Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Beltway Amateurs Win Gold at Arnold Sports Festival!

Twelve Beltway Amateurs won gold medals at the recent Arnold Sports Festival this past weekend in Columbus, OH.

The Arnold Festival, named after the current Governor of California (you know who) is a three day event that features a number of sports including boxing.

Congratulations to the following young Beltway Boxers who won gold medals:

Jerome Williams, Washington, DC -- 9/10 age group, 50 pounds

Jordan White, Waldorf, MD -- 9/10 age group, 65 pounds

Gary Antwaan Russell, Capitol Heights, MD -- 11/12 age group, 80 pounds

Kareem Martin, Clinton, MD -- 11/12 age group, 119 pounds

Richard Simon, Clinton, MD -- 11/12 age group, 125 pounds

Romello Webster, Washington, DC -- 13/14 age group, 101 pounds

Preston Holmes, Oxon Hill, MD -- 13/14 age group, 132 pounds

Antonio Russ, Capitol Heights, MD -- 15/16 age group, 101 pounds

Antonio Magruder, Suitland, MD -- 15/16 age group, 114 pounds

Kristian Harris, Fort Washington, MD -- 15/16 age group, 119 pounds

Kevin Ecke, Hagerstown, MD -- 15/16 age group, 138 pounds

Marquis Moore, Fort Washington, MD -- Open, 141 pounds


Also, Hasim Rahman, Jr., now fighting out of Las Vegas, NV, won the gold in the 15/16 age group, 201 pound division.

3 comments:

Linda "Great Shot" Siadys said...

Wow! That sounds extremely impressive! Congratulations and thank you for making the Beltway proud!

Anonymous said...

Now thats awsome!!! beltway youngsters are representing very well i see. Way to go youngsters and keep up the good work, we are with you guys 100%!!!

Anonymous said...

thats whats up!! every time we send a team of beltway kids somewhere we come back with a few championships i see, i also noticed that antonio magruder is on this list, this is his second national championship in less than a month, WOW !!! that kid is on the roll, i talked to a few coaches and they say he is one of the best we have not only in the beltway but hes ranked #1 now in the country, and is on his way to russia in may to represent the usa in the aliyuv cup,,, now thats whats up!!! way to go lil antonio!!! And congratulations to you and all the other beltway champs who brought home the gold!!