The 2021 Youth Pan American Championships concluded this past weekend with 43 medals collected by Team USA. This achievement is a first for the organization having never had every member of team USA secure a medal placement at an international event.

This fledgling team’s momentous accomplishment signals a great future for USA Weightlifting on the international stage and was bolstered by Youth Pan American record-breaking performances by Katherine Estep of Alpha Barbell, Kyle Martin Jr. of Garage Strength, and Timothy Davis of ODC Barbell.

Personal records were broken for many of our athletes, and we hope to continue to see them grow both nationally and internationally.

Event highlights:

Third place for the men’s team
Third place for the women’s team
US Lifter Katherine Estep named best lifter
Tim Davis became the first blind coach to coach an athlete to an international medal
Timothy Davis (U17), Kyle Martin Jr. (U15) and Katherine Estep (U17) all broke Youth Pan American Records
Estep, Kyle, Ballard, and Davis all became Youth Pan American Champions

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Athlete	Snatch	Clean and Jerk	Total	Club	Personal Coach
Andjelina Costa -45kg		65		Train Harder Barbell Club	Jordan Garrison
Logan Lockwood -49kg	70	90	160	4 Star Strength	Matt Adamcheck
Jordan Nantz -49kg	53	63	116	Power and Grace	Eric Bramwell
Kaiya Bryant -55kg	74	95	169	Performance Initiatives	Kerri Goodrich
Katherine Estep -55kg	81	102	183	Alpha Barbell	Kevin Simons
Dominik Polverini -61kg	92	122	214	1 Kilo	Wil Fleming
Hailey Trinh -64kg	76	100	176	Team Divergent	Ben Hwa
Mia Rhodes -71kg	86	104	190	Vero Beach Weightlifting	Brian Seacrest
Amber Fazio -71kg	87	105	192	Catalyst Athletics	Mattie Rogers
Keontay Price -81kg	108	131	239	Performance Initiatives	Kerri Goodrich
Kyle Martin Jr. -89kg	109	137	246	Garage Strength	Dane Miller
Alyssa Ballard -76kg	86	112	198	Martin Brock	Panhandle Power
Colin Reis -96kg	126	162	288	Jake Pudenz	Jake Pudenz
Timothy Davis -96kg	137	164	301	ODC Barbell	Tim Davis
Amanda Robles +81kg	93	113	206	Team Divergent	Mayra Castillo
Hanale Kauhaahaa +102kg	97	139	236	Hi Performance Athletics	Lawrence Kauhaahaa

Youth Pan American Team Achieves Historic Feat

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