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Florida Elite Preliminary Rankings Rankings for the 2012 Florida Elite have been released! These are based off of all athlete's performance at the 2011 Sunshine State Games. The final determination will be made at this year's state championships. See the Florida Elite tab at the top of this page for more information. Meet Bid Procedure Change Because of the positive and rapid growth of the Florida Weightlifting Federation during the past two years, the Executive Committee has decided to increase the frequency of accepting bid applications during the calendar year. Previously bid applications were only accepted every December for the upcoming calendar year, but we have three times as many registered clubs in the FWF than we did just two years ago. We also have noticed a significant increase in the average number of lifters at each meet. We believe this has created the need to better serve our lifters and clubs by offering more opportunities for competitions throughout the calendar year. We will be accepting meet bid for the second half of 2011 up until Friday July 15th. If you are interested in the opportunity to host a weightlifting meet in 2011, make sure to fill our the meet bid application form and email it to FloridaWeightlifting@gmail.com by midnight eastern 7/15/11. Please know that there have already been some meets bid on from the beginning of the year. If you are awarded a meet bid during the same month as one that was previously awarded. The original meet bid recipient will have priority on which weekend during the month they wish to host the meet. Thank you, FWF Board	Coach Mac Memorial Coach Mac and then U.S. Team Member Daniel Camargo 1997 Jr. World Championships When: February 25, 2012 Where: Lake Brantley Sports Complex              991 Sand Lake Road              Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 What: Youth, Junior, Senior, and Masters division competition Entry Form: here Online Registration: here  Entry Deadline: Monday, February 13, via postmark or online An imposing presence in Florida's weightlifting galaxy, McDaniel was a strong coach who inspired his athletes. "He believed that training, and being prepared, and working every day were great lessons of life for everyone. He just loved sports and was so generous with his time," said Joan McDaniel, ticking off the sports her husband loved -- football, wrestling and weightlifting. Widely known as "Coach Mac," McDaniel produced several national and international level competitors He retired from Lake Mary High School and moved to Bat Cave where he died July 28, 2001 in Hendersonville, N.C., after a long bout of diabetes. We welcome all to come out and support the competitors at Lake Brantley High School. The competition will be run by Daniel Camargo, Coach Mac�s last prot�g�.