CrossFit Northwest Regionals

Photos from the 2009 NW Qualifier

2009-05-22T12:42:00.000-07:00

Over 1000 photos have been loaded so far. We have another 1000 to go. We're putting everything up there: the good, the bad and the ugly. Enjoy

Link to album: here

Congratulations and Thank you!

2009-05-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

What an inspiring day. Congratulations to our winners who will be representing the Northwest at the CrossFit Games. We wish you all the best and some injury-free, good training between now and July 11th.

Thank you to the athletes, judges, volunteers and spectators who all came together to make this an incredible event and a day to remember.

Jonna Silvey

2009-05-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

Jonna Silvey

Central Oregon CrossFit

5'8''135

Crossfitting since Oct 08

Fran 4:33

Grace 6:13

Fight Gone Bad 344

Front Squat 205

Clean & Jerk 140

Favorite Lift-Overhead Squat

Least Favorite-Press

Favorite WOD-Nancy

Least Favorite-Cindy

Garrett Wales

2009-05-14T21:49:00.001-07:00

6'0200lbs

Age: 26

Affiliate: Central Oregon CrossFit

Hometown: Bend, Oregon

Dead Lift: 505

Squat: 405

Clean & Jerk: 265

400m run: 1:05

500m Row: 1:23

Fran: 3:07

Favorite WOD: FGB, Nate

Least Favorite WOD: Nicole, anything with rowing.

Favorite Lift: Clean & Jerk

Least Favorite: Snatch

Ryan Hudson

2009-05-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

Owner Central Oregon CrossFit – Bend, OR

Age: 30

Height: 5’6’’

Weight: 160

Fran: 2:00

Murph: 32:21

Lynne: 215

FGB: 353

Press: 190

Deadlift: 425

Back Squat: 405

CF Total: 1020

Favorite WOD: Elizabeth/Nate

Least Favorite WOD: Michael

Steve Chattin and Robert Watson

2009-05-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

Here are Steve's and Rob's profiles. They're a couple of newbies to CF and are excited for the event!

Steve Chattin:

Agoge Gym

Age: 25

Height 6' 4Weight 196lbs

Marital status- Single and looking for single, cute, preferably blonde, crossfit gals. Accepting all applications. :)

Hometown: Kirkland, WA

started Crossfit February 2009

Favorite workout- Fran

Robert Watson:

I have been doing crossfit for 6 months, Cathy said my squat is getting better, she said it wasn’t even a squat when I started.
Did I mention I like Beer?

(Laurie's note: sorry guys, I'm not sure who is who and if I hazzard a guess I'd probably foul it up - but have fun on Saturday!!)

Dan Staton aka "The Bulldog"

2009-05-12T23:46:00.001-07:00

Age: 27
Weight: 150lbs
CrossFitting Since: May, 2008
CrossFit Level II Coach
Co-owner: CrossFit FTP
Fran: 2:31
Diane: 3:48
Helen: 7:01
FGB: 400+
Max Dead: 385lbs
Max Squat: 335lbs
Max Press: 155lbs
Max Muscle-Ups: 15
Power Clean: 240lbs
CrossFit Idol: Speal
Most Dreaded Exercise: Snatch

Bulldog on the road to the CrossFit Games from dan staton on Vimeo.

Owen Duff

2009-05-12T23:45:00.001-07:00

CrossFit Spokane

Age: 22
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195 pounds
Hometown: Spokane, WA
CrossFitting since February 2009

Favorite Workout: Tire Flip
Least Favorite Workout: NONE!

I have always considered my self an athlete I actively participate in many different extreme sports and love trying new things. Over the last couple years I have suffered some pretty serious injuries. My motto during recovery has been "bigger better faster and stronger" I found crossfit and I feel more athletic post injury than I ever have before. I am a fun loving guy that enjoys picking up heavy stuff setting it some where else then doing it again!

Dave Radcliffe

2009-05-12T17:24:00.001-07:00

Age: we don't ask
Years CrossFitting: almost 5
Affiliate: Rainier CrossFit

Dave is like the older brother who is always the bad influence. "Lets run a mile for fun, but I'll race you" "There's beer in my office"

Favorite workout: The filthy fifty
Least favorite movement: thrusters
The thing we get the biggest kick out of: Dave starts all of his runs with the battle cry "AHHHHH". Maybe you heard him at The Big Climb.

Dave is competing today to be surrounded by fun, passionate people. He'll be the one with the biggest smile, all day.

Aaron Hugh Finley

2009-05-12T17:14:00.000-07:00

Name:Aaron Hugh Finley

Age:27

Height:5'11"

Weight:205

Place of Birth:Midwest City, Oklahoma

Started CrossFit: 3yrs ago

Lives in Portland, OR

Affiliate: CrossFit Human Evolution Labs

Fran:3:26

Deadlift:445

Press:205

Back Squat:365

Snatch:165

Clean and Jerk:245

Max Pull-ups:33

Favorite WOD:Mt. St. Helens for Time

Favorite Lift:Tele turns on good snow

Least Favorite WOD:Tele turns on bad snow

Least Favorite Lift:Getting back up on your tele ski's in bad snow.

Garrett Wales and Elena Messett

2009-05-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

Garrett Wales and Elena Messett from Central Oregon CrossFit

Dustin Knight aka "Zeus"

2009-05-12T00:09:00.000-07:00

Dustin Knight a.k.a. "Zeus"
Age: 28
Weight: 220 lbs
Affiliate: CrossFit Spokane Valley
CrossFit Experience: 2 months
2K Row: 6:55
Deadlift: 500 lbs
Back Squat: 500lbs x 10 reps
Press: 225 lbs
Favorite Exercise: Deadlift
Least Favorite Exercise: Running
Background: D1 Basball NC State, Bodybuilding

Zeus...headed to the CrossFit Games from dan staton on Vimeo.

Jennifer Kellams and Jerome Perryman

2009-05-11T17:58:00.001-07:00

Jennifer Kellams – Portland, OR – CrossFit H.E.L.

Finance Geek
5”4” – 125lbs
I’m not the type to “promote” or “brag” about what I can lift and how fast I can move. I think the Qualifier will speak for itself! ;) At least I can share a few photos :)
I will confess that my favorite “skill” is the Muscle-Up

Jerome Perryman – Portland, OR – CrossFit H.E.L.

Portland Firefighter (during free time performs as a professional salsa dancer!)
6’3” – 215lbs
DL – 545lbs
Former D-1 Football player for University of Oregon
Filthy 50 – 34:36 with 20# WV
“DT” – 7:46
“Nate” – 13 rounds
“Grace” – 2:54

Misty Nikula

2009-05-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

Age: 40
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 130 pounds
Hometown: Bellingham, WA
Crossfitting since February 2006
Jogo Member since January 2008

Fran: 6:11 Rx
Cindy: 19 rounds in 20 minutes
Grace: 5:01 Rx
Nancy: 15:39 Rx
Filthy Fifty: 39:21
Fight Gone Bad: 313
Deadlift: 240#
HPC: 130#
BSq: 175#
OhSq: 125#

Favorite Workout: Grace, Barb
Least Favorite Workout: Kelly, Helen

Thank-you to Coach Em for encouraging me to compete at the NW Qualifier Games! I wouldn’t have ever imagined that I would be doing something like this two weeks after turning 40…Thanks to Jogo and Crossfit, I am in the best shape of my entire life.

Ashleigh Moe

2009-05-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

Age: 25
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 128
Affiliate: Mt. Baker Crossfit Mount Vernon, WA

Michael: 14:51
Cindy: 23
Murph: 40:47
Fran: 5:18

Favorite Lift: Overhead Squat

I have been training with Crossfit since January 2008, and have been a trainer since July 2008. My favorite workouts have double unders and squats in them. When I am not Crossfitting I am teaching 4th graders, whom know very well what burpees are.

Nigel Noriega

2009-05-10T16:58:00.001-07:00

Age: 35

Height: 5ft 9.5 in

Weight: 180

Date of Birth: 1973

Place of Birth: Manhattan

Started CrossFit: March 2008

Lives in Portland, OR

Affiliate: CrossFit Human Evolution Labs

Fran: 2:49

Filthy Fifty: 30:15

Deadlift: 385

Press: 145

Back Squat: 315

Snatch: 155 working set of 3

Max Pull-ups: one-set... around 20 dead hang, around 35 kipping, around 45 butterfly

Favorite Lift: Back Squat

Least Favorite Lift: Press or clean

READ the Rules

2009-05-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

The questions we are getting about the exercises has made it clear that many of you are not reading the instructions. We will not have time on the day of the competition to go over the instructions for you so you must READ and comprehend. Please be sure to read over the rules of the CrossFit Total Federation. The Press and the Deadlift will be performed to these exact standards.

There is NO push-press or jerk. Again, read the rules.

Promotion Video by Molly Hawkins

2009-05-07T23:12:00.000-07:00

8 more days!

Janice and Jessica Spray

2009-05-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

The mother-daugter duo

Jessica Spray is a 13-year old Honor student at Newport High School. Jessica started CrossFit last year with her mom. Before that Jessica was a competitive gymnast at Gymnastics East. Jessica now focuses her time solely on CrossFit and the results are extraordinary. Jessica weighs just 105 lbs and has a CrossFit total of over 500lbs. Jessica holds the CrossFit Bellevue Ladies record for "Fran" with a time of 3:02 and is right behind her mother with a Helen time of 8:12. Jessica has also done a scaled "Grace" of 80lbs under at 2:50. The future is scary for all of us if Jessica continues to make the progress she has already shown. Her goal is to smash all her big brothers Daniel's times. He is the stud of the family but unfortunately cannot compete because of travel Baseball commitments.

Janice Spray is a 44 year old graduate of the University of Washingtonand a Certified Level-1 CF trainer. Janice graduated with honors with a degree in education. Janice and her husband have been married for almost 20 years and they are the loving parents of three extraordinary CF Kids. Janice has been doing CrossFit for just over 8 months and has become the person to beat at CrossFit Bellevue. Janice has a "Fran" time of 3:30, "Helen" at 8:10 and "Grace" at 3:45. Janice does all this at a without even breaking the 100lb weight class

Matt Gerken

2009-05-07T15:48:00.001-07:00

Matt Gerken is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in Finance. Matt currently works as a Financial Manager for a major investment house in Seattle. Matt has been doing CrossFit since CrossFit Bellevue opened its doors and is now one of the top male athletes in the center. Matt has a CF total of 1025lbs, has a "Fran"time of 4:34, a "Helen" of 10:20 and a "Grace" at a smoking 2:10. Matt is the epitome of the quiet professional and prefers to be humble and post great times. If it is a power wod watch out because Matt can throw some weight around and FAST.

Agoge Gym's Competitors

2009-05-05T22:01:00.000-07:00

Agoge Gym-NW Q's from agogegym on Vimeo.

Kenton Clairmont

2009-05-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

co-owner CrossFit Spokane Valley
Age: 35
CrossFitting since Jan. of 2007
Fran: 2:17
Diane: 3:46
Helen: 7:09
FGB: 336
2K Row : 7:03
5K Row : 18:38
Max Pull-ups : 40
Max Deadlift : 385
Max Squat : 335
Max Press : 185

KC on the road to the NW Qualifier from dan staton on Vimeo.

Double Trouble

2009-05-05T16:58:00.000-07:00

Dan and Sandy Castillo

Sandy wants to let everyone know she is taking her training VERY seriously and that 14 was a PR in her deadlift...

Dan actually answers the questions:

Heavy Fran 6:01

Grace 2:18 (his favorite girl besides Sandy)

Angie 15:34

Max pull-ups 45

Squat 377

OHP 185

Deadlift 493

Least favorite girl: Kelly

ht: 6ft wt: 205

Affiliate: Rainier CF

CFing since June 2006.

Morgan Hepfer

2009-05-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

Morgan writes: "At first I didn't want to submit an athlete profile because I thought my potential competitors would find a weakness to exploit during the Qualifier. Then I realized this was stupid. But I still wanted to be the dark horse, the guy you never expect to win. Then I realized even I don't expect to win. Also Laurie threatened to headbutt me in the face if I didn't get on it. So I covered my face in my picture to preserve an element of mystery.

I was introduced to Crossfit a few years ago while living in Thailand when a "friend" emailed me Angie. A week and a half later when I could raise my arms to the keyboard, I wrote back to say that I was hooked, but a link to crossfit.com would have been nicer.

After returning to America in July I opened Crossfit Tacoma where I live out my dream job of doing Crossfit all day and laughing at the funny sounds and faces people make. I'm looking forward to competing, I nearly broke my Bowflex and I've been putting in overtime on my elliptical. I just hope Israel doesn't wear the red pants. He's too fast in satin."

Jeremiah Ingersoll

2009-05-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

The day of the qualifier is my wife Monicas B-day so everyone can wish her happy birthday!

I'm 5ft 8 and 3/4, please don't leave out the 3/4 ha ha.
168 pounds.
Been doing crossfit for over two years.
Co-own Kirkland Crossfit.
Favorite WODs are chipper style, least favorite are anything with a rower involved.

Sorry the pic. sucks but its all I have .

Helen 8:01
Nancy with 135# 14:35
Fran 2:32
Angie 14:14
Bow Staff skills good
Jackie with 95# 7:59
100 Burpies 4:29
Badger 24:04
Deadlifts 365
Back squat 315
Press 160

Lindsay Schilaty

2009-05-02T16:14:00.000-07:00

Lynnwood CrossFit
Age:27
Hometown: Everett, WA
Started CrossFit in May 2008
Grace (95#) - 3:04
Helen - 9:04
Heavy Helen (26# vest, Men's KB) - 13:59
Fight Gone Bad - 370
Shoulder Press - 95#
2k row - 7:27.6
Clean and Jerk - 155#
Snatch - 115#

David Loverich

2009-05-02T16:08:00.000-07:00

Weight 160lbs
Cindy 22 rounds rx
Fran 5:52 rx
Helen 10:42 rx
Linda 30min rx
Squat 245lbs
Press 140lbs
Deadlift 300lbs
Favorite lift: Cleans
Least favorite lift: OHS

Affiliater: CrossFit Tacoma

David writes: I have been going to crossfit tacoma now for five months and I cant wait for the games! I'm just going for fun and looking forward to pushing myself with some fellow firebreathers!

Tommy Hackenbruck

2009-05-01T10:41:00.000-07:00

Started CrossFitting: January 2009
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190 lbs
Squat: 405 lbs
Power clean: 295 lbs
Snatch: 205 lbs
Overhead squat: 265 lbs
5k run: 20:16
Grace: 2:34 squat cleans
jackie 6:18
Elizabeth: 5:37
Murph: 38:10 w/vest
Karen: 4:55
Favorite WOD: anything under 15 minutes
Least favorite WOD: badger
Favorite lift: power clean
Least favorite lift: jerk

Holly Hlavac

2009-04-30T17:14:00.000-07:00

Holly wants everyone to know she's competing for FUN!!

Hometown: Puyallup

Age: 36

Affiliate: Rainier CF

Fran: 9:17

Nancy: 17:47

Helen: 13:00

Isabel: 5:25 (75#)

CFTotal: 427

and she HATES wallball.

Meet the McCarry's

2009-04-30T16:38:00.000-07:00

Megan McCarry (Brians wife) will be competing too. She's an elementary school teacher and won't tell us what's harder: CrossFit or First Graders.

Age: not telling
Hometown: Sumner, WA
Affiliate: Rainier CF

Isabel: 5:52 (75#)
Fran 7:52 Rx
Grace 5:35 (85#)
Nancy 19:49 Rx

What Megan is best at: squats, any kind, She has beautiful squats.

Brian McCarry

2009-04-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

Brian McCarry
Hometown: Sumner, WA
Age: 30
Affiliate: Rainier CrossFit
CrossFitting since March, 2007
CF Level One

Angie: 20:28
Fran: 4:41
Nancy 16:06
FGB 323
Pull-ups 38

Israel Wright

2009-04-29T12:54:00.000-07:00

Israel Wright

I started doing Crossfit on a dedicated basis while deployed to Iraq in 2008. Since then I've come to enjoy it more and more and plan on using it to help me prepare for a career in the performing arts, with a view to eventually auditioning for cirque Du Soleil.

Alicia Mills

2009-04-26T23:54:00.001-07:00

Alicia Mills from Spokane, Washington

Coach Montana on the road to Northwest CrossFit Qualifier from dan staton on Vimeo.

Lucianne Crenshaw

2009-04-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

Age: 28
Weight: 140
Height: 5'3"
Date of Birth: 12-13-80
Place of Birth: Southern Oregon
Owns and Operates CrossFit Allegiance so she trains when she can :)
Lives in Medford, OR
Fran: 4:47
Cindy: 18 rounds
Angie: 20:05
Fight Gone Bad: 298
Grace: 5:03
Jackie: 9:05
Helen: 9:21
Deadlift: 300 lb
Press: 110 lb
Back Squat: 230 lb
Favorite Lift: Deadlifts
Favorite WOD: Helen
Lease Favorite Lift: Press
Lease Favorite WOD: Barbara

Chazz Rudolph will be competing from Iraq

2009-04-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

Chazz Rudolph will be competing from Iraq via video. We asked him to pick a workout and do a trial run with the video. He picked 30 muscle-ups for time. The stopwatch at the end isn't viewable (something to fix -- good to know!) but according to the video time, he smoked the workout.

30 muscle-ups for time with Chazz from Nancy Meenen on Vimeo.