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Who Earned a Games Ticket at Mayhem?
Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
The Mayhem Classic is a wrap! See who topped the podium and punched their tickets to the Games.
Training Think Tanks’ Tracy Tucker separates supplement facts from fiction.
CrossFit OG Val Voboril is back in action, embracing the Masters division and rediscovering her passion for competition.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“For the most part, during the school year, I just play with the amazing people at my gym and do classes, and I love it.” - Val Voboril on finding joy in training again.
CROSSFIT GAMES
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2025 Mayhem Classic Invitational – Results and Recap
The 2025 Mayhem Classic is officially in the books, and Fee Saghafi, Abigail Domit, Austin Hatfield, and Colten Mertens have secured the first roster spots at this August's CrossFit Games in Albany, NY. These four athletes can now focus on their training and other events while knowing their Games spot is secured.
Hatfield holds a WFP Pro Card and will compete in the first World Fitness Project Tour event in Indianapolis on May 9-11. Mertens and Saghafi have qualified for the Pro Division, while Domit has qualified for the Challenger Division in Tour Event I.
Saghafi and Mertens both failed to qualify for the CrossFit Games last year, but they look determined to change that in 2025.
Final Leaderboard – Top 10 (Games Qualifiers in Bold)
Fee Saghafi – 400 | Austin Hatfield – 440 ($15,000)
Abigail Domit – 400 | Colten Mertens – 415 ($10,000)
Emily Rolfe – 395 | Roman Khrennikov – 390 ($5000)
Claudia Gluck – 385 | James Sprague – 385 ($3000)
Manon Angonese – 360 | Jayson Hopper – 355 ($2500)
Alexis Raptis – 350 | Gui Malheiros – 330 ($2000)
Haley Adams – 345 | Jorge Fernandez – 305 ($1500)
Caroline Stanley – 345 | Nick Mathew – 300 ($1000)
Nina Vragovic – 310 | George Sterner – 295 ($500)
Andrea Nisler - 300 | Luke Parker – 295 ($250)
SPEED READS
🎟️ 💪 2025 CrossFit Games Tickets: Tickets for the 2025 CrossFit Games at MVP Arena in Albany, NY, are on sale now.
🇺🇸 🥇 Mayhem Classic Livestream: If you missed any of the action from Cookeville, TN, this weekend, be sure to check out the Day 1 livestream here and the final days recording here.
🌎 WFP Challenger Qualifier I Results Final: The World Fitness Project announced last week that the leaderboard for the Tour Event I Challenger Qualifier is now finalized. Check out the official results here.
🧂💧 LMNT “Reaching More People with Retail”: Popular electrolyte brand LMNT, known for its direct-to-consumer success, is now moving into retail — here’s why.
🇺🇸💪Northern Spirit x Mayhem: Mayhem Nation announced that Northern Spirit is now its Official Apparel Partner. The brand is set to produce global Mayhem gear and outfit all Mayhem Classic athletes and volunteers.
ICYMI: CrossFit OGs lead on Instagram, while newer stars lag behind. We explore why.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
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Smart Supplementing – What Works and What’s Overhyped
Visit any supplement store or browse online, and you’ll be flooded with numerous powders, pills, and drinks claiming benefits ranging from superhuman strength to endless endurance.
With eye-catching claims and vibrant packaging, it’s easy to believe that the right supplement might hold the key to achieving peak performance.
Amidst all the marketing noise, how can you determine which supplements are genuinely beneficial and which are merely costly hype?
The supplement industry is worth billions of dollars; however, many of its products are under-researched, loaded with stimulants, or simply unnecessary if you maintain a well-balanced diet. The good news is that some supplements are supported by solid scientific evidence and can provide real benefits when used correctly.
This article breaks down the most effective performance supplements, explains their mechanisms, and highlights which ones you might consider avoiding.
PROFILE
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How Valorie Voboril Got Her Groove Back and Reignited Her Competitive Fire
A quiet yet tenacious competitor, Val Voboril has competed at the CrossFit Games six times as an individual and finished on the podium twice, in 2010 and 2013.
Voboril was a constant presence at the Games for years, and fans had grown to expect the fourth-grade teacher from California to always be on the roster and make an impact.
But Voboril failed to qualify for the 2015 CrossFit Games, just one year removed from a top-five finish in 2014. She then took 2016 off before returning to her sixth Games in 2017.
Though she expected to be among the top athletes, as usual, that year, no one could have predicted her eventual 32nd-place finish. It was a shock to fans and to Voboril herself, and it raised far more questions than answers regarding her future in the sport.
HIGHLIGHTS
Celebrating a PR, hosting a fundraiser, this, that, or otherwise? Send us a tip.
🙌Check out jump rope coach Marcos Cassiano rep out 20 triple-under crossovers.
🔥Congratulations to Christin Panchik on this all-time snatch PR. What a cheering section, too!
🏆Congratulations to Benny on being the member of the month at All Level CrossFit in Canada.
👏Congratulations to Colten Mertens and Andrea Solberg, who topped the World Fitness Project Challenger leaderboard.
😜What do we all think about this “no-hand burpee challenge”? Something to add to a warm-up?
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