Regionals Week 3, Day 2 Roundup

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QUICK BRIEF.

8 Things to know.

This is Justin, filling in for Jessica for today’s edition and here’s a peak into my schedule this weekend. This weekend is affectionately known as “24 hours of CrossFit” weekend, as dueling time zones spanning from Spain to Florida to Australia leave only a 2.5 hour window without live competition.

We’re here to help you make sense of it all and here are a few top stories from the day:

1. Only four male and female athletes and four teams will qualify from the Meridian Regional. To make room for the new Latin America Regional, CrossFit took five spots from the old West Regional, giving one to Latin America and four to the Meridian. If you completely missed that announcement, here you go.
2. Her last Regional. This is Emily Bridgers‘ 8th and final Regional competition. She has qualified for every Regionals since she started CrossFit in 2011 and qualified for the CrossFit Games every year since 2014. “I’m competitive by nature, and every time I compete my goal is to win. This year, I will cherish every moment on the competition floor, and appreciate all the ways CrossFit has helped me grow physically, mentally, professionally, and the countless relationships it has brought into my life,” Emily wrote
3. Going for 10 straight. Last weekend, Becca Voigt became the first athlete to qualify for ten individual CrossFit Games appearances. If Ben Smith qualifies this weekend, he’ll be the first athlete to qualify for ten consecutive CrossFit Games as an individual as well as the first male to qualify for ten individual appearances. He’s 8th after Day 1.
4. FUN FACT: Jamie Greene and Elliot Simmonds ended Day 1 in first place in the Meridian Regional. They’re also swolemates in real life — A.K.A. bf/gf. There is some precedent for CrossFit couples qualifying together in the same year. Alea and Gary Helmick both qualified in 2016, Rasmus Andersen and Lauren Fisher in 2016 and are going for it again this year, and Annie Thorisdottir and Frederik Aegidius in 2017, to name a few.
5. So you’re saying there’s a chance. Regionals rookie Raymond Romanick wants Sara Sigmundsdottir to call him, so he wore a t-shirt with his phone number on it. Not even kidding. After we posted it to Instagram, Sigmundsdottir responded with a challenge: “Only if you win Regionals.” To be fair, Sara didn’t win her region and right now Raymond is only 8 points out of fifth place. 
6. The Linda factor — With two weekends worth of data, we crunched a bunch of numbers examining the correlation between a female athletes finish in Event 2 and their likelihood to qualify. Every single female athlete who finished Linda under 15 minutes went on to qualify for the CrossFit Games. Four new names were just added to that list. #JustSaying
7. Bring on the new blood. This is what happens when you redraw the lines and create new regionals. Only four of the 30 teams competing at the Meridian Regionals fielded a team last year. 
8. The dark horse. At 42-years-old, Helen Harding is the oldest athlete competing at any Regional. And with a 3rd place finish in Event 4, she moved from 19th to 10th. And for those who think this isn’t possible, Becca Voigt started Day 3 in 10th place and she qualified for the Games. #TheyAreCalledMastersForAReason

SURPRISE. SURPRISE.

Who’s up, who’s down.

Who’s up.

Adam Klink, 1st overall, Atlantic — Member of the CrossFit Krypton crew who trains with Ben Smith, Adam has never placed higher than 27th, but he absolutely demolished the first two events. For a guy who squats 550 pounds he runs unbelievably fast. 

McKenzie Riley, 1st overall, Atlantic — Don’t let her love of the barbell fool you, McKenzie took 12th in the Run-Swim-Run event at the 2017 CrossFit Games. But we were not expecting this strong of a start from her. Event 3 is tricky, but if she passes that test she’ll be in a perfect position to keep this streak going. 

Khan Porter, 4th overall, Pacific — Khan isn’t about to let another CrossFit Games pass him by, and he used moving day to do exactly that — move up the leaderboard. He was in 9th place going into Event 4, but a second place finish was enough to send him up to 4th. 

Who’s down.

Aaron Hanna, 23rd overall, Atlantic — Aaron qualified for the 2015 CrossFit Games, but has been hovering around that top ten spot at Regionals for the past couple years. BK Gudmundsson bounced back from 18th in day one to qualify, and his next four events looked like 2nd, 5th, 6th and 3rd. 

Emily Bridgers, 11th overall, Atlantic — Emily had a slow start to Day 1 finishing 19th in Event 1, but quickly bounced back with a 5th place finish in Event 2. She’s only 18 points out of 5th place and as long as she keeps steadily executing, she’ll be back into qualification. 

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THE DEETS.

Regionals: How do I watch?

The CrossFit Games Facebook page will be streaming all events and heats. You can also access them on Games.CrossFit.com. To save you the scrolling, here are the direct links.

Team Events 3 and 4: Meridian |  Atlantic

Team Events 5 and 6: Pacific

Individual Event 3: Meridian |  Atlantic

Individual Event 4: Meridian |  Atlantic

Individual Event 5: Pacific

Individual Event 6: Pacific

Heat Times.

CrossFit HQ posted all the heat times for the Pacific, Meridian and Atlantic Regionals. Just click on the schedule tab.

To make your life a little easier, and take some of the guesswork out of when athletes are competing, we built these Google Calendars with times and heat breakdowns for each regional so you can synch to Google or iCal. We will update each event with lane assignments daily.

iCal: Pacific  |  Meridian |  Atlantic

Google: Pacific  |  Meridian |  Atlantic

The Standings.

Pacific

— Men: 1). James Newbury (364), Dean Linder-Leighton (304), 3). Bayden Brown (274), 4). Khan Porter (268), 5). Matt McLeod (268), 6). Brandon Swan (266), 7). Royce Dunn (258), 8). Luke Fiso (248), 9). Rob Watt (224), 10). Jordan Bender (220). 

— Women: 1). Tia-Clair Toomey (388), 2). Kara Saunders (358), 3). Justin Beath (300), 4). Courtney Haley (290), 5). Madeline Sturt (274), 6). Kat Baker (260), 7). Jessica Coughlan (248), 8). Simone Arthur (232), 9). Rochelle Steinbrgs (226), 10). Helen Harding (210).

— Teams: 1). Reebok CrossFit Frankston (352), 2). Schwartzs CrossFit Melbourne (334), 3). CrossFit East Tamaki (318), 4). CrossFit 121 (312), 5). CrossFit Athletic (290).

Meridian

— Men: 1). Elliot Simmonds (180), 2). Willy Georges (168), 3). Mohamed Elomda (156), 4). Phil Hesketh (148), 5). Rasmus Andersen (140), 6). Jonas Mueller (130), 7). Lukas Esslinger (130), 8). Stephane Ossanga (124). 

— Women: 1). Jamie Greene (188), 2). Manila Pennacchio (176), 3).  Lauren Fisher (160), 4). Karin Baalbaki (130), 5). Jacqueline Dahlstrom (126), 6). Alessia Joy Walchli (124), 7). Emilia Leppanen (124), 8). Eik Gylfadottir (120). 

— Teams: 1). Cape CrossFit Wolfpack (200), 2). CrossFit PBM Unite (168), 3). CF Riviera Team (162), 4). Team Crash (156). 

Atlantic

— Men: 1). Adam Klink (194), 2). Mitch Wagner (164), 3). John Coltey (160), 4). Ethan Helbig (152), 5). Norman Woodring (146), 6). Raymond Romanick (138), 7). Tim Mustion (136), 8). Ben Smith (134), 9). Noah Ohlsen (130), 10). Andrew McGovern (116).

— Women: 1). Mekenzie Riley (172), 2). Cassidy Lance-Mcwherter (160), 3). Whitney Gelin (158), 4). Melissa Doll (148), 5). Paige Semenza (140), 6). Sarah Scholl (136), 7). Megan O’Donnell (136), 8). Jaimie Byerly (126), 9). Lindsay Eder (126), 10). Whitney Stephenson (124).

— Teams: 1). CrossFit Balance (194), 2). Dwala Rangers (188), 3). Team Soul (176), 4). TTT ANIMUS (160), 5). HustleHard CrossFit (152).

6/1 – 6/3: Atlantic Regional (West Palm Beach, FL)

6/1 – 6/3: Meridian Regional (Madrid, Spain)

6/1 – 6/3: Pacific Regional (Sydney, Australia)

6/2: Kegs and Kilos (Manhattan, KS)

6/2: Long Island Masters (Hauppauge, NY)

6/2: Texas WOD Fest (Houston, TX)

6/2: Tacos and Tequila Throwdown (Highlands Ranch, CO)

6/2: Meshugge CrossFit Summer Melee (Overland Park, KS)

6/3: Summer Sizzler Individual Masters Competition (Burlington, MA)

6/8 – 6/9: Bricktown Throwdown (Bricktown, OKC)

6/9: Beastette Bash at CrossFit Ananda (Arlington, TX)

6/9: Gulf Coast Games (Mandeville, LA)

6/9: WOD Wars 6 (Humble, TX)

6/9: Big Orange Brawl (Knoxville, TN)

6/9: Heroes of the Platform (Meridian, ID)

6/9: Triple Crown Fitness Event (Greenville, NC)

6/9: 3rd Annual Masters Main Event  (North Ridgeville, OH) 

6/9 – 6/10: The Heartland Games 2018 (Chicago, IL)

6/9 – 6/10: Alaka’i SUPER Summer Slam (Kapolei, HI)

6/9 – 6/10: The Battle of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

6/10: Contra Costa Throwdown (Concord, CA)

6/16: Battle on the Creek (Johns Creek, GA)

6/16: Full Battle Rattle (Robinson, IL)

6/16: East Coast War (Wilmington, NC)

6/19: Gauntlett VIII – River Rumble (Portsmouth, OH)

6/22 – 6/23: Urban Street Games (Rock Island, IL)

6/22 – 6/24: The Bacon Beatdown (Daytona Beach, FL)

6/23: Garage Girls CrossFit Grit (St. Simons Island, GA)

6/23: 2018 Summer Swolestice (Gresham, OR)

6/23: HAMCO Heat (McLeansboro, IL)

6/23: The Greenville Games (Greenville, SC)

6/23: The Burn Out (New Bern, NC)

6/23: Battle of the Border (Phenix City, AL)

6/23: Battle of a Beauty with a Beast (South Hadley, MA)

6/23: Clash for Cash (Wiles-Barre, PA)

6/23 – 6/24: Asbury Park Summer Games (Asbury Park, NJ)

6/23 – 6/24: The Dakota Games (Fargo, ND)

6/30: Summer Stampede (Bethlehem, PA)

6/30: Battle of the Ballpark (Seattle, WA)