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Field set for 2017 USA Boxing Women's Elite National Championships PhilBoxing.com Fri, 01 Dec 2017 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO (November 30, 2017) - Team USA women's boxing hopefuls will be competing in the prestigious USA Women's Elite National Championships, December 5-9, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year's field is stacked with talent, including 2016 Olympic Trials Champion Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas), who will be looking to close out an impressive 2017 year that included four international titles and an undefeated 16-0 record, and two-time World Champion and 2014 Youth Olympic Champion Jajaira Gonzalez (Fountain, Colo.) Other top contenders include featherweight Christina Cruz (New York, N.Y), lightweight Rashida Ellis (Lynn, MA), as well as middleweight Naomi Graham (Colorado Springs, CO) and welterweight Oshae Jones (Toledo, Ohio) Following a year of highly-competitive national events, the best U.S. female amateur boxers are set to compete in the 2017 USA Boxing Elite National Championship. With up to six spots in each division already secured, based on the results of the 2016 Elite National Championships, 2017 Elite Western Qualifier and 2017 Elite Eastern Qualifier, the remaining spots have been filled based on the wild-card application process to complete the field of elite boxers. A total of 88 boxers applied for a wild card qualification with 35 allocations awarded to finalize the Elite National Championships brackets. "With this being the first year of the new elite athlete selection process, we are excited to see the top talent in the country compete to represent Team USA in 2018," said Matt Johnson, USA Boxing High Performance Director. "We are looking forward to a high level of competition during these championships, and are confident that the increased competitiveness at the national stage will translate to further improvement of USA's performance internationally on the road to Tokyo in 2020." Below is the final list of elite boxers, in order of ranking, who will contend for the title of national champion: USA BOXING ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD LIGHT FLYWEIGHTS (106 lbs.) Jacquelyn Cuddleback - 2016 National Championships Hillary Perez - 2016 National Championships Mia Valdez - 2017 Western Qualifier Jazzelle Bobadilla - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Veronica Rodriguez - 2017 Western Qualifier Elimarie Torres - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Monica Lazadale - Wild Card Selection Sabrina Slattery - Wild Card Selection FLYWEIGHTS (112 lbs.) Virginia Fuchs - 2016 National Championships Kristyn Juarez - 2017 Western Qualifier Maryquenn Vellinga - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Indeya Smith - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Leslis Rosas - Wild Card Selection FEATHERWEIGHT (119 lbs.) Christina Cruz - 2016 National Championships Dacia Jacquez - 2016 National Championships Mikiah Kreps - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Mariana Gonzalez - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Kristen McMurtree - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Jayda Davis - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Melanie Costa - Wild Card Selection BANTAMWEIGHTS (125 lbs.) Trudy Li - 2016 National Championships Carmen Vargas - 2016 National Championships Eliza Peralta - 2017 Western Qualifier Nephateria Miller - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Brittany Sims - 2017 Western Qualifier Clarice Morales - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Rianna Rios - Wild Card Selection Leslie Soto - Wild Card Selection LIGHTWEIGHTS (132 lbs.) Rashida Ellis - 2016 National Championships Jajaira Gonzalez - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Lupe Gutierrez - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Stacia Suttles - Wild Card Selection Diana Estrada - Wild Card Selection Wendy Casey - Wild Card Selection LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS (141 lbs.) Amelia Moore - 2016 National Championships Whitney Gomez - 2016 National Championships Annalicia Sustaita - 2017 Western Qualifier Destiny Jones - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Nargis Shanghais - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Raven Brown - Wild Card Selection Ashleigh Moore - Wild Card Selection WELTERWEIGHTS (152 lbs.) Stephanie Malone - 2016 National Championships Oshae Jones - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Deseree Jamison - 2017 Eastern Qualifier MIDDLEWEIGHTS (165 lbs.) Naomi Graham - 2016 National Championships Leah Cooper - 2016 National Championships Brooke Mullen - 2017 Eastern Qualifier LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (178 lbs.) Krystal Dixon - 2016 National Championships Amber Montoya - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Kristen Leija - 2017 Eastern Qualifier Fallon Farrar - Wild Card Selection HEAVYWEIGHTS (178+ lbs.) Danielle Perkins - 2016 National Championships Shadasia Green - Wild Card Selection INFORMATION: www.usaboxing.org Twitter: @USABoxing Instagram: @USABoxing Facebook: /USABoxing  |
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