CrossFit Games Day One Recap

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“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”

— Billie Jean King

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Day One Recap

The CrossFit Games officially kicked off just a little after 8:00 AM yesterday morning. Dave Castro led athletes out on a rolling start for the Crit, a 10-lap bike race around the coliseum grounds.

With nearly five hours of competition time, it’s was a long day. We’re here to help you make sense of it all and here are a few top stories from the day:

1. It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish it. While Games rookie Laura Horvath led the way for a nearly half the race, a total of seven different ladies held the leading spot. But it was Kristin Holte, who never had the top spot until the last hundred meters, who would take the 100 points and her second career bike event win. FUN FACT: Katrin Davidsdottir never dropped below third place the entire race.
2. The crash that could have been. Coming around the final turn on the last lap, Mathew Fraser skipped and skidded, almost to the ground, correcting his bike at the last minute and finishing fourth. This was the same exact spot that Michele Fumagalli fell and broke her wrist a half hour earlier.
3. Fumagalli falls and heads home early. On the final turn before the finish line, Michele Fumagalli lost control of her bike and toppled over, breaking her wrist in the process. After quickly collecting herself, she picked up her bike and ran it across the finish line, but her broken wrist would be the end of her rookie appearance at the CrossFit Games.
4. Can anyone go unbroken? Maybe, but not yesterday. Cody Anderson came the closest with 28 unbroken reps before he failed. Tia-Clair Toomey held on for the longest on the women’s side with 20 unbroken muscle-ups.
5. These are not your 2007 Games athletes folks. In 2007, the average male athlete lifted 799.7 pounds; females lifted 411 pounds on average. In 2017, male athletes increased their average to 1145.38 pounds and female to 776.92 pounds. FUN FACT: Every single female athlete beat the 2007 winner. Meredith Root, who came in 39th with 660 pounds, lifted 130 pounds more. Conversely, only seven male athletes beat Connor Banks’ 2007 total of 1225 pounds.
6. Margaux Alvarez bests nine male athletes in marathon row. A just 42 seconds over 3 hours, Margaux Alvarez started out in first and never gave it up. In the 2013 half marathon row, she averaged a 2:06:60 500m pace; in the full marathon, a 2:08:40 500m pace. That’s less than 2 seconds slower over twice the distance. 
7. Who will get the Spirit of the Games Award? The Spirit of the Games Award, one of the highest honors of the CrossFit Games, is given to the athlete who exhibits extraordinary character, inspires and motivates others to live life with grace, kindness, and resilience. This year, for the first time, the CrossFit community will select the Spirit of the Games Award winner. CrossFit will choose a few athletes to nominate for the award, then fans can tune into a live Facebook broadcast to cast their vote. Vote on Sunday, Aug. 5, on the CrossFit Games Facebook Page.

DAILY DIGITS.

CrossFit Games by the Numbers.

11: Women that did not finish the 30 muscle-ups in the five minute time cap.

345: Pound difference between Tia-Clair Toomey and 2007 winner Nichole Dehart in the CrossFit Total.

4: Athletes withdrew today (2 teens, 1 master, and 1 individual).

6: Teams were able to finish The 30’s. 

17: Teens were unable to complete the Doubles & Oly event.

2: Number of starts it took to get everyone to start rowing at the same time.

30: Seconds of rain in Madison yesterday.

42,195: Meters each athlete rowed last night. 

500: The heaviest back squat yesterday, performed by Scott Panchik.

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THE DETAILS.

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 (232), 2). Nolan Pedrick (212), 3). Christian Gallaher (186), 4). Michael Gilmore II (174), 5). Rees Cooksy (168), 6). Tuteari Te Rauna-Lamont (156), 7). Ethan Gush (134), 8). Braden Groeneveld (128), 9). Cole Martinez (122) , 10). Anthony Ray (116).

— Girls: 1). Olivia Sulek (244), 2). Paulina Haro (214), 3). Lea Malo (204), 4). Nina Ladvenicova (192), 5). Gigi Sabatini (170), 6). Mallory O’Brien (142), 7). Tori Gallegos (128), 8). Hanna Mrochuk (124), 9). Paige Powers (108), 10). Macey Damgar (88).

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). Cliff Musgrave (234), 2). Christopher Stamper (210), 3). Ocey Leavitt (192), 4). Mike Egan (188), 5). Ron Ortiz (182), 6). Joe Ames (156), 7). Dion Walmsley (122), 8). Christian Biagi (120), 9). Jeff Dempsey (114), 10). Pat Crosby (114).

— Women: 1). Laurie Meschishnick (232), 2). Eva Thornton (212), 3). Marcha Van Glaanen Weijgel (212), 4). Rose Wall (168), 5). Kim Holway (166), 6). Linda Elstun (152), 7). Maricruz Prieto (144), 8). Cici Fougere (126), 9). Kim Rogers (116), 10). Kerrie Napoli (106).

Masters 55-59

— Men: 1). Stuart Swanson (204), 2). Will Powell (200), 3). Jeffrey Christy (186), 4). Robert Boshoven (184), 5). Ken Idler (164), 6). Brig Edwards (164), 7). Curtis Dunn (140), 8). Shannon Aiken (140), 9). John Busch (130), 10). Gus VanDerVoort (116).

— Women: 1). Mary Beth Prodromides (234), 2). Bianca Williams (224), 3). Jacqueline Jane’t (176), 4). Sue Velott (172), 5). Jenn Eagan (172), 6). Litsa Olsson (156), 7). Lynne Knapman (140), 8). Gina Galiano (128), 9). Colleen Fahey (124), 10). Kelli Dean (118).

Masters 60+

— Men: 1). David Hippensteel (244), 2). Armando Garcia-Besne (208), 3). Rodrigo Dominguez (180), 4). Cal Cherrington (170), 5). Rod Hamby (168), 6). John Smith (166), 7). Michael Brown (160), 8). Bill Steitz (138), 9). Tom Bourdon (134), 10). Stephen Angove (128).

— Women: 1). Patty Failla (280), 2). Shaun Havard (270), 3). Marcia Yager (206), 4). Pia Gund (182), 5). Dolores Jones (180), 6). Lisa Long (176), 7). Martha Redinger (162), 8). Linda Hardy (156), 9). Silvana Volpe (136), 10). April Kitagawa (134).

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. Only one event is being streamed live today.

— Masters 50-60+ / Teenagers 14-15 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

— REST DAY

Teams



— REST DAY

Teens

— REST DAY (Boy & Girls 16-17)

— 8:00 – 8:25 AM: Rope and Yoke (Girls 14-15) @ North Park

— 8:30 – 8:55 AM: Rope and Yoke (Boys 14-15) @ North Park

— 12:15 – 12:47 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Girls 14-15) @ AGP

— 12:47 – 1:17 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Boys 14-15) @ AGP

Masters

— REST DAY (Men & Women 50-54)

— 9:00 – 9:25 AM: Rope and Yoke (Men 50-54) @ North Park

— 9:30 – 9:55 AM: Rope and Yoke (Men 55-59) @ North Park

— 10:00 – 10:25 AM: Rope and Yoke (Men 60+) @ North Park

— 10:30 – 10:55 AM: Rope and Yoke (Women 50-54) @ North Park

— 11:00 – 11:25 AM: Rope and Yoke (Women 55-59) @ North Park

— 11:30 – 11:25 AM: Rope and Yoke (Women 60+) @ North Park

— 1:17 – 1:49 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 50-54) @ AGP

— 1:49 – 2:21 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 55-59) @ AGP

— 2:21 – 2:53 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Women 60+) @ AGP

— 2:53 – 3:23 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 50-54) @ AGP

— 3:23 – 3:43 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 55-59) @ AGP

— 3:53 – 4:23 PM: 1RM S-OH & P.S. (Men 60+) @ AGP

FAN EVENTS.

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

— 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM: Fit Barge

–​ 7:00 – 8:15 AM: The Master Class with Chris Hinshaw @ CrossFit Big Dane

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

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

— 9:00 AM: CrossFit Flexibility @ CrossFit Training Booth

— 10:00 AM: CrossFit Dumbbell @ CrossFit Training Booth

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

–​ 1:00 PM: Ragnar 1.4 @ Quann Park

— 1:00 PM: CrossFit Gymnastics @ CrossFit Training Booth

— 2:00 PM: Conjugate Methods @ CrossFit Training Booth

— 3:00 PM: CrossFit Jump Rope @ CrossFit Training Booth

— 3:00 – 4:00 PM: Book Signing w/ Dave Castro @ Beer Garden