Mal O’Brien Surges on Granite Games Moving Day

June 5   |   POWERED BY

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up’s semifinals edition. The Far East Throwdown has wrapped, and the Granite Games is kicking off its final day of competition in a few hours, but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

In today’s edition:

• Moving day does not disappoint as key races and athletes deliver statements at Granite Games
• The Far East Throwdown is over and the results are in

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Photo Credit: Ava Kitzi

Day 2 is done and dusted and we are anticipating a lot of action on Day 3 at TCO Stadium. Full details are included below:

• Moving day at the Granite Games was a sight to see with new and familiar faces squaring off against each other in some heated battles
• Mal O’Brien came, she saw and she conquered the field on Day 2 of the Granite Games
• Colten Mertens surged to the top of the leaderboard as veteran Brent Fikowski moved up
• Get caught up with everyone as Lauren Kalil, the host of The Bottom Line, breaks down all the action with Brian Friend and Jake Marconi

Resources to stay up to date:

• Granite Games content hub
• How to watch and schedule of events
• Leaderboard
• Roster

Leaderboard

The competition on Day 3 starts at 9:35 AM PT, but here’s the leaderboard as it stands at the end of Day 2.

1. Colten Mertens (368) | Mallory O’Brien (384) | CrossFit Invictus (385)
2. Phil Toon (364) | Dani Speegle  (376) | CrossFit OBA (370) 
3. Brent Fikowski (336) | Amanda Barnhart (348) | CrossFit Move Fast Lift Heavy  (345)
4. Travis Mayer (324) | Kloie Wilson  (320) | CrossFit Greater Heights Ascend (340)
5. Timothy Paulson (304) | Alex Willis (312) | Rhapsody CrossFit (295)
6. Anthony Davis (291) | Emily Rolfe (297) | Undefeated CrossFit (245)
7. Nick Mathew (288) | Kelly Stone (296) | CrossFit Breaking Boundaries (240)
8. Samuel Kwant (282) | Feeroozeh Saghafi (261) | Stay Strong CrossFit Black (240)
9. Zachery Buntin (249) | Caroline Stanley (240) | CrossFit Invictus Unconquerable (225)
10.  Leonel Franco (245) | Kaela Stephano (233) | CrossFit Union Square Black (195)

Full leaderboard

Workouts, Schedule and How to Watch

Saturday’s schedule of events: Below is the broadcast schedule. You can watch all events live on our content hub.

• Team Event 5 — 9:35 AM PT | 11:35 AM CT | 5:35 PM BST
• Individual Event 5 — 11:05 AM PT | 1:05 PM CT | 7:05 PM BST
• Team Event 6 — 12:50 PM PT | 2:50 PM CT | 8:50 PM BST
• Individual Event 6 — 2:05 PM PT | 4:05 PM CT | 10:05 PM BST

Want to see the schedule in your local time zone? Our schedule will automatically update to where you are on MorningChalkUp.com, and on our iOS or Android app.

Day 3 Events

Team Event 5

• For time:
  200 yd Sled Push (Mixed Pairs)
  50 Synchro Line-Facing Burpees
  75/50 Cal Bike (Same Gender Pairs)
  1500m Team Run
  75/50 Cal Bike (Same Gender Pairs)
  50 Synchro Line-Facing Burpees
  200 yd Sled Push (Mixed Pairs)

Individual Event 5

• For time:
  50 yd Sled Push
  30 Lane-Facing Burpees
  50 yd Sled Push
  1000m Run
  100/70 Cal Echo Bike
  1000m Run
  50 yd Sled Drag
  30 Lane-Facing Burpees
  50 yd Sled Drag
  Time Cap: 27 Minutes

Team Event 6

• For time, starting with female pair:
  40 Thrusters (135/95)
  6 Legless Rope Climbs
  30 Thrusters
  4 Legless Rope Climbs
  20 Thrusters
  2 Legless Rope Climbs
  Immediately followed by the male pair.
  Time Cap: 20 Minutes

Individual Event 6

• 10 Rounds For time:
  1 Legless Rope Climb, 15 ft
  Run 170 ft
  Time Cap: 11 Minutes

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Day 3 has officially wrapped up. Roman Krehnnikov and Seung Yeon Choi will be making their way to Madison along with Nasser Alruwayeh and Sehar Kaya.

Final Rundown: 

• Catch up on what happened during the second day as the usual suspects dug into their leads

Leaderboard

Here is the official leaderboard after the final day of competition. We haven’t slept a lot.

1. Roman Khrennikov – 584 | Seung Yeon Choi – 588 | KT CrossFit Kolesnikov Team – 695
2. Nasser Alruwayeh – 552 | Seher Kaya – 560 | CrossFit Yas Black – 645
3. Artur Semenov – 536 | Dawon Jung – 508 | CrossFit Alioth – 605
4. Andrey Fedotov – 447 | Dema Zebdieh – 468 | MVMT CrossFit – 520
5. Ant Haynes – 421 | Yuo Sakuyama – 464 | L7 CrossFit Ba Ke SI FORMOSA – 515
6. Morteza Sedaghat – 418 | Sahad Budebs – 453 | CrossFit Mobilus Chinatown Sour Path Kids – 485
7. Ruslan Miftakhov – 371 | Uracha Teerawanitsan – 433 | CrossFit We Can Do It Team Busan – 480
8. Seokbeom Kim – 366 | Omer Reshef – 432 | Soyuz CrossFit Terfit – 480
9. Vitaliy Stepanov – 362 | Tatiana Evseeva – 357 | CrossFit Arcade – 400
10. Artyom Matsak – 352 | Minjeong Kim – 357 | CrossFit Erada Team Qatar – 375

Full leaderboard

+28 – The difference in points between Mallory O’Brien’s lead last year and this year heading into Day 3 at the Granite Games. In both years she has had 3 event wins at this point.

115 – The total number of seconds between Mallory O’Brien and the second place finishers in Saturday’s events at the Granite Games.

180 – Beats per minute. This is Underdogs Athletics founder and coach Justin Cotler’s average heart rate across for the first three weeks of Semifinals….probably.

6,507 – The number of miles from Busan, South Korea to Madison, Wisconsin. Two men, two women and two teams from the Far East Throwdown will make this trip.