The 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships are underway in Bogotá, Colombia, having kicked off on July 24 and concluding on July 29, 2022. The contest features 265 athletes from 23 nations.
The stakes are high in Bogotá, as this year’s results will be tallied with the 2021 results to determine how many athletes each nation will send to the 2023 Santiago Pan American Games. Per USA Weightlifting‘s press release, Team USA consists of 17 weightlifters representing 11 states: California, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.
Team USA’s age range spans 19 years, with Hampton Morris as Team USA’s youngest athlete (18 years old) and Cicely Kyle as its oldest athlete (37 years old).
Team USA Roster | 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships
Here is the full roster below:
Women’s Categories
- Cicely Kyle (Pensacola, Fla.) — 45 kilograms
- Jourdan Delacruz (Wylie, Texas) — 49 kilograms
- Hayley Reichardt (Leesport, Pa.) — 49 kilograms
- Shayla Moore (Jefferson, Ga.) — 55 kilograms
- Taylor Wilkins (Saint Johns, Fla.) — 59 kilograms
- Meredith Alwine (Norfolk, Va.) — 71 kilograms
- Mattie Rogers (Geneva, Fla.) — 76 kilograms
- Allee Tallman (Farmington, N.Y.) — 76 kilograms
- Sarah Robles (Desert Hot Springs, Calif.) — +87 kilograms
Men’s Categories
- Hampton Morris (Atlanta, GA) — 61 kilograms
- Brian Reisenauer (Fargo, ND) — 61 kilograms
- Jacob Horst (Leesport, PA) — 73 kilograms
- Derek Beauchamp (Port Orange, FL) — 89 kilograms
- Beau Brown (Colby, KS) — 89 kilograms
- Ryan Sester (Gresham, OR) — 102 kilograms
- Alejandro Medina (Miami, FL) — +109 kilograms
- Caine Wilkes (Indian Trails, NC) — +109 kilograms
Check out each athlete’s competition time below.
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The 2022 IWF Pan American Championships are the final qualifier event to determine Team USA for the 2022 IWF World Championships, also set to be held in Bogotá, Colombia. That contest is the first in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualification period.
On Sunday, July 25, 2022, Morris scored a new Junior clean & jerk World Record of 162 kilograms (357.1-pounds) to claim the overall gold in the 61-kilogram class. That same day Kyle swept silver medals in the snatch and clean & jerk to finish as the overall runner-up in the 45-kilogram class.
Competition Times
Below is when each member of Team USA will compete in their respective weight category in Bogotá (all times EST):
Sunday, July 24, 2022
- Cicely Kyle — 45 kilograms | 2 p.m.
- Hampton Morris — 61 kilograms | 7 p.m.
- Brian Reisenauer — 61 kilograms | 7 p.m.
Monday, July 25, 2022
- Jourdan Delacruz — 49 kilograms | 1 p.m.
- Hayley Reichardt — 49 kilograms | 1 p.m.
- Shayla Moore Hutchins — 55 kilograms | 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
- Jacob Horst — 73 kilograms | 2 p.m.
- Taylor Wilkins — 59 kilograms | 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
- Derek Beauchamp — 89 kilograms | 2 p.m.
- Beau Brown — 89 kilograms | 2 p.m.
- Meredith Alwine — 71 kilograms | 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 28, 2022
- Mattie Rogers — 76 kilograms | 2:30 p.m.
- Allee Tallman — 76 kilograms | 2:30 p.m.
- Ryan Sester — 102 kilograms | 5 p.m.
Friday, July 29, 2022
- Sarah Robles — +87 kilograms | 3:30 p.m.
- Alejandro Medina — +109 kilograms | 6 p.m.
- Caine Wilkes — +109 kilograms | 6 p.m.
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