Topic: News: Weightlifters Continue Strong Showing at Worlds

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Weightlifters Continue Strong Showing at Worlds
By Cecil Bleiker - USA Weightlifting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The USA Weightlifting Team continued its strong showing at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships today with Natalie Woolfolk (Arnold, Md./Colorado Springs, Colo.) recording the top U.S. result of the competition to date, finishing in 9th place in the women's 63kg weight class.  Woolfolk posted a total of 209kg.  She placed fourth in the snatch (98kg) and 19th in the clean and jerk (111kg.).

Teresa Gaume (St. Joseph, Mo.) finished the day placing 19th in the women's 69kg weight class with a total of 197kg.  She recorded a snatch of 87kg (22nd place) and a clean and jerk of 110kg (18th place).

In competition ending late last night (Tuesday, October 3) in the women's 58kg weight class, Jackie Berube (Colorado Springs, Colo.) placed 11th, posting a total of 195kg.  Her snatch of 86kg and clean of jerk of 109kg put her in 14th place in each category.  Also in the women's 58kg weight class Amanda Hubbard (Atlanta, Ga./Chandler, Ariz.) finished 23rd in her first World Championship with a total of 178kg.  Her snatch was 80kg (26th place) and her clean and jerk was 98kg (22nd place).

For complete detailed schedule and results please visit www.iwf.net, the official website of the International Weightlifting Federation or www.usaweightlifting.org, the official website of USA Weightlifting.

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships will count a little less than half of the Olympic qualification criteria for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.  The number of athletes that the United States will qualify to enter into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will be determined by team placement at both the 2006 and 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.

Competition in the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships will continue tomorrow, Thursday, October 5 with Team USA's Kendrick Farris (Shreveport, La.) and Innocent Ukpong (Houston, Texas) taking the platform in the men's 85kg weight class and Doreen Fullhart (Christiansburg, Va./Colorado Springs, Colo.) competing in the women's 75kg weight class.

The 2006 World Weightlifting Championships is being held in the Weightlifting Hall at the Parque Deportivo del Este in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  The site is familiar to two members of the USA Weightlifting Team as it is the same venue that hosted the 2003 Pan American Games Weightlifting competition.  Casey Burgener and Chad Vaughn were both members of the 2003 United States Pan American Games Team that competed in Santo Domingo.

The United States is represented by a full team of seven women and eight men at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.

2006 USA Weightlifting World Championships Team
Listed in rank order of team qualification

Women's Team
Cheryl Haworth (Savannah, Ga./Colorado Springs, Colo.), 75+kg Weight Class
Natalie Woolfolk (Arnold, Md./Colorado Springs, Colo.), 63kg Weight Class
Jackie Berube (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 58kg Weight Class
Doreen Fullhart (Christiansburg, Va./ Colorado Springs, Colo.), 75kg Weight Class
Melanie Roach (Bonney Lake, Wash.), 53kg Weight Class
Amanda Hubbard (Atlanta, Ga./Chandler, Ariz.), 58kg Weight Class
Teresa Gaume (St. Joseph, Mo.), 69kg Weight Class

Women's Team Head Coach:  John Thrush (Sumner, Wash.)
Women's Team Assistant Coach:  Bob Morris (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Carissa Gump (Essex Junction, Vt./Colorado Springs, Colo.), 63kg Weight Class qualified for the team, but declined due to injury

Men's Team
Casey Burgener (Bonsall, Calif./Colorado Springs, Colo.), 105+kg Weight Class
Chad Vaughn (Konawa, Okla./Norman, Okla.), 77kg Weight Class
Lance Frye (Moorestown, Va.), 77kg Weight Class
Kendrick Farris (Shreveport, La.), 85kg Weight Class
Innocent Ukpong (Houston, Texas), 85kg Weight Class
Donald Shankle (Wichita Falls, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo.), 105kg Weight Class
Jeff Wittmer (Florissant, Mo.), 94kg Weight Class
Anthony Martin (Savannah, Ga.), 94kg Weight Class

Men's Team Head Coach:  Leo Totten (Littletown, Pa.)
Men's Team Assistant Coach:  Paul Fleschler (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Robert Murphy (Sarasota, Fla./Colorado Springs, Colo.), 94kg Weight Class qualified for the team, but declined due to injury
2006 World Weightlifting Championships Schedule
USA Results thus far in the competition are listed in bold below:

Saturday, September 30, 2006
Men's 56kg Weight Class (Groups A,B and C) - No U.S. competitors
Men's 62kg Weight Class (Group C) - No U.S. competitors

Sunday, October 1, 2006
Men's 62kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - No U.S. competitors
Women's 48kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - No U.S. competitors
Men's 69kg Weight Class (Group A) - No U.S. competitors

Monday, October 2, 2006
Men's 69kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - No U.S. competitors
Women's 53kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Melanie Roach (Bonney Lake, Wash. - 12th Place)
Men's 77kg Weight Class (Group C)

Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Men's 77kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Lance Frye (Moorestown, Va. - 36th Place) and Chad Vaughn (Konawa, Okla./Norman, Okla. - 12th Place)
Women's 58kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Jackie Berube (Colorado Springs, Colo. - 11th Place) and Amanda Hubbard (Atlanta, Ga./Chandler, Ariz. - 23rd place)
Women's 63kg and 69kg Weight Class (Group C)

Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Women's 63kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Natalie Woolfolk (Arnold, Md./Colorado Springs, Colo. - 9th place)
Women's 69kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Teresa Gaume (St. Joseph, Mo. - 19th place)
Men's 85kg Weight Class (Group C)

Thursday, October 5, 2006
Men's 85kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Kendrick Farris (Shreveport, La.) and Innocent Ukpong (Houston, Texas)
Women's 75kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Doreen Fullhart (Christiansburg, Va./ Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Men's 94kg Weight Class (Group C)

Friday, October 6, 2006
Men's 94kg Weight Class (Groups A and B) - Anthony Martin (Savannah, Ga.) and Jeff Wittmer (Florissant, Mo.)
Women's 75+kg Weight Class (Group B)
Men's 105kg Weight Class (Group B)
Men's 105+ Weight Class (Group B)

Saturday, October 7, 2006
Women's 75+kg Weight Class (Group A) - Cheryl Haworth (Savannah, Ga./Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Men's 105kg Weight Class (Group A) - Donald Shankle (Wichita Falls, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Men's 105+ Weight Class (Group A) - Casey Burgener (Bonsall, Calif./Colorado Springs, Colo.)