On the eve of the biggest USAW National Championship in the history of the sport, fans of the sport should not be more excited for what’s going to happen in Dallas. While the amount of lifters at this year’s Nationals is wild, the quality of competition at the top is something also to be noted. I’m sure someone who has been around the sport since the creation of rubber will disagree with me but this appears to be the most internally competitive Nationals to date.
Don’t believe me? Look at the 58kg women or the 77kg and 94kg men. In some of those classes the totals required to sniff the podium will be some 15-20 kilos higher than the first place total 5 years ago. In other weight classes there may be a separation of 5kg between the first and 5th place lifter. While there are a few lifters with question marks by their name this year the upper echelon of competition is going to be quite a treat to watch and compete alongside.
Below I took my best stab at what totals I believe will be required win and also to make the podium for total. I know some of these weight classes intimately and others I only know in what I’ve seen and read. These projections also don’t take into account the inevitable bomb outs we will see of some of the elite folks. Lastly, I constructed these guesses based on what I know about how the weight classes will look after the technical meeting tonight. Should the final start list change drastically from what I believe it will look like, obviously this list will change. I’ll update it if I have time. Take a look and if you disagree create your own. I’d love to see how close every one is when the dust settles Sunday evening.
|
Women |
Total Projected to Podium |
Total Projected to Win |
|
48kg |
154kg |
163kg |
|
53kg |
170kg |
177kg |
|
58kg |
187kg |
194kg |
|
63kg |
193kg |
220kg |
|
69kg |
205kg |
216kg |
|
75kg |
218kg |
225kg |
|
+75kg |
220kg |
245gk |
|
Men |
Total Projected to Podium |
Total Projected to Win |
|
56kg |
215kg |
240kg |
|
62kg |
237kg |
275kg |
|
69kg |
265kg |
306kg |
|
77kg |
336kg |
342kg |
|
85kg |
328kg |
345kg |
|
94kg |
368kg |
373kg |
|
105kg |
365kg |
372kg |
|
+105kg |
370kg |
393kg |