Let's Hear It for 306's Regional Team

I am very pleased to announce the following athletes have accepted the offer to represent 306 at the upcoming CrossFit Games Regional Championships.  

Representing the men:

Ty Prosofsky
Nathan Lynchuk
Jamie Turuk
Jason Cain

On the women side:

Viki Cirkvencic
Laura Werhkamp
Sam Mitchell
Rebecca Winterhalt

These athletes have consistently shown great dedication to the sport of CrossFit and will all represent 306 incredibly well.  Please help me in congratulation those athletes and help them prepare by pushing them when they are in your classes.

The Regional Championships will be held June 7-10 at the Richmond Oval, in Richmond BC.

The "Open" a coach's recap

With a cup of coffee in my hand on a beautiful yet chilly Monday morning it's time to reflect on the Open.  What does it all mean? How did we do?  What's next?  Well let's start with some of the official outcomes:

-  306 started with the third biggest participation rate.  
- Finished 1st out of all Saskatchewan Gyms
- 6th in the Canada West Region.
- Two 1st place finishes by individuals,  (Aaron Parker on 13.2, Coach on 13.5) 
- Three individuals qualified for Regionals, Aaron Parker, Viki, and Coach 
- Bruce Gordon finished 3rd as a Master within the region

Unofficially if we include Aaron's score (Aaron's scores were removed by CF HQ due to his current work commitment) within our team score we finished with the following results:

3 rd in the Region,
1st in the Prairies
1st In Canada on 13.2 

Which means that we improved on last year's 4th place finished, and are well on our way of building a legacy of top notch athletes.

Results aside, the Open means a lot more then rankings, scores, and performances.  Crossfit is not who we are, it is what we do.  What we do is the following:

- we encourage each other to never give up
- we celebrate all the little wins along the way
- we learn from each other
- we constantly support each other
- we laugh, cheer, and sweat

The Open is simply a chance to all come together and learn about yourself and support one another.

Congratulations to all who participated in a very successful Open.  

The individuals that will be representing 306 at Regionals will be announce later this week.

In health,
Coach
 

4 down 1 to go!

In any long competitive season, depth is what keeps teams in contention.  At 306 our depth is pulling us through.  This past week we received a message from CF HQ citing that our wonder-kid Aaron Parker would not be eligible to compete for us this year due to his work commitment that takes him down to Regina during the week for police training.  We appealed the decision, the appealed had the same outcome.  In the same week, Ty hurt his shoulder and was only able to register one rep for this past WOD.  In true team fashion, Leo, Jon, and Nathan would put up some of their strongest scores in the Open to help the team maintain a strong position within the Region.

On the women side three different ladies (Rebecca, Viki, Laura) have contributed the top score for the team through the last four workouts.  Our depth shinning through once again.   

As the Open winds down, I couldn't be any happier at how everyone is supporting each other, offering helpful advice, staying late to help judge, and living by the motto "Community Above all Else".

On Saturday after the last Open WOD, beginning at 1PM, we will be hosting a catered event to celebrate the last 5 weeks.  Bring a change clothes, relax, reminisce, and get to know each other.
In health,
Coach 

Congratulations to our lifters

Congratulations to all of our lifters this weekend.  We had 8 athletes competing at the first annual Reebok CrossFit Oly meet.  With 8 lifters competing, 306 walked away with seven medals.  The medals were distributed as follows:

Gold : Rob Lovelace including a PR in his Clean and Jerk at 121KG, and Dwayne Cronje
Silver : Laura Wehrkamp, Melanie Johnson, and  Paul Kot
Bronze : Beth Kotsur, Kourtney Weslowski  

Great effort by all, looking forward to exciting times ahead.
 

More hardware!

A great day of Olympic lifting was had by our athletes from 306.   Once the dust settled we walked away with 4 gold medals, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze.  Here is the breakdown:

Viki, took home the silver while fighting the flu, get well soon Viki, way to fight through!
Chandra finished with a bronze medal and a massive grin.
Jesse Buydens took home a silver. 

Jeff Woo won his weight class.
Leo and Dwayne continued to show great improvements and both took home gold medals.

Coach also won his weight and qualified for nationals in the process. 

Great work everyone.
 Now lets get ready for Grande Prarie! 

Medals Galore!

306 was again well represented at this past weekend's Saks Open Olympic Lifting meet.  We brought seven athletes and all with the exclusion of myself were at their first lifting meet.  Nerves were high but the lifts were higher.  When the chalk settled we all left Regina with medals around our necks and grins on our face.  Here are the results from this weekend.

Melanie Johnson, Gold
Dwayne Cronje, Gold
Coach, Gold
Beth Kotsur, Silver
Viki Cirkvencic, Silver
Rob Lovelace, Silver
Laurie Thomson, Bronze 

Special thanks to Aaron Johnson for attending to our sore muscles, you rock Aaron! 

306 Puts forward a dominating performance at the BCBD!

Well as I sit here sipping on my latte and reflect on the last two days of competition I can't help but smile.  After two crushing days of WODs our team fared incredibly well.
In the women's Brute competition, Chandra took home top spot in the clean cluster, Viki took top spots in the toes to bar WOD and the final, and Laurie won the Chipper.  So 306 won all the WODs in this category, incredible.
The final standings saw Laurie Thomson take first, Mel finished third, and Viki made and won the final WOD but was edged off the podium and finished fourth.
In the men's Brute, Nathan would edge out Jeff Woo in the final WOD and bump Jeff off the podium.  Nathan would take third overall, The Woo, fourth.  Stephane finished just outside the top ten and placed 11th.  
In the Ladie's Beast category  Laura Wehrkamp took on the top female competitions from the Prairies and finished in 5th place.  She finished 3rd in the Handstand/KBS couplet and third again in the clean cluster.
In the men's Beast category.  Leo continued to show that he has a heart of a lion and strung together his first set of MU and fought hard through all the WODS and finished in 26th.  Aaron "Wonderkid" Parker would finished in tenth after qualifying for the finals with dominating performances in the Toes to Bar WOD (3rd), and the MU/thruster couplet (5th).
Coach had a great couple of days, winning WOD 3,6,and 7, and taking second place in both WOD five and eight, ultimately finishing second. 

Our performance at this competition was truly exceptional and is another step and making our Box world class!  Congrats 306 you rocked it! 

Get your team together

Hey guys,

As we will have four teams competing in the prarie regionals I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to work together to build some synergy and get further aquainted with their temmates.  As such next weekend will be team WODs, so get your team together and come and push yourself against other teams.  Strategy and heart is always key. Have fun with it.
Jason