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<p>Beaufort’s own CJ Cummings was honored as the top mail athlete of the month for Team USA’s Best of April awards announced last week.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Cummings swept gold and set 15 records — three junior world records, three junior and three senior Pan American records, and three junior and three senior American records — at the Pan American Championships in Guatemala last month. The 18-year-old was 6-for-6, including gold medal marks of 153kg in the snatch and 191kg in the clean and jerk, and earned Best Male Lifter honors in the competition.</p>
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<p>Cummings is scheduled to compete in the IWF Junior World Championships from June 1-8 in Fiji as he continues his push for a spot on Team USA for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.</p>
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