"I wanted to come and have the opportunity I missed out on last year…That was my time to do my thing, and I did it and I loved it." - Kara Webb

In the first heat eyes were on Tasia Percevecz, and she delivered. She set the time to beat with 7:01:49. Her set-up was slower than most, but her technique stayed tight and we didn't see a single missed attempt. "I wanted to guarantee my reps would be good." She said. "It's not worth a no rep or a fail."

Her time to beat was knocked out in the second heat by rookie Jamie Hagiya. She kept ahead of Tasia's pace and cleared the ladder in 5:30:55. In the second heat we also saw 2014 Games Champ Camille Leblanc-Bazinet and fan favorite Stacie Tovar trade off lift-for-lift at the end. Camille's failed attempts gave Stacie the time she needed to edge her out. She finished the event 15th overall, Camille finished 16th.

Lauren Fisher was one to watch for in heat three. Her Weightlifting experience, and drive after not qualifying for the Games last year, gave reason enough to pay attention to her. She hung around with the top athletes in the heat, including Alessandra Pichelli and Emily Abbott, but it was Alessandra who took the heat win. Lauren finishes the event in 22nd place. Alessandra was not able to take down Jamie's time to beat, but still finished in the top ten (taking 9th place).

Kara Webb unsurprisingly knocked competition out of the water in the final heat, finishing the first set of squat cleans in about 25 seconds. With her speed on the snatch ladder at Regionals and overall strength, she wasn't quiet coming into the event. Brooke Wells also thrives off heavy barbells, and kept up with Kara for a majority of the event. Kara set the new event record with 5:17:12, fellow Australian Tia-Clair Toomey finishing right behind her in 5:56:92, and Brooke Wells in third with 6:10:07.

The event win pushes Kara Webb from eighth to fifth place. Despite a 17th place finish for Sara Sigmundsdottir (her lowest finish yet), she still sits in second place overall, four points ahead of Sam Briggs. Sam Briggs finished the event in 34th place.

Leaderboard (Women):

1. (450) Tia-Clair Toomey
2. (394) Ragnheiður Sara Sigmundsdottir
3. (390) Samantha Briggs
4. (378) Tennil Reed
5. (376) Kara Webb
6. (374) Kristi Eramo
7. (372) Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir
8. (358) Brooke Wells
9. (328) Annie Thorisdottir
10. (324) Alessandra Pichelli
11. (320) Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault
12. (304) Kristin Holte
13. (292) Margaux Alvarez
14. (290) Lauren Fisher
15. (278) Thuridur Erla Helgadottir
16. (268) Kari Pearce
17. (268) Anna Tunnicliffe
18. (264) Emily Abbott
19. (258) Michele Letendre
20. (258) Chyna Cho
21. (246) Jamie Hagiya
22. (238) Stacie Tovar
23. (236) Candice Wagner
24. (230) Carleen Mathews
25. (220) Tasia Percevecz
26. (218) Christina Seeley
27. (218) Camille Leblanc-Bazinet
28. (206) Whitney Cappellucci
29. (206) Emily Bridgers
30. (192) Christy Adkins
31. (178) Sheila Barden
32. (162) Rebecca Voigt
33. (156) Alea Helmick
34. (154) Jennifer Smith
35. (144) Meg Reardon
36. (134) Alethea Boon
37. (126) Justine Beath
38. (114) Alexis Johnson
39. (76) Carly Fuhrer
40. (64) Madeline Sturt

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Photo Credit: Kara Webb Instagram (@karawebb1)