On May 15th & 16th 40 CrossFit Affiliate Teams and over 100 individual athletes from all over Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Alaska decended on the Puyallup Washington Fair Grounds to compete at CrossFit’s Northwest Regional Competition.  The top three male & female individual competitors and the top six teams would go on to the world championships, known as The CrossFit Games, at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles.

The teams would take on 3 workouts that included:  a 50-calorie row, an 800m run, 120 pull-ups, 120 burpees, 120 overhead squats, 120 deadlifts, 20 muscle-ups, and a 90-second tandem clean & jerk showdown.

The individuals would take on 5 workouts that included:  30 overhead squats, 150 double-unders, max rep deadlifts in 90-seconds, a hilly 5-mile run, a total of 60-calories rowed, 60 thrusters, 6 trips up a 15′-20′ rope, and 60 kettlebell swings.

Team Jogo found themselves in 6th place overall after their first workout, 5th place overall after their second workout, and 9th overall after their third workout.
They were literally within a few seconds of heading to Los Angeles.

Lindsey Knight competed in the women’s individual competition and finished in the top 30 on the first two workouts.  She then had a crushing 4th place performance on the 5-mile run, moving her into 16th place overall, and then ended her weekend with a GUTSY effort on a final brutal workout.

(Thanks to James for capturing the magic.)