Well That Went Well . . . Now for Round 2

Well That Went Well . . . Now for Round 2
Written by C.J. Martin

Well shoot, we had some pretty amazing performances by Invictus athletes on 13.1. I have been coaching CrossFit athletes for competition since August 2007, and I don’t think I have ever been this excited going in to a competition season. We have some amazing athletes who have been busting their butts in the gym for their opportunity to shine this season, and week one of the Open was a great start!

I don’t typically make these performances the focus of the blog, but I happen to know that these athletes have earned some recognition for their amazing results and the months of hard work that they put in to get themselves to this point.

Congratulations to each of the following athletes, who all achieved at least 170 reps on 13.1:
Males

• Matt Baird – 195 reps*
• David Hippensteel (55+) – 195 reps**
• Josh Bridges – 192 reps (Invictus)
• Buddy Hitchcock – 190 reps*
• Terry Dickman (55+) – 190 reps*
• Zach Anderson – 190 reps*
• Will Zerlang – 190 reps**
• Nick Rocco – 190 reps**
• Gerry Raymond – 183 reps**
• Brennen Colwell – 181 reps*
• Apollo Lewis – 180 reps*
• Dave Lipson – 180 reps (Invictus)
• Jeff Evans – 178 reps*
• Tommy Pease – 179 reps**
• Greg Mountain – 178 reps**
• Yurii Hanson – 177 reps*
• Logan Schecter – 176 reps*
• Noah Pester – 176 reps*
• Ryan Swobody – 176 reps**
• Sam Lee – 176 reps**
• Chris Harris – 175 reps*
• Sergio Alcantara – 175 reps*
• Mike LeBlanc – 175 reps**
• Joshua Arcona – 175 reps**
• Shawn McQueen – 174 reps**
• Reiny Parrado – 173 reps**
• Nick Martindale – 173 reps**
• Dan Johnson – 173 reps**
• Aja Barto – 172 reps*
• Lukas Esslinger – 172 reps (Invictus)
• Daniel Stearns – 172 reps*
• Nathan Hansen – 172 reps**
• Joseph Silvestri – 172 reps**
• Matt Grimm – 172 reps**
• Sun Chang – 171 reps*
• Leon Uptegrove – 171 reps**
• Kyle Boyer – 171 reps**
• DJ Neyens – 171 reps**
• Hank Lopez – 170 reps (Invictus)
• Christian Harris – 170 reps**
• Bryan Miller – 170 reps**

Females

• Camille Leblanc-Bazinet – 203 reps*
• Brandy Richardson – 201 reps**
• Nichole DeHart – 197 reps (Invictus)
• Val Voboril – 195 reps*
• Janine Walinsky – 195 reps*
• Lindsay Vaughan – 194 reps**
• Michelle Kinney – 193 reps*
• Ashleigh Moe – 193 reps*
• Melissa Hurley – 193 reps**
• Beth Spearman – 193 reps**
• Elyse Umeda – 192 reps*
• Caroline Fryklund – 190 reps**
• Janet Black – 190 reps**
• Cheryl Brost – 187 reps*
• Karen McCadam – 183 reps**
• Lauren Fisher – 181 reps (Invictus)
• April Lowe – 181 reps*
• Kyla Evers – 181 reps**
• Jamie Hubbs – 180 reps**
• Larissa Costa – 179 reps*
• Shely Weinrich – 179 reps*
• Samantha Snyder – 179 reps**
• Christina Sloyer – 179 reps**
• Hayley Knowles – 178 reps*
• Taryn Romanowich – 178 reps*
• Tarasa Barnett – 177 reps*
• Roselle Fryberg – 177 reps*
• Christina Spencer – 174 reps**
• Jennifer Foret – 174 reps**
• Stephanie McCormack – 173 reps (Invictus)
• Tracy Shuford – 173 reps**
• Jocilyn Yarnell – 173 reps**
• Kim McLaughlin – 172 reps (Invictus)
• Mendy Finley – 172 reps**
• Andrea Gibson-Cross – 172 reps**
• Ayo Anise – 171 reps (Invictus)
• Grace Schwemmer – 170 reps**
• Jenny LaBaw – 150 reps on one leg*

* - I have the pleasure of working with this athlete online through remote coaching and program design.
** – This athlete self-reported consistently following the Invictus Competition blog and entered their score and region (you can see the full question asked here).

In addition to those listed, another 60 athletes scored higher than 160 reps on 13.1. These numbers, of course, only tell a small part of the story. For some, just getting to 150 reps was a monumental personal achievement. I never want to take the focus away from those stories, but the number of phenomenal performances on 13.1 was staggering, and we had to draw a line somewhere.

Congratulations to all of our athletes who performed well on 13.1! Let’s keep it up this week everyone!