While you may have been sleeping, the final day of Regionals in the Pacific came to a close and a mix of Games veterans and rookies punched their tickets to Carson.

Women's Games Qualifiers:

1. Kara Webb
2. Tia-Clair Toomey
3. Alethea Boon
4. Justine Beath
5. Madeline Sturt

On the women's side, even though Kara Webb didn't need to absolutely annihilate anymore workouts to ensure her spot at the Games, she did so anyways. Kara had a 1st place finish in Event 6 and a 4th place finish in Event 7. In total over the weekend, she had 4 1st place finishes, 2 of which were top times of both the men and the women. It will be interesting to see how many of her event records stand as Regionals weekends continue throughout the next couple of weeks.

Tia-Clair Toomey made it known her performance last year was no fluke. She had two 3rd place finishes in the final day, bringing her in only 30 points below Kara, securing 2nd place overall at the end of the weekend. Any doubts anyone had about her struggling with the heavier weights in workouts throughout the weekend were put to rest, and her consistency has made her someone to keep an eye on in Carson this summer.

Alethea Boon will be making another trip to Carson as well. After a tough second day, she managed to pull through with 2nd and 1st place finishes in Events 6 and 7 consecutively. Her rope climbs were the talk of Event 7, she finished the event in an impressive 3:08. The next closest time was over half a minute later. Her comment on the event afterwards, "...that was just fun. It wasn't even a WOD, it wasn't training, it was just pure fun. Which is what CrossFit is."

Justine Beath and Madeline Sturt will both be making their first appearances at the Games as individuals this year. Justine Beath was one of our underdog picks of the weekend, and she did nothing but deliver. While her first and last events were not stellar finishes, everything in between was consistent and what she needed to do to secure her spot. Although Justine's trip to Carson has been a long time coming, 19-year-old Madeline Sturt's came more of a surprise. Outside of a 36th place finish in Event 1, and a 16th place finish in Event 4, her 4th-8th place finishes throughout the rest of the events managed to carry her to the next level of competition. Being the youngest to qualify for the Games from the Pacific Regional, we can expect some big things from her, if not this year, in years to come.

Men's Games Qualifiers:

1. Rob Forte
2. James Newbury
   
3. Khan Porter
   
4. Zeke Grove
   
5. Mitchell Sinnamon

On the men's side, Rob Forte earned the title of Pacific Regional Champion. In the final day of competition Rob walked away with another event win and his 6th ticket to Carson.

James Newbury had some ground work to make up after 15th, 11th, and 13th place finishes mixed in throughout the weekend. However, a 7th place finish in Event 6 and a 4th place finish in Event 7 were what he needed to secure his spot to the Games.

After the first two days of the weekend it became more and more real that we may not see Khan Porter back on the floor of the StubHub Center this July, but he seemingly wouldn't let that be the case. His 1st place finish in the final event, with a time of 2:27.64, is an event record we'll be curious to see if it can be held up throughout the next couple weeks. "I knew in today's events I could do what I needed to do." he said. Not a doubt in his mind he would be back to Carson, and not a doubt in our minds if he can battle back like he did this weekend he's going to put up a fight at the Games this summer.

Zeke Grove and Mitchell Sinnamon both will be making their first appearances at the Games as individuals this year. Event 7 was a race between Zeke Grove and Khan Porter. In the end, slowed down by a no-rep on one of Grove's rope climbs, Porter took the win, but Grove still managed to snag just as many event wins in the weekend as Porter. The 5th men's Games qualifier spot was a giant question mark, but once the chalk dust settled it was Mitchell Sinnamon who earned the final place. At the end of the weekend only 2 points separated Sinnamon and the 6th place finisher, Ricky Garard.

It's worthy of noting, despite Brandon Swan's hospitalization the evening after day 2, he came out for the final day, and looking far better than the day before. He absolutely crushed his heat of Event 6, and finished the weekend in 11th place overall.

Team Games Qualifiers:

1. Zaks Pack East Tamaki
   
2. Schwartzs CrossFit Melbourne
   
3. CrossFit Athletic
   
4. CrossFit Torian
   
5. CrossFit Loaded

Zak's Pack finished the weekend with an astonishing point total of over 800, reflecting their dominance over the weekend. Zak's Pack, Schwartzs CrossFit, and CrossFit Athletic all will be returning to Carson this summer. CrossFit Torian and CrossFit Loaded will be making their first appearances.






Photo Credit: CrossFit Inc., Kara Webb Snapchat (karawebb1)

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