photo courtesy of twango

As of January 2007, the lightest weight classes will no longer exist for open and master lifters (44 kg class for women, 52 kg class for men).  Teens and juniors can still lift in these weight classes.  Also, since USAPL does not have a Submaster classification, as of June 2007, we will no longer use that classification in Washington State.

In order to make record keeping a little easier, I have combined most of the record forms.  So now all the records for any age group are in the same place.  Hopefully this will reduce the number of errors.  As always, if you see problems, please send me an email.

And even more changes....
The USAPL has changed the definition of Raw Lifting; knee wraps are no longer allowed. As a result, and as a way to keep the headaches to a minimum...we have decided to remove all raw three-lift meet records.  Any records for bench press and deadlift will remain.  If you have any questions, please contact the state chair, Paula Houston.

Update to above:
We're going to do the record keeping a little differently (what else is new??)  We will keep the existing raw records however, after every squat and total that were achieved during the "wraps allowed" phase, I am appending "w/wraps" to the person's name.  When someone else lifts in that category, whether or not their squat and/or total exceeds what is there, the record will be replaced with the new record.

One more change....
I will now keep track of disabled lifters records.

One last thing....
If you set a record at a meet out of state, it is your responsibility to let both me and the state chair know.