GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - The 2024 Pan-American Youth Championships run August 28 to September 1 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Team USA is sending 28 athletes to compete in the U15 and U17 age-group championships.

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The United States’ top-ranked male, Ryan McDonald, will be competing just a few months after earning a silver medal at the 2024 IWF World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru. The 17-year-old added five kilos to his snatch (130 kg) and one to his clean & jerk (160 kg) at the 2024 USAW Youth National Championships in Pittsburgh in June and now boasts a 290 kg total in the 73 kg class. Ranked second, Bryson Brown added five kilograms to his total in Pittsburgh, setting a personal record in the clean & jerk while lifting 95/120/215. Michael Ziss is the third-ranked male, and set personal records in each discipline when he lifted 90/110/200 at the National Championships.

Team USA’s top-ranked women is Jaedyn Orton (45 kg), who took gold at the 2024 USAW Youth National Championships after lifting 54/65/119. Her personal records came at the 2023 Georgia WSO Championships when she lifted 60/70/130. Amelia Phillips (49 kg) and Emma Heck (59 kg) are ranked second and third, and also won their weight classes in Pittsburgh. Phillips lifted 60/77/137 for three personal records, and Heck lifted 72/93/165, five kilos short of her personal record at 59 kg.

Team USA Sending 28 to Pan-American Youth Championships

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2024 Pan-American Youth Championships Team

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