FRCF Fall Weightlifting Meet

There are 125 competitor slots.

This is a sanctioned USAW event.  So, if you would like your total to count toward a national event for qualification purposes, you can do that at this meet.

However……….

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A REGISTERED USAW MEMBER TO COMPETE IN THIS MEET!!!!

So CrossFit Athletes, this is a great opportunity to experience the sport of weightlifting without incurring the additional cost of registering both for the meet and with the USAW National Office.

Female Lifters
All Non-USAW Registered Female Lifters will lift in the morning of November 7th.
All USAW Registered Female Lifters will lift in the afternoon of November 7th.

Male Lifters
All Non-USAW Registered Male Lifters ill lift in the morning of November 8th.
All USAW Registered Male Lifters will lift in the afternoon of November 8th.

This meet will be a Olympic Lifting meet, the two lifts contested are the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk.  You can enter this meet and compete as an individual or as part of your CrossFit Affiliate team.  There will be awards for each weight class, as well as awards for the top three CrossFit Affiliates.   All USAW rules will be followed.  You must wear a weightlifting singlet, or if it is your first meet, you may wear tight fitting compression shorts and shirt.

You must wear appropriate footwear.  You will not be able to wear Five Finger shoes or anything like them.

The Affiliate Competition will be contested with teams of up to eight men and seven women.   We will be using the same system that was used at the USAW/CrossFit Open to determine the winner.  Coaches must declare their teams prior to the start of the meet.

The weight classes for the men are:

56 kg        62kg,       69kg,         77 kg,       85kg,     94kg,        105 kg,  105+ kg
123.4lbs136.4lbs, 151.8lbs, 169.4lbs, 187lbs, 206.8lbs, 231lbs, 231+lbs

The weight classes for the women are:

48kg,        53kg,         58kg,        63kg,         69kg,        75kg,      75+kg
105.6lbs, 116.6lbs, 127.6lbs, 138.6lbs, 151.8lbs, 165 lbs, 165+lbs

You will need to declare your weight class when you register today, but you will be able to change it up to the weigh-in.

The lifting sessions will be determined after registration closes.  We will most likely have 3 sessions each day.

We will have two seperate spaces for the Competition.

Warm-up Area
4000 sq feet
12 permanent Olympic Lifting Platforms
A ridiculous amount of bumpers

Competition Area
5400 sq feet
A competition weight set
Seating for 300 spectators.

We look forward to seeing you at the event.