This past Saturday we sent 2 individuals and 5 and a half teams down to Regina; along with the support of Viki, Sam, Lana, and Tim.
Jason Joyal and Beth Kostur both competed in their first RX competition. In the first WOD which consisted of finding your heaviest squat clean plus 2 push press with an axel bar; Beth was able to get a score but on her second attempt at a higher weight dropped the bar on her knee because athletes were not allowed to drop the bar from anywhere higher than their hips. Beth was able to pull through for the WOD 2 finishing that one in 11th place, after the second WOD she was unable to compete because of the injury and pulled out of competition.
Big Jay didn’t mess around with the first WOD picking up an 11th place finish as well on it. And just barely missing the second push press of his last attempt at 220 lbs. He finished with a 210.2 score, with the clean and first press counting as well. In the second workout Jason performed very well finishing in 10th place. He dreaded the burpees but of course like Jason always does he got through them and didn’t mind them at all. On the double unders I don’t think he yelled once! And the kettlebell swings were childs-play for him. In the third WOD one of Jason’s weaknesses would show up, Chest to Bars; but of course again he would persevere. Showing that with 2 regional competitors beside him that he could keep up with the best of them at Spring Fling 5. He finished with his best finish of the day at 8th in workout 3 and finishing 11th overall. He had the opportunity to compete in the final because someone wanted to pull out but Jason said he wanted to earn the spot not just replace someone. Great job Jason!
On the team front Erin Kemp partnered up with an athlete from Functionally Fit in Cold Lake making up for the half. Belles at the Bar was their team name and they finished with 72 points in total and a 23rd place finish out of 30 teams. The Barenaked Burpees consisting of Richelle Little and Stefany Fudger showed up big in the first WOD placing 5th in the workout, showing although they hadn’t used the axel bar before that it would not do harm. And when it was all said and done The Barenaked Burpees would finish with a solid 12th place finish.
Annie Thorisdottir was made up of the duo of Cassandra D’Amore and Chelsea Sveinbjornson. They would come out strong with a 9th place finish on the first workout, but unfortunately running out of time for Chelsea to make a one last attempt at 140lbs (her PR at the gym). They would redeem themselves in the next WOD by Cassandra doing all the rowing and Chelsea blazing through the burpees. And them working through the second AMRAP of DU and KBS. They finished WOD 2 in 7th place. With a bit of a mishap in the 3rd WOD by the judges not understanding the standards Chelsea and Cassandra would be slowed down they were only 4 reps shy of finishing 8th in that workout. Overall they finished 10th at this years Spring Fling, just missing a chance in the finals by a couple points.
Three men’s teams would represent 306, the Swoldiers, Bros before Hoes and Team Lundy. The Swoldiers consisted of Graham Robertson and Nick Korchinski who was in his first competition. Nick somehow popped a rib out during warm up for the first workout. Fortunately there was a chiropractor on site who was able to pop it back in. Graham and Nick would both hit what they wanted to in the first workout. In the second workout they would have their best performance finishing 5th. The Swoldiers would finish 12th overall in the competition.
Charlie Martineau and Adam Holtzman would make up the team Bros before Hoes. Finishing the first WOD with their best finish at 4th place. In the second WOD they would finish in 14th and 9th in WOD 3. In a 4 way tie for 7th place after 3 WODs they would take the top spot in the tie break which consisted of picking best performances in workouts. They would compete in the final workout, Adam and Chalrie would finish 8th overall.
Steven Lund and I would make up Team Lundy; we played catch up from the start of the day, knowing our weakness was the first workout. We knew we had to perform well in the next one and we were able to finsh 1st in the second WOD and 6th in the third WOD. We went into the final in 3rd place. We finished the final in second place and that helped us claim the top spot at the end of the day!
Thanks for all the support from 306 with Sam helping out judging at the competition, Viki coaching all of us, Lana taking care of us and Tim coming down to cheer us on in classic 306 fashion. All in all it was a great weekend for 306!
- Coach WOO