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How to Help Your Favorite Athletes During the 2024 CrossFit Season

May 8th, 2024

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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.

In today’s edition:

  • Before we shift our focus fully to Semifinals, let’s take one last look at some intriguing stats from the 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals.

  • Sam Dancer is a man on a mission in 2024 — to be the oldest man at the CrossFit Games in Fort Worth. And he’s not talking about spectating.

  • Athletes are gearing up for Semifinals, and that means more than just being physically and mentally ready to try to qualify to the Games. Learn how you can support your favorite CrossFit athletes below.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I think the community would enjoy seeing what one of the world's fitness masters athletes could do against the Individual men's division.” - Sam Dancer on his goal of becoming the oldest man to qualify for the Individual division in 2024

CROSSFIT QUARTERFINALS

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By the Numbers: 9 Intriguing Stats From the 2024 Crossfit Games Quarterfinals

With the 2024 CrossFit Quarterfinals wrapped up and the leaderboards finalized, we are looking back at some compelling numbers before we move on. 

Some of these stats may surprise you, but as Jay-Z said, “Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don’t.” So before the Individuals and Teams Semifinals start May 16 in Asia and Europe, take a look at our favorite Quarterfinals stats below:

1) 14,270 – The total number of pounds lifted by Jeff Adler in Individual Workout 4. 

  • Adler won the workout worldwide for the men with a score of 66 reps, notching the victory by three reps (or 735 pounds) over Jack Rozema.

  • On the women’s side, Olivia Kerstetter and Dani Speegle both completed 72 reps for a total of 10,580 pounds. Kerstetter took the top spot on the leaderboard, carding a tiebreak time six seconds faster than Speegle.

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🔥🔥 Pit Collegiate Throwdown: Designed to help fill in what some have described as the “lost years” for athletes aging up from the Teen to the Individual division, the Pit Collegiate Throwdown offers the opportunity for athletes 18-22 to throw down against their peers.

🏆 TYR Wodapalooza Drops TYR Cup Details: More details are emerging about the structure and format of the elite division.

  • First, the format will be North America vs. The World. As the teaser described it, this will be “an all-star match-up, featuring a two-team, head-to-head format. Each squad will be composed of four men & four women, with the captains chosen by YOU.”

  • Then, yesterday, the event structures were released, and… 😳🤯 we were not prepared. This is going to be EPIC! Learn more here.

🏆🧑‍🚒 Register For The CrossFit Service Cup: Built to Serve Now! 

  • The details: The CrossFit Service Cup is a virtual competition that asks athletes to complete three workouts over the course of one week (June 6-13).

  • The competition will include Competitive, Rx’d, and community divisions, and service members in the following professions are invited to join: Affiliate Owner, CrossFit Trainer, Medical Professional, Educator, Military Veteran, Active Duty Military, Law Enforcement, Firefighter, First Responder, EMS Responder.

😜💪 Check Out Bethany Flores’ full Quarterfinals breakdown video now! In her words: “It’s always a story for me, so tune in and enjoy the ride!”

🚨🚨 2024 Team and Individual Semifinals Workouts: Last week, after two of the workouts were leaked, the CrossFit Games team released all of the workouts for the 2024 Team and Individual Semifinals.

  • Check out the Team and the Indy workouts now.

  • The 2024 CrossFit Games Semifinals are set to take place May 16-June 2. Learn more.

✅ The official 2024 CrossFit Age Group Quarterfinals leaderboard is set. Check out the final standing for all age divisions now.

  • The 2024 Age Group Semifinals will take place online May 8-13 — more details to come.

🏋️‍♀️📋 Training Camp Semifinalists: Several prominent training camps have dropped full rosters of their Semifinal-qualifying athletes. Check out the lists now:

🚨🏋️‍♀️ Team Quarterfinals Penalties: CrossFit released its full list of ineligible teams, penalties, and appeals granted for the 2024 Team Quarterfinals. Check out the full list.

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MEMBER EXCLUSIVE

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Sam Dancer’s 2024 Quest: Be the Oldest Man at the CrossFit Games

CrossFit newbies may not know much about Sam Dancer. 

  • Dancer is one of the most unique characters in the sport – a colorful, kind, beast of a man with tree trunk quads, a teddy-bear heart, and a 10,000-watt smile – equally as likely to be pulling 600 pounds off the ground as he is to be blowing bubbles and rolling in the grass with his daughter, Star. 

A former college football player, Dancer burst onto the scene in 2015 when he took tenth in the Central region. 

Emboldened by the experience and wanting more, Dancer worked on his weaknesses and returned the following year to qualify in the same region and head to the 2016 CrossFit Games in Carson. 

He finished 32nd.

Dancer has competed as an Individual, on a Team, and in the Age Group divisions at the CrossFit Games – he took home first place in the 35-39 Men’s division in 2023. 

But now he has a new goal – become the oldest athlete to qualify as an Individual for the CrossFit Games. 

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CROSSFIT GAMES

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Learn How You Can Support Your Favorite CrossFit Athletes Through the Semifinals and Games

While making it to the CrossFit Semifinals and Games is the ultimate goal for many individuals and teams, it’s an expensive endeavor when you consider flights, hotels, and food.

To help your favorites realize their goals, we’ve compiled a list of athletes traveling to one of the seven Semifinals competitions who are raising funds to help with their expenses. 

Check out the different ways you can support your favorite athletes:

Individual Women: 

HIGHLIGHTS

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  • 🙌Congratulations to Ellie from CrossFit Hastings in Hastings, MN, on her hard work and dedication every week.

  • Great job to the women of Wildfire CrossFit in Phoenix, AZ, who competed in the Spring Fling partner competition last weekend.

  • Congratulations to Scott of 12 Labors CrossFit in Howard County, MD, on being athlete of the month.

  • 🔥Check out Chandler Smith getting in some post-metcon accessories.

  • Nice work to James Townsend and his son for turning their workout into some family time.