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Youth High Performance Selection Camp to begin next week

by USA Boxing

26 of the top youth aged boxers from across the country will travel to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. this weekend for the 2023 Youth High Performance Team Selection Camp where up to 13 boxers will be named to USA Boxing’s 2023 Youth High Performance Team. Full camp roster can be seen below. 


The two-week camp will be overseen by USA Boxing National Developmental Coach Chad Wigle (Colorado Springs, Colo.), as well as assistant coaches Edward Fonteneaux (Fayetteville, N.C.), Danilo Garcia (Oakland, Calif.), Julia Gschwind (Austin, Texas), Blanca Gutierrez (Pacifica, Calif.), Alex Love (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chad Zamana (Myersville, Md.). 


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Camp Roster

50 kg: Sindi Salazar, Carthage, Texas

50 kg: Ivy Enriguez, El Paso, Texas

51 kg: Emmanuel Chance, East Orange, N.J. 

51 kg: Alexander Gueche, Long Beach, Calif. 

54 kg: Sa’rai Brown-El, Marietta, Ga.

54 kg: Perla Bazaldua, Los Angeles, Calif. 

57 kg: Maya Hernandez, Phelan, Calif. 

57 kg: Elise Soto, Randolph, N.J. 

57 kg: Curmel Moton, Las Vegas, Nev.

57 kg: Bruno Rios, Los Angeles, Calif. 

60 kg: Gabriella Tellez, San Antonio, Texas 

60 kg: Randi Griffith, Gouverneur, N.Y. 

63.5 kg: Juan Rivera, Philadelphia, Pa. 

63.5 kg: Kaipo Gallegos, Las Vegas, Nev. 

66 kg: Jennah Creason, Visalia, Calif. 

66 kg: Shamiracle Hardaway, Lagrange, Ga. 

71 kg: Benjamin Johnson, Springdale, Md. 

71 kg: Nieem Somerville, Severn, Md. 

75 kg: Talia Halvorsen, Harwood Heights, Ill. 

75 kg: Elicia Nix, Cleveland, Ohio

80 kg: Ethan Smith, Las Vegas, Nev. 

80 kg: Elijah Lugo, Marietta, Ga.

92 kg: Rishon Sims, Harrisburg, Pa. 

92 kg: Martin Gutierrez, Lemoore, Calif. 

92+ kg: Braulio Aros-Rodriguez, Rockford, Ill. 

92+ kg: Mack Palzer, Lebanon, Ore.