Take a look at our preview of the ladies’s divisions on the 2024 ADCC West Coast Trials, set for March 30-31 in Las Vegas.
The ADCC West Coast Trials goes down this weekend in Las Vegas, NV. Over 1,000 athletes will look to battle their option to the highest of the rostrum and punch their ticket to the celebrated ADCC World Championships. This is likely one of the hardest tournaments on this planet as every bracket is suffering from elite expertise.
Gold-medal winners from every division – 5 males and three ladies – will earn their spot at ADCC 2024.
Under we take a better take a look at names to observe in every ladies’s division.
Girls’s -55kg
Girls’s -55kg is a completely stacked bracket from high to backside. The winner of the East Coast trials, high black belt Alex Enriquez highlights this bracket. She defeated fellow standout Jasmine Rocha on the East Coast Trials earlier than successful gold on the IBJJF no-gi Worlds final 12 months. Rocha was additionally second on the West Coast Trials in 2022, dropping to eventual ADCC silver medalist Brianna Ste-Marie within the last. Additionally highlighted on this bracket is multiple-time gi and no-gi world champion Tammi Musumeci, who is likely one of the division’s most adorned opponents.
Different high contenders embody Atos consultant Amanda Bruse, Jessica Crane, Trinity Pun, Medusa champion Sophia Cassella, and Alex Nguyen.
Each trials there appears to be a brand new breakout star on the scene. Darkish horse contenders embody Faye Cherrier, Maggy Meier, Lauren Sears, and long-time UFC veteran Angela Hill.
Girls’s -65kg
Whereas there are not any returning ADCC veterans returning on this bracket the clear favourite is younger New Wave phenom Helena Crevar. But when Crevar desires to stay as much as the hype and punch her ticket to her first ADCC World Championships, she’ll must get previous proficient wrestler Mo Black, who defeated her within the last of the East Coast Trials. Different high contenders embody Leilani Bernales, Aislinn O’Connell, and Nicole Mathew.
With a bracket returning no ADCC vets, the darkish horse contenders right here wouldn’t be as huge of a shock as another brackets. They embody Caitlin Huggins, Brittney Johnson, and Maka Vickers.
Girls’s +65kg
The 2019 ADCC West Coast Trials winner Amanda Leve returns to focus on the ladies’s +65kg division and he or she might be a substantial favourite to take dwelling gold. She additionally gained the 2023 East Coast Trials on simply days’ discover the place she defeated Bridget McEliece, who’s seeking to make the leap to the highest of the rostrum. Different high contenders embody Elizabeth Mitrovic, veteran black belt Erin Harpe, and Khadijah Peek.
The darkish horse contenders embody Brittney Elkin, Hannah Harjo, Diana Rooney, and Hannah Sternblitz.
The right way to watch: The 2024 ADCC West Coast Trials happen on March 30-31 and can air stay on FloGrappling (subscription required).
