For Immediate Release:

This weekend RVA Performance/CrossFit RVA will host the 4th installment of the MDUSA RVA Open and FloElite will be there to live broadcast the event. In addition to the sold out Open group, this year's RVA will include an Invitational Division with larger cash prizes to draw some of the nation's top talent.

Saturday, April 18th will feature the Women's Open and Invitational sessions.

9AM - Session 1: Open Women 48Kg, 53Kg and 58Kg 
Noon - Session 2: Open Women 63Kg
3PM - Session 3: Open Woment 69Kg, 75kg, +75Kg
6PM - Session 4: Invitational Women
All times are (EST)

Among lifters to compete in the Women's Invitational:

Lindsay Stroker: (53kg)
MDUSA.
Best official lifts - Snatch 73kg, C&J 93kg.

Lauren Rutan: (58kg)
MDUSA.
Best official lifts - Snatch 71kg, C&J 92kg.

Nicole Capurso: (63kg)
Outlaw Barbell. Crossfit regional and Miami Surge Grid League
competitor.
Best official lifts - Snatch 74kg, C&J 98kg

Tayler Harris: (69kg/75kg)
MDUSA.
6th place (75kg) 2014 American Open.
Best official lifts - Snatch 85kg, C&J 108kg.

Rebecca Gerdon: (75kg)
MDUSA.
Bronze medalist 2014 USAW Nationals.
Best official lifts - Snatch 83kg, C&J 105kg.

Jillian Mull: (75kg)
Rubber City Weightlifting.
Bronze medalist 2014 USAW American Open.
Best official lifts -Snatch 83kg, C&J 108kg.

Rachel Davis: (+75kg)
MDUSA.
6th place 2014 USAW Nationals.
Best official lifts - Snatch 94kg, C&J 117 kg.

 

Sunday, April 19th will feature the Men's groups as follows:

8AM – Session 1: Open Men 56Kg, 62Kg, 69Kg, 77Kg
11AM – Session 2: Open Men 85Kg
2PM – Session 3: Open Men 94, 105 and 105+Kg
5PM – Session 4: Invitational Men
All times are (EST)

Among those on the startlist for the Men's Invitational:

Adam Beytin: (77kg)
East Coast Gold.
Silver medalist 2014 American Open.
Best official lifts - Snatch 135kg, C&J 171kg.

Matt Bergeron: (85kg) 
MDUSA.
Best official lifts - Snatch 126kg, C&J 162kg.

Trevor Britton: (85kg/94kg)
MDUSA.
Bronze medalist 2014 USAW Nationals (85kg).
Best official lifts Snatch - 151kg, C&J 167kg.

Sean Rigsby: (+105kg) 
MDUSA.
Bronze medalist 2014 USAW American Open.
Best official lifts - Snatch 138kg, C&J 188kg.

Caine Wilkes: (+105kg) 
Wilkes Weightlifting.
Top ranked USAW +105kg lifter, 2014 Pan Am and USAW National Champion.
Best official lifts - Snatch 182kg, C&J 221 kg.

 

Top 3 male and female performers in the Invitational competition (based on Sinclair) will earn: 1st $600, 2nd $400, 3rd $200

 

Caine Wilkes, along with MDUSA notables Ariel Stephens, Travis Cooper and James Tatum are scheduled to compete at the USAW Regional/Pan Am Qualifier to be held in St. Louis April 30 - May 3, 2015.

Event coverage of the 2015 MDUSA RVA Open can be found at FloElite.com. Viewers can follow along with LIVE coverage of the event here on April 18th - 19th, 2015. To watch the MDUSA RVA OPEN LIVE, you must be a member of FloElite's premium service, FloPRO. FloPRO subscriptions come in two pricing packages: $19.99/monthly subscription, $149.99/yearly subscription.