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September 7
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Happy Monday and welcome the Morning Chalk Up. The Pit Fitness Ranch Elite Teen Throwdown wrapped yesterday and Patrick Clark has a recap of the boys and girls divisions in both the 14-15 and 16-17 age groups. And, Tommy Marquez digs deep into the equipment list released last week for stage one of the CrossFit Games, while looking for programming insights from the past. Learn more below.
- Also, don’t miss Wykie Etsebeth’s interview with Games athlete and one of Tommy Marquez’s dark horse picks for a finalist spot, Gabriela Migala.
Keep the quote suggestions, story tips and PRs rolling in at [email protected].
The Morning Chalk Up is looking for an experienced writer interested in covering CrossFit Games athlete feature stories. Apply now!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” – Pearl S. Buck
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2020 CrossFit Games Updates
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We are 11 days out from the kick-off of stage one of the 2020 CrossFit Games. We will be providing daily updates from here on out to keep you in the loop as more details emerge.
Quick catch-up: The first stage of the 2020 CrossFit Games will feature 30 male and 30 female athletes competing virtually over two days beginning September 18. The top five athletes from each division will advance to an in-person competition in Aromas, CA, from October 19-25. The athlete roster includes the top-20 finishers in the Open plus the 10 Sanctionals qualifiers.
Format Update:
Although Dave Castro announced that he’s continuing to test the online workouts, putting final touches and “tweaks” on the handful of them, it appears the structure is mostly complete.
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Here’s the equipment list that was shared with athletes. In addition, athletes have been advised they need to have access to a 300m track for possible running events.
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The competition will be two days long, starting on Friday, September 18, according to athletes briefed on details of the event.
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Athletes will be notified of events only 48-hours in advance.
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Workout scores won’t be immediately reported, according to athletes. Nothing stops them from sharing among one another but the idea is to safeguard against any unfair advantage.
Quick Round-Up:
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Here are two recap videos highlighting Tommy Marquez’s top-three dark horse picks in both the men’s and women’s divisions:
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Athlete profiles from the Norwegian CrossFit Championship:
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Check out our athlete profile cards — We are creating one for each of the 60 athletes in stage one.
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2020 Games uniforms and gear are being shipped to athletes from Reebok.
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Want to bet on the CrossFit Games? Here’s the line on the women’s division and the men’s division (U.S. customers prohibited).
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Premiering today at 12:00 PM PT: When CrossFit HQ announced a new two-stage format for the 2020 CrossFit Games with the first portion being entirely online, two athletes in particular stand to gain (even just a little) from getting to compete in their home gyms. Link to watch.
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Four Teens Crowned Champions at The Pit Elite Teen Throwdown
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It wasn’t originally planned out this way, but the CrossFit Games teenage division got their closure on Sunday in an officially licensed event. Those who were able to travel to the sprawling complex of the Pit Fitness Ranch in Three Rivers, Michigan to participate in the Elite Teen Throwdown were given exactly that over three days and 11 scored events. Keegan New and Olivia Kerstetter were the winners of the boys and girls 14-15 year old division while Tudor Magda and Mal O’Brien took home their respective titles in the 16-17 year old division.
14-15 Division
Boys: New, a local kid who trains at the Pit Fitness Ranch, held just a one-point lead over Dillon Cannon heading into the final event of the afternoon, appropriately named “The Pit”. The workout consisted of a calorie buy-in on the Rogue Echo Bike before doing five rounds of ten devil presses and ten dumbbell squats. Cannon was the first off the bike and held a slight lead over New after two rounds. New didn’t break form and maintained his frantic pace, chipping away before overtaking Cannon in the third round. New ended up finishing second behind Landen Ryan while Cannon finished fourth, securing New’s title.
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
What History Tells Us About The 2020 CrossFit Games Equipment List
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When the official equipment list for the online portion of the 2020 CrossFit Games was published, some may have been disappointed to find that it didn’t include any extra special, super secret, or never-before-seen pieces of the equipment that could potentially be used in the programming to narrow the field down to the top five.
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Given the circumstances, it is more understandable that the equipment list features your standard affiliate fare with equipment you’d expect to see show up in the Open or any other online qualifier throughout the season to make sure that every athlete is able to take their fair crack at the workouts.
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CrossFit Games Update: Catching Up with Gabriela Migala
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Watch Now…
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THINGS TO…
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TUNE IN.
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BREATHE AND ROW.
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TRIVIA
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Congratulations to Andrew A., who was the first to correctly answer which men from the 2020 CrossFit Games roster competed at the 2013 CrossFit Games. The correct answer was Travis Mayer and Roy Gamboa. This was the fourth time that Andrew was the first person to correctly answer the trivia question.
- Today’s question: Which athletes on the 2020 CrossFit Games roster have also competed in the Age Group divisions at the Games?
Submit your answer.
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COMMUNITY
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Community Round-Up
Here’s a quick round-up of some events and developments taking place around the CrossFit community:
- Operation N.E.T.S.: Kearney CrossFit and CHI Health hosted a 24-hour row and bike-a-thon to support Operation N.E.T.S. The event raised $8,000 and the Kearney Police Department, through Operation N.E.T.S. will use the money to deliver sporting equipment to
local youth.
- Foster Fit: Foster Fit is an online, one day CrossFit competition for combined unisex individuals (Rx and scaled). The donations & fundraising from this competition will be used to provide CrossFit gym memberships to teenagers in foster care. Donations without competing are also being accepted! The event is taking place on November 21, so there is plenty of time to learn more and register!
- Sober Living Classes: CrossFit Low Oxygen in Frisco, CO will begin offering sober living classes soon, led by coaches trained at Fit to Recover in Utah. The program is coming into being in part thanks to a grant from Building Hope Summit County, a local organization dedicated to improving mental health care.
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LOCAL COMPETITIONS
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9/11: A Climb to Remember, 9/11 Memorial Workout & Run (Southern Pines, NC)
9/12: Goat House Classic (Overland Park, KS)
9/12: Metcon Rush (Hagerstown, MD)
9/18 – 9/20: The Central Regional (Bettendorf, IA)
9/19: Country Tuff Competition (Richfield, UT)
9/26 – 9/27: Pensacola Beach Brawl (Pensacola, FL)
9/26: Big Impact Games (Kimberly, WI)
9/26: Warrior Affiliate League Three Amigos (Chino, CA)
10/3: RedZone Summer Classic (Newtown, CT)
10/3: Legends of the Falls (Gadsden, AL)
10/3: Capitol Throwdown (Washington, DC)
10/6 – 10/11: Virtual Shoofly Lift Off (Fuquay-Varina, NC)
10/9 – 10/10: Crash Crucible (Spartanburg, SC)
11/7 – 11/8: The Bay Games [Unstoppable (online) Edition] (Jervis Bay, Australia)
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