Team Beaufort’s youth weightlifting team competed June 13-15 in Daytona Beach, Fla., at The USA Weightlifting National Championships. The tournament was comprised of over 500 lifters from over 50 teams. Team Beaufort won the 13 & under boys national title, the 14/15 boys national title and for the seventh year in a row they won the overall boys national team title. The team said thank you to Coach Ray Jones for all his hard work. Here are the team’s results:
• Molly Smith: 13 and under, 53 kg: Fourth place
• Eli Smith: 13 and under, 35 kg: Ninth place
• Casey Simons: 50 kg: Sixth place
• Dade Stanley: 50 kg: Third place
• Jacob Denton: 14/15, 44 kg: Third place
• Mason Carter: 14/15, 50 kg: Seventh place
• Josh Desmore: 14/15, 62 kg: Eighth place
• CJ Cummings: 14/15, 69 kg: First place
• Dylan Williams: 14/15, 85 kg: Second place
• Omar Cummings: 16/17, 77 kg: Second place.
