As promised, two weeks after registration opened here is the first roster for the 2015 WI USAPL 2015 State Open on January 17th, 2015.  Over 66 entries already with just 2 weeks of registration!  If you haven’t registered yet, check out the original posting about the meet with more meet details and the registration link.

Where and when

Saturday, January 17, 2015
Whitnall High School
5000 S. 116th St
Greenfield, WI 53288

Weigh-ins at 7:00 am
Lifting begins at 9:00 am

How to register

Register online (registration is now closed 12/16/14). Then, within 24 hours of submitting the online registration you should receive a confirmation email, please sign the “release from liability” and the “certification for competitors,” include your entry fee payment by writing out a check to Whitnall High School and mail to: T. Lambeth, 5848 Middle Rd, Racine WI 53402. Registration will be open to the first 130 paid registrations.

Competitions for all lifters and ages:

• 3 Lift
• Push-Pull
• Bench Press only
• Raw and Geared categories
• Ages 14 and up
• Men’s and Women’s divisions
• Open to lifters from all states
• 3 platforms, 1 session
• Meet in pounds
• USAPL sanctioned  WI-2015-01

Entry Fee = $60
Additional Division = $15
Spectator Fee = $7

The postmark date for the the registration form and the payment is January 10, 2015.  No new entries will be accepted the day of competition.  No refunds once monies are received.  The initial entry fee is $60 with an additional $15 for each added division/event.  Contest t-shirts are available for pre-order when you send in your entry form, $15 each.

Proof of current USAPL membership will be done at registration morning of contest. Purchase on-line at the USAPL website for $45, if purchased day of contest will be $5 more.  Bring this and a government issued photo ID as both will be asked for by the referees.

Local hotel suggestions will be provided soon.

Be sure to look at the USAPL rulebook before the competition.  The USAPL is the number 1 choice for drug-free lifting, at all sanctioned contests 10% of the competitors are drug-tested.

Flight information will be posted the week of the contest (cannot post this before receiving the January 10th or earlier postmarked mail).  The list of competitors will be posted weekly and then daily in the last two weeks before the competition.

Questions

If you have questions regarding the meet or are unable to use the online registration form please contact the WI USAPL State Chair Tonya Lambeth (contact or 262-752-0597).

Good luck to all competitors!

Message from Shawn and Kathy Cain regarding the 2014 Hudson Natural Open:

The 26^th Hudson Natural Open was a great success. Unfortunately we filled up with 60 competitors many weeks ahead of the meet. We had to turn away lifters that had competed in this meet many times over the years. The good thing is that turning away lifters was the only thing that we had to complain about. The lifting was absolutely excellent. Most of the competitors were lifting RAW, but we also had lifters using gear. We had some very impressive lifting in both the RAW and the geared divisions. In fact, it came down to a geared lifter and a RAW lifter for Best lifter of the meet. The competition for that award was very tight. As we have done in the past, we add 12% to the RAW lifter’s total to compare the Raw lifter to the geared lifter. Scott Sullivan was this year’s best male lifter, followed very closely by Matt Rodock. Another very impressive thing that we witnessed this year, was the Theisen Family that lifted in the meet. The father and four daughters were very impressive to watch.

The meet has been very lucky to have the help of many people from Wisconsin and Minnesota. We have also received the help of a couple of the local High School Powerlifting teams. River Falls and Osceola teams have been a huge help in running this meet in recent years. I would like to mention the names of the people that have helped us over the 26 years this meet has been in existance, but to list all of the people that have made this long run such a success, it would take a book. I will simply say a big thank you to the lifters, spotters, loaders, judges and to others that helped us in every way that they could. This was the last of the Hudson Natural Open contests. I’m working with some good people now to continue holding an open USAPL meet in this area in the future.

Shawn & Kathy Cain

The results are now available online.  I apologize for the delayed posting.

Below is the flight lists for the 2014 Hudson Natural Open, good luck to those lifting this weekend!

Flights

A.M.

Flight 1

• Raw Women
• Open Women  (geared)

Flight 2

• Raw Teen Women
• Open Teen Women  (geared)
• Raw Master Women
• Raw teen Men

Flight 3

• Raw Master Men
• Open Teen Men  (geared)

P.M.

Flight 1

• Raw Men  165 – 220

Flight 2

• Raw Men  242 – SHW
• Open Men  (geared)

From the Cains: As always, these flight are tentative until after the weigh-ins.  There is a good chance that they will stay the same but we have to keep in mind that we don’t yet know who will show up or drop out.