My son introduced my wife, Polly and I to crossfit about 3 years ago. He found a great gym here in OC, Ruination Crossfit, and although we never did any weightlifting or gymnastics, we both really enjoyed the people, the coaches, the workouts and comradery of the gym (I guess I should say Box). We both did other athletics before, triathlons and 10 k's before having kids, but after kids we mostly coached their sports. My sports were tennis and basketball, I was never attracted to going to the gym to work out, preferring playing sports. I think it is the game aspect of the workouts that attracts us to crossfit and keeps us interested. At first we were a little scared to go to the workouts, fearing failure of attempting new things like rope climbs or overhead squats etc. But we persevered and Polly was lucky enough to make the games 2 years ago in the 60 and over which was great to participate in. I am recouping from a shoulder injury, I had surgery on it 3 months before last years games and made the mistake of competing, reinjuring it on the 16.5 thruster workout. So this year has been one of scaling anything that is overhead and I told myself I would not enter the games.... But, it is hard not to participate in the games with the rest of the gym, so I did enter and will do my best, hopefully short of re injuring myself.
Open
| Year | Rank Worldwide | Rank by Region | Rank By Country | Rank By Affiliate | ||||
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| 2024 | 58th Men (65+) | 18th Men (65+) North America West | 38th Men (65+) United States | 1st Men (65+) Ruination CrossFit | ||||
| 2023 | 333rd Men (65+) | 116th Men (65+) North America West | 252nd Men (65+) United States | 1st Men (65+) Ruination CrossFit | ||||
| 2022 | 32nd Men (65+) | 27th Men (65+) North America | 27th Men (65+) United States | 1st Men (65+) Ruination CrossFit | ||||
| 2021 | 734th Men (60-64) | 585th Men (60-64) North America | 548th Men (60-64) United States | 1st Men (60-64) Ruination CrossFit | ||||
| 2020 | 87th Men (60+) | – – | 70th Men (60+) United States | – – | ||||
| 2018 | 113th Men (60+) | 25th Men (60+) West Coast | 101st Men (60+) United States | – – | ||||
| 2017 | 71st Men (60+) | 9th Men (60+) Southern California | 63rd Men (60+) United States | – – | ||||
| 2016 | 325th Men (55-59) | 26th Men (55-59) Southern California | – – | – – | ||||
| 2015 | 466th Men (55-59) | 30th Men (55-59) Southern California | – – | – – | ||||
| 2014 | Men (55-59) | Men (55-59) Southern California | – – | – – | ||||
Age Group Quarterfinal
| Year | Rank Worldwide | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19th Men (65+) | |
| 2020 | 85th Men (60+) | |
| 2018 | 174th Men (60+) | |
| 2017 | 77th Men (60+) | |
Semifinal
| Year | Division | Rank | Semifinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Men (65+) | 12th | Age Group Semifinal |
Benchmark Stats
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Back Squat -- Chad1000x -- Clean and Jerk -- Deadlift -- -
Fight Gone Bad -- Filthy 50 -- Fran -- Grace -- -
Helen -- L1 Benchmark -- Max Pull-ups -- Run 5k -- -
Snatch -- Sprint 400m --