I was super excited to compete at the Hookgrip Spartakiad competition in Philadelphia on October 4. It’s always fun and exciting to travel out of the country to compete. My family and I were having a good time shopping and passing time waiting for the big day. The morning of, I woke up feeling awful! I was puking, experiencing diarrhea, excruciating abdominal pain and cold sweats. I had no idea...
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Birthday Record at Variety Village Open
After returning from a 6th place, not so good performance at the IWF Junior Worlds Poland June 11th by her personal standards. Maya competed at the Variety Village Open on her birthday July 4th and breaks her clean & jerk record of 112kg/247lbs with 115kg/253lbs. She totalled 200kg and won the best lifter award for pound for pound strongest female. Happy Birthday Maya!
Jr World Championship in Wroclaw, Poland
Thank you to François Dagenais for this video.
Maya Competes at the World Junior Championships in Wroclaw, Poland
“Congratulations goes out to our very own Maya Laylor who stepped up to the platform alongside the world’s most elite junior competitors last week in Warsaw, Poland. Maya battled hard and swooped into 6th place with a snatch of 85 kg (187 lbs), a clean and jerk of 107 kg (236 lbs) and a total score of 192 kg (423 lbs). Great work, Maya!” – Laylor Performance Systems
Young Olympic Weightlifter has Pan Am in Sight
Original Source: Tough Competition Magazine Maya Laylor lifts over 400-pounds on her best competition days. As an Olympic weightlifter, she trains up to six hours a day perfecting the snatch and clean and jerk. Both lifts combined have 18 total incorrect movements that any athlete is susceptible of committing. It is a sport with so much attention on the weight and heavy lift aspects that many...