Each year, a team of experienced CrossFit athletes is selected to demonstrate each event at the CrossFit Games to the field of Games athletes. This year’s team is stacked with talent and is ready to model the challenges athletes will face on the competition floor.
The 2025 CrossFit Games will take place from Aug. 1-3 in Albany, New York.
MEET THE TEAM
Rafael Sancen - Team Captain
Rafael Sancen is a three-time Semifinals athlete from Mexico. He started competing in the CrossFit Open in 2017 and qualified for his first Semifinals in 2022.
Royce Dunne
Royce Dunne is a six-time CrossFit Games athlete (Team and Individual Divisions), as well as the head coach at CrossFit Torian in Bowen Hills, Australia.
Nate Ackermann
Nate Ackermann is a two-time Semifinals athlete in the individual division and the 2021 Fittest Teenager on Earth in the Boys 16-17 division. He currently trains with the CrossFit Mayhem team.
Christine Kolenbrander
Christine Kolenbrander is a four-time CrossFit Games athlete (two team, two individual) and an affiliate owner of CrossFit 417, in Ozark, Missouri.
Caroline Stanley
Caroline Stanley is a two-time CrossFit Games athlete in the women’s Individual Division. She is a CrossFit Level 1 trainer and a former Greensboro College softball player.
Kyra Milligan
Kyra Milligan is a two-time CrossFit Games athlete (team and individual). She trains at CrossFit PRVN in Nashville, Tennessee.
VIEW THE DEMO TEAM IN ACTION
Follow the journey Dave Castro takes in deciding every rep, movement, and combination that goes into such a difficult test. Follow along as workouts get scrapped, destroyed, and built from the ground up — with some twists and turns along the way.
View all episodes at the CrossFit Games YouTube channel.