Olympic Team Qualified

USA Weightlifting qualified Olympic team for Beijing at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials in Atlanta, Georgia.  In order of ranking, men's team and alternates include:  Kendrick Farris of Shreveport, LA, 85kg; Chad Vaughn of Austin, TX, 77kg; Casey Burgener of Bonsall, CA, +105 kg; Lance Frye of Moorestown, NJ, 77kg.  The women's team and alternates, in order of ranking, include:  Melanie Roach, 53 kg, of Bonney Lake, WA; Carissa Gump, 63 kg, of Colorado Springs, CO; Natalie Woolfolk, 63 kg of Colorado Springs, CO; Cheryl Haworth, +75 kg of Savannah, GA; Cara Heads, 69 kg of Shreveport, LA.