The Final Round in the Battle for the Belt

One could not ask for it to be closer than this battle for the battle was.  Starting September 16 with a meet in Lexington, then a crazy fun team competition, and culminating in the FSU Open on October 20. 

Since the battle rules include the possibility of losing ground, there were 5 contenders for the belt:
Zach, leading with 44.75 points
Chelsea with 33
Fern with 29.75
Pat with 29
Ron with 27. 

Toss in the fact that there is also a multiplier when the competition is in a pure weightlifting meet and who knows who could end up on top. 

Chelsea was in there with the 33 and a 6 for 6 day would have put her to 39  points.  Alas, she missed lifts and was fixed at 33.  Pat was somewhat on the outside looking in, but could leapfrog past people if others had a bad day and he had a good day.  He missed lifts so he was still stuck at 29. 

Fern threw it down by hitting two PR in the meet getting her 12.50 points and catapulting her to 42.25 points.  Focus was on Zach as he could have a bad day, though unlikely. 

Zach hits three PR in the meet, but misses one lift.  Walks come back to haunt you in baseball and missed lifts haunt you in weightlifting.  His multiplier is 1.25 and he gains 18.75 points ending with a total of 63.5.  He is sitting pretty.

Ron, the only challenger left, responds with a 3 for 3 PR snatch performance and then goes 3 for 3 in CJ along with a PR.  With his multiplier of 1.75, he gets 36.75 points.  I had to check the calculator two or three times before seeing that Ron successfully defended the belt by 0.25 points! 

Now, the question becomes, who is going to pry that thing out of Ron's hands with their own great lifting?

Fun stuff!  Stay tuned for the next  Battle for the Belt!