Raw Committee Meeting 2015 Raw Nationals Scranton, PA October 14, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Raw Committee Meeting 2015 Raw Nationals Scranton, PA October 14, 2015

Welcome from the Raw Committee • Matt Gary • Ryan Gleason • Angela Simons • Joe Warpeha (chair)

Thank You • Steve Mann, meet director • Bill Clayton, technical secretary • Eliot Feldman, assistant technical secretary • The volunteers that made this meet happen – Steve Mann’s meet staff – Referees and USAPL officials • The 1100+ lifters entered this year • Hilton and its staff in downtown Scranton

Thank You – Meet Sponsors

USAPL Membership • Current USAPL membership as of October 13: 9,309!

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2015 IPF Classic World Championship (Overall Meet Statistics) • Salo, Finland – June 5-14, 2015 • 758 lifters from 47 nations on 6 continents – 481 men – 277 women • 19 bombouts (2.5%) – 17 men (3.5%) – 2 women (0.7%) • No USA bombouts

USA at 2015 IPF Raw Worlds • Team Placings - Women • Team Placings - Men – Subjunior: 3 rd place – Subjunior: 2 nd place – Junior: 2 nd place – Junior: 1 st place – Open: 1 st place – Open: 1 st place – Master I: 1 st place – Master I: 1 st place – Master II: 1 st place – Master II: 1 st place – Master III: 2 nd place – Master III: 3 rd place – Master IV: 2 nd place – Master IV: 2 nd place

USA at 2015 IPF Raw Worlds • Coaching staff in Finland – Head coach: Angela Simons – Large supporting cast of assistant coaches and others who helped lifters and coaches

Future IPF Raw Worlds • 2016: Killeen, Texas, USA (June 19-26) • 2017 (provisional): Minsk, Belarus (dates TBD) • 2018 (current bids): – Kaunas, Lithuania – Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2016 Raw Worlds - Team Selection • Team selection for U.S. national teams – Class winners will receive first invites for men’s and women’s open , junior, sub-junior, M1, M2, M3, and M4 teams – Alternate list: rank ordering of lifters by Wilks score (no more than 2 lifters per weight class) • Note: When comparing lifters of the same weight class, lifter with higher total will be invited

And your U.S. National Team coaches for 2016- 2018 are…..

2016 Raw Worlds – Team Coaches Arian Khamesi Sioux-z Hartwig-Gary Paulie Steinman Subjunior and Junior Open Men and Women Master Men and Women Men and Women

2016 Raw Worlds – Team Process • Class winners should attempt to introduce themselves (before leaving Scranton) to the respective team coach if that coach has not already made contact • Class winners will have until December 15 to accept or decline team spots (no response by 12/15 = decline) • Alternate list will be created and posted online mid- to late November • Other details (ALFs, OMTs, travel, uniforms, etc.) will be highlighted in email communications to the prospective team members after the drug testing results come back • Lifters MUST make sure their contact information is current with the USAPL National Office and team coach

USAPL at the 2016 Arnold • Criteria available on USAPL-Arnold website • Entry submission opens on Friday, October 30 – 2015 Raw Challenge roster filled in <2 hours – Open class winners at 2015 Raw Nationals can enter prior to October 30 • Entrants MUST turn in their athlete locator form (ALF) on time and keep it up-to-date – those who do not will be removed from the roster

Qualifying Totals (QTs) • Topic has been debated since the beginning • Has the tipping point been reached with 1100+ lifters? • Raw Committee’s proposal in 2014 was rejected in favor of QTs that had virtually no effect

QT Proposal From Raw Committee • Step 1: Develop raw lifter classifications – Developed with data from USAPL database between 2013-2015 • Represents all (or most) raw performances in USAPL in the given time period – Lifter classification levels tied to various percentiles • Example: to achieve the Elite classification, lifter must achieve a total that 2.5% or fewer lifters in the given weight class have achieved (in the past 3 years)

Raw Lifter Classifications (kg) Women 43 47 52 57 63 72 84 84+ Elite (top 2.5%) 275 310 333 358 381 406 439 478 Master (top 5%) 263 296 317 341 362 385 416 452 Class 1 (top 15%) 241 269 287 307 325 345 372 402 Class 2 (top 25%) 228 253 269 287 303 321 345 373 Class 3 (top 50%) 203 223 236 250 263 277 296 317 Class 4 (top 75%) 178 193 202 213 222 232 246 262 Class 5 (top 90%) 156 166 172 179 185 192 202 212 Men 53 59 66 74 83 93 105 120 120+ Elite (top 2.5%) 455 519 566 615 665 714 764 817 875 Master (top 5%) 431 492 537 584 632 679 727 777 833 Class 1 (top 15%) 384 440 481 524 568 612 655 702 753 Class 2 (top 25%) 355 409 448 488 530 571 613 657 705 Class 3 (top 50%) 303 351 386 422 459 496 533 573 616 Class 4 (top 75%) 251 293 324 356 389 421 454 489 527 Class 5 (top 90%) 204 241 268 296 325 354 382 413 447

QT Proposal From Raw Committee • Step 2: Assign QTs – QTs linked directly to various classification levels • Example: open lifters need to achieve Class 1 total – QTs • Open: Class 1 (top 15%) • M1 and Jr: Class 2 (top 25%) • M2 and T3: Class 3 (top 50%) • M3 and T2: Class 4 (top 75%) • M4/M4+ and T1: Class 5 (top 90%)

QT Proposal From Raw Committee • Raw Committee proposes to put these classifications and QTs into effect in January, 2016 and have them apply for the 2016 Raw Nationals and beyond – Due to time constraints, proposal will require Executive Committee approval to put into place without NGB approval

QT Proposal: Advantages • Simple system that can easily be applied to all • System is objective, data-driven, and fair to all • System is easy to understand • Classifications/QTs can be updated every 3 years to reflect changing trends in performances nationwide

QT Proposal: Effect on Raw Nationals • Current proposal will significantly cut down number of lifters at Raw Nationals • Only higher caliber lifters will be able to achieve required QTs

QT Proposal: Effect on Raw Nationals • Based on performances at 2014 Raw Nationals, these QTs would cut out: – 36% of the females • Drops to 27% if 13 women within 5kg make it – 28% of the males • Based on QTs reported for 2015 Raw Nationals*, these QTs would cut out: – 49% of the females – 42% of the males * Note: Reported 2015 QTs do not necessarily represent true capabilities of lifters

QTs Applied to 2014 Raw Nationals WOMEN MEN COMBINED Cut/Total % Cut Cut/Total % Cut Cut/Total % Cut Open 19/53 36% 39/107 36% 58/160 36% M1 15/27 56% 10/36 28% 25/63 40% M2 5/15 33% 6/22 27% 11/37 30% M3 4/6 67% 4/19 21% 8/25 32% M4 1/2 50% 3/11 27% 4/13 31% M5 N/A N/A 1/1 100% 1/1 100% Junior 5/19 26% 8/46 17% 13/65 20% T3 1/7 14% 3/17 18% 4/24 17% T2 2/9 22% 3/16 19% 5/25 20% T1 0/3 0% 2/6 33% 2/9 22% Youth 0/3 0% N/A N/A 0/3 0% Guest 0/1 0% N/A N/A 0/1 0% TOTAL 52/145* 36%* 79/281 28% 131/426 † 31% † Notes: *13 women cut out were within 5kg of making the cut; if these women made it, the percentage of women cut out becomes 27%. † The combined [men and women] percent cut would also drop from 31% to 28% as a result of the 13 women making it.

QTs Applied to 2015 Raw Nationals* WOMEN MEN COMBINED Cut/Total % Cut Cut/Total % Cut Cut/Total % Cut Open 132/261 51% 183/372 49% 315/633 50% M1 29/50 58% 42/73 58% 71/123 58% M2 14/28 50% 16/39 41% 30/67 45% M3 11/14 79% 6/18 33% 17/32 53% M4 2/5 40% 2/8 25% 4/13 31% M5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Junior 40/77 52% 55/169 33% 95/246 39% T3 2/11 18% 17/60 28% 19/71 27% T2 1/14 7% 4/30 13% 5/44 11% T1 2/15 13% 0/8 0% 2/23 9% TOTAL 233/475 49% 325/777 42% 558/1252 45% * Note: Analysis based on reported QTs for 2015 Raw Nationals. These QTs do not necessarily represent the true capabilities of lifters.

QT Proposal Discussion…

Future Raw Nationals • 2016: Atlanta, GA (October 13-16) – meet director: Josh Rohr • 2017: Orlando, FL (October 11-15) – meet director: Robert Keller • Bids for 2018 (vote required): – Spokane, WA (October 12-14, 2018) • meet directors: Danna Snow and Erin Ribic – Aurora, CO (October, 2018 – specific dates not given) • meet directors: Dan and Jennifer Gaudreau – Killeen, TX (October 11-14 or 18-21, 2018) • meet director: Johnny Graham

Elections • Raw Committee expanding to 6 members – 3-year term length for all committee members – Terms are staggered • Two new positions being created • Nominations (received as of October 13): – Sean Dunston – Paulie Steinman – Tonya Lambeth – Arian Khamesi – Eliot Feldman • Vote required

Items from the floor?

Adjourn • Thank you for attending and for your continued support of USA Powerlifting • Please feel free to contact any of the Raw Committee members with questions, concerns, and suggestions

Good Luck And Safe Lifting To All Competitors!