Leaders of Week 2

October 15, 2015

CrossFit

The 2015 CrossFit Team Series is done and dusted. Let's look at the event winners from Week 2.

Graham Holmberg and Team Rogue Red

 

The 2015 CrossFit Team Series is done and dusted.

More than 3,000 teams from around the world have been a part of this two-month competition, testing themselves and their team’s capacities across eight workouts.

Teams have worked their way through the weights of the Clean and Jerk Ladder, thrashed their grip on the Muscle-Up and Partner Deadlift Couplet and this week’s Toes-to-Bar and Shoulder-to-Overhead partner test, and tested each athlete’s capacity in relays that starkly exposed any individual weakness.

Let's see which teams came out in the lead on the second week's events, and the overall standings.

Overall

1. Team Reebok Classics | 1-2-1-3-3-2-3-5 
2. Rogue Red | 4-1-3-4-4-4-4-3 
3. Built By Bergeron | 8-4-7-5-2-3-6-2


Event 5 - Benchmark Relay

1. Midwest Exercisers (9:56)


The Midwest Exercisers took the win with a 4:26 Karen (Jack Long), 1:13 Grace (Taylor Williamson), 1:50 Diane (Madison Freeman), and 2:27 Randy (Duke Burk).


Event 6 - Deadlift/Row/OHS

1. Rogue Fitness Black (10:45)


Josh Bridges blasted through the 30 185-lb. deadlifts, 30-calorie row and 30 95-lb. overhead squats in 2:28. His teammates, Rich Froning, Margaux Alvarez and Sam Briggs, would all finish sub-3 minutes as well (2:30, 2:58, 2:49).

The fastest time through the chipper was set by two-time CrossFit Games silver medalist, Mat Fraser, of Built By Bergeron. Fraser finished the chipper in 2:17.

It’s worth noting that both women of Rogue Fitness Black set exceptionally fast times for the teams in the top 10; Briggs was the fastest woman through the chipper. Within this elite group, most women finished in the low 3-minute range.


Event 7 - 7-rep-max Front squat

1. Driven Nutrition ProMO417 (1,170 lb.)


With 7-rep-max front squats ranging from 215 to 370 lb., Driven Nutrition ProMO417 racked up a 1,170-lb. total. The next best team, Midwest Exercisers, came in 25 lb. behind them.

The separators for Driven Nutrition ProMO417 were the top lifts put in by Brooke Wells and Jared Stevens.

Wells, who took 16th this year at the CrossFit Games, cleaned and then front-squatted 245 lb. seven times. Only three other women on the top 10 teams came close, finishing within the 230s (Camille Leblanc-Bazinet of Rogue Red, 235 lb; Kyri-Ann Gold of CrossFit Grandview and Kerri Lee of RSCF1, 230 lb.).  

With a 370-lb. set, Jared Stevens tied with Paul Tremblay of Team Reebok Classics. Jack Long of the Midwest Exercisers came within 5 lb., lifting 365 lb.


Event 8 - partner Test

1. Progenex Misfits (8:11)


Progenex Misfits set the fastest time at the race through 200 toes-to-bars (while two teammates held loaded barbells overhead) and 200 shoulder-to-overheads (while two teammates hung from the pull-up bar). The Misfits finished the toes-to-bars in 4:14, and the shoulder-to-overheads in 3:57, to set a time of 8:11.

The next best team, Built by Bergeron, finished 7 seconds behind.


What’s Next

Registration for the 2015 CrossFit Liftoff, powered by Rogue, begins Thursday, Oct. 15 on Games.CrossFit.com.

For $10, you can enter into CrossFit's first online weightlifting competition. Snatch. Clean and jerk. Workout. The Liftoff will be held over the weekend of Nov. 5-9.