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Chris Spealler placed 1st Overall at the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers by winning all three workouts.

This video shows highlights from his second workout. Of interest to many will be how many judges there were watching his movements. He has several reps not counted for one reason or another. His mental game is top notch, and he continues to push through no matter how fair (or not) he believes the counting is.

After the workout, Chris talks about his experience during the workout.

Sevan Matossian's video of Speal's second workout ... [wmv] [mov]

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For anyone who missed their Regional, are overseas, or just barely missed qualifying at their regional, there will be one last chance to qualify for the Games.

At some point near the end of May, a workout format will be announced. You will have two days to complete the workouts under strict guidelines that will be clearly established at the time of the announcement. You must time and film your efforts also under strict guidelines that will be clearly established.

Make sure you know how to capture and submit the video (or connect with someone who does). No late entries will be accepted. The CrossFit HQ staff will judge the video and determine the legitimacy of the time.

The number of spots available for men and women will depend on a number of factors, and will be announced later.

There is nothing to do now. This is only an announcement that the opportunity will be there. More information to follow over the coming weeks.

GSX Athletics is honored to have been selected to host this weekend's CrossFit Games Southwest Regional Qualifier. Our team has stepped up to the challenge of staging a fair, exciting, and safe event that will stand as a legitimate test of fitness. Three workouts have been carefully selected to challenge our competitors capacities from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri. Administered correctly, and collectively, this thing is anyone's to win.

Furthermore, this event will serve to embrace our great local CrossFit Community, and showcase our region's finest and fittest men and women. Each hoping to earn a qualifying position to the CrossFit Games in July.

We have collectively hand built a structure to serve our CrossFit Community, CrossFit HQ, and future folks who want to change their lives for the better with real .

Welcome to Hell's Half Acre!

There is a lot of attention being given to the spread of swine flu in Texas. At this point, the CDC is not requiring the postponement or cancellation of public events, so we intend to proceed as normal for the Qualifier.

It is, however, the recommendation of the Region's director that anyone who has been sick in the last 48 hours, or had any symptoms of influenza or swine influenza such as fever, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, runny nose and body aches that they contact their doctor immediately. We also suggest that they do not attend the Hell's Half Acre qualifier for safety reasons and the threat of the disease spread in our area.

The health department recommends regular hand washing, and hand wash gel will be widely available at the Qualifier.

Please continue to check this site and the Regional site for updates.

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Lisa Ray

Age: 37
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lb.

Date of Birth: 9-15-71
Place of Birth Moses Lake, WA
Started CrossFit Feb 04

Lives in Flagstaff, AZ

Affiliate: CrossFit Flagstaff

Fran: 5:03
Cindy: 19
Linda: 30:31 (Bench not Rx'd -105 lb.)
Helen: 9:34 women's wt., 10:13 men's wt.
Diane: 11:56 @155
Grace: 8:10 full squat cleans and split jerk, 5:18 power version
Fight Gone Bad: 309
Filthy Fifty: 24:14

Deadlift: 240 lb.
Press: 100 lb.
Back Squat: 185 lb.
Snatch: 95 lb. (this was before learning to split Snatch)
Clean and jerk: 128 lb.
Max Pull-ups: 35

Favorite WOD: Anything without rowing or swimming
Favorite Lift: Split Jerk and Split Snatch (aka -the Hallelujah Snatch)
Least Favorite WOD: Anything with rowing or swimming
Least Favorite Lift: Snatch and Push Jerk

2007 Games Finish: on a canyoneering trip
2008 Games Finish: judged
2009 Great Basin Qualifiers Finish: 2nd

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Name: Eric O'Connor

Age: 28
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 170

Date of Birth: 8-14-80
Place of Birth: Lancaster, PA
Started CrossFit Nov 06

Lives in Park City, UT

Affiliate: CrossFit Park City

Fran: 2:54
Cindy: 28
Linda: 21:45 w/ Squat Cleans
Helen: 7:33
Diane: 4:43
Grace: 2:50
Fight Gone Bad: 401
Filthy Fifty: 17:37

Deadlift: 440
Press: 180
Back Squat: 365
Snatch: 180
Clean and jerk: 230
Max Pull-ups: 52

Favorite WOD: Filthy Fifty
Favorite Lift: Power Snatch
Least Favorite WOD: Fran or our Final Regional WOD
Least Favorite Lift: Thrusters

2007 Games Finish: N/A
2008 Games Finish: 23
2009 Great Basin Qualifiers Finish: 2nd

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In a super-secret testing of the NorCal Workout 2 a couple weeks ago, Pat Barber gave it a shot to see what would happen. The current requirements are a minimum of 10 reps of each, but when Pat did it, they required a minimum of 20 reps of each.

The workout is:
Max reps in 10 minutes of:
Muscle-Up
Ground-to-Shoulder (Male: 185#, Female: 105#)

Pat did 5 reps of each, back and forth, until he reached 20 each, and then he started emphasizing the cleans. He finished with 63 total reps (25 Muscle-Ups and 38 Cleans). He says now that if he was going to do it again, he'd focus on the cleans even more with the 10 rep minimum.

Barber WoD test video by Hollis Molloy ... [wmv] [mov]

NorCal has uploaded a video of the new standard on the second workout for Day 1.

NorCal WoD 2 Standards Video ... [wmv] [mov]

Movie Showing!!
The CrossFit Movie Every Second Counts is here and will be showing this Friday, May 1st, 2009 at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz California. Doors open at 6:45pm. Show starts at 7:15.

Before the event CrossFit Santa Cruz welcomes all to a BBQ starting at 3pm.

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The Dirty South final results are in! Congratulations to everyone who participated, and especially the seven women who qualified for the Games in Aromas this July!

Jenni Orr
Shana Alverson
Laura DeMarco
Adriana Grassi-Mosley (Not Pictured)
Mariah Provost
Ndiya Nkongho
Rachel Ann Steinbruckner (Not Pictured)

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The Dirty South final results are in! Congratulations to everyone who participated, and especially the seven men who qualified for the Games in Aromas this July!

Russell Leland Berger
Lance Mosley (Not Pictured)
Brandon Phillips
Sean Provost
Omar Torres
Leonid V Soubbotine
Drew N. McKenzie

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The Mid-Atlantic final results are in! Congratulations to everyone who participated, and especially the six women who qualified for the Games in Aromas this July!

Christy Phillips
Nicole Gordon
Maggie Dabe-Colby
Lee Knight
Glory Dawson
Amanda Miller

Mid-Atlantic Women's Final Results

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The Mid-Atlantic final results are in! Congratulations to everyone who participated, and especially the six men who qualified for the Games in Aromas this July!

Ben Smith
Blair Morrison
Josh Wagner
Chad Wilkinson
Jon Matzner
Pat Sherwood

Mid-Atlantic Men's Final Results

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Cyndi Frieling

Age: 33
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 150

Date of Birth: 2-22-75
Place of Birth Burlington, WA
Started CrossFit September 2006

Lives in City, State: Mesquite, NV

Affiliate: Crossfit Mesquite

Fran: 3:38
Cindy: 21
Linda: n/a
Helen: 7: 46
Diane: n/a
Grace: 4:12
Fight Gone Bad: 353 (burpees instead of row for calories)
Filthy Fifty: 23: 48

Deadlift: 365
Press: 120
Back Squat: 260
Snatch: 110 (Power)

Clean and jerk: 145
Max Pull-ups: n/a

Favorite WOD: EVA
Favorite Lift: Deadlift
Least Favorite WOD: n/a
Least Favorite Lift: Handstands

2007 Games Finish: n/a
2008 Games Finish: 21st
2009 Great Basin Qualifiers Finish: 3rd

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Name: Zach Forrest

Age: 24
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160lbs.

Date of Birth: 12-17-84
Place of Birth Orlando, FL
Started CrossFit January, 2005

Lives in: Las Vegas, NV

Affiliate: CrossFit Las Vegas

Fran: 2:34
Cindy: 27 (Chest to bar)
Linda: 18:07
Helen: 8:06 (Chest to bar)
Diane: 4:41
Grace: 1:27 (Power clean/push-press)
Fight Gone Bad: 407
Filthy Fifty: 22:24

Deadlift: 445
Press: 170
Back Squat: 360
Snatch: 205
Clean and Jerk: 265
Max Pull-ups: 46 (Chest to bar)

Favorite WOD: Anything with cleans
Favorite Lift: Cleans
Least Favorite WOD: Anything with rowing
Least Favorite Lift: Pushups (Are pushups considered a lift?)

2007 Games Finish: Did Not Compete
2008 Games Finish: Did Not Compete
2009 Great Basin Qualifiers Finish: 3rd

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Andy Petranek

Age: 42
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160

Place of Birth Bethesda, MD
Started CrossFit April, 2004
Lives in Santa Monica, CA

Affiliate CrossFit LA

Fran: 3:28
Cindy: 31
Linda: 21:30
Helen: 8:23
Diane: 6:16
FGB: 403
Filthy 50: 20:43

Deadlift: 375
Press: 160
Back Squat: 320
Overhead Squat: 175
Snatch: 155
Clean and Jerk: 185
Max Pull Ups: 53

Favorite WOD: Nancy
Favorite Lift: Overhead squat / Handstands
Least Favorite WOD: Joshie
Least Favorite Lift: Front Squat / L-sits

2009 SoCal Qualifiers Finish: 3rd

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Erin Cianciolo, currently in 10th place after Day 1, during Workout 2 of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Qualifiers.

The workout for Day 2 has been announced. It will be:
Three rounds, 21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:
95 pound Squat snatch (65 pounds for women)
Chest to bar Pull-ups

The barbell must begin on the ground. The bar must be jumped to overhead in a single motion. At some point, the crease of the hips must pass below the knee. The most efficient way to perform this is to catch in a full squat and stand. But, a power snatch followed by an overhead squat is considered legit.

Any and all kips are allowed on the pullups so long as full extension is reached at the bottom and the chest comes into contact with the bar.

Jeff Tincher explains the standards of movement for the workout in this video ... [wmv] [mov]

Russell Berger and Jenni Orr are in first place after Day 1. Sean Provost and Lance Mosley are second and third for the men. Shana Alverson and Laura DeMarco are in second and third for the women.

Sunday's workout has been announced. It will be:
1000 Meter Row
25 OHS (135lb. Men) (95lb. Women)
100 Meter Run
50 Kettlebell Swings (53lb. Men) (35lb. Women)
100 Meter Run
25 Burpees
200 Meter Run
There is a 20 mIn time limit for this WOD.

Dirty South Men's Results After Day 1
Dirty South Women's Results After Day 1

For detailed results of each workout, check out this entry on their site.

Pictures coming tomorrow!!

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The workouts for Day 1 of the NorCal Regional Qualifiers have been posted.

Workout A

For time:
Row 500m
30 Burpees
10 Shoulder-to-Overhead (Men: 165#, Women: 95#)

It's up to competitors to decide on the technique to employ for the shoulder-to-overhead movement (shoulder press, push press, push jerk, etc.).

Workout B

Max reps in 10 minutes of:
Muscle-Up
Ground-to-Shoulder (Male: 185#, Female: 105#)

It's up to competitors to decide on the technique to employ for the ground-to-shoulder movement (power clean, squat clean, deadlift-and-curl, etc.)

The workouts will be run simultaneously, with competitors switching workouts later in the day. For more information on the workouts and the event look here.

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Blair Morrison (pictured) is in the lead after the first day at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Qualifiers. His total time is 17:53. He has the same lead over second place that second has over 20th.

The top 10 men who are competing tomorrow for the final 6 spots are:
Blair Morrison
Jason Fernandez
George Dobbins
Aaron Moburg-Jones
Josh Wagner
Tyler Risty
Chad Wilkinson
Timothy Bishop
Ben Smith
Pat Sherwood

The top 10 women who are competing tomorrow for the final 6 spots are:
Christy Phillips
Glory Dawson
Nicole Gordon
Jennifer Navarro
Maggie Dabe-Colby
Lee Knight
Colleen O'Connor
Danielle Dionne
Amanda Miller
Erin Cianciolo

Mid-Atlantic Men's Results After Day 1
Mid-Atlantic Women's Results After Day 1

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In case you missed them, two Great Basin vids were posted on the main site. Here, Lisa Ray is pictured finishing the final run of the final workout. She finished second overall.

Clay Weldon made a highlight video of the overall event ... [wmv] [mov]

Sevan Matossian made a video of the Women's Final Workout ... [wmv] [mov]

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JC Nessa

Age: 29
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180

Place of Birth: Bellflower, CA
Started CrossFit April, 2006

Lives in Yorba Linda, CA

Fran: 2:24
Cindy: 27
Linda: 23:40
Helen: 7:28
Diane: 2:35
FGB: 396
Filthy 50: 22:14

Deadlift: 455
Press: 165
Squat: 365
Squat: 365
Snatch: 175
Clean and Jerk: 235, but clean is 250
Max Pull Ups: 34

Favorite WOD: King Kong
Favorite Lift: Squat Clean
Least Favorite WOD: Anything Max Reps like Lynne, or AMRAP in 20 Minutes
Least Favorite Lift: Push Jerk

2009 SoCal Qualifiers Finish: 4th

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Jeremy Kinnick

Age: 29
Height: 5'11
Weight: 195

Place of Birth Upland, CA
Started CrossFit June 2007

Lives in Ontario, CA

Fran: 2:43
Cindy: 21.333
Linda: 32:48
Helen: 8:32
FGB: 376
Filthy 50: 22:04

Deadlift: 417
Press: 182
Squat: 373
Front Squat: 281
Snatch: 175
Clean and Jerk: 244
Max Pull Ups: 54 butterfly, 40 Chest to Bar

Favorite WOD: Not really excited about any WOD, just tell me what to do and I'll do it.
Favorite Lift: Snatch
Least Favorite WOD: Lynne
Least Favorite Lift: Heavy Thrusters

2009 SoCal Qualifiers Finish: 5th

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The Dirty South Regional Qualifiers are upon us and the workouts have been posted:

Workout #1

3 min Max Points Suicide Run
2 min Rest
3 min Max Rep Deadlift (275 lb. Men) (185 lb. Women)

Workout #2

5 Rounds for time of:
20 Double Unders
10 Wall Ball (20 lb. Men) (14 lb. Women) all 10 ft. target
1 Rope Climb 15 ft.
There will be a 15 minute time limit for this workout

Workout #3

8 min AMRAP of:
5 Clean and Jerk (135 lb. Men) (95 lb. Women)
(From the ground by any recognized clean to full extension overhead)
10 Chest to Bar Pull Ups

All competitors will complete Workout 1, then after 3 1/2 hours rest they will begin one of the two afternoon Workouts. Some competitors will begin the afternoon with Workout #2 and some will begin with Workout #3. The afternoon Event WOD order is randomly predetermined for all competitors. All competitors will be given equal rest between workouts.

For more information and videos of the standards go here.

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Craig McCarroll

Age: 30
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180

Place of Birth Boise Idaho
Started CrossFit August 2006
Lives in Poway CA

Fran: 2:26
Cindy: 24
Linda: 16:31
Helen: 7:20
Diane: 3:48
FGB: 408
Filthy 50: 16:24

Deadlift: 425lbs
Press: 175lbs
Back Squat: 295lbs
Front Squat: 225lbs
Snatch: 175lbs
Clean and Jerk: 225lbs
Max Pull Ups: 55

Favorite WOD: Nasty Girls
Favorite Lift: Snatch
Least Favorite WOD: Fran
Least Favorite Lift: Power Cleans

2009 SoCal Qualifiers Finish: 6th

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This weekend we have the Mid-Atlantic Regional Qualifiers which are being held at CrossFit/Blauer Tactical Training Center in Virginia Beach.

Workout 1:
2k Row

Workout 2:
3 rounds of
10 Deadlift (275m/185w)
50 Double-unders

Workout 3:
400m Run, 21 OHS, (95m/65w), 21 BoxJump
400m Run, 15 OHS, 15 BoxJump
400m Run, 9 OHS, 9 BoxJumps

Then Sunday there will be one more workout where the top 10 women and top 10 men from Saturday will compete for a spot at the 2009 CrossFit Games. Up to six men and six women will qualify.

For a video on the workout standards you can check here.

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Zach Forrest is a trainer at CrossFit Las Vegas. This year at the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers, Zach came in 3rd overall, which earns him a trip to Aromas in July.

Carey Peterson captured Zach Forrest's second workout, and a brief interview after in which he talks about his training ... [wmv] [mov]

Full athlete profiles coming soon...

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The final results for the SoCal Regional Qualifiers are in!

David Millar from CrossFit Marina (pictured) took the men's division, while Kristan Clever from CrossFit North Hollywood took the women's division.

Brian Chontosh (2nd) and Craig McCarroll (6th) are active duty Marines. Andy Petranek (3rd) is a former Marine, and even older than Jeff Tincher!

Valerie Mackenzie (2nd) postponed her wedding to compete.

SoCal Men's Final Results
SoCal Women's Final Results

Paul Szoldra made a highlight video of David Millar ... [wmv] [mov]

CrossFit by Overload made a highlight video of Kristan Clever ... [wmv] [mov]

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The men who qualified are (in order):
David Millar
Brian Chontosh
Andy Petranek
JC Nessa
Jeremy Kinnick
Craig McCarroll

The women who qualified are (in order):
Kristan Clever
Valerie Mackenzie
Rebecca Voigt
Kim Ball
Michele Vieux
Katie Hogan

Congratulations to all! Full results and videos coming tomorrow!

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The final results are in!

Chris Spealler won all three workouts, the final one more than four minutes quicker than the closest competitor Zachary Forrest, who ended up third overall. Chris, Zachary and Eric O'Connor (who won the run at last years' Games) will be heading to Aromas for the 09 Games.

Hillari Eaton (pictured) won the women's competition, with the top finish in both the second and third workouts (she got fourth in the first workout). She and Lisa Ray were the only women to complete all three workouts as Rx'd.

Cyndi Frieling came in third. She won the first workout and got fourth in the final workout. She scaled the second workout. The way they scored the event was 0 points for scaled workouts or workouts that didn't get completed in the allotted time. Cyndi's 189 points from the first and final workouts were enough to earn her a trip to Aromas.

Congratulations to all six athletes! Specific athlete profiles will be coming in over the next couple weeks.

Great Basin Men's Final Results
Great Basin Women's Final Results

Sevan Matossian captured Eric O'Connor's first workout ... [wmv] [mov]

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The results from Day 1 of the SoCal Regional Qualifiers are in!

David Millar (pictured) is in first after the two events with a combined time of 20:28. Brian Chontosh is in second at 21:40, and Craig McCarroll is third at 22:35.

Kristan Clever is in first for the women with a combined total of 22:55. Valerie Mackenzie is in second at 23:24, and Rebecca Voigt is in third at 25:39.

It was a scorcher in Orange County today, with temperatures over 90 degrees F.

Sunday's workout has been announced. It will be:

For Time:
2k Row
Followed by six rounds of:
20 Box Jumps
10 Wall Balls

SoCal Day 1 Men's Results
SoCal Day 1 Women's Results

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The women hit it hard this morning at the SoCal Regional Qualifiers.

The first workout was:
6 Rounds for time of:
30 Squats
10 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
5 Power Clean / Anyway Overhead x 105#

Valerie Mackenzie had the best time of the day at 13:14. Kristan Clever came in second with 13:41, and Rebecca Voigt was third at 15:40.

Paul Szoldra was there and prepared a little teaser of what happened in the first three heats of the day.

Women's 1st Workout Teaser ... [wmv] [mov]

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Cyndi Frieling won the first workout of the day by a significant margin (nearly a minute and a half).

Carey Peterson was there and captured her workout, and got a few words with her after.

Cyndi Frieling Workout 1 video ... [wmv] [mov]

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Results are in for Day 1 at the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers. Speal won the second workout also, with a time of 5:02. Zachary Forrest finished second at 5:48, which put him into third overall. Eric O'Connor finished third for the workout (6:46), which allowed him to keep second overall for the day.

Only three women did the second workout as Rx'd. Hillari Eaton finished first in 9:24. Britney Barber was second (10:40), and Lisa Ray third (11:21), which is also the overall standing.

Sunday's workout was announced. It will be:

800m run

Three rounds of :
10 Squat cleans 155lb/100lb
20 Chest to bar pullups
30 Box jump 30"/24"

800m run (after the 3 rounds are completed.

Men's Results Day 1
Women's Results Day 1

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The results from the first workout at the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers are in!

The sandbag run ended up being 100 yards.

Chris Spealler (3:49), Eric O'Connor (4:09) and Peter Egyed (4:10) are 1, 2, 3 for the men.

Cyndi Frieling (5:04), Robin Lyons (6:27) and Britney Barber (6:37) are 1, 2, 3 for the women.

Full Results for the Men
Full Results for the Women

Sevan was there, and uploaded this footage of Speal's first workout ... [wmv] [mov]

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Speal is competing today in the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers. Sevan caught up to him last night and asked him about his training and perspective on this year's competitions.

Speal came in 10th overall last year. He was first going into the final event, which was the 30 reps of squat clean and jerk at 155lbs. That's a massive load for someone who weighs 135lbs.

Since then, Speal has been training hard. He has gained about 5lbs, is much stronger, and still as fast (if not faster).

Pre-Qualifier Interview video ... [wmv] [mov]

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Lance Cantu finished 60th overall at last year's Games. He has been training hard all year at CrossFit Central in Austin,Texas, and will be competing in the Hell's Half Acre Qualifier.

Lance is a former Marine who is now a Level 2 CrossFit trainer (listed as Roland) at CrossFit Central. In this video, Sevan and Carey caught up with him for a workout on a recent trip to Austin.

Lance Regionals Video ... [wmv] [mov]

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Jolie Gentry won the inaugural 2007 CrossFit Games. She was one of the top seeds going into 2008, and ended up finishing 5th overall. Shortly before the 08 Games, Sevan and Carey caught up with Jolie on duty as a Newark, CA police officer.

This video follows Jolie through her entire final workout at the CrossFit Games 2008. We all get a little insight on what Jolie thought about her performance and how she felt about the games as a whole.

Visiting the 2007 Champion Part 6 ... [wmv] [mov]

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The Southern California Regional Qualifiers are happening this weekend. They will be held at the Orange County Sheriff's Regional Training Academy. The workouts have just been announced, and will be:

Workout #1

6 Rounds for time of:
30 Squats
10 Chest to Bar Pull Ups
5 Power Clean / Anyway Overhead x 155# (105# women)

This heat will consist of a 25 minute period in which you must complete the workout.

Workout #2

3 Rounds for time of:
450m Run
30 Overhead Squats x 95# (65# women)

There will be a 20 minute period in which you have to complete this workout.

Workout #3

Will be announced on Saturday afternoon.

Good luck to everyone!

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Jamie Crichton

Age:22
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 82kg

Date of Birth: 8-3-1987
Place of Birth Bristol, UK
Started CrossFit May 08

Lives in Manchester, UK

Fran: 4:31
Helen: 9:54 w/32kg
Grace: 4:18
Elizabeth: 7:26

Deadlift: 200kg
Press: 70kg
Back squat: 160kg
Snatch: 75kg

Clean and Jerk: 100kg
Max pullups: 40
Favorite WOD: Not sure
Favorite lift: Clean or Deadlift
Least Favorite WOD: Anything with double-unders
Least favorite Lift: Jerk

2009 European Qualifiers: 3rd

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This weekend the Great Basin Regional Qualifiers will be held at CrossFit Flagstaff in Arizona. They just announced the events for Saturday!

Workout 1 - Saturday Morning

Snatch (power or full) x 5 reps (135#/95#)
Short Sandbag Carry (90#/70#)
Snatch x 4 reps
Sandbag Carry
Snatch x 3 reps
Sandbag Carry
Snatch x 2 reps
Sandbag Carry
Snatch x 1 rep

Workout 2 - Saturday Afternoon

Complete 5 rounds for time of:
Deadlifts x 7 reps (275#/185#)
30 Air Squats
7 Handstand Push Ups

Sunday's Workout will be announced Saturday evening

For more information on movement standards and participant profiles go here.

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Brian Bowen

Age: 30
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 168

Date of Birth: 03-26-1979
Place of Birth West Point, New York
Started CrossFit June 06

Lives in Obermohr, Germany

Fran: 2:34
Cindy: 27 rounds
Linda: 23:26
Helen: 8:04
Diane: 5:41
Grace: 3:13
Fight Gone Bad: 339
Filthy Fifty: 18:06

Deadlift: 405 lbs
Press: 195 lbs (I had 190 for my Euro profile...just PR'd)
Back squat: 340 lbs
Snatch: 180 lbs
Clean and Jerk: 230 lbs
Max pullups: 30

Favorite Wod: AMRAP in 20 mins of 65lb thrusters / pull-ups
Favorite lift: Snatch
Least Favorite WOD: 135 lbs of death
Least favorite Lift: Hang Power Clean

2009 European Qualifiers: 2nd

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Nadine Burns

Age: 35
Weight: 55kg
Height: 158cm

Date of Birth: 01-04-1974
Place of Birth: UK
Started CrossFit in Late 2007

Lives in Sydney, Australia

Fran: (chest to bar pullups) 6:06
Cindy: (chest to bar pull-ups): 19 rounds
Diane: 15:14
Fight Gone Bad: 296
Filthy Fifty: 28:05
Grace: 6:18
Linda: 42:51
Helen: 10:41

Deadlift: 120kg
Press: 40kg
Back Squat: 82.5kg

Favorite Lift: Deadlift
Favorite WOD: Christine
Least Favorite lift: Snatch
Least Favorite WOD: Jackie

2009 Australasia Qualifiers: 2nd

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Chris Hogan

Age: 23
Height: 179cm
Weight: 84kg

Date of Birth: 17-07-1985
Place of Birth Melbourne, Australia
Started CrossFit April 2007

Lives in Melbourne, Australia

Affiliate: Schwartz's Crossfit Melbourne

Elizabeth: 7:52 (full squat clean)
Jackie: 6:01
Grace at 70kg: 5:37 (full squat clean)
Fran: 2:58
Angie: 18:05
Christine: 8:41
Nate: 17rds
Linda: 32:36 (full squat clean)
Cindy: 20 rounds
Max Pull-ups: 45

Max Deadlift: 180kg
Max Overhead Squat : 100kg
Max Snatch: 82.5kg
Max Clean: 107.5kg
Max Jerk: 95kg
Diane at 120kg: 7:36

Favorite Wod: Nancy
Favorite Lift: Snatch
Least Favorite Wod: Linda
Least Favorite Lift: Push Press

2009 Australasia Qualifiers: 2nd

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Mikko Salo

Age: 29
Height: 174cm
Weight: 80kg

Date of Birth: 8-30-1979
Place of Birth Pori, Finnland
Started CrossFit, April 08

Lives in Pori, Finland

Fran: 2:12
Helen: 7:49 (Fat), 8:03 (Rowing 500m)
Grace:1:49
Nate: 19 rounds
Jackie: 5:07
Row 5k: 17:15
Death by Clean and Jerk 60kg: 14 minutes

Deadlift: 230kg
Press: 80kg
Pushpress: 110kg
Back Squat: 180kg
Snatch: 80kg
Power clean: 120kg

Favorite Wod: Murph, Grace, Eva
Favorite lift: Power Clean
Least favorite Lift: OHS

2009 European Qualifiers: 1st

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Tamaryn Venter

Age: 26
Height: 165cm
Weight: 60kg

Date of Birth: 17-05-1982
Place of Birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Started CrossFit March 2008

Lives in Auckland, New Zealand

Affiliate: CrossFit New Zealand

Fran: 5:30, Man Fran 9:40 (both chest to bar)
Helen: 8:29, Man Helen (chest to bar) 9:58
Grace: 3:55
Fight Gone Bad: 331
Filthy Fifty: 22:29

Deadlift: 107.5kg
Press: 47.5kg
Back Squat: 95kg
Clean and Jerk: 57.5kg
Max pull-ups: 30

Favorite Wod: Nasty Girls
Favorite lift: Clean
Least Favorite: WOD Murph
Least favorite: Lift Back Squat

2009 Australasia Qualifier Finish: 1st

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The European Regional Qualifiers took place last weekend. Mikko Salo, Brian Bowen, and James Crichton qualified to come to Aromas in July. No women qualified, which means there is an unbelievable opportunity in Europe, not just for female CrossFitters but also for all the European affiliates to distinguish themselves for the Games '10.

The workouts were:
3 rounds for time,
400m run
21 Kettlebell Swings (m:32kg, w:20kg)
12 Chest-to-Bar Pull-Ups

15-12-9 reps for time,
Clean & Jerk (overhead anyhow) - m:60kg, w:40kg
Handstand Push-Ups

As Many Rounds As Possible in 20 mins of:
250m row
10 Burpees (8ft target)
10 Ring Dips (shoulder below elbow)

They write this of the event:
Although the field of athletes was only small the quality was extremely high. Three challenging workouts probed each athlete's fitness looking for weakness. Some facets of fitness were found wanting but there was no such lack of passion, commitment or sportsmanship.

Approaching the end of any workout it was hard to believe that there were less than 80 people in the building. The CrossFit Northern Ireland facility seemed to be bursting at the seams. The first time most of the athletes, volunteers and supporters had met but I have seen no finer example of CrossFit community than this weekend's event.

European Results Page

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Steve Willis

Age: 32
Height: 186cm (6'2)
Weight: 93kg (205lb)
Date of Birth: June 1976
Place of Birth Australia

Lives in Sydney, Australia

Affiliate: CrossFit Effects (CFX)

Fran: 2:32
Cindy: 24
Linda: 25:00
Helen: 7:56
Diane: 5:00
Grace: 2:15
Fight Gone Bad: 376 (3 rounds)
Filthy Fifty: 25

Deadlift: 210kg (462lb)
Press: 90kg (198lb)
Back squat: 180kg (396lb)
Snatch: 92.5kg (203.9lb)
Clean and Jerk: 110kg (242.5lb)
Max pullups: 50

Favorite Wod: Nate
Favorite lift: Clean
Least Favorite WOD: Diane
Least favorite Lift: Jerk

2009 Australasia Qualifiers: 1st

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The Australasian Qualifiers took place this past weekend (April 4-5, 2009). Steve Willis and Chris Hogan qualified for the men. Tamaryn Venter and Nadine Burns qualified for the women. Congratulations to them all!

Mick Shaw from CrossFit Effects writes this of the event:
It's been a great weekend and I believe that the two guys and two girls deserve to represent this region at the CrossFit Games.

We made the standards for range of movement very strict. We had judges from all over Australia, and a couple of them let certain athletes get away with bad form. I told all the athletes at the beginning that if they did not complete the workout as required, they would have to do it again. After reviewing one woman's workout, I decided to give her the option to take the 15min timeout option or redo the workout. She had 30min to decide. She chose to redo the workout, and four other women joined her.

Chris Hogan was a dark horse who came through very strong.

Australasia 09 Male Results
Australasia 09 Female Results

Here's a video slideshow of the event: YouTube

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This weekend CrossFit Northeast England will be hosting the European Regional Qualifier where competitors like Scott Jenkins (shown in picture) will be battling for a spot at the 2009 CrossFit Games. The Regionals will consist of 2 days worth of workouts. Day one will have two tough workouts,

Workout 1
Three Rounds
Run 400m
21 kettlebell swings Men 32kg/ Women 20kg
12 Chest To Bar pull Ups

Workout 2
15 - 12 - 9 Reps
Clean and Jerk Men 60kg/ Women 40kg
Hand Stand Press Ups

Day two there will be one TBA workout with which the winners will be decided. For a look at some of the competitors go here.

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The Regional Qualifiers are starting!

CrossFit FX posted the Australasia Regional Qualifier workouts.

The site features several of the top competitors, along with the actual workouts:

Saturday 4th April, 7:30am Workout 1:
Three Rounds
10 Clean & Jerk Men 60kg / Females 40kg
15 Ring Dips
20 KB Swing Men 24kg / Females 16kg

1:00pm Work out 2:
21 - 15 - 9 Reps
Burpee
Pull Ups
Row 400m

Sunday, 5th April 8am Workout 3:
This will be announced Saturday Evening after the final heat.

The top two men and top two women from these three workouts will be coming to Aromas, CA on July 11-12, 2009 to compete in the 2009 CrossFit Games!