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Young Savannah Athletes to Compete in California and Peru
Weightlifting Youth Athletes to Compete at International and National Levels
For Release: March 14, 2010
SAVANNAH - Coastal Empire Weightlifters brought home gold medals from the Open Championship meet at Flowery Branch, Georgia on Saturday, March 13th. Wilson Cobb, Jeff Crosby, Javier Richards, Nikki Hanebrink, and Alex LeFavi qualified for the USA Weightlifting School Age Nationals which will be held in June in Foster City, CA.
Coastal Empire Weightlifter, Tayler Jakubsen qualified for his spot on the USAW Pan Am 17 & Under team in the 85kg division at the 2010 Jr. Nationals, which were held in Rochester, MN February 27-29th.
Jakubsen will go on to compete in Chiclayo, Peru in the 2010 Youth Olympic Continental Qualification - Pan Am Youth Championships 17 & under to be held April 20-25.
The USAW Pan Am 17 & under team will be competing to earn a spot for the USA team in the first 2010 Youth Olympics which will be held in Singapore.
