2017 IWF Youth World Championships

Maurus & Cummings Vie For Gold At 2017 Youth Worlds

Maurus & Cummings Vie For Gold At 2017 Youth Worlds

Harrison Maurus and CJ Cummings lead Team USA to the 2017 IWF Youth World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

Apr 4, 2017 by Armen Hammer
Maurus & Cummings Vie For Gold At 2017 Youth Worlds
The IWF Youth World Championships is underway in Bangkok, Thailand, and one of the favorites to win the 77kg title is the U.S.'s Harrison Maurus. He swept silver at the 2016 Youth World Championships in Malaysia with a 145kg snatch and 176kg clean-and-jerk for a 321kg total.

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Here Maurus trains during his last heavy session before leaving to compete this week. This session consisted of a 144kg snatch and 185kg clean-and-jerk (after just recently hitting a personal-record clean-and-jerk of 187kg earlier this month).

Expectations are also high for Maurus' U.S. teammate CJ Cummings, who is the defending youth world champion at 69kg.

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Cummings swept gold at the event last year and broke the youth world record with his 182kg clean-and-jerk. He was also the only lifter to hit a 183kg clean-and-jerk at the American Open later on that year.

Here's the rest of Team USA at the Youth Worlds:


Men's Team


Athlete Weight Category Hometown
CJ Cummings 69kg Beaufort, SC
Harrison Maurus 77kg Auburn, WA
Nicholas Bramble 94kg Burke, VA
Dean Scicchitano 94kg Leawood, KS
Seth Tom 50kg San Francisco, CA
Antwan Kilbert 56kg St. Louis, MO
Shane Burdsall 56kg Clifton Heights, PA
Marcos Bribiesca +94kg Amarillo, TX
William Cohen 69kg Savannah, GA
Jerome Smith 69kg St. Louis, MO

Women's Team


Athlete Weight Category Hometown
Kaela Stephano 53kg Boca Raton, FL
Olivia Chardon 44kg Stuart, FL
Athena Schrijver 69kg Santa Rosa, CA
Shay Carlock +75kg Rathdrum, ID
Emma Nye 44kg Kansas City, MO
Taylor Babb 63kg Arlington, TN
Kuinini Manumua +75kg San Francisco, CA
Claire Mackey 69kg Rocklin, CA
Shelby Neal 58kg Wake Forest, NC
Nadeen Pierre 69kg Andover, MN
Juliette Chang-Fane 63kg Merritt Island, FL