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Invictus Replaces Chantelle Loehner

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Invictus Taps Hayley Murillo to Replace Loehner

The big story: Late last week, CrossFit Invictus newcomer Chantelle Loehner announced that CrossFit informed her she tested positive for a banned substance at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge. Invictus X won the April Sanctional and secured themselves an invite to the CrossFit Games.

Invictus X has brought on Hayley Murillo to replace Chantelle Loehner and is scheduled to compete at the Brazil CrossFit Championship hoping to earn another invite to the CrossFit Games.

  • If Loehner’s B sample comes back positive, Invictus’ win at the Mid-Atlantic Sanctional will be invalidated and Team MisFit — Travis Williams, Roy Gamboa, Jenn Smith and Alexis Johnson — will receive the invite. MisFit is currently scheduled to compete at the Rogue Invitational along with Mayhem Freedom and Invictus Boston.
  • Historically, B sample requests don’t usually end in the athlete’s favor. At best, testing positive for a banned substance results in a two-year ban from competition; at worst, it’s a four-year ban.
  • Invictus is wasting no time putting a new team together to make another run at qualifying. It will likely be another few weeks before Loehner’s B sample results are confirmed and a conclusion is reached.
  • Invictus X is heading down to Brazil next week to compete at the Brazil CrossFit Championship. They’ve tapped Hayley Murillo to replace Chantelle Loehner.

Going all in: Invictus teams have competed in nearly every Sanctional this season.

  • Dubai CrossFit Championship: Where Invictus Grown Strong earned their first invite. Invictus X took seventh.
  • Wodapalooza: Invictus fielded three teams with Grown Strong finishing second, Invictus X finished seventh, and Boston in ninth.
  • Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge: Invictus X finished first.
  • Asia CrossFit Championship: Invictus Grown Strong finished second.
  • Reykjavik CrossFit Championship: Invictus Boston finished second.
  • Invictus X and Invictus Boston are scheduled to compete at Brazil CrossFit Championship and Rogue Invitational, respectively, on the same weekend.

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WATCH: Road To Madison Ep.1: Kristine Andali and Mitch Spjut

Brute Strength covers athletes Kristine Andali and Mitch Spjut as they compete at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge. Both athletes share how they came to competitive CrossFit, how they prepared for Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge and training to get back to the Games.

SO MUCH TRAINING.

 

HEAR: How Ben Bergeron is Building CrossFit New England

On this episode of Chasing Excellence, Ben Bergeron walks through the framework he’s developed for building CrossFit New England, which has five areas of focus: Culture, Product, Marketing, Management, and Systems. He covers the difference between a service and product, marketing and management. 

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE.

 
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CHALK UP IN 2 MINUTES (a highlight reel around social media of CrossFit pros and average joes)

Rasmus Andersen and Lauren Fisher are engagedChris Cunningham finishes up his Age Group online qualifiers after competing at the Reykjavik CrossFit
Championship
Jessica Griffith overhead squats 240 poundsKari Pearce gets some shooting in as she trains for the Rogue Invitational • Ten-year-old Miah Mogard got her first muscle-up • Happy birthday Austin Malleolo KT Trombetta back squats 325 pounds
for two • Happy 99th birthday Grandma Betty • Adrianne Haider gets a 191 pound snatch PR • Alexandra LaChance clean and jerks 270 pounds for a PR • Jacob Heppner bench pressed 295 pounds for five. 

Breakfast on the Go — Michele Fumagalli is giving away her Ebook, Breakfast On-the-Go. She writes, “It covers the what, why and most importantly HOW to get breakfast in on a busy schedule. My go-to six recipes will help fuel you for a successful day!”

Rogue Invitational Partners with GORUCK — Over the weekend, GORUCK announced that they will be a part of the Rogue Invitational, showing a GORUCK bag, plyo soft box, barbells and weights. 

— Maybe a second event: The only event announced so far for the Rogue Invitational has been the Biathlon.

Wes Kitts Launches a YouTube Channel — Team USA weightlifter Wes Kitts, who just had a first-place finish in the 2019 Pan American Championships is sharing and commenting on all things training on his newly launched YouTube channel.

Julie Foucher Counts Down to Ten Year Anniversary — Julie Foucher will celebrate her tenth CrossFit anniversary on the competition floor at Rogue Invitational May 18-19. As we get closer to the event, Foucher has been posting some of her most memorable moments from the last ten years of CrossFit. 

Brazil CrossFit Championship — The Brazil CrossFit Championship, which takes place next weekend, has announced team event 4, team event 5 and Individual event 5.

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“Sam Briggs is Having a Record Year,” Justin LoFranco, Morning Chalk Up Team 

Sam Briggs has already solidified herself as one of the fittest athletes in the history of the CrossFit, the 37-year-old Engine from England has shown up this season in epic fashion.

 So far Briggs has won Dubai CrossFit Championship, won Australia CrossFit Championship, crowned national champion of England, placed 20th in the Open worldwide, and placed first at the Reykjavik Crossfit Championship with Team JST.

Having won a Sanctional as an individual and on a team, while notching a national championship amounts to probably the most impressive performance of any athlete this season.

Briggs has also qualified for the Age Group Online Qualifier to compete as a masters athlete.

Bottom line: Briggs is the only athlete to qualify for the CrossFit Games by every means possible.

She’s slated to compete in the Rogue Legends event May 18-19.

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CHALK UP CALENDAR

5/10: Beast Mode Games 2019 (Greenville, SC)

5/11: 2019 Moco Throwdown (Bethesda, MD)

5/11: Butchertown Cleaver Classic (Louisville, KY)

5/11: Girls on Girls X (Bridgeport, PA)

5/11: Battle of the Gulf Coast (Port Neches, TX)

5/11: Femme Royale So Cal (Orange, CA)

5/11: Squat for Guate (Hickory, NC)

5/11: Southside Showdown (Jenks OK)

5/17 – 5/19: ACA Throwdown 2019 (Johannesburg, SA)

5/17 – 5/19: Down Under CrossFit Championship (Wollongong NSW)

5/17 – 5/19: Brazil CrossFit Challennge (São Paulo, Brazil)

5/18 – 5/19: Big Impact Games (Kaukauna, WI)

5/18: 2019 Barbells in the Burbs Team Comp (Carol Stream, IL)

5/18: 2019 Tough Temple CrossFit Super Total (Bethseda, MD)

5/18: Mad Hatter Games (Danbury, CT)

5/18: Rookie Rumble at CrossFit Chester Springs (Chester Springs, PA)

5/18: Rookie Rumble at CrossFit PTV (Redmond, WA)

5/18 – 5/19: Shred Fest (Orlando, FL)

5/18: Cindy-a-Thon (San Leandro, CA)

5/18: Fallout in the Falls (Wichita Falls, TX)

5/18: East Coast Battle ( Hanover, MD) 

5/18: Meshugge CrossFit Summer Melee 2019 (Overland Park, KS)

5/18: Backstreet Brawl 3 (West Bend, WI)

5/18: Flower City Throwdown Women’s Division (Rochester, NY)

5/18: Warriors Hope (Greenwood, IN)

5/18: WODding to Hear (Elizabethton, TN)

5/18: Fifth Annual Guns N Hoses Competition (Anaheim, CA)

5/18: Barbells and Beers (Berkeley Heights, NJ)

5/18: OUTWOD Morristown (Morristown, NJ)

5/18: 2019 Triton Spring Throwdown (Wallingford, CT)

5/18: 6th Annual Murph for Mutts (Peachtree Corners, GA)

5/18: Fire & Ice Competition at WildFire CrossFit (Phoenix, AZ)

5/18 – 5/19: Rogue Invitational (Columbus, OH)

5/18 – 5/19: Beach Town Throwdown (Myrtle Beach, SC)

5/19: Heroes and Heroines Team Throwdown (Pawtucket, RI)

5/21: Brady’s Border2Border Ruck March (Beach, ND)

5/24: 24 Heroes in 24 Hours (Ardmore, PA)

5/27: ValorFit Community Murph (Urbandale, IA)

5/30 – 6/2: Granite Games (St. Cloud, MN)

5/31: OUTWOD at Roy CrossFit (Roy, UT)

5/31 – 6/1: The Rockwell Championship Series Main Event (Woods Cross, UT)

6/1: Warrior Affiliate League Terrible Two (Murrietta, CA)

6/1: Warrior Affiliate League Terrible Two (Victorville, CA)

6/1: The Burn Out 4 Person Team Competition (New Bern, NC)

6/1: Battle of the Vikings (Frederick, MD)

6/1: The Hound and The Mountain Team Competition (Sudbury, MA)

6/8: The Mountain Meltdown (Park City, UT)

6/8: Battle In The Basin 2 2019 (Joshua Tree, CA)

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