January 3, 2025
Leesburg High’s Mileysa Lebron Escudero Unofficially Breaks State Weightlifting Record
By Kyle Coppola
Leesburg High’s Mileysa Lebron Escudero Unofficially Breaks State Weightlifting Record
Mileysa Lebron Escudero who is a girls weightlifter for Leesburg High School unofficially broke the Florida state record for the Snatch. While we will have to wait for districts, regionals and the state finals, the amount of weight she put up broke the record.
(Mileysa Lebron Escudero puts up a state record lift. While this is unofficial at the moment, Mileysa is in great position to break the all time Florida state record in a few weeks. Photo Credit – Ironjungleweightlifting.)
Mileysa competes in the 101 pound weight class. During a recent competition Mileysa was able to lift 125 lbs in the Snatch. That lift is currently 10 pounds over the current FHSAA 101 pound weight class state record for Snatch of 115 lbs. That is an amazing effort and head coach Josh Boyer was fired up about it. “Remember the name Mileysa Lebron Escudero. Her performance at the Suwannee Power of Christmas tournament was just great. She either broke or tied all Leesburg school records for our historic 101 pound wait class. 125 lbs in the Snatch, 155 CJ, 125 lbs Pause Bench, and 280 lbs Olympic Total,” says coach Boyer.
(Currently in the 101 weight class there is perhaps no female weightlifter more dominant than Mileysa in Class 2A at the moment. Photo Credit – azaliasphotos)
Coach Boyer is coming off of a double state championship victory with the Leesburg High School girls weightlifting team. Last year was the first time in school history that Leesburg had ever won a double state championship in Olympic and Traditional weightlifting as a team.
It’s not just Mileysa who is having a big year either. Defending 2A State Champion Navaeh Wells has been looking unstoppable so far this season. She will look to end her career with a state championship as well.
Coach Josh Boyer has this team looking in peak form as Districts are coming up in just three short weeks. Leesburg is the favorite in Districts, Regionals and States. The question will be, can any team stop the Yellow Jackets from once again headed to Lakeland and cleaning house?
Photo Credit – azaliasphotos and shotby.keny
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
