MDUSA Grand Prix Series

The MDUSA Grand Prix Series is a celebration of weightlifting, community, and American pride. It is our way to show our pride and support for the lifters competing today. It is a developmental tool that will be used to bring forth future American weightlifters for generations to come. It is a way to increase participation in one of the greatest sports to ever exist. It is a way to motivate our current stars with a series of events with cash prizes, culminating with a final event where a minimum of $25,000 is on the line!

The pedigree of the American lifter makes all of us at MDUSA proud to be Americans. Our lifters are athletic, they are talented, and they are intelligent. They compete with class, integrity, and sportsmanship. They represent our great country with pride and fight to do their best. This is what it means to me an American athlete, and our athletes deserve to be rewarded, supported, and motivated by events like these. This is the creed of the MDUSA Grand Prix, to support, reward, and motivate the American weightlifter.

The MDUSA Grand Prix Series is for American athletes only, and will use only Pendlay weightlifting equipment. Grand Prix records will be set in the first year, ready to be broken in year two.

The Grand Prix consists of severals meets over the next year.

Inaugural MDUSA Grand Prix Meet - Open to all lifters - This meet will be in the fall / winter 2011 and serve as a test run for MDUSA leading up to the true Grand Prix Series in 2012. This meet is independent of 2012 MDUSA Grand Prix Series. Prizes will be both cash and equipment. The location and date of this meet is to be determined.

MDUSA Grand Prix Regionals - The race begins! - There will be three regionals in the spring of 2012. Regionals will span over 3 weekends with two weeks separating each event. Regionals are wide open and athletes can compete in as many regionals they want. Regional meets will run the same as typical meets, according to weight class. Grand Prix Regionals will have cash and product prizes. The cash and product prizes will be announced later. Regionals will be broken up into three sections; East Coast, Mid West, and West Coast. We know for sure that the first regional will be the West Coast, hosted in the San Francisco bay area. The second regional will be the Mid West, hosted in Dallas or Chicago. The third regional will be the East Coast, hosted in Fort Mill or Charlestion South Carolina.

Qualifying out of Regionals - The top 10 male and top 10 female based on Sinclair from the regionals will advance to the finals, which will have only 20 competitors.

The MDUSA Grand Prix Finals Week - Finals week will be Summer 2012 spread out over several days. Highly likely finals week will be held in Kissimmee / Orlando, Florida.

Day 1 - Olympic Lifting Clinics - Free Olympic Lifting Clinics ran by top tier coaches. Coaching clinics will be held in same venue as the remaining meets. We will provide more details at a later date.

Day 2 - MDUSA Grand Prix Masters Open - We are not getting any younger, but the fire still burns! Grand Prix Masters Open will run according to expected standards. Cash and equipment prizes will be available.

Day 3 - MDUSA Grand Prix Under 20 Open - This meet is open to School Age and Junior lifters. We underestimate the impact our senior athletes have on our young lifters, we want to bring the current stars together with the stars of tomorrow! It is an honor for MDUSA to host the Under 20 Open the day before the Finals and it will be an honor for the Seniors to know the same young lifters are watching them in the Finals. The MDUSA Grand Prix Under 20 Open will be ran according to expected standards. Cash and equipment prizes will be announced later, we are aware of NCAA regulations pertaining to prizes awarded at meets.

Day 4 - MDUSA Grand Prix Finals - The best of the best in an exciting, fast paced meet. 20 lifters, under four hours, filled with energy and excitement with everything on the line. New stars will emerge out of this meet every year. The finals will put the spotlight on the best lifters. Cash prizes only, Americans only, minimum of $25,000 guaranteed, split among the 5 best men and 5 best women. MDUSA reserves the right to up this minimum based on the success of the "race" at any time all the way up to the day before the Grand Prix Finals. Is the community going to show up? Are they going to support the lifters? Are they going to participate?

MDUSA Plans to host an all comer post Grand Prix Finals after party. A celebration for all to attend; spectators, competitors, and families. An event where we can celebrate not only weightlifting but celebrate our community.

It is not about a lifter’s weight total on the world stage, it is the excitement that is generated on any lifter’s greatest attempt, it is that moment in time we are going to capture and forever grow this sport in the US.

This is what the MDUSA Grand Prix is all about. – Brad Hess, President, MDUSA

There is an enormous amount of details to come. If you are interested in contributing or participating please email us at mdusagp@muscledriverusa.com, please give us some time to respond, since we first thought of this event it has expanded far beyond our initial expectations. There will be an entire website dedicated to the MDUSA Grand Prix located at MDUSAGrandPrix.com. Site will be live prior to the inaurgural event in the fall of 2011.

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