In the Past
American Open Series One - posted 20 March 2017.
Awesome job by Montana lifters at the first of the 2017 American Open Series in Reno, NV. Team Montana and Butte Barbell had great showings; the youth lifters were impressive!. Congratulations to Challen on a fine performance!
Way to go Mattie! - posted 14 December 2016.
Congratulations on your winning performance at the 2016 American Open Championships in Orlando, FL. A great way to end the year! 2017 is looking bright!
Congrats to the new Weightlifting Sport Performance Coaches - Bismarck, ND! - posted 24 August 2016. Congratulations to the newly certified USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coaches from Bismarck, ND. Your interest in the sport and conviction to be the best coaches you can be was motivating, to say the least. Your athletes are very fortunate! Thank you for your hospitality.
Outstanding Lifting at the Olympics Mattie! - posted 9 August 2016.
Congratulations on your outstanding lifting in Rio, Mattie. A solid performance, making 5 of 6 lifts, setting a new Oceania Snatch record, and a 199 kg total, was inspirational.
Congratulations Mattie! Now Rio bound for the 2016 Summer Olympics! - posted 2 July 2016, updated 5 August 2016. Congratulations on your gutsy performance at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships! And now, your invitation to Rio! Go Mattie Go! Mattie will be lifting in the Women's 58 kg B session, and for those in the US the lifting should be streamed live on NBC's website on Monday 8 August, 2016: http://www.nbcolympics.com/live-stream-schedule/weightlifting?day=3 You may need to know your cable login information to be able to stream events.
Mattie will be the flag bearer for the Marshall Islands delegation during the Opening Ceremonies on Friday, 5 August! Here is a local Missoula TV news story about Mattie going to the Olympics.
Weightlifting and Sports Performance Coaching Certification Course, Big Muddy Crossfit, Bismarck, ND - posted 24 June 2016. Coach Clay heads to North Dakota! Thank you Chris and Gina for hosting this event, August 20-21, 2016. For more information see the Course Registration page.
Mattie heads to Tblisi! - posted 15 June 2016. All the best Mattie at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships! Check out this news story from the Marshall Islands Journal about Mattie & Tao's performances at the Oceania Weightlifting Championships & Continental Qualifier for Rio.
Team Marshall Islands Outstanding at 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships! - posted 27 May 2016. Congratulations Mattie & Tao on your awesome performances in Fiji! Tao going 5 for 6 and coming in 4th with personal meet PRs. Mattie going 5 for 6 and taking the championship as well as Best Junior and Senior female lifter with personal meet PRs. Epic!
Training Camp Complete - Oceania Weightlifting Championships Bound! - posted 20 May 2016. Thank you Mattie & Tao for always providing your best effort! Your perseverance and dedication will pay off at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Fiji!
Coach Kono - posted 24 April 2016. You have touched so many lives and made better lifters of us all. Thank you. I will miss you.
Welcome Marshall Islands National Weightlifting Team to Training Camp, Hilo, HI - posted 16 April 2016. Thanks to all who have provided so much support for our training endeavor here in Hilo as the Team prepares for the upcoming Oceania National Championships and Continental Qualifier in Fiji for the upcoming Summer Olympics!
USA Weightlifting and Sports Performance Coaching Certification Course – 31 March – 1 April 2016, Majuro, MHL - posted 10 April 2016. Congratulations to all the participants who successfully completed the USA Weightlifting’s W.S.P. (Level 1) Coaching Course held in Majuro, Marshall Islands. This is the first step in establishing a number of Olympic-style Weightlifting Clubs on the Marshall Islands…and none-too-soon for the talented youth excited to begin their training. My sincerest appreciation to the Marshall Islands Weightlifting Federation, the Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee, and USA Weightlifting for this wonderful opportunity. Kommol tata!!
USA Weightlifting and Sports
Performance Coaching Certification Course – 31 March – 1 April 2016, Majuro, MHL - posted 1 February 2016. Coach Clay Reed will be instructing a USA Weightlifting and Sports Performance Coaching Certification (Level 1) Course at the College of the Marshall Islands in Majuro, MHL. Registration is by invitation only. This course is part of an ongoing initiative to expand Olympic weightlifting in the Marshall Islands organized by the Marshall Islands Weightlifting Federation and the Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee. Many thanks to all those at USA Weightlifting and MIWF who have facilitated this special opportunity!
Marshall Islands National Weightlifting Team Lifts Well at 2015 American Open Championships, Reno, NV - posted 7 December 2015. Both Mattie Sasser and Taubuti Bob did wonderful jobs in Reno, each bettering their performances 2 weeks prior at the World Championships! Mattie set two new Oceania Junior National records and took home a silver and bronze medal.
Outstanding Performances by Mattie & Tao at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships! - posted 25 November 2015. Congratulations to Mattie Sasser and Taubuti Bob for their solid performances in their first World Weightlifting Championships. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Championships, particularly the volunteers who gave their best - everyone did an awesome job and it was greatly appreciated by athletes and coaches!
Team Marshall Islands heads to the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, TX, & American Open Championships in Reno, NV - posted 1 October 2015. The Marshallese Weightlifting Team will be participating in two international meets this fall: first the World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, TX, and then the American Open Weightlifting Championships in Reno, NV.
Congrats to Mattie & Tao for Their Performances at the 2015 Pacific Games, Papua New Guinea! - posted 18 July 2015. Congratulations to Tao for his bronze medal! Click here to see a video of his 162 kg bronze medal lift. Mattie Sasser won the gold medal in the junior 58Kg category (and took bronze in the senior division!).
USAW Sports Performance Coaching
Certification Course - July 25-26 2015, Waimea, HI - posted 28 May 2015. Coach Clay Reed will be teaching a Sports Performance Certification (Level 1) Course for the Hawaii Island Barbell Club at CrossFit AllStar in Waimea (Kamuela) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Many thanks to all those who have helped us to organize this! Registration is open until mid-July 2015.
Congrats to all Montana's Special Olympic Powerlifting Athletes - posted 21 May 2015. On May 21st, athletes from across Montana gathered in the Adams Center for the Powerlifting event of the 2015 Montana Special Olympic games. It was a tremendous success. Coach Clay Reed was one of the judges and has the 2016 Games on his calendar already. Congratulations to all the athletes and their families for a wonderful day!
Clay's Summer Coaching - June & July 2015, Hilo, HI - posted 18 May 2015. Coach Clay Reed has been invited to teach another series of seminars and clinics at the Hilo Health Co-operative (formerly Big Island Crossfit) this summer. Additional details will be forthcoming but youth and adult coaching opportunities will be available. Thanks to HHC for this opportunity to come back and visit our wonderful friends on the Big Island.
Happy Graduation IOC Diploma's in Sports Nutrition - posted 24 April 2015.
Students who began the IOC Medical Commission's Diploma in Sports Nutrition in January of 2013 had their official graduation ceremony today. After 2 years of coursework and exams, Coach Clay Reed was one of the 50 graduates attending in spirit at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. IOC Medical Commission Chair Ugu Erdener, member (and director of the Diploma Program) Ron Maughan, and IOC Medical and Scientific Director Richard Budgett all attended.
Welcome - posted 24 January 2015.
Because my work requires a bit of traveling, this web-page was created upon request by those lifters, athletes, and associates that I have had the pleasure to work with over the years. I will continue to add information about developing youth programs in Olympic-style weightlifting, appropriate nutrition for young athletes (as well as men and women of all ages), and links to some recommended resources.
All the best, Coach Clay Reed
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