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!
*
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: 3rd place – Subjunior: 2nd place
– Junior: 2nd place – Junior: 1st place
– Open: 1st place – Open: 1st place
– Master I: 1st place – Master I: 1st place
– Master II: 1st place – Master II: 1st place
– Master III: 2nd place – Master III: 3rd place
– Master IV: 2nd place – Master IV: 2nd 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!
