Topic: USA Qualifying Totals for 2010

[Mike Cook]

USAW posted qualifying totals for 2010 on its website.

Most of the qualifying totals have been lowered in an effort to increase the amount of participants. 

Check it out!

http://weightlifting.teamusa.org/news/article/28195

1.  Individual Championships: Nationals, National Juniors, National Collegiate Championships

The overall philosophy behind the suggested qualifying totals for these events is to foster more participation, helping to grow our base of national level lifters, and help make our national events more attractive to organizations for bidding/hosting, and sponsorship.

For these events the following method was used to establish the suggested totals:
•   Average participation per weight class was established by using the 3 previous year’s events.
•   If a weight class yielded an average of 2-4 entries, totals were lowered 4-6%;
•   If a weight class yielded an average 5-7 entries, totals were lowered 2-4%;
•   If a weight class yielded an average of 8-10 entries, totals were lowered 1-3%;
•   Finally, if a weight class yielded 11-13 average participants, totals remained unchanged, or were lowered 1%;

A.   National Championships:
Men   2008 total*   Average Participation*   suggested action   2010 suggested total
56   172   2   lower 10%   155
62   192   8   lower 5%   182
69   220   10   lower 2%   215
77   247   12   Lower 1%   244
85   270   8   lower 4%   258
94   290   11   lower 2%   283
105   295   9   lower 3%   285
105+   300   11   lower 2%   293
   Total:   70      
Women   2008 total*   Average Participation*      
48   105   7   lower 7%   98
53   122   12   Lower 2%   119
58   137   7   lower 6%   129
63   145   8   lower 6%   137
69   150   7   lower 6%   141
75   160   5   lower 7%   149
75+   167   9   lower 4%   160
   Total:   55      
            
   *used 2008 since 2009 were raised 5%   

[Doug Berninger]

Cool! My chances of making the National Championships are getting better!   

[Erik Blekeberg]

The difference between the 94kg and 105kg men's is upsetting. I lift as a 94 and have lifted as a 105 but, it takes a lot of food and money to maintain that 105...but, that's an extra 23lbs to help you put up more weight. Ah choices. I am going for the American Open 2011 and hopefully Nationals 2011. We shall see what the cards hold.

[Mike Cook]

I might even be able to qualify.  I weigh 67 kg now and my bests are 75kg in snatch and 92 kg clean and jerk.  I figure if I lose about 10 pounds and get 81 snatch and 101 CJ, I could get the 182 total.  I think that is pretty good for an old guy like me who has been lifting less than a year.

[Tom Banister]

It looks to me like the 94s are getting screwed.

[Paul LaDuke]

I am a 94kg lifter so I regularly look at the rankings.  There are a ton of 94kg weightlifters.  There were 409 individuals who competed in a USAW sanctioned event in 2008.  So far this year, 349 lifters have posted totals in the weight class.  The 105kg class only had 308 lifters in 2008 and 258 lifters in the 105+kg class.  So that much competition means a higher QT and rightfully so.  Incidentally, the 85kg weight class is the biggest weight class with 440 lifters in 2008. 

[Philip Middleton]

that increment from 85kg > 94kg > 105kg is just retarded. Enough said and has already been said. Honestly, what the hell?

[Erik Blekeberg]

I am wondering if the American Open Qualifying Totals will still be as low as 2009s. I can hit a 270 total now so, its realistic for me to qualify for Nationals and definitely for the Open if the total stays the same. Just have to stay at 94kg.