It was an enormous efficiency for Gazan and Vellner.
Alex Gazan (Particular person Girls) and Patrick Vellner (Particular person Males) are the winners of the 2023 CrossFit North America West Semifinal. To notch his Semifinal win, Vellner, the 2022 CrossFit Video games runner-up, beat two-time defending CrossFit Video games champion Justin Medeiros.
Gazan bolsters her present fifth-place worldwide rating on the official CrossFit leaderboard with this victory, incomes her second-ever putting within the CrossFit Video games. Gazan completed in twenty fourth place for the Particular person Girls in her debut in 2022. Three groups, CrossFit Franco’s Misfits, CrossFit Invictus, and CrossFit Omnia, all completed with an an identical variety of factors to win the Groups portion.
This North America West semifinals — one of many final legs earlier than the 2023 CrossFit Video games in early August — occurred on Might 25-28, 2023, in Pasadena, CA.
Listed below are the respective closing outcomes and high 20 finishers for all three included divisions on the 2023 CrossFit North America West Semifinal. As is the case with different Semifinals legs, the Particular person athletes carried out seven exercises, whereas the Groups rivals participated in six.
Particular person Girls Outcomes
- Alex Gazan — 538 factors
- Katrin Davíðsdóttir — 527 factors
- Arielle Loewen — 525 factors
- Christine Kolenbrander — 507 factors
- Bethany Shadburne — 504 factors
- Emily Rolfe — 465 factors
- Olivia Kerstetter — 457 factors
- Abigail Domit — 421 factors
- Baylee Rayl — 415 factors
- Kelly Baker — 415 factors
- Dani Speegle — 413 factors
- Kloie Wilson — 402 factors
- Lauren Fisher — 382 factors
- Emily White — 381 factors
- Sydney Michalyshen — 373 factors
- Hannah Black — 370 factors
- Stacy Lerum — 370 factors
- Hattie Kanyo — 359 factors
- Karisa Stapp — 356 factors
- Ellia Miller — 344 factors
Particular person Males Outcomes
- Patrick Veller — 612 factors
- Brent Fikowski — 569 factors
- Samuel Kwant — 564 factors
- Cole Greashaber — 528 factors
- Justin Medeiros — 519 factors
- Chandler Smith — 490 factors
- Nick Mathew — 472 factors
- Colten Mertens — 458 factors
- Cole Sager — 458 factors
- Mitchel Stevenson — 422 factors
- Luis Oscar Mora — 418 factors
- John Wooden — 417 factors
- Jack Rozema — 402 factors
- Justin Rhodes — 351 factors
- Maximilian Krieg — 349 factors
- Scott Tetlow — 343 factors
- Chris Ibarra — 343 factors
- Isaiah Vidal — 326 factors
- Phillip Muscarella — 325 factors
- Anthony Davis — 324 factors
Groups Outcomes
- CrossFit Franco’s Misfits — 555 factors | Three-way tie for first place
- CrossFit Invictus — 555 factors | Three-way tie for first place
- CrossFit Omnia — 555 factors | Three-way tie for first place
- CrossFit Kilo II — 528 factors
- Koda CrossFit Redemption — 486 factors
- CrossFit Invictus Unconquerable — 483 factors
- Rhino CrossFit Dawgs — 444 factors
- CrossFit Invictus Sea of Inexperienced — 432 factors
- Einhorn CrossFit Ascend — 417 factors
- CrossFit Imagine — 364 factors
- Verdant CrossFit — 363 factors
- CrossFit 8035 — 354 factors
- CrossFit Overtake Staff Future — 349 factors
- Undefeated CrossFit — 334 factors
- CrossFit Complicated — 327 factors
- CrossFit Queretaro The W Pack — 309 factors
- CrossFit Kemah — 286 factors
- Ben Lomond CrossFit Rise — 265 factors
- CrossFit Condesa Luther MX — 250 factors
- Salty Hive CrossFit — 236 factors
Upcoming CrossFit Semifinal Dates
5 legs of the 2023 CrossFit Semifinals — North America East, Africa, North America West, Oceania, and South America — are within the books, and solely two stay. Listed below are the upcoming dates for the remaining 2023 CrossFit Semifinals:
- June 1-4 — Europe Semifinal | Berlin, Germany
- June 1-4 — Asia Semifinal | Busan, South Korea
On the conclusion of each the Europe and Asia Semifinals, the headline divisions (Particular person Girls, Particular person Males, Groups) of the 2023 CrossFit Video games could have most of their major rosters locked in. From there, it’s a two-month dash (or wait) till the most important competitors in CrossFit within the late summer season.
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