“Thank you, CrossFit”

Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up. It’s already Day Four of the 2018 CrossFit Games. Today’s edition is fueled by FITAID, the Official Beverage Sponsor of the Morning Chalk Up. 

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“I’m a mad dog whose only concern is winning.” — Charles Barkley

CATCH ME UP.

6 Stories You Don’t Want to Miss

Friday was another busy day for individual athlete as they faced three more events. Later today, they’ll face at least four more workouts.

Here are six stories you need to know from Day 3.

1. The clean and jerk speed ladder was a repeat…sorta. In 2014, athletes faced a clean ladder of ascending weights. And cause it’s four years later, Dave kept the weights the same but reduced the time cap and made it a clean and jerk instead. Mathew Fraser, who took 3rd in the 2014 event, failed to make the top five after he missed a 310 pound clean and jerk not once,not twice, but three times. Rookie athlete Jared Enderton,
   however, had no issues moving a 345 pound barbell and finished in 2nd.
   
   
   
   FUN FACT: In 2014, Jared Enderton won a silver medal in the Clean and Jerk at Nationals.
   
   
   
   Tia Clair Toomey might have gone to the Olympics for weightlifting and recently won the Commonwealth Games, but it was rookie Amanda Barnhart who cleaned up the event. She actually power cleaned every barbell from 155 pounds to 225 pounds.
   
   
   
   FUN FACT: The women in the final heat clean and jerked 2850 pounds total through the entire event.
2. Fibionacci and fitter. A total of 10 male and 12 female athletes improved their performance in Fibionacci since 2017. This comes despite the fact that Dave Castro increased the deficit handstand push-up reps for females. On average, the 18 men who repeated Fibonacciy performed five reps better than last year.
   
   
3. Emily Bridgers says goodbye. Bridgers planned on making 2018 her final year competing at the CrossFit Games, but her trip ended abruptly after she fell and dislocated her ankle in the obstacle course. Emily sat down and penned this exclusive piece saying goodbye after eight years of competitive CrossFit.
   
   
4. Didn’t meet the minimum work requirements. Justine Beath sat underneath the obstacle course wall, tears welling up as she was unable to make it over. The minimum work requirement on Event 5 was completing the obstacle course, and any athlete who failed to do so would be disqualified. Unfortunately, Beath failed to make it through and she’s going home.
5. An update on Michele Fumagalli. After breaking her wrist during the Crit event, Michele “met with hand specialist Dr. Mark Cohen at Rush Orthopedic this morning.” Her surgery is scheduled for Tuesday. Pins will be put in to heal those and then a plate/screw for broken scaphoid bone.
6. CrossFit to Allow Transgender Athletes to Compete. Last night, CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman announced that beginning with the 2019 CrossFit Games season, transgender athletes will be allowed to compete in the gender division in which they identify. While the exact policies are still being metered out, one individual close to decision making process said that CrossFit will likely mirror International Olympic Committee’s established policies and guidelines. Currently, athletes may only compete in the gender assigned to them at birth.

DAILY DIGITS.

CrossFit Games by the Numbers

12: The number of points between Horvath and Toomey going into the Battleground event this morning.

30: Athletes did not finish The Battleground.

1: Person withdrew today, Emily Bridgers.

2: Athletes did not meet the minimum work requirements: Justine Beath and Emily Bridgers.

1: Number of male individuals who finished Fibonacci last year.

4: Number of male individuals who finished Fibonacci this year.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

Who’s Up, Who’s Down.

Who’s up.

Lukas Hogberg, 2nd, 516 points — For a guy who failed to qualify in 2017, Lukas Hogberg is showing an extremely strong performance. Seven events in and he’s still riding closely behind Mathew Fraser and the only athlete within striking distance of the two-time champ.

Laura Horvath, 2nd, 522 points — So it’s not just beginner’s luck; Laura Horvath is the real deal. After ending day one in first place, she held onto second through two tough workouts.

Alessandra Pichelli, 15th, 328 points — Alessandra could not have ended day one in a worse position after suffering through more than an hour of severe cramps on the marathon row. She started Day 3 in 18th but she managed to crawl back up slightly with two impressive finishes.

Who’s Down.

Ben Smith, 17th, 302 points — Despite Ben Smith’s impressive CrossFit Games record, he’s been unable to break into the top ten. So far his only top ten performance came on the clean and jerk speed ladder but followed up with two bak twenty performances, he’s moving down the leaderboard quickly.

Tennil Beuerlein, 17th, 322 points — The sixth fittest woman on earth has been struggling this year. And instead of moving up the leaderboard, she’s backtracking after Day 3.

Today’s edition of the Morning Chalk Up is fueled by

THE DETAILS.

The Standings

Individuals

— Men: 1). Mat Fraser (564), 2). Lukas Högberg (516), 3). Patrick Vellner (474), 4). Brent Fikowski (462), 5). Cole Sager (418), 6). Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson (408), 7). Adrian Mundwiler (384), 8). Noah Ohlsen (372), 9). Willy Georges (364), 10). Lukas Esslinger (362).

— Women: 1). Tia-Clair Toomey (580), 2). Laura Horvath (522), 3). Annie Thorisdottir (516), 4). Katrin Tanja Davidsdottir (482), 5). Kara Saunders (474), 6). Ragnheiður Sara Sigmundsdottir (406), 7). Kristin Holte (402), 8). Brooke Wells (400), 9). Cassidy Lance-Mcwherter (394), 10). Kari Pearce (386).

Teams

— 1). CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (454), 2). Don’t Stop (368), 3). CrossFit Invictus X (358), 4). CrossFit OC3 (358), 5). CrossFit Balance (348), 6). Reebok CrossFit One (326), 7). CrossFit 417 (322), 8). CrossFit Mayhem Independence (312), 9). CrossFit Invictus Back Bay (300), 10). CrossFit Pro1 (294).

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). Dallin Pepper (440), 2). Noah Casey (400), 3). Ethan Elwell (398), 4). Tyler Anderson (344), 5). Dylan Kade (324), 6). Benjamin Gutierrez (282), 7). Vincent Ramirez (280), 8). Nick Tunzi (238), 9). Gabi Castro (220), 10). Nathan Clifton (212).

— Girls: 1). Haley Adams (600), 2). Kaela Stephano (426), 3). Chloe Smith (342), 4). Devyn Kim (312), 5). Mikaela Senkus (274), 6). Faith Ferguson (264), 7). Luiza Marques (250), 8). Tori Dow (246), 9). Mia Nightingale (208), 10). Ellie Kerstetter (186).

Masters 35-39

— Men: 1). Kyle Kasperbauer (476), 2). Erast Palkin (376), 3). Kyle Kleinschmidt (372), 4). Alexandre Jolivet (352), 5). Ryan Starling (344), 6). Ben Alderman (322), 7). Phillip Kniep (280), 8). Travis Stoetzel (274), 9). Cole Marshburn (262), 10). Justin King (258)

— Women: 1). Anna Tobias (480), 2). Helena Falk (402), 3). Teresa Trojanowski (344), 4). Mayra Brandt (328), 5). Kirsten Pedri (296), 6). Kelli Holm (292), 7). Samantha Briggs (286), 8). Jimena Delamer (242), 9). Colleen McQuaid (242), 10). Elia Navarro (238).

Masters 40-44

— Men: 1). Neal Maddox (504), 2). Shawn Ramirez (388), 3). David Levey (370), 4). Joe Corvo (296), 5). David Johnston (292), 6). Gary Papka (274), 7). Jason Grubb (256), 8). Rikard Lanner (228), 9). Michael Kern (220), 10). Steven Swistak (210).

— Women: 1). Kelly Friel (450), 2). Stephanie Roy (442), 3). Joey Kimdon (332), 4). Jessica Martinez (276), 5). Marina Novelli (266), 6). Karen McCadam (260), 7). Ali Crawford (260), 8). Semma Burba (234), 9). Laura Nielsen (224), 10). Shannon O’Dell (220).

Masters 45-49

— Men: 1). Matthew Swift (442), 2). Robert Davis (426), 3). Brent Maier (388), 4). Artur Komorowski (364), 5). Giulio Silvino (344), 6). Nathan Loren (300), 7). Jason Miller (292), 8). Chris Exarhos (286), 9). Wes Schneider (268), 10). Bernard Luzi (246).

— Women: 1). Amanda Allen (522), 2). Tonia Osborne (446), 3). Jolaine Undershute (400), 4). Marcie Wells (338), 5). Shannon Schleifer (332), 6). Michelle Wright (302), 7). Merrill Mullis (288), 8). Nicole Abbott (282), 9). Julie Ackermann (272), 10). Nancy McKeage (246).

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 8: Madison Triplus 

— Individual Event 9: Chaos 

— Individual Event 10: Bicouplet 1 

— Individual Event 11: Bicouplet 2

— Team Event 6: Triplus 

— Team Event 7: Handstand Bob

— Team Event 8:  Bob Sprint 

— Team Event 9: Bicouplet Relay 

— Age Groups: Jump Finish 

— Masters 35-49/Teenagers 16-17: AG Chipper  

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

The Schedule

All times are in local Central Time.

Individuals

— 8:45 – 9:30 AM: Madison Triplus (Women) @ Off-site

— 9:30 – 10:15 AM: Madison Triplus (Men) @ Off-site

— 12:15 – 12:30 PM: Chaos (Women) @ North Park

— 12:40 – 12:55 PM: Chaos (Men) @ North Park

— 6:00 – 8:42 PM: Bicouplet 1 & 2 (Women) @ Coliseum

— 7:00 – 8:18 PM: Bicouplet 1 & 2 (Men) @ Coliseum

Teams



— 10:30 – 12:00 PM: Team Triplus @ Off-site

— 1:40 – 3:00 PM: Handstand Bob / Bob Sprint @ North Park

— 4:00 – 5:40 PM: Bicouplet Relay @ Coliseum

Teens

— 8:30 – 8:48 AM: Jump Finish (Boys 16-17) @ AGP

— 8:53 – 9:11 AM: Jump Finish (Girls 16-17) @ AGP

— 11:20 – 11:38 AM: Jump Finish (Boys 14-15) @ AGP

— 11:43 – 12:01 AM: Jump Finish (Girls 14-15) @ AGP

— 12:15 – 12:30 PM: Open Water Swim (Boys & Girls 16-17) @ Off-site

— 2:20 – 2:40 PM: AG Chipper (Boys 16-17) @ AGP

— 2:45 – 3:05 PM: AG Chipper (Girls 16-17) @ AGP

Masters

— 9:16 – 9:34 AM: Jump Finish (Women 35-39) @ AGP

— 9:34 – 9:52 AM: Jump Finish (Women 40-44) @ AGP

— 9:52 – 10:10 AM: Jump Finish (Women 45-49) @ AGP

— 10:15 – 10:33 AM: Jump Finish (Men 35-39) @ AGP

— 10:33 – 10:51 AM: Jump Finish (Men 40-44) @ AGP

— 10:51 – 11:09 AM: Jump Finish (Men 45-49) @ AGP

— 12:06 – 12:24 PM: Jump Finish (Women 50-54) @ AGP

— 12:24 – 12:42 PM: Jump Finish (Women 55-59) @ AGP

— 12:30 – 12:45 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 35-39) @ Off-site

— 12:42 – 1:00 PM: Jump Finish (Women 60+) @ AGP

— 12:45 – 1:00 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 40-44) @ Off-site

— 1:00 – 1:15 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 45-49) @ Off-site

— 1:05 – 1:23 PM: Jump Finish (Men 50-54) @ AGP

— 1:23 – 1:41 PM: Jump Finish (Men 55-59) @ AGP

— 1:41 – 1:59 PM: Jump Finish (Men 60+) @ AGP

— 3:00 – 3:15 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 50-54) @ Off-site

— 3:10 – 3:30 PM: AG Chipper (Women 35-39) @ AGP

— 3:15 – 3:30 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 55-59) @ Off-site

— 3:30 – 3:50 PM: AG Chipper (Women 40-44) @ AGP

— 3:30 – 3:45 PM: Open Water Swim (Men & Women 60+) @ Off-site

— 3:50 – 4:10 PM: AG Chipper (Women 45-49) @ AGP

— 4:15 – 4:35 PM: AG Chipper (Men 35-39) @ AGP

— 4:35 – 4:55 PM: AG Chipper (Men 40-44) @ AGP

— 4:55 – 5:15 PM: AG Chipper (Men 45-49) @ AGP

FAN EVENTS.

— 7:00 – 9:00 AM: Jackie Perez and Kenny Santucci Travel WOD @ CrossFit Great State

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

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

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

— 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Christmas Abbott Meet and Greet @ FITAID Booth

​– 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Caricature Artists @ FITAID

— 4:00 – 6:00 PM: FITAID Happy Hour @ CrossFit Affiliate Lounge