2025 USA Powerlifting New Mexico State Championships (NM-2025-03)

Registration

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I. Description:

- Registration opens on Arpil 1 is for New Mexico residents only (New Mexico address shown on your USAPL membership). 
- Out-of-state Lifters: can sign-up after Arpil 30. If sign-up before April 30, your registration will be moved to wait-list. You will be added back to the roster if it is not full (less than 70 lifters). If meet is capped, refund will be process based on our Cancellation Policy (see disclaimer or our website). 
- Out-of-state Lifters will be lifting under Guest division.

- This is a State level meet, not recommended for those who has not competed in USAPL before.
- This will be a one-day, one-platform meet.
- General meet info email will be sending out around 1.5-month out to lifters who signed up.
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II. Requirements:
- Must have a non-expired USAPL membership on meet date (2025 year shows on card). 
- For placing in your division & weight class, you must be an New Mexico resident*, meaning the address shown on your USAPL membership card must be an NM address. You can still compete if you're from out-of-state, see Out-of-state section below. 
- All lifters must have been drug-free for the past thirty-six (36) months.
- No qualifying total needed for this meet.
- Lifting Attire: All competitors must wear a one piece lifting suit or a wrestling singlet, shoes and a T-Shirt, deadlift socks for deadlift. All equipment must conform to USA Powerlifting rules. See www.USAPowerlifting.com for details.
- "TEAM": Any group of lifters competing as a team at any level of competition must be a team/club officially registered with USA Powerlifting. This mean if you're not in a USAPL registered Team/Club, please do not put anything under "TEAM". Only exceptions are School's name & Univiersity/College Powerlifting Teams. Please visit USAPL webiste to register your Team/Club.
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Note: Raw-with-wraps division is for those who wear KNEE WRAPS to Squat.
Raw division includes wearing knee sleeves, wrist wraps, non-compresed singlet.
Please see updated 2025 USAPL Rulebook for details.

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III. General info:

When: November 8, 2025

Where: United Fit, Albuquerque, NM

This will be a one-platform, one-day meet with two sessions.

This meet can be used to:

- Qualify for any Nationals including 2026 Raw Nationals (since this is State Championships).

- Break American Records.  Record database

 

IV. Registration Timeline (meet shirt not included):

Early Bird Registration: $115 (Deadline: June 30) 

Regular Registration: $140 (Deadline: September 30)

Late Registration: $165 (after September 30 if spots are still available)

Additional division: $25

 

V. Meet Schedule (tentative):

Optional Early equipment check: TBA

Meet day:

- Session* 1: Regular Check-in with Equipment Check: 7AM. (USAPL ID & Photo ID are required. Show referees everything you're wearing on the platform)

Weigh-in: right after you have your Equipment checked, to no later than 8:30AM (no exception). (openers & rack height are required before you go weigh-in)

Lifting starts at 9:00AM, ends around 1:00PM. 

Awards to follow.

- Session* 2: Regular Check-in with Equipment Check: 12:30AM. (USAPL ID & Photo ID are required. Show referees everything you're wearing on the platform)

Weigh-in: 1PM, to no later than 2:30PM (no exception). (openers & rack height are required before you go weigh-in)

Lifting starts at 3PM, ends around 7:00PM. 

Awards to follow.

*Sessions are breakdown based on gender, weight class & amount of lifters signed up.

VI. Out-of-state (non-New Mexico resident)

Since this is the New Mexico State Championships, Out-of-State lifters are welcomed but will be assigned under Guest Lifter Division. See the screenshot from USAPL Rulebook below for more info: 

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* Guest lifters are not eligible for awards within age divisions. 

* Guest lifters may set state and American records and may earn a qualifying total for a national meet.

* Guest lifters are subject to all normal rules of competition and must meet the same qualifying criteria to enter the meet.
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* We will have awards for Guest Lifters based on DOTS points.
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(If you are currently residing in New Mexico but still have an out-of-state address on your USAPL card, if you want, you can change it to your NM address on the USAPL Membership website, to avoid competing as a Guest Lifter. Once changed, please let us know)
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VII. Changes after signing up:

For any meet change request including weight class, division, team name, etc.. Any division(s) add or changes or add won’t be accepted within 2 weeks out from the date of the meet.

Cancellations & refund policy.


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

 

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