Ten athletes of Forney Barbell Club from CrossFit Forney qualified to lift at the 2018 USAW Youth National Championship in Grand Rapids, Michigan. To qualify these lifters have to meet a minimum total amount of weight lifted in two disciplines which are snatch and clean & jerk. Each age and weight divisions have a different requirement where the more you weigh and the older you are will require you to lift more weight. The qualifying totals for each division is can be found here. A total of 696 lifters registered for the championships.
These are the best kids in the nation. Out of the lifters that Forney Barbell Club took, we brought back 2 National Champions (10 year old Marcos Ruiz and 11 year old Caitlin Everett), 20 medals, and 9 state records. Our lifters ages were from 9 years old to 15 years old. The final results can be found here. Below are the lifters and their individual accomplishments.
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