MURDER OF CROWS BARBELL is proud to be hosting their 9th Annual USAW Sanctioned Competition, the 2024 Murder of Crows Open!
The competition will be hosted over 2 days on Saturday, June 1st, and Sunday, June 3rd, at Murder of Crows, 1010 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238. Women will lift on Saturday, and Men will lift on Sunday. Each day will finish with a Prime Time group consisting of the Top 13 athletes ranked by using the Sinclair Formula for their declared entry total and declared weight class. Registration will be capped at 120 athletes, so don't miss out!
We’ll be awarding a cash prize of $1500 FOR THE BEST TEAM!!! 2nd & 3rd place teams will be awarded banners to hang in their gym. Teams will consist of 5 members from a sanctioned USAW Club that must be registered by May 28, 2024. Team registration and more rules can be found HERE. The Best Man and Best Woman Lifter will be awarded $200 each. You must lift in the Prime Time session to be eligible for Best Lifter Awards.
We will be awarding medals to the top 3 finishers in each weight class. We will be contesting Youth, Junior, Senior (Open), and Masters (35-49 and 50+) competitions, and all athletes will automatically be entered into the "Open" classification. Due to the nature of this event, medals may not be awarded until after the Prime Time session has finished each day. Youth & Junior athletes, please contact the meet director for a discount code for your registration. If an athlete needs to withdraw from this meet, we will give a 50% refund through Sunday, April 28th, 2024. After that point, there will be no refunds, no exceptions.
There will be vendors at this event, and spectators are welcome to attend for $5 (cash or Venmo) which is used to support our national athletes for the upcoming 2024 USAW National Championships Week.
COMPETITION RULES: New for this meet for 2024, we will be holding a Verification of Final Entries meeting (VFE) at 7PM on Tuesday, May 28th via Zoom. Any changes to your entry total or weight class MUST be made either before or at this meeting. No changes will be accepted after this meeting, including your team affiliation. Only Youth athletes & Masters athletes not scheduled for Prime Time will be permitted to go up a weight class at weigh in. Since the assignment of Prime Time slots depends on accurate meet registration, all athletes will be held to the 20kg rule, so please make sure your information is all correct ASAP.