DRIGGS — A local teenager was invited to lift for the USA Powerlifting Team at the WPC World Powerlifting Championship and recently returned home from the competition in Durban, South Africa.

Colter Rammell, a sophomore at Teton High School in Driggs, was invited in October to compete at the world championships that took place this month. Colter’s dad, Greg, said there were 14 lifters on the USA team, including Colter, and that his son was “by far the youngest.”

“I enjoyed it. There was a lot of people there,” 15-year-old Colter said about the unique experience. “There was South Africa, Britain, Russia, Australia, Germany. … A lot of different people.”

Greg explained that at this competition, there were three different lifts to compete in — bench, squat and deadlift. He said his son exc

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