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TEAM

 

Event 3

 

For time, each athlete moves through stations of:

Female Athlete 1:

   0.5-mile run

   50 wall-ball shots

Male Athlete 1:

   0.5-mile run

   50 wall-ball shots

Female Athlete 2:

    0.4-mile run

   40 wall-ball shots

Male Athlete 2:

   0.4-mile run

   40 wall-ball shots

Female Athlete 3:

   0.3-mile run

   30 wall-ball shots

Male Athlete 3:

   0.3-mile run

   30 wall-ball shots

 

M 20-lb. ball to 10 ft.

F 14-lb. ball to 10 ft.

 

Time cap: 20 minutes

 

CrossFit HQ calls day 2 moving day and the East Regional teams have proven that to be accurate. Surprise teams now find themselves in the top five and favorites find themselves out of favor. 

 

CrossFit has added a hellish new device to its repertoire: the True Form treadmill. This treadmill relies on the athlete to generate power and left more than one athlete wobbly as they headed for the wall-ball in this couplet. Throughout all three heats, damaging no reps were given to female athletes who struggled to hit the 10 ft. target or squat low enough after the damage done to their legs on the True Form. In the second heat, teams CrossFit Wachusett and Ocean States Finest battled it out, a competition so fierce that the legs of one of the male competitors of Ocean States Finest buckled as he tried to run for the finish line. Both of their final women received multiple no reps on the wall-ball but it was CrossFit Wachussett who took the heat with a time of 18:31.4. This gave them a third place time in the event and catapulted them up the leaderboard to ninth. 

CrossFit Wachussett’s time fell in the final heat as CrossFit New England Courage and Lusine Crossfit Taschereau battled for the best time in the East. Showing how important timing was in this event, the difference between first and second came down to a bottleneck. While Lusine CrossFit Taschereau’s final male waited for the his female teammate to finish her last thirty wall-ball, the final female of CrossFit New England Courage destroyed the wall-ball, clearing a path for the final male to sprint though the wall-ball and across the finish line with a time of 18:00.9. This first place time gave CrossFit New England Courage first place in the standings going in to Event 4, followed closely (8pts.) by their sibling team, CrossFit New England. With a second place finish in Event 3 Taschereau has gotten off the bubble and sits in third overall. Fiternity, our leaders going in to day 2, find themselves on the dreaded bubble in sixth place after an eighteenth place finish in Event 3. CrossFit Milford, coming in fourth with 18:32.7, must be frustrated as they remain exactly where they started - in seventh place. CrossFit Plateau 2’s fifth place finish keeps them in fourth and Pro1 Montreal falls to fifth after a tenth place finish.  With few points separating the top teams on the leaderboard there could be a lot more movement before this day is done. 

 

Results

 

1. CrossFit New England Courage (18:00.9)

2. Lusine CrossFit Taschereau (18:21.6)

3. CrossFit Wachusett (18:31.4)

4. CrossFit Milford (18:32.7)

5. CrossFit Plateau 2 (18:39.7)

 

Event 4 

 

1-rep-max snatch

 

Time cap: 6 minutes (1 minute for each athlete)*

Athlete order: Any

 

Event 5 begins 2 minutes after this event ends.

 

Event 4 gave each athlete on the team a minute to hit a heavy snatch. The challenges were many as these athletes had only a short time before destroyed their legs in Event 3, were all forced to use the same 45-lbs. bar (considered a men’s bar since most women train with a thinner 35-lbs. bar), were forced to use a short bar that only measured 42 inches collar to collar, and after the first athlete, the remaining team members had to get to their own starting weights set within the minute. A lot of precious time was lost as athletes battled to build their bars and get their lifts. As a result of these challenges there were many misses across the field as athletes rushed to hit weights that were normally “safe” – that they could hit without fear of failure. A plethora of strategies were used across the field and with that many athletes lifting at the same time, bars were flying. Some teams started with their big lifts so that they could have the heavier weights already on the bar, while others started light and built the bar through their athletes. In terms of the lift, some athletes dropped into a full squat snatch while others power snatched the bar to save their already tortured legs. Fiternity, in an attempt to fight their way back into the top five, started out strong with a 216 lbs. opening lift. While not top five in the event, their technique landed them in tenth and helped them regain their feet after a disastrous Event 3. CrossFit Vagabond’s final male athlete added 245 lbs. to his team’s total with a power snatch that looked effortless, helping them wrap up a tie for fifth place. They tied with Rhino Comp Team with a collective weight of 1,085 lbs. These two fifth places teams were separated from fourth place CrossFit New England by 3 lbs. CrossFit Brickyard made an impressive showing with lifts of 225 lbs. and 245 lbs. adding to their total of 1,095 lbs. One of the big stories is CrossFit Milford, who after struggling all weekend, earned themselves a second place finish, lifting 1 lbs. more than Brickyard. However, first place was dictated by pounds as Pro1 Montreal outlifted their competitors by nearly 50 lbs. with a final weight of 1,142 lbs. Their victory was in no small part due to the final male athlete’s ability to hold on to 252 lbs. on a lift that showed every appearance of going backwards and taking the athlete with it. 

 

Results

 

1. Pro1 Montreal (1,142 lbs.)

2. CrossFit Milford (1,096 lbs.)

3. CrossFit Brickyard (1,095 lbs.)

4. CrossFit New England (1,088 lbs.)

5. CrossFit Vagabond (1,085 lbs.)

5. Rhino Comp Team (1,085 lbs.)

 

Event 5

 

Relay for time of:

6 x 100-ft. handstand walk

 

Time cap: 7 minutes

Athlete order: any

 

Two minutes after Event 4 the athletes found themselves turned upside down as each member was asked to complete a 100 ft. march down the arena. Instead, some of the athletes decided to go for a run, while some athletes got left behind. In each heat there were teams unable to finish. In fact, in heat 1 only two teams were able to complete the event within the seven minute time cap. In heat 3, the final heat, CrossFit New England battled against Fiternity for the fastest time in the heat. The first athlete from CrossFit New England ran down the arena on her hands and then gracefully twisted seamlessly into her final sprint for the finish mat. The final two athletes for New England and Fiternity went head to head as they made their way down the arena. While they struggled down the last twenty feet CrossFit Milford’s last athlete flew past them and took the heat. CrossFit New England followed close on their heels but in a heartbreaking moment for Fiternity, the final athlete was unable to get both hands over the final line and had to redo the last ten feet three times. Whether it was the noise, tension, or fatigue, Fiternity would watch seven other teams cross the finish line before their final athlete made it across. On a high note, however, Fiternity’s two tenth place finishes in Events 4 and 5 added much needed points to a strong first day showing, Fiternity is back in the top five as they head into the final day. Meanwhile CrossFit Milford has finally cracked the top five with three top five performances in the last three workouts. They are on a mission to make it to the CrossFit Games and right now they are sitting in third place. While the final heat held some of the most exciting battles, the real story came in Heat 1 as CrossFit Resilience went from the middle of the pack to leading the pack as they beat the event record with an uncatchable time of 4:26.8. The first four athletes ran unbroken down the arena on their hands, their first two men face planting and they tried to transition their momentum from their hands to their feet for their final sprint to the finish mat. Their last two athletes were undoubtedly their weakest athletes but even the least proficient athletes on that team made quick work of the 100 ft., giving them first place in the event, the event record, and a much needed boost up the leaderboard to the top ten. There is an incredibly tight race for the teams of the East Regional as they head into the final day. 

 

Results

 

1. CrossFit Resilience (4:26.8)

2. CrossFit Milford (5:15.7)

2. CrossFit New England (5:16.9)

4. Pro1 Montreal (5:23.6)

5. CrossFit Wachusett (5:45.4)

 

Overall Standings

 

1. Pro1 Montreal (432 pts)

2. CrossFit New England (430 pts)

3. CrossFit Milford (421 pts)

4. Fiternity (380 pts)

5. CrossFit Plateau 2 (374 pts)

 

INDIVIDUAL MEN

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Event 3

 

For time:

1-mile run

50 overhead squats (135 / 95 lb.)

100 GHD sit-ups

150 double-unders

50 sumo deadlift high pulls (135 / 95 lb.)

100 box jump overs (24 / 18 in.)

 

Time cap: 26 minutes

 

At the Pacific Regional, Mat Reilly was the first man to finish Event 3 before the time cap. Mathew Fraser and Alex Vigneault both completed the event and Fraser demolished the event record set earlier this weekend by well over a minute. 

 

Event 3 was about pushing through high reps and taking short breaks. In heat 1 only three men made is as far as the box jump overs, in heat 2 six men, in heat 3 eight men, and perhaps as expected, every athlete made it to the box jump overs in the final heat. 

In heat 3 Daniel Tyminski separated himself from the rest of the field but it didn’t seem that he even acknowledged the existence of the rest of the field. Wearing a heart monitor, Tyminski was running his race at his pace – keeping his composure and seemingly keeping to a specific rep scheme. He chose to do fast singles on the sumo deadlift high pull but the no reps cost him time. Once he hit the box jump overs he flew through the first twenty reps before slowing down considerably. Even though Tyminski wasn’t able to finish he still managed to get fourth overall and sneak into the fifth place position, a single point ahead of Austin Malleolo. Asked about the workout Tyminski said, “The sumo smokes your whole body, the box jumps you just have to fight till the end.”

 

In heat 4, two athletes managed to finish the fight. Mathew Fraser led the way but Alex Vigneault said he was “just trying to stay with him” and he stayed pretty close. Fraser was the first off the treadmill and went unbroken on the first set of 25 overhead squats while looking around at his fellow competitors. Fraser and Vigneault were relaxed enough to share a laugh as Vigneault caught up to him by the end of the GHD sit-ups. However, Fraser’s pace was insurmountable as he flew through the double-unders and maintained sets of five throughout the sumo deadlift high pulls with disturbing ease. After getting through the box jump overs Fraser sauntered across the finish line, getting the win he wanted and beating the event record by about 1:33. However, Vigneault also crossed the finish line, also not in much of a hurry, so if Fraser was hoping to close the distance between Vigneault and himself, this workout did little to accomplish that goal. However, impressive performances by Simon Paquette and Austin Malleolo have brought both athletes into spots of contention going in to the next four workouts. 

Results

 

1. Mathew Fraser (24:17.6)

2. Alex Vigneault (25:39.2)

3. Simon Paquette (CAP + 9)

4. Daniel Tyminski (CAP + 14)

5. Austin Malleolo (CAP + 29)

 

Event 4

 

For time:

Handstand walk 250 ft.

 

Time cap: 3 minutes

 

Event 5 begins 1 minute and 40 seconds after this event ends.

 

If Mathew Fraser was looking for a few events to separate himself from Alex Vigneaut, he found them in Event 4 and Event 5.  While Zachary Moran broke the event record running up and down the arena, it was Fraser, Malleolo, and Mooney that benefited most on the scoreboard. 

 

In the early heats, the athletes’ long breaks cost them a lot of time. Heat 3 was a race as four athletes moved quickly down the floor. While two of the athletes went fast and choppy, Corey Lunney and Tim Paulson were a little slower and a lot smoother. Paulson made it to the 250 ft. line mere moments before Lunney but he sprinted off towards the finish line and beat Lunney in a foot race, taking first place in the heat and fifth place overall. Tyminski finished the even but not fast enough to keep him in the top five.  

In heat 4, it was all about Zachary Moran as he flew up and down the arena barely stopping at the far end where most athletes rested. His quick pace caught up to him as his shoulders gave out on the last 20 ft. causing him to face plant twice before he was finally able to get his arms back under him and finish the event. Even with those falls Moran took the event record from Alec Smith (1:32.1) with a time of 1:25.9. In terms of placement, Malleolo, Fraser, and Mooney all got the results that they needed to reposition themselves on the scoreboard, all three in the top five. Simon Paquet, going into the event in third place, was unable to finish the event and has dropped from the top ten. 

 

Results

 

1. Zachary Moran (1:25.9)

2. Austin Malleolo (1:34.9)

3. Mathew Fraser (1:44.5)

4. Cody Mooney (1:47)

5. Tim Paulson (1:42)

 

Event 5

 

1-rep-max snatch

 

Each athlete will have two 20-second windows to attempt the lift with 80 seconds rest between windows.

 

The East continues to break event records as Trevor James overtakes Garrett Fisher’s 276 lbs. snatch, putting up 279 lbs. in an effortless display.  Once again, it is not the record breaker that takes the spotlight as Fraser takes second in the event, and finally takes over the lead on the scoreboard. 

 

Less than two minutes after Event 4 the athletes have to tackle their max snatch with just 70 seconds to load their bars and do one or two practice lifts. Once the event started they had two 20-second timeframes in which to make their lifts. Needless to say, few, if any, of the athletes actually hit their 1 rep max. 

 

To start off the event with some drama, Vincent Tremblay completed his final snatch while the staff had already begun to breakdown the event for heat 2. Although forgotten by the announcers and organizers, the audience will not forget Vincent Tremblay as they cheered him on to a successful final lift. Nicholas Delgrande set the bar high in heat 2, as he quickly got under 265 lbs. In the following heat it was set even higher as Pascal Baillargeon made an easy first lift and on his second lift at 275 lbs. stuck the bottom and slowly stood the bar up for third place in the event. The final heat had some heavy hitters as Tremblay started with the easy intro weight of 265 lbs. and missed on his 285 lbs. attempt, still putting him in a three-way tie for fifth with DelGrande and Spencer Hendel. Hendel actually missed his first attempt at 251 lbs. and had the confidence to move up and get his second attempt. Big man Craig Kenney made his final lift at 270 lbs. with ease for an impressive fourth place finish. Mathew Fraser made an easy 276 lbs. snatch, giving him second in the event and securing his first place position going in to day 3. Among all the impressive lifts, Austin Malleolo’s lift goes up amongst the greats. The energy and excitement when he made 246 lbs. was palpable, even if it didn’t put him in the top ten for that particular event. Malleolo knew what he needed to get to stay in the top five and he got it. 

 

While overall, Fraser and Vigneault are sitting pretty in first and second, the remaining three spots have precariously slim point differentials and those athletes are going to have to fight hard on day three for a ticket to Carson, California and the CrossFit Games. 

 

Results

 

1. Trevor James (279 lbs.)

2. Mathew Fraser (276 lbs.)

3. Pascal Baillargeon (275 lbs.)

4. Craig Kenney (270 lbs.)

5. Spencer Hendel (265 lbs.)

5. Paul Tremblay (265 lbs.)

5. Nicholas DelGrande (265 lbs.)

 

Overall Standings

 

1. Mathew Fraser (450 pts)

2. Alex Vigneault (410 pts)

3. Spencer Hendel (369 pts)

4. Austin Malleolo (362 pts)

5. Cody Mooney (355 pts)

 

INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

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Event 3

 

For time:

1-mile run

50 overhead squats (135 / 95 lb.)

100 GHD sit-ups

150 double-unders

50 sumo deadlift high pulls (135 / 95 lb.)

100 box jump overs (24 / 18 in.)

 

Time cap: 26 minutes

 

In heat 4, Kaleena Ladeairous and Kelly Munroe added their names to the very select list of women to complete Event 3 and put themselves at the top of the leaderboard in the process. People may be asking where Munroe came from but at this point, they should have a good idea where she is going. 

 

In this gruesome workout, in addition to the mile run on the True Form treadmill, the 100 GHD sit ups, and other physically taxing elements, there was the added psychological element that came with the realization that out of about 130 Regional athletes only four had finished before today. Well, after the women of the East took a crack at Event 3 that number went to six. In each heat these women did whatever it took to get as far as they could. Only four women made it to the box jump overs in heat 1. Marie Laurence Leclair flew out the gate in heat 2, holding a commanding lead over the other athletes in the heat until the sumo deadlift high pulls when Chelsey Hughes caught her and passed her to take the heat. In heat 3, Chloe Gauvin-David used a unique technique on the box jump overs, throwing her hands over her head on each jump in what seemed to be a desperate attempt for upward momentum. She couldn’t beat Hughes score but her eighth place finish put her in the top ten. In what seems to be a trend for the day, heat 4 turned into a battle. Kaleena Ladeairous was the first off the treadmill but Kelly Munroe stayed on her heels throughout the overhead squats and GHD sit ups. On the double-unders Munroe made her move – crushing the 150 double-unders and making a significant dent in Ladeairous’ lead. Munroe caught Ladeairous on the 50 sumo deadlift high pulls, although both women were no repped multiple times.  Munroe was first to the box jumps but she couldn’t sustain the pace and Ladeairous would take first in the heat, the event, and on the Regional’s leaderboard. Both Ladeairous and Munroe completed the workout and after three events, sit in first and second place on the leaderboard to prove it. 

 

Chelsey Hughes said of Event 3, “Anything can hurt you if you let it. Anything can get in your head if you let it. The job is just to move.”  

 

Results

 

1. Kaleena Ladeairous (25:32)

2. Kelly Munroe (25:48.7)

3. Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault (CAP + 21)

4. Michele Letendre (CAP + 22)

5. Kelley Jackson (CAP + 24)

 

Event 4

 

For time:

Handstand walk 250 ft.

 

Time cap: 3 minutes

 

Event 5 begins 1 minute and 40 seconds after this event ends.

 

This event turned the leaderboard upside down as none of the leading ladies from the first three events were able to make it into the top five for the handstand walk. The gymnasts took the field and stole the show as Tasla Percevez, Rachel Goldenberg, Kari Pearce, Dani Horan, and Michele Letendre all used their gymnastic backgrounds to get back and forth across the floor – fast. Three of these ladies managed to break the previous event record. However, the leader going into this event, Kaleena Ledeairous, was unable to even finish this event. 

 

In heat 1, Tasla Percevecz broke the event record for the first time, stopping only twice on her quick journey of 150 ft. She was one of only two athletes to finish in her heat. In heat 2, Megin Oczkowski was flying until she got caught up traversing the mat underneath the rig. She was still able to win her heat and finish sixth overall in the event. Percevecz’s record was short lived, however, as Rachel Goldenberg flew across the floor with Chloe Gauvin-David seconds behind her. In the final heat the event record was rewritten by Kari Pearce as she took big strides that quickly overtook fellow gymnasts Michele Letendre and Dani Horan. Maude Charron would actually take fifth even with a broken finger that she’s been struggling with over the weekend. Seven of the athletes in the final heat would finish but Ledeairous would be stuck out on the floor, which will hurt her overall score with a tie for 31st place. 

 

Results

 

1. Kari Pearce (1:32.1)

2. Rachel Goldenberg (1:35.2)

3. Tasla Percevez (1:36.7)

4. Chloe Gauvin-David (1:39.3)

5. Maude Charron (1:56.6)

 

Event 5

 

1-rep-max snatch

 

Each athlete will have two 20-second windows to attempt the lift with 80 seconds rest between windows.

 

Michele Letendre reaffirmed her position as the favorite with an amazing performance in the max snatch event. However, Kaleena Ladeairous and Kelly Munroe have quickly fallen from first and second place after Event 3 and find themselves in danger of not making the cut. 

 

In the early heats, Tasla Percevez continued her momentum from Event 4 and quickly opened with a 165 lbs. snatch. She made a heroic attempt for 181 lbs. but the bar landed forward and she was unable to recover.  Megin Oczkowski landed 173 lbs. and stayed consistently strong in the back-to-back workouts. Heather Soukas opened with 167 lbs. and failed but was able to hit 177 lbs. on her second lift. Maude Charron made one of the heaviest attempts at 186 lbs. but was unable to hold on to it. She did manage to get her first attempt at 176 lbs., which was good enough for third overall. In the final heat, Dani Horan and Michele Letendre’s opening lifts were only a pound apart, 166 and 167 lbs. respectively. However, on the second lift Letendre separated herself from the field, easily hitting 182 lbs. while Horan tied for third with her lift of 176 lbs. – falling one place for one pound to Heather Soukas. 

 

Letendre said, regarding lifting while fatigued, “The trick is that you make your technique perfect so that when you’re fatigued it’s no brainer.” 

 

At the end of day 2, 3rd through 10th place are differentiated by only 31 points. The final day is going to be a battle to determine who is heading to the CrossFit Games and who is heading home. 

 

Results

 

1. Michele Letendre (182 lbs.)

2. Heather Soukas (177 lbs.)

3. Dani Horan (176 lbs.)

3. Maude Charron (176 lbs.)

5. Jessica Cote-Beaudoin (175 lbs.)

 

 

Overall Standings

 

1. Michele Letendre (424 pts)

2. Dani Horan (407 pts)

3. Kari Pearce (340 pts)

4. Kaleena Ledeairous (332 pts)

5. Kelly Munroe (327 pts)