2026 USAPL Texas High School State Championships

Registration Roster Meet Shirt  Meet Cap: 60 Lifters
Cancellation Policy USAPL Rulebook QUALIFYING TOTALS USAPL Membership

REGISTRATION CLOSES SATURDAY 2/21 AT MIDNIGHT CST

Location: 

TSS-SATX

2418 Boardwalk St, San Antonio, TX 78217

Registration Timeline: 

  • Early Bird Registration: $70 - 11/01 to 12/31
  • Regular Registration: $95 - 1/01 to 2/21
  • Coaches, please email wesz@texasstrengthsystems.com regarding bulk registration & pricing.

1. USAPL Membership (required): 

  • USAPL Cards can be purchased online at www.usapowerlifting.com. 
  • All lifters must have been drug-free for the past thirty-six (36) months.
  • Awards will be given to 1st – 3rd in each weight class.  
  • Male & Female best lifters each receive a $250 TSS gift card.

Raw Lifting: As of September 1, 2007 “Raw” lifting rules require all competitors to wear a regulation one piece non supportive lifting suit. Wrist wraps and belts are OK.  Neoprene knee sleeves are OK. No other support gear is allowed. Only raw gear approved by USAPL is permitted. See www.USAPowerlifting.com

Equipped Lifting: Suits & shirts must be made of a poly type material.  Those made out of elastic material like Bench Daddies are not allowed.  Knee wraps must not exceed 2m in length and cannot have velcro.  Squat briefs are not permitted.  A lifter may compete equipped in one lift and raw in other lifts if they choose. A t-shirt must be worn under the squat suit and it cannot be a compression shirt.

Drug Testing: You must be drug free for at least 36 months prior to the date of this meet to be eligible to compete. At least 10% of all lifters will be tested by urinalysis.   Banned substances include but are not limited to anabolic steroids and growth hormones. The complete list of banned substances is available on the web site of the World Anti-Doping Agency (see www.WADA-ama.org).

2. Qualifying Total Required:

Lifters will need to achieve the qualifying total for their weight class in any raw sanctioned powerlifting meet:  THSWPA, THSPA, USAPL, UPSA, etc...

QUALIFYING TOTALS

3. Meet Schedule:

Early equipment check is optional but recommended and will be on Friday 04/11 from 6:30PM - 7:30PM at TSS-SATX. 

Session 1:

  • Equipment Check: 7 to 8:30am
  • Weigh-ins: 7:30am to 9am
  • Lifting: 9:30 to ~11:30am (awards to follow)

Session 2:

  • Equipment Check: 12:30pm to 2pm
  • Weigh-ins: 1pm to 2:30pm
  • Lifting: 3 to ~7:00pm

Weigh-in:

Conducted by lot # order (not first-come, first-served). Lot numbers are assigned a week before the meet. Openers (first attempts for all three lifts) and Photo ID are required before stepping on the scale.

4. USAPL Info:

5. Changes & Withdrawn:

  • Submit changes to weight class and/or division HERE. 
  • For cancellation/transfer, please visit our Cancellation Policies HERE & submit the cancellation or transfer form on the same website. 
  • TSS Meet transfer policy can be found on the same website.

6. Admission & Parking:

  • Admission Fee: pay at the door (applies to everyone), purchase at the door with TSS-SATX. 

    • Cash/Venmo/CashApp: $20 

    • Credit/Debit Card: $21 

  • Free Admission: Lifters of this meet, gym members and 10-year-olds and younger.

  • Parking: [Click Here For Parking Map] – Please follow the parking instructions carefully, as many cars were towed during previous events. Despite our signs and detailed instructions, our neighbors are still operating over the weekend.


American Records:

If you are attempting American Record, please let us know ahead and be sure to bring a physical copy of your ID or birth certificate so we can mail them to the National Office. Please note that American records are tracked as teenage records so lifters are eligible to break these records based on their age:  Teen 1 (14-15), Teen II (16-17), Teen III (18-19).  These teen records can only be broken by 2.5kg increments at this meet (record chips cannot be used).

Record Database

 

Any questions please email meets@texasstrengthsystems.com. If you're an Adaptive Athlete, please send us an email with your USAPL Membership card.