Ugly Sweater Classic 2026

Presented by: Cerberus Strength

We have made it to the 8th annual Ugly Sweater Classic. The Final SHOW

Thank you all for making this bigger and better each year. 

Last year we sold out in a mind blowing 46 minutes. 

I appreciate all your support and look forward to seeing you all once again.

We will once again be back at the Linn Co Fair and Expo Center's 21k sq. ft. Santiam Building in Albany, OR.

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WEIGH INS :

December 18th ( Friday-day before the comp) at the Linn Co fairgrounds Santiam building from noon-7 pm.

You NEED to have your current USS membership to compete

Hotel Information:

Comfort Suites Linn Co Fairground and Expo

100 Opal St NE Albany, OR 97322

Phone Number: (541) -497- 7782

Athlete Check IN:

7:30 am Saturday morning (December 19th) you'll receive comp shirt and gift bag.

Rules Meeting:

Briefing will take place at 8:30 (December 20th) 

Spectator Admission:

FREE and bleacher seats are on a first come first serve basis.

We will be running a FREE Live Feed again through the Ugly Sweater Classic page on Facebook

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Qualifying for Nationals:

Novice: 1st place will get a nationals invite

Open, Teen and Masters: 1-3 place will get a nationals invite (teen must have parental/guardian written consent*)

PRO Class : As long as there are 6 or more athletes in the PRO class (and they show up) the PRO class can happen which will entail a cash prize for 1-3 and "pro status" to the winner of the class as well as an invite to a USS Pro International comp. Minimum of 6 must show up to the comp to make this work. If 12 show up, the top 2 athletes get "pro status" and the USS Pro International comp invite, 18+ athletes sign up in the PRO class and 18+ show up, the top 3 get "pro status" and invites to USS Pro International Comp along with an invite to Nationals.

Cash prizes are as follows per PRO weight class (CASH payout depends on amount signed up per class):

6-11 athletes signed up in a PRO class : 1st place-500$ , 2nd Place-300$, 3rd place- 200$

12-17 athletes signed up in a PRO class: 1st place-750$, 2nd place-400$, 3rd place-225$

18+ athletes signed up in a given PRO class: 1st place-1000$ , 2nd place- 500$, 3rd place-250$

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For all events:

1. Grip shirts are allowed (please no Strongman Corp grip shirts)
2. Belts, straps, sleeves are allowed
3. No tacky or tacky substitute
4. Ugly Sweaters are encouraged

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Event 1: INUKSHUK "SIMBA" PRESS:

Time limit: 60 second time limit

Scoring: MAX REPS

After an athlete ready, judges ready, 3...2...1... GO. The athlete will clean the inukshuk off the ground get it into front rack position and start pressing away, when athlete has it over head, locked out and showing control the judge will give the athlete their down command. You do NOT have to go back to the floor with the sandbag/inukshuk unless the athlete chooses to. In that case the bag will need to be cleaned again then go for lockout. Good lockout will be arms locked out, head through and feet in line. All ways of pressing are acceptable ( split jerk , push jerk, push press, strict press).

Once time is up the lift is over.

Items allowed: belt, under belt, sleeves, wrist wraps, grip shirt, chalk, liquid chalk, comp shirt, ugly sweater

Event 2: Max MAMMOTH/KRATOS Bar Deadlift by Cerberus Strength:

Time Limit: 30 seconds each attempt

Scoring: max weight

Wessel Rules style, 3 attempts to find a max mammoth/elephant bar deadlift. If the athlete fails any of the three attempts they will be out and will be awarded their last successful lift. The bar will be a normal 9 inch height. We just want to see some big weights lifted. Once the athlete lifts the bar, hips are through and shoulders back while showing control the down command will be given. Lanes will run independently.

Athlete will have 30 seconds to successfully get the lift. 

Starting weights are shown in each weight class. Weight jumps will roughly be 40# and 50# .

Items allowed: liquid chalk, chalk, belts, sleeves, figure 8, straps, suits, briefs, comp shirt, ugly sweater

Event 3: Steeplechase odd object carry by ODD Object:

Time limit: 60 second time cap

Scoring : distance and time

Judges will give an athlete ready 3...2...1...GO, the athlete will pickup their first bag carry it load it over the yoke (10ft from the start), go under that yoke repick the bag then carry another 10 ft then clockwise around the chimney ( barrel) then back to the yoke put the bag over it once again, go under that yoke repick the bag and continue to the start line, after the first bag is successfully across finish line(start line) the athlete will pickup the second bag and complete the course with the second bag, once the second bag crosses the finish line (start line*) time stops. Athlete will be rewarded distance and time.

• EVENT course will be a giant U shape with the yoke being the obstacle at half way point, distance will roughly be 40 ft (plus around barrel) for each bag.

Bags will be a mixture of different style sandbags depending on weight class:

cubes, husafel, sand stone, pyramid, inukshuk etc 

Items allowed: grip shirts, sleeves, gloves, chalk, belt, under belt, comp shirt, ugly sweater

Event 4: Soft Stone to Shoulder by Cerberus Strength:

Time Limit: 60 seconds 

Scoring:  reps

Soft stone (sandbag atlas stone) to shoulder.

The athlete will start with their hand on the yoke and after a 3…2…1…GO the athlete will start with hands off stone, when the GO command is announce the athlete will pickup the soft stone and go to shoulder it, once one hand is off the bag and the bag is roughly 50/50 front and back of the shoulder with control the athlete will receive the down command and may choose to do that bag again or move to another bag. As many reps as possible in the time limit.

Items allowed: gloves, grip shirt, chalk, liquid chalk, belts, sleeves, comp shirt, ugly sweater

Event 5: Cerberus Strength Bag Toss with twist

Scoring: most points /reps

Time Limit: 60 seconds

After the 3..2..1.. Go command the athlete will run up to the first of 3 ( same weight) throw bags, the athlete will underhand with one or two hands at one of the 3 distances ( athlete chooses for different points) if the bag lands on the stall mat under the barrel the athlete will receive 1-3 points depending on closest - furthest distance, if the bag goes into the barrel / chimney the athlete will receive 4-6 points per bag tossed. Most points accumulated will win the event.

Distances will be :

15,20,25 ft

Points system:

15 ft - mat 1 point /barrel 4 points

20 ft - mat 2 points/ barrel 5 points

25 ft - mat 3 points /barrel 6 points 

We wanted a fun event for the last event of this comp series.

Items allowed: belt, liquid chalk, chalk, sleeves, comp shirt, ugly sweater

Once again thank you all for what you have done to make this comp better each year, I had an absolute blast last year and I hope you all did as well. I look forward to seeing you all in December and as always if you have questions please get a hold of me. Take care and keep training hard.

During your training period, along with your videos during and after the comp please tag #uglysweaterclassic. I love seeing all the training videos and all of your progress over the last few years.

Thank you all once again for all your support of this comp, we have done things a lot of others cant/haven't because of you all. We love you all! Thanks again!

Location:

Linn Co Fair and Expo Center Santiam Building

3700 Knox Butte Rd E

Albany, OR 97322

Start time: 9 am 

Meet Director:

Jeff Walling- Owner of ZoeysDojo LLC

US Strongman State Rep- OR

Jwalling136@gmail.com

Instagram: jwalling136

971-283-6057