About
Helping to develop Minnesota high school athletes through the sport of weightlifting.
Helping to develop Minnesota high school athletes through the sport of weightlifting.
Our goal is to provide information on the sport of weightlifting in Minnesota to high school student-athletes and coaches. All clubs and athletes are registered members of USA Weightlifting and belong to the Minnesota Local Weightlifting Committee. All meets are sanctioned by USA Weightlifting and follow USAW rules and regulations.
The season
The competitive season runs during the winter sports season. It is made up of several regular-season meets and ends with the state championship meet in early March.
Divisions
Athletes compete by sex, division and body-weight class.
- JV: athletes who are 16 or younger in the calendar year the season ends.
- Varsity: athletes who are older than 16 in the calendar year the season ends.
The lifts
Olympic weightlifting has two lifts. Each athlete gets three attempts at each lift, and their best successful attempts are added together for their total.
- Snatch: the bar is lifted from the floor to overhead in one continuous movement.
- Clean & jerk: the bar is lifted to the shoulders (the clean), then driven overhead (the jerk).