Kaitlyn Johnson Qualifies for US Swimming Nationals by Training CrossFit
CrossFit prepares you for life.
Picking up heavy moving boxes, carrying all your grocery bags in one trip, or running from a grizzly bear, all that time spent in the gym is designed to give you a leg up in whatever life throws your way.
And maybe it can also prepare you for the Olympic Trials?
32-year-old Kaitlyn Johnson, a former Clarion University swimmer who had retired from competitive swimming, signed up for a local swim meet last month on a whim–her friends were out of town, so why not? She entered herself into the preliminary competition, not even gunning for a spot in the finals. But, almost six years after quitting competitive swimming, Johnson surprised herself.
Johnson ended the day with a 25.82 second 50-meter freestyle, qualifying her for both summer and winter US Swimming National Championships. According to Johnson, this is the largest, most prominent competition in non-Olympic years. Surrounded by athletes that solely train in the pool, day in and day out, Johnson’s secret isn’t a special stroke or a practice technique. It’s CrossFit.
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