Battle for the Belt: Event 1

The first of three events is in the books for the Battle. As per usual, some surprises did take place.

One change made is about the penalty points. They will not be subject to the multiplier. The bonus points will be.

First, let's set up the divisions:
Division 1 is: Ben, Fern, Keith, and Ron.

Division 3 is Zach and Division 4 is Tony, Pat, Kellene, Abby, and Jessica.

Pat provided a test run on Thursday night and all went well. He went 5 for 6 in his lifts and got 57/77/134. These numbers will be used for the June 30 event.

Saturday was a big day with the remaining 9 lifters going at it. Sparing the reader the details, here are the top 3 finishers, based upon calculations performed while completely sober.

First place: Fern with 21 points

Second place: Zach with 12.50 points

Third place: Ron with 8.75 points.

Abby, Jessica, Kellene, and Fern all went round robin finishing their lifting quickly. For Abby and Jessica, the event was a planned practice for their first (of many one can only hope) meet on June 9.

Abby goes 5 for 6 finishing with 42/54/106. Plenty in the tank for her
Jessica goes 6 for 6 finishing with 44/54/108. She had plenty left, too.
Kellene was a bit off in the snatch hitting only 1 @ 35 and made up for it in CJ as she went 3 for 3 finishing with 40.
Fern coming in with PR of 35/42/77 went 6 for 6 and nailed 37/47/84

Tony, nursing sore shoulders, spent some time warming up and may have overworked them in the process. Still, he went 6 for 6 in his first "competition". He got respectable numbers of 65/82 with more than enough in the tank to add 30% to each.

Zach coming in with PR of 72/96/168 hit 2 for 6 as he just could not get that timing right on the snatch or CJ. He finished with 70/100/170.

Ben, Keith, and Ron have the toughest row to hoe and had to plan lifts carefully for the meet.

Ron, 87/110/187 (not a misprint), missed his first 2 snatch attempts then solidly got the 85 on 3. CJ were rock solid for 105. he could not rack that pesky PR of 112.

Keith, chasing state of Ohio records in his upcoming official contests, 80/96/171, finished with a 76/90/166. Programming for he and Ron have been quite intense lately...

Ben, dropping weight classes like a prom dress, 95/134/226, got his first 2 snatches missing a PR 97. CJ is where the dropped weight really affects him. He got his opener of 120 and then next two attempts were fast moving dead lifts. He is credited with a 92/120/212.

Next Saturday, June 9, 7 lifters travel to Lexington, KY, to see what kind of weight can be put up overhead. And, of course, to see if there is any change in the standings.