Wrapping Up 2024: A Busy OffseasonWritten by Kelly Sekulovski
Whereas it is perhaps known as the “offseason” there wasn’t a lot downtime up to now month for the elite Invictus athletes. When competitions like Down Underneath Championship, Dubai Health Championship and the Legends Championship are calling, these athletes have answered.
December Offseason Recap
Down Underneath Championship
The month kicked off with a bang with the Down Underneath Championship beginning on December 1st. This main offseason competitors situated all the best way in Australia has change into an more and more widespread occasion for US based mostly CrossFit athletes, in addition to athletes from all around the world.
After an occasion 1 win to start out off the weekend, the California Gurls consisting of Jessie Smith, Emily Rethwell and Dani Speegle took the remainder of the competitors by storm. The California Gurls by no means completed outdoors of the highest 5 and racked up 5 occasion wins all through the weekend. It was no shock once they ended the weekend standing on high of the rostrum.
Invictus athlete Chandler Smith wasn’t going to let his spouse have all of the enjoyable down beneath. He and his group “Ombre Hombres” took third place within the males’s elite groups with 6 high 5 finishes, and a pair of occasion wins from the weekend.
Dubai Health Championship
Not lengthy after the enjoyable Down Underneath, Chandler Smith hopped on a flight to Dubai to compete as a person within the Dubai Health Championship. Additionally competing in Dubai from December eighth by the tenth was Devyn Kim, one of many members of the Invictus Affiliate Cup Championship group from 2023. Coming off of an enormous efficiency for Workforce Invictus on the CrossFit Video games, Devyn was extra prepared than ever for Dubai.
12 was the fortunate quantity for each Invictus athletes, as they each completed in twelfth place within the males’s and ladies’s divisions. Chandler collected a 1 high 5 end all through the weekend on exercise 1, whereas Devyn snagged 2 high 5 finishes and a tie for 1st place in her final occasion of the weekend. Secure to say each of those athletes are coming into the season hungry and prepared for extra after some difficult exercises in Dubai.
Legends Championship
It was the grasp’s athletes flip to have some enjoyable on the Legends Championship held at Arizona State College from December seventh by the tenth. Invictus rolled DEEP with over 40 athletes complete competing at Legends throughout all of the totally different divisions.
Jenn Brief completed in 2nd place for the Girls’s 45-49 division after incomes 4 high 5 finishes and banking an occasion win. Litsa Olsson additionally completed 2nd and Marion Craig in third of their division, Girls’s 60-64. Litsa fought arduous all through the weekend to complete 4 occasions within the high 5, grabbing 2 occasion wins, and Marion fought arduous to complete 4 occasions within the high 3, grabbing 1 occasion win. John Hazdovak battled all weekend lengthy for his 2nd place end within the mens 40-44 division. In 6 of the 8 occasions he positioned within the high 3, displaying nice consistency!
For the groups at Legends, the third Fittest 40-44 Yr Outdated Lady on Earth Jenn Ryan was joined by teammates Kisha Wilson- a coach at Invictus San Diego, James Free and Heath Moody for Workforce Mad Apple Masters. The group dominated the whole weekend, successful all however one occasion. Their different occasion rating? Second. It was no shock they had been standing atop the rostrum on the finish of the weekend.
What’s subsequent?
Because the athletes stay up for downtime throughout the holidays with their households, they know Wodapalooza is quickly approaching on January eleventh. Tune in to see your favourite Invictus athletes throwing down in Miami to shut out their “offseason” earlier than the true work begins for the 2024 CrossFit Open!
