מעיינות קולורדו, COLO (נובמבר 30, 2017) – Team USA women’s boxing hopefuls will be competing in the prestigious USA Women’s Elite National Championships, דצמבר 5-9, בסולט לייק סיטי, יוטה.

This year’s field is stacked with talent, לְהָבִיא 2016 Olympic Trials Champion וירג'יניה פוקס (אוֹהֶל, טקסס), who will be looking to close out an impressive 2017 year that included four international titles and an undefeated 16-0 שיא, and two-time World Champion and 2014 Youth Olympic Champion Jajaira Gonzalez (מזרקה, קולורדו.)

Other top contenders include featherweight כריסטינה קרוז (ניו יורק, N.Y.), קל Rashida Ellis (לין, תואר שני), as well as middleweight Naomi Graham (קולורדו ספרינגס, CO) וwelterweight Oshae Jones (טולדו, אוהיו)

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.

בסך הכל 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,” אמר 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: