Congrats to all of our Mountain South athletes that competed in the 2024 USAW North American Open Finals in Tucson, AZ! This was also a National Meet held in our WSO and would like to extend a huge thanks to Rufe Bynum and the High Desert Athletic Club, and all of the local volunteers and…
2024 Mountain South WSO Championships Results!
Congrats to all of our Mountain South athletes that competed in the 2024 Mountain South WSO Championships! This year we had our first event on 10/19 in Tempe, AZ, and our final event on 10/26-27 in Albuquerque, NM with the results of both meets combined as our overall Mountain South Championship! A huge thanks to…
2024 USAW North American Open Series 2 Results & Records
Congrats to all of our Mountain South athletes that competed in the 2024 USAW North American Open Series 2 in Fort Worth, TX! We would like to highlight some of the outstanding performances, the Best Lifters from our WSO, a total of 34 new WSO records, and recognize our 23 National medalists from the event…
Arizona’s Amelia Phillips sweeps Gold in Ecuador at Pan-American Youth Championship!
Congratulations to Mountain South athlete Amelia Phillips who competed last week at the 2024 Pan-American Youth Weightlifting Championship in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she had a perfect 6-for-6 day finishing with personal best lifts to sweep Gold to become the Pan-American Youth Champion in the 49kg Women U15 division! Amelia lifted personal records of 62kg/137lbs in…
2024 WSO Championships
2024 WSO Championship Locations Announced! Utah October 12, 2024 Crossfit Zion, St. George Hosted by: Zion Weightlifting Arizona* October 19, 2024 ASU Campus, Tempe Hosted by: Alee Athletics New Mexico* October 26-27, 2024 Cactus Volleyball Club, Albuquerque Hosted by: High Desert Weightlifting Thank you to those turned in applications to host, and congratulations to the…
2024 Nationals Week Results & New Records!
Congrats to all of our Mountain South athletes that competed in the 2024 USAW National Week in Pittsburgh, PA! We would like to highlight some of the outstanding performances, the Best Lifters from our WSO, a total of 88 new WSO records, and recognize our 9 National Champions and 22 National medalists from the event…
2024 Masters Nationals Results & Records!
A big shout out to all the athletes that competed at the 2024 USAW Masters National Championships, a long with a huge thanks Calavera Barbell for hosting the meet in Reno, NV within our Mountain South WSO! MASTERS TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONS – Las Vegas Barbell! Congratulations to Las Vegas Barbell for winning to Masters…
2024 NAO1 & University Nationals Results and New WSO Records!
Congrats to all of our Mountain South athletes that competed in the 2024 USAW North American Open Series 1 & University Nationals as part of the “Arnold Sports Festival” in Columbus Ohio! We would like to highlight some of the outstanding performances, new WSO records, and medalists from the event: BEST LIFTERS – Top Performances…
Apply for 2024 Mountain South WSO Coaching Development Scholarships!
The Mountain South WSO is delighted to announce the launch of Coaching Development scholarships for the year 2024. Each year, USA Weightlifting provides a limited number of tuition scholarships for qualified BIPOC coaches and Female Coaches to attend either the Level 1 or Level 2 Coach Certification course. The Scholarship will cover the cost of…
We need YOU!
We need YOU! If you will be in Reno for Masters Nationals in March or Tucson for AO Finals in December, please consider volunteering your time to help with set-up/tear down or loading a few sessions. Reach out to us, we would be happy to put you in touch with the right people. Click here…