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Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Takes Torian Pro
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Good morning and welcome to the Morning Chalk Up.
In today’s edition:
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr walked away with the Torian trophy on the back of five event wins and a second-place finish. But will she accept her invitation to the Games?
Eleven other athletes earned tickets to the Games over the weekend. Find out who they were below.
Meal prep doesn’t have to suck. Simplify it without losing performance.
Sibling energy, podium dreams — Training partners Kerstetter and Ibarra head to the Games together for the first time.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Tomorrow is never promised. That’s why it’s so hard for me to retire.”
CROSSFIT GAMES
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Wins the 2025 Torian Pro — Is It Really Her Farewell to CrossFit?
Credit: @arrowmediacollective, @torianpro / Instagram
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr did it again at the 2025 Torian Pro in Brisbane, Australia, over the weekend.
Dominant from start to finish, she was unstoppable at the In-Person Qualifying Event at Pat Rafter Arena, winning five out of six events on her way to victory and an invitation to the CrossFit Games.
The question now, of course, is whether or not she’ll accept her invite to this summer’s Games in Albany, NY.
Remind Me
Back in April, the seven-time Fittest Woman on Earth announced that the Torian Pro would be an opportunity “to say goodbye to this chapter.”
Although that might sound like a retirement, Toomey-Orr has never explicitly said the words “I’m retiring,” a trend that continued in a post-event interview following the Torian Pro on Sunday.
LEADERBOARDS FROM THE WEEKEND
Torian Pro
Elite Men (Qualifiers in bold) | Elite Women (Qualifiers in bold) |
|---|---|
1. Ricky Garard — 594 | 1. Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr — 597 |
2. Jay Crouch — 552 | 2. Madeline Sturt — 555 |
3. Gui Malheiros — 549 | 3. Emily De Rooy — 498 |
4. Peter Ellis — 471 | 4. Grace Walton — 495 |
5. Isaac Newman — 459 | 5. Georgia Pryer — 418 |
Full leaderboard at Competition Corner.
Syndicate Crown
Elite Men (Qualifiers in bold) | Elite Women (Qualifiers in bold) |
|---|---|
1. Ty Jenkins — 531 | 1. Brooke Wells — 522 |
2. Jack Rozema — 528 | 2. Lexi Neely — 468 |
3. Luke Parker — 528 | 3. Reese Littlewood — 456 |
4. Spencer Panchik — 469 | 4. Lydia Fish — 438 |
5. George Sterner — 457 | 5. Caroline Stanley — 435 |
Full leaderboard at Competition Corner.
Far East Throwdown
Elite Men (Qualifiers in bold) | Elite Women (Qualifiers in bold) |
|---|---|
1. Morteza Sedaghat — 24 | 1. Seung Yeon Choi — 23 |
2. Tiago Luzes — 36 | 2. Mariana Meza — 25 |
3. Gui Quan Yang — 40 | 3. Anna Ivanova — 28 |
4. Changrim An — 54 | 4. Seher Kaya — 33 |
5. Kyeongsun Kang — 62 | 5. Dawon Jung — 37 |
Full leaderboard at Competition Corner.
Rebel Renegade Games
Elite Men (Qualifiers in bold) | Elite Women (Qualifiers in bold) |
|---|---|
1. Toby Buckland — 736 | 1. Christina Livaditakis — 840 |
2. Daniel Griesel — 712 | 2. Evie Hollis — 805 |
3. Radouane El Ghadouini — 706 | 3. Sara Sigmundsdottir — 790 |
4. Michael Van Tonder — 661 | 4. Lani Venter — 785 |
5. Muanda Elias — 634 | 5. Elzaan Troskie — 615 |
Download app for full leaderboard.
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SPEED READS
🏆🌎 Community Cup Workouts Released: If you are planning to take on CrossFit’s Community Cup competition later this month, check out the workouts, just released on Friday, here. Learn more about the event here.
😎 🏆 TYR Cup Update: The Loud and Live team has begun announcing the rosters of the 2025 TYR Cup teams at TYR WZA SoCal, September 19-21. First up, returning captain for Team North America, Pat Vellner.
🚦🥇 Road to the Games 25.2: CrossFit released the second episode of the fan favorite “Road to the Games” series reboot. It focuses on Mayhem Classic podium athletes and Games qualifiers, Fee Saghafi and Abbie Domit.
💪🥇 Ben Smith, CF-L2: As long as we are on the topic of 2015 Game champ Ben Smith (see below), check out this video to learn about how “walking the walk” has become the foundation of his coaching philosophy.
🏋️📚 Good Read — “A Comeback Cut Short”: On the HWPO blog, legendary lifting coach Aimee Anaya Everett chronicles her journey back to the competition platform. Read it here.
ICYMI: He nearly quit, but Moritz Fiebig is returning to the Games fitter than ever.
MEMBER EXCLUSIVE
The Meal Prep Trap: Why You Don't Need to Be Perfect to Be Consistent
Credit: Nathan Yeagle / Shutterstock
You know nutrition matters. You’ve probably even told yourself (more than once), “I just need to get better at meal prep.” But somewhere between grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and trying to eat the same leftovers for five days straight, your plan starts to fall apart.
Sound familiar?
You’re not alone, and more importantly, you’re not doing anything wrong.
The real issue isn’t that you lack discipline. It’s the conventional approach to meal prep that sets you up to fail.
The truth is, you don’t need to prep five days’ worth of meals to stay on track. Striving for perfection in meal prep often leads to burnout, boredom, or giving up by Wednesday.
This article is your permission slip to approach it differently – and more effectively.
CROSSFIT GAMES
Training Partners Reunited – Olivia Kerstetter and Chris Ibarra Punch Their Tickets to Albany
Credit: Jesus Montero
Last season, Olivia Kerstetter narrowly missed qualifying for the CrossFit Games.
She finished in ninth place at the West Coast Classic – the North American West Semifinal – but only the top eight women received tickets to the Games.
Chris Ibarra, Kerstetter’s training partner, also competed at the West Coast Classic. He finished in sixth place, earning his first trip to the Games.
Emotions were complicated for both athletes after the weekend in Carson and into the summer leading up to the 2024 CrossFit Games. Ibarra was excited to have qualified but felt extremely bummed that he wouldn’t get to take the competition floor with his number one.
Kerstetter was battling confusion and sadness.
She elaborated: “I guess, because I qualified once,I just assumed that I could qualify from there on out. I thought the first time would be the hardest,” she told Morning Chalk Up in a joint interview with Ibarra.
HIGHLIGHTS
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🏋️Well done to former Teenage CrossFit Games athlete Rafael Candeias of CrossFit Montijo, Portugal, on this 100-kilo/220-pound snatch.
Check out future superstar, Kahil, on this handstand walking course.
Take a look at this rope climb descent technique from Isabella of Brazil — goals!
Great work to Willy Georges on this 150-kilo/331-pound push press.
🔥Congratulations to adaptive athlete Oscar on stringing together these 10 bar muscle-ups. Looking so good!