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WOW. This Girl, who is 15, Benched 345 lbs RAW yesterday. Grade 9 weightlifting guys can't even think of doing close to 300 pounds RAW bench.
From what little research I could be bothered to do, it does seem like she's on par with males in her age bracket. There were some IPF sub-juniors who crushed her numbers at the 2017 championship obviously, but most of them were a year or two older.
Kind of pointless to compare at such young age though, since ability is dictated by what stage of puberty the lifter is in. In this respect, the males are actually at a disadvantage.
Compare Reeves to the female sub-junior side though, and she's really, really good - up there with the best of them. Assuming we don't deduct 10-15 kg from her pb to allow for competition conditions.
https://www.powerlifting.sport/file.../subjuniors-juniors/detailed_scoresheet_m.htm
https://www.powerlifting.sport/file.../subjuniors-juniors/detailed_scoresheet_w.htm