Alessandra Pichelli’s 90 minutes in hell

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“Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” — Babe Ruth

CATCH ME UP.

Day two recap

Today was a rest day for the Individuals, Teams, 16-17teens and  35-49 masters. And for the individuals, this was great news after yesterday’s marathon row. Ever wonder what the first thing that comes to mind the morning after you row a marathon?

• “Um…babe…I am jacked up.” — Tennill Beuerlein
• “I could probably sleep all day, but I should go eat and drink some.” — Noah Ohlsen (who lost eight pounds Wednesday alone, BTW)
• “Slowly, slowly. Okay. Okay, we’re actually okay.” — Meredith Root
• “So glad for a rest day.” — Sean Sweeney
• “Hey! It’s not as bad as it was last night!” — Mekenzie Riley
• “Literally the only thing I want to do right now is get in the hot tub. But first, coffee.” — Cole Sager
• “I feel better than I expected I would. Back and hamstrings are sore but not completely wrecked. Maybe the 2 day soreness will kick in Friday morning but right now I feel pretty decent.” — Jared Enderton

Here’s to hoping it’s not as bad today for Alessandra Pichelli, too. She told us she’s feeling much better today. But last night, the former collegiate rower struggled through more than an hour of muscle cramps which reduced her row down to a crawl. We’ve got the story of what went down and how she fought through, but we’re hoping she’s not too affected to make a strong showing today. 

Yesterday, CrossFit posted the breakdown of the weights lifted during the CrossFit Total. There is a 345 pound difference between Tia-Clair Toomey and the 2007 winner Nichole Dehart. And the only athlete not to post a successful lift was James Newbury who failed all his strict press attempts. 

From the looks of it, there will be three events today: battleground, an event TBA and Fibionacci.

Fibonacci is back from 2017 but with a slight variation. Both men and women will be performing the same rep scheme. Last year, the women performed 3-5-8 for the paralette decifict handstand push-ups. This year they’ll be 5-8-13 like the men. Here’s a brief look back at how 2018 athletes returning from 2017 performed on this event.

So far the only two individual athletes out are Michele Fumagalli and Alexandre Caron, who fell and injured his knee while during his last back squat during the CrossFit total.

…and Dave Castro announced three individual and two events for Saturday. 

DAILY DIGITS

CrossFit Games by the Numbers

104: Most CrossFit Games Events completed: Ben Smith.

​22: Age of the youngest individual male competitor this year, Saxon Panchik.

21: Age of the youngest individual female competitor this year, Laura Horvath.

194.7: Average weight of all individual male competitors.

144.4: Average weight of all individual female competitors.

10: The number of jokes Sean Sweeney told himself during the row marathon.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

Who’s up, who’s down.

Who’s Up.

Laura Horvath, 1st, 338 points — The rookie from Hungary had about as good a Day 1 as any athlete could hope for. She never placed outside of the top 10 on a single event and took 2nd in the Crit and 3rd in 30 Muscle-Ups for time. Just as impressive, the 21-year-old tied for 3rd with a 405 pound deadlift and 8th with a 315 pound back squat.

Lukas Hogberg, 2nd, 296 points — Sitting just two points behind Mathew Fraser, Lukas Hogberg isn’t about to let the 2x champ run away with it. Last year, Hogberg failed to qualify for the CrossFit Games.

Patrick Vellner, 6th, 248 points — For the second year in a row, Patrick Vellner faced bike malfunctions in Event 1 which sent him to the bike of the line. Vellner returned with 1 top 10 finish and 2 top 5 finishes to climb back up the leaderboard and into the top day.

Who’s down.

Sara Sigmundsdottir, 10th, 210 points — A mid-race push for the lead on Event 1 sent Sara Sigmundsdottir back down the pack to 21st place. That followed by three ok performances has Sara barely holding onto a top 10 position.

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THE DETAILS

The Standings

Individuals

— Men: 1). Mat Fraser (298), 2). Lukas Högberg (296), 3). Cole Sager (268) , 4). Lukas Esslinger (258), 5). Adrian Mundwiler (256), 6). Patrick Vellner (248), 7). Brent Fikowski (242), 8). Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson (238), 9). Willy Georges (228), 10). Frederik Aegidius (212).

— Women: 1). Laura Horvath (338), 2). Tia-Clair Toomey (326), 3). Annie Thorisdottir (276), 4). Kara Saunders (248), 5). Kristi Eramo (230), 6). Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir (226), 7). Madeline Sturt (224) , 8). Kristin Holte (222), 9). Ehea Schuerch (222), 10). Sara Sigmundsdottir (210).

Teams

— 1). CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (180), 2). CrossFit Mayhem Independence (156), 3). CrossFit Invictus X (156), 4). CrossFit OC3 (154), 5). CrossFit 417 (140), 6). CrossFit Balance (136), 7). Reebok CrossFit One (126), 8). Don’t Stop (116), 9). CrossFit Pro1 (116), 10). CrossFit Invictus Back Bay (114).

Teens 14-15

— Boys: 1). Tudor Magda (492), 2). Christian Gallaher (386), 3). Cole Martinez (340), 4). Rees Cooksy (318), 5). Nolan Pedrick (300), 6). Braden Groeneveld (282), 7). Ethan Gush (280), 8). Jack Laker (264), 9). Brynjar Ari Magnússon (256), 10). Michael Gilmore II (226).

— Girls: 1). Olivia Sulek (464), 2). Mallory O’Brien (402), 3). Lea Malo (392), 4). Paulina Haro (344), 5). Gigi Sabatini (326), 6). Paige Powers (302), 7). Maddy Espinoza (264), 8). Nina Ladvenicova (244), 9). Ashley Schroeder (232), 10). Macey Damgar (216).

Teens 16-17

— Boys: 1). Noah Casey (270), 2). Ethan Elwell (228), 3). Dylan Kade (194), 4). Tyler Anderson (172), 5). Dallin Pepper (160), 6). Benjamin Gutierrez (146), 7). Lucas Pusch (134), 8). Niccolò Colli (122), 9). Nathan Clifton (100), 10). Gerardo Torres (90).

— Girls: 1). Haley Adams (300), 2). Devyn Kim (208), 3). Kaela Stephano (184), 4). Chloe Smith (182), 5). Mikaela Senkus (166), 6). Luiza Marques (158), 7). Faith Ferguson (120), 8). Tori Dow (110), 9). Katla Bjork Ketilsdottir (104), 10). Ellie Kerstetter (100).

Masters 35-39

— Men: 1). Kyle Kasperbauer (252), 2). Ben Alderman (198), 3). Alexandre Jolivet (192), 4). Travis Stoetzel (190), 5). Cole Marshburn (178), 6). Kyle Kleinschmidt (168), 7). Ryan Starling (158), 8). Erast Palkin (130), 9). Phillip Kniep (122), 10). Danny Nichols (92).

— Women: 1). Anna Tobias (256), 2). Mayra Brandt (252), 3). Teresa Trojanowski (208), 4). Helena Falk (178), 5). Kelli Holm (156), 6). Katrina LaClair (156), 7). Elia Navarro (140), 8). Jimena Delamer (130), 9). Colleen McQuaid (128), 10). Beth Spearman (104).

Masters 40-44

— Men: 1). Neal Maddox (244), 2). Shawn Ramirez (200), 3). David Levey (174), 4). Jeb Simmons (138), 5). Steven Swistak (136), 6). David Johnston (134), 7). Bradley Pritchard (122), 8). Jason Grubb (122), 9). Joe Corvo (122), 10). Gary Papka (116).



— Women: 1). Stephanie Roy (250), 2). Joey Kimdon (222), 3). Shannon O’Dell (200), 4). Kelly Friel (188), 5). Ali Crawford (156), 6). Jen Dieter (140), 7). Katie Kruse (134), 8). Semma Burba (128), 9). Erin Carter (120), 10). Karen McCadam (112).

Masters 45-49

— Men: 1). Matthew Swift (260), 2). Robert Davis (236), 3). Artur Komorowski (208), 4). Giulio Silvino (190), 5). Brent Maier (174), 6). Wes Schneider (156), 7). Clint Paddock (152), 8). Chris Exarhos (138), 9T). Nathan Loren (136), 9T). Ryan Taylor (136).

— Women: 1). Amanda Allen (260), 2). Tonia Osborne (224), 3). Shannon Schleifer (208), 4). Julie Ackermann (172), 5). Jolaine Undershute (162), 6). Marcie Wells (156), 7). Nicole Abbott (152), 8). Nancy McKeage (138), 9). Michelle Wright (124), 10). Kathleen Mitchell (122).

Masters 50-54

— Men: 1). Ron Ortiz (444), 2). Cliff Musgrave (422), 3). Ocey Leavitt (418), 4). Mike Egan (360), 5). Christian Biagi (324), 6). Christopher Stamper (310), 7). Marco Casali (296), 8). Joe Ames (284), 9). Dion Walmsley (246), 10). Steve King (240).



— Women: 1). Laurie Meschishnick (512), 2). Linda Elstun (402), 3). Eva Thornton (398), 4). Marcha Van Glaanen Weijgel (320), 5). Maricruz Prieto (312), 6). Rose Wall (292), 7). Kim Holway (264), 8). Marion Valkenburg (258), 9). Cici Fougere (224), 10). Kerrie Napoli (218).

Masters 55-59

— Men: 1). Will Powell (404), 2). Brig Edwards (366), 3). Ken Idler (360), 4). Robert Boshoven (342), 5). Stuart Swanson (322), 6). Shannon Aiken (316), 7). Tom Fameree (268), 8). Curtis Dunn (248), 9). John Busch (246), 10). Gus VanDerVoort (224).

— Women: 1). Mary Beth Prodromides (412), 2). Bianca Williams (356), 3). Jacqueline Jane’t (344), 4). Lynne Knapman (326), 5). Donna Eramo (316), 6). Colleen Fahey (316), 7). Kelli Dean (306), 8). Hylie Thompson (274), 9). Litsa Olsson (270), 10). Sue Velott (250).

Masters 60+

— Men: 1). David Hippensteel (436), 2). Cal Cherrington (408), 3). Armando Garcia-Besne (386), 4). Rodrigo Dominguez (350), 5). Michael Brown (342), 6). Rod Hamby (312), 7). Stephen Angove (304), 8). John Smith (298), 9). Tom Bourdon (268), 10). Bill Steitz (232).

— Women: 1). Shaun Havard (494), 2). Patty Failla (448), 3). Marcia Yager (424), 4). Dolores Jones (356), 5). Lisa Long (350), 6). Pia Gund (316), 7). Linda Hardy (304), 8). Martha Redinger (298), 9). Pauline Sciascia (276), 10). Lee Monk (248).

How Do I Watch?

Not going to be in Madison? The CrossFit Games Facebook page and the Games website will be live streaming select individual, team and age group events.

— Individual Event 5: The Battleground

— Individual Event 6: TBA

— Individual Event 7: Fibonacci 

— Team Event 3: The Battleground 

— Team Event 4: 1RM Snatch

— Team Event 5: Synchro Worm 

— Masters 35-49/Teenagers 16-17: 1RM + P.S. 

— Masters 35-49/Teenagers 16-17: Rope and Yoke 

Scroll down for a complete schedule of today’s events.

Schedule and Heat Times

All times are in local Central Time.

Individuals

— 9:00 – 10:00 AM: The Battleground (Men) @ North Park

— 10:15 – 11:15 AM: The Battleground (Women) @ North Park

— 3:00 – 4:00 PM: Individual Event (Men) @ Coliseum

— 4:15 – 5:15 PM: Individual Event (Women) @ Coliseum

— 7:10 – 8:45 PM: Fibonacci (Men) @ Coliseum

— 7:45 – 8:30 PM: Fibonacci (Women) @ Coliseum

Teams



— 11:30 – 12:50 PM: Team Battleground @ North Park

— 1:12 – 2:00 PM: 1RM Snatch @ North Park

— 5:30 – 6:50 PM: Synchro Worm @ Coliseum

Teens

— REST DAY (Boy & Girls 14-15)

— 9:00 – 9:32 AM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Girls 16-17) @ AGP

— 9:32 – 10:02 AM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Boys 16-17) @ AGP

— 3:00 – 3:25 PM: Rope and Yoke (Girls 16-17) @ North Park

— 3:30 – 3:55 PM: Rope and Yoke (Boys 16-17) @ North Park

Masters

— REST DAY (Men & Women 50+)

— 10:02 – 10:34 AM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 35-39) @ AGP

— 10:34 – 11:06 AM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 40-44) @ AGP

— 11:06 – 11:38 AM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 45-49) @ AGP

— 11:38 – 12:08 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 35-39) @ AGP

— 12:08 – 12:38 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 40-44) @ AGP

— 12:38 – 1:08 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 45-49) @ AGP

— 4:00 – 4:25 PM: Rope and Yoke (Men 35-39) @ North Park

— 4:30 – 4:55 PM: Rope and Yoke (Men 40-44) @ North Park

— 5:00 – 5:25 PM: Rope and Yoke (Men 45-49) @ North Park

— 5:30 – 5:55 PM: Rope and Yoke (Women 35-39) @ North Park

— 6:00 – 6:25 PM: Rope and Yoke (Women 40-44) @ North Park

— 6:30 – 6:55 PM: Rope and Yoke (Women 45-49) @ North Park

FAN EVENTS.

— 7:00 – 10:00 AM: Pancake Breakfast @ RXBAR RV at Campgrounds

— 8:00 – 8:00 PM: Jump Rope Giveaway @ Caffeine and Kilos Booth

— 8:00 – 8:00 PM: O2 Recharging Station @ O2 Natural Recovery Booth

— 9:00 – 11:00 AM: Pregnancy Partner WOD with Christmas Abbott @ CrossFit Big Dane

— 11:00 AM: Julie Foucher Meet and Greet @ RX Smart Gear tent

— 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Caricature Artists @ FITAID Booth

— 7:00 – 9:00 PM: Morning Chalk Up Happy Hour @ Essen Haus

— 7- 10 PM: OUTWOD’s Big Gay Happy Hour – CrossFit Games Edition @ Woof’s Madison