Leroy.  Let’s just say I think his general well being is going to be A-OK

Lifter of the month – John Douglas

By Al Myers

Big John Douglas in action!

Big John Douglas in action!

The USAWA LIFTER OF THE MONTH for September is John Douglas.  John has been competing in the USAWA for several years now, and is a regular participant at events at the Dino Gym and the Ledaig Club.

John had a busy September in the USAWA.  First he was the first “one man team” to ever enter the Team Championships, and then he went on to win the mens division in the 3rd quarter postal meet against a tough field of lifters.  Thats a good month of all round lifting, and for sure deserving of the lifter of the month award!

Congrats John!

Rulebook Updates

By Al Myers

I have just added an addendum page to the Rulebook section which contains the new rule and lift information that was passed and approved at the 2018 USAWA National Meeting.  Since there was only minimal changes to the current 10th Edition USAWA Rulebook I felt it was wasn’t necessary to make a new edition rulebook this year.

The rules for the 2 new lifts approved this year (the Lurich Lift and the Habecker Lift) are included in the addendum.   Also, it contains a minor rule change for the proper loading of the Thor’s Hammer.

Please just print off the addendum page and add it to your current rulebook.

Lifter of the month – Scott Schmidt

By Al Myers

Scott Schmidt was recognized as being selected as the lifter of the month for August 2018.

Scott Schmidt was recognized as being selected as the lifter of the month for August 2018.

The USAWA LIFTER OF THE MONTH for August goes to Scott Schmidt, of Cleveland Ohio.  In August Scott participated in the USAWA Presidential Cup and was awarded the OUTSTANDING LIFTER.   This competition is one of the championship events in the USAWA, making it one of the most important competitions on our yearly event calendar.

Scott is a longtime lifter in the USAWA and VERY worthy of this lifter of the month award.  A big congrats goes out to you Scott from me and the entire USAWA!

Dino Gym Challenge

by Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT
DINO GYM CHALLENGE PRESENTS THE –

“Dale Friesz Memorial Meet”

Dale was most proud of his 605 pound Neck Lift at age 55 in teh 85 kilogram class.

Dale was most proud of his 605 pound Neck Lift at age 55 in the 85 kilogram class.

The other day as I was doing my early morning training session, I got to thinking about the late Dale Friesz. Dale is a Hall of Famer in the USAWA, and a person who I knew well.  There wasn’t a week when he was alive that he wouldn’t send me an email voicing his concerns over an USAWA matter. He was as dedicated as you could get to our organization, and never ever missed a National Championships.

Well, it’s hard to believe but its now over 5 years since he has died. As most of you know, I like the change the theme (and the lifts) of the Dino Gym Challenge every year to make it different. So this year we are going to do a tribute to Dale – with all of his favorite lifts. It made the lift selection pretty easy for me as Dale certainly had his favorite lifts.  Now, I know these finger lifts aren’t the choice for most lifters but Dale loved them!

MEET DETAILS:

Meet Director:            Al Myers and the Dino Gym 785-479-2264

Meet Date:                 Saturday, January 19th, 2019  1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location:                    Dino Gym, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, KS 67410

Sanction:                    U.S.A.W.A Memberships cards can be purchased on meet day

Weigh-ins:                  12:00 -1:00 PM the day of the meet

Divisions:                   Juniors, Women, Masters, and Open

Awards:                      None

Entry:                         None – but please notify me in advance if you plan to attend

Lifts:

Finger Lift – Ring

Deadlift – Fulton Bar, One Arm

Deadlift – One Arm

Deadlift – Fingers, Middle

Neck Lift

The lifts will be done is this order.

1 … 185 186 187 188 189 … 546