South Central Sectionals

SCS DVD's are in!

Hey everyone! In case you haven't heard, Johnny Bunn's South Central Sectionals DVD's are now on sale for only $25.  After he and his crew filmed for three days straight, Johnny spent the next month compiling all of the data into this awesome DVD!  You can purchase them by contacting him directly at his website at redeemedproductions.com  Thanks for all your hard work, Johnny!!!

Wrapping up the South Central Sectionals:

2010 Games website: "Wrapping up the South Central Sectionals"

Tulsa World article on Congressman John Sullivan and his experience at the South Central Sectionals

Gotta give a shout out to the top three men and women!  Great job this weekend!
Top three ladies: Candice Ruiz (1st), Victoria Bahr (2nd), Ginny King (3rd)
Top three men: Chase Ingram (1st), Paul Smith (2nd), Jeff Reed (3rd)

 

The Pictures!

The South Central Sectionals pictures by Brian Youngblood

youngblood.smugmug.com

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

WOD Three (8am-1pm)

For time:

Run 250m

25 Snatches (75/45)

25 Kettlebell Swings (55/35)

25 Overhead Squats (75/45)

25 Box Jumps (20"/16")

25 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (75/45)

25 Wallballs (20#@10ft / 14#@8ft)

25 Thrusters (75/45)

Run 250m

20 minute time limit.

Live scores website HERE!

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

WOD One: 8am-1pm

For time:

Row 500m

10 Squat Clean to Overhead (male-135#/female-83#)

10 Pullups (kipping or strict, chin clearly over the bar, full arm extension at bottom, no butterfly)

Three rounds for time.

20 minute time limit.

WOD Two:  2-6:30pm

For time:

50m Sled Drag running forward (male 90#/female-50#) 

21 Burpees

50m Sled Drag running backward

15 Burpees

50m Sled Drag running forward

9 Burpees

50m Sled Drag running backward

10 minute time limit.

Live scores website HERE!

Male Athlete Update:

Change to the final male athlete list:

Dropped out:

Kyle Brandt (injury)

Ryan Schupe (injury)

Kelli VanGuilder (injury)

Anthony Mungioli (work conflict)

Bumped off waitlist into competition:

Christopher Taylor

John Herron

Tim Folkner

Joe Mata

Spectators update:

We're still getting a lot of questions like, 
"Can I just show up to Sectionals and pay to get in at the door?"
"Can I bring a guest?  What about my kids?"
"I can only come one day!"
"I tried to register online, but it said you were sold out and registration is shut down!"

So, concerning spectators:
Originally, every single person was to pay $50 to get in the door for the whole weekend per CrossFit HQ.  However, two months ago, they made a rule that every spectator may bring ONE guest for free.  Although I wouldn't exactly call this a "family event", kids 11yrs old and younger, get in for free.   Hardly a trip to Disney, they will see people bleeding, crying, puking and cussing.  They will hear music with occasional cuss words in it.  We got babysitters ourselves.

Everyone will sign a waiver per orders of CrossFit HQ.  Parents will sign separate waivers for each child under 18.  EVERYONE will wear a wristband to get in - volunteers, vendors, judges, athletes... everyone.  People without wristbands will politely be sent straight back to the registration booth to fill out the waiver and pay the entry fee.

If you know that you are only able to come for one of those days, no problem.  

Cost is $30 at the door for you and your guest for either day.

The registration website was down for two days, but is up and running again.  

However, at this point it might be easier just to pay at the door.

Thanks, and I can't wait to meet you all this weekend,
Eric

WOD One Demo:

WOD One performed by 3X CF Games competitor and Head Judge, Breck Berry of CrossFit Jenks

Volunteer Schedule!

Attention ALL Sectionals Volunteers!  

If you have not received your Volunteer Schedule for this weekend, please email Luila Barber at luila@cox.net.  This will help expedite all volunteer shifts and volunteer stations for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thank you for all your support to the Crossfit community and this amazing event!

The South Central Sectionals 110 Male Athletes:

1. Abruzzo, Benjamin

2. Aldredge, Russell

3. Allen, Bryan

4. Allen, Justin

5. Antoine, Grant

6. Austin, Craig

7. Avila, John David

8. Bogan, Tyler

9. Bowen, Brandon

10. Bowman, Brody

11. Brandt, Kyle

12. Brice, David

13. Briggs, Clint

14. Briggs, Connor

15. Brisebois, Matthew

16. Brown, Andy

17. Brown, Brandon

18. Buzzard, Jason

19. Carney, Joshua

20. Caudle, Casey

21. Chandler, Matt

22. Clark, Erik

23. Collier, Brice

24. Collins, Luke

25. Cooper, William

26. Cutrer, Ken

27. Dean, Brian

28. DeKok, Ryan

29. Denofa, Jim

30. Descoteaux, Craig

31. Diener, Brian

32. Dillon, Jeff

33. Dombrowski, Paul

34. Edwards, Luke

35. Elias, Trae

36. Elsey, Bruce

37. Flores, Mark

38. Fowler, Jonathan

39. Gargiulo, Michael

40. Gautreaux, Dustin

41. Geesbreght, Andrew

42. Gentry, Jarrett

43. Gilbert, John

44. Head, Brandon

45. Hermosillo, Mackey

46. Higgins, Tony

47. Hinds, Adam

48. Hlavaty, Jarrett

49. Holder, Derk

50. Ingraham, Chase

51. Jarrett, John

52. Jones, Mike

53. Kieffer, Bryan

54. Kneip, David

55. Kochis, Jeremy

56. La Monica, Gene

57. Lloyd, Bryan

58. Loftland, Chris

59. Lozano, Jacob

60. Mackenzie, Randy

61. Malloy, Michael

62. McPhail, Denver

63. McReynolds, Joseph

64. Montgomery, Loren

65. Mungioli, Anthony

66. Muse, Jared

67. Nichols, David

68. Nix, Spencer

69. Parsons, Tyler

70. Paulson, Ryan

71. Potter, Chad

72. Pressnall, Adam

73. Provencher, Jason

74. Rattan, Raiford

75. Rea, Thomas

76. Reed, Jeff

77. Rice, Caleb

78. Rice, Greg

79. Rodriguez, Ismael

80. Rosenau, Kameron

81. Rosenstock, Eric

82. Santiago, Joshua

83. Sawyer, Sam

84. Sharma, Rahul

85. Shupe, Ryan

86. Sides, Dusty

87. Sirkis, Bobby

88. Skordal, Bryce

89. Smith, Chad

90. Smith, Jarred

91. Smith, Paul

92. Staab, Neal

93. Stettler, Michael

94. Stowers, Matt

95. Sullivan, Bob

96. Sullivan, John

97. Swenning, Todd

98. Tarlton, Kevin

99. Taylor, Brandon

100. Thornton, James

101. Toups, Andrew

102. Villalobos, Andres

103. Wells, Ben

104. West, Collin

105. Willis, Steven

106. Wilson, Michael

107. Witte, Michael

108. Wuistinger, Courtney

109. Xu, Dean

110. Zobeck, Michael

The South Central Sectionals 40 Female Athletes:

Following is a list of all 40 females competing in The South Central Sectionals:

Bahr, Victoria

Bender, Angie

Bowlin, Shella

Burns, Ashley

Chepulis, Rachel

Cohen, Holly

Cooper, Jennifer

Courtney, Shar

Cummings, Nicole

DeWitt, Elizabeth

Dolf, Kristen

Fairchild, Alisha

Fisher, Catherine

Fugate, Hollace

Hannah, Erin

Hewlett, Lacie

Johnson, Tia

Kennedy, Julianne

King, Ginny

Kirk, Jennifer

Knourek, Melissa

Krouse, Kristy

Lee, Cindy

Maddux, Amy

Malloy, Mandy

Maxfield, Dezette

McDonald, Susan

McLellan, Michelle

Merlo, Christina

Millspaugh, Paige

Quimby, Amy

Ramsey, Meredith

Rich, Sarah

Rother, Becca

Ruiz, Candice

Slockers, Katie

Urquieta, Veronica

VanGilder, Kelli

Welch, Mitzi

Wistrom, Melissa

As promised, the SCS WOD 1 and WOD 3:

WOD One
For time:
Row 500m
10 Squat Clean to Overhead (male-135#/female-83#)
10 Pullups (kipping or strict, chin clearly over the bar, full arm extension at bottom, no butterfly)
Three rounds for time.
20 minute time limit.

WOD Three

For time:

Run 250m

25 Snatches (75/45)

25 Kettlebell Swings (55/35)

25 Overhead Squats (75/45)

25 Box Jumps (20"/16")

25 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (75/45)

25 Wallballs (20#@10ft / 14#@8ft)

25 Thrusters (75/45)

Run 250m

20 minute time limit.

Announcements, 9 days out:

1.  We are ready to handle 150 athletes.  Here is our current status:

Registered males - 100 (13 standing by on the wait-list) 

Registered females - 39 (cap is 50 - 11 open slots)

We are closing registration on the evening of Friday, March 5th, so LADIES if you've been on the fence, get off and REGISTER!  Any remaining female spots will be considered "open"  and forwarded to the male wait list.  If this ends up being the case, then we will award those spots to the men in order of who's first on the list and work our way down.  If you're on the wait list we will let you know via email on Saturday to confirm registration.

2.  We will be announcing Event 1 and 3 on Saturday, March 6th at 8am, exactly one week before the first event on Saturday, March 13th.  We will announce Event 2 on Friday night (March 12th) at the SCS location (where you go after you've checked in at Next Generation CrossFit).

3.  We have enough volunteers at this point.  Thanks to all who signed up to help.  Please be prepared to work hard and serve others.  There will be breaks for you to watch the action.  Your POC (point of contact) is Luila Barber at luila@cox.net if you have any further questions.  

***Actually, we could really use a really good photographer who would be willing to volunteer to shoot the event over both days.  I don't think we have one yet.  Check with Luila if interested.***

4.  Please be aware that you will be losing an hour of sleep Saturday night due to Daylight Savings Time.  Anyone who misses their heat (at any time over the weekend) has lost their chance to compete in that event, so don't mess this up!!!

5. When I presented the workouts to CrossFit HQ, they had me lighten the recommended weights for women a bit.  Which, of course, made me very sad.  

Which, of course, will make many of you very happy.

The guys, of course, are screwed.

6.  Unless things change, it looks like we will have only one credit card machine at the event to be used for getting people in the door.  We are currently working on having paleo/zone plates of food available, t-shirt sales, etc., so you may want to bring some cash for that if possible.

7.  All of the C2 Rowers "on loan" to us to sell afterwards, are already accounted for in order of those who've asked first.  If you'd like, you can contact me at nextgenerationcrossfit@cox.net to go on a waitlist in case the others bog out.  C2 Rowers wants us to sell them "used" at $765 + tax ($830 total, I think).  Normally they run for $950 (PM3 Monitor) + tax + shipping.  We, of course, would use the CC machine for these few, large purchase orders.

8.  Finally, I'd like to take a moment to ask everyone's forgiveness for any un-returned phone calls, emails or texts.  The SCS team and I have been literally working round the clock for about three months now.  It's normal now to receive an average of 50-70 emails, phone calls and texts daily, while building this event, running a CrossFit gym, trying to be a husband/daddy and for some strange reason, unable to sleep.  So again, I apologize.

On that note, I'd like thank the CrossFit community for the MASSIVE amount of support that you've given us, all the way from CrossFit HQ, to Affiliate support, to all of our gym members who've had to put up with a tired, grumpy, and at times - clueless trainer.  Thanks for all of the kind words, patience and help.  There is no community like CrossFit.  I truly want to make you all proud.  

That's it for now, see you soon,

Eric

Announcements, three weeks out:

WOD One and WOD Three will be announced one week out. WOD Two will be announced Friday night at check-in.  

All athletes, judges and volunteers will need to check-in Friday night between 5pm to 8pm to pick up their baggies, t-shirts, heat assignments, etc. at Next Generation CrossFit. They may then feel free to head four miles over to scope out the Sectionals site and find out Saturday's "Mystery WOD".  We will have maps available.

All Judges need to meet with Breck Berry and Stacy Jennings at the Sectionals site at 7pm to go over WODs (Note: We'd like to take all available judges through WOD One and Three the weekend before, if possible).

All athletes and spectators may bring one guest for free.  If you registered online before this rule, no problem, just bring the guest WITH YOU at time of check-in. If you have not registered as a spectator yet, you may expedite this process by doing so online.  Otherwise, you and your guest can just show up at the door, pay the $50 for the both of you for the whole weekend, fill out waivers, and get in.  Everyone will wear a weekend wristband to get in and out for both days.  No wristband, no entry.

Children 11 years old and younger get in for free.

So again, athletes, judges and volunteers check-in Friday night at Next Generation CrossFit, judges meeting at 7pm and all spectators check-in Saturday morning at the Sectionals site.

Currently registered:

95 male athletes, (only 5 more spaces available)

35 female athletes (new cap is 50 - only 15 slots left)

49 Volunteers (only room for one more)

143 Spectators and Guests (500 cap)

Concerning the layout of the weekend:

After brief announcements and the National Anthem at 7:45, WOD 1 will start on the button at 8am.  We will move heats through every half hour.  We should be able to finish all heats by 12pm.  

At 1pm, WOD 2 will begin.  It will be shorter, allowing for heats to pass through every 20 minutes and should finish by 5pm.  After a few announcements to conclude the day, you will be free to go take your ice baths after 6pm.

Same format for Sunday:  7:45 announcements/Nat'l Anthem.  8am sharp we commence the Sectionals.

We hope to have the award ceremony at 1pm.  After pictures, hugs, etc, everyone will be dismissed by 2pm.

We need a really good singer to step up for the National Anthem.  Now, this ain't American Idol, so if you know you can pull it off, please give me a call.

We encourage all CF gyms to bring their banners to hang up for the event for the whole weekend as we will have plenty of wall space and want to help you advertise.  Also, if you want to sell your gym T-shirts, great!  You may sell them on Sunday.

C2 Rower is loaning us some rowers for the weekend and have asked us to sell them for a discounted price afterwards for those interested.  We will also do this on Sunday.

Due to an insuperable amount of emails, phone calls, texts, etc, I apologize for not returning everyone's calls.  Hopefully this post will answer many questions for now.

The South Central Sectionals WODs:

There's been a few understandable concerns about the workouts at the South Central Sectionals.  Allow me to clear up any concern:

My responsiblity is to get 60 of this sections fittest athletes to Regionals in May.  If I put on workouts that will only advance, say, 20 or 30 athletes due to unsafe, complex, or heavy loads ("flying pullups", muscle-ups, heavy snatches, etc), then I have failed at my job. I have no ego to prove to worldwide CrossFit that I can come up with the most creative, complex WOD's.  This is Sectionals... not Regionals, not the Games.

What I can tell you is that it will be INTENSE.  

You will have to have your technique dialed in.  Sloppy or incomplete reps will be forced to do over.  Your judge will be in your face. Your cheering section will be mere feet away from you, screaming their heads off.  Neglected chinks in your armor will be painfully noticeable for all to see. You will have to be fit, you will have to be strong... both physically and mentally. There will be pain, tears, there will be blood. There will be valor, exhilaration and there will be redemption.

That's the beauty of CrossFit.

Midwestern Sectionals Video Clips

 The US Midwestern Sectionals 

WOD One:  "Air Force WOD" ... [wmv] [mov]

WOD Two:  5 minute Clean & Jerks (155/105) ... [wmv] [mov]

WOD Three:  The "54321 WOD" ... [wmv] [mov]

2010 Scoring website ... here

02/11/10 Countdown: 30 days

2/5/2010 Athlete Update:

As of 2/5/10, we have 80 male athletes registered, leaving only 20 spots remaining spots left!

In the past week, we've had five more females register to compete, bumping us up to a total of 28.  Very cool!!!  We originally capped it at 100 female athletes, but would be very happy to see a total of 50 compete.  We need just 22 more brave women to step up and get some!

What's holding you back?

Spectators!

Everyone wanting to witness this year's South Central Sectionals event will need to register as a spectator, per CrossFit HQ.  The charge is $50 for the weekend.  Wrist bands will be distributed to all registered and will need to be kept on both days to allow entry and re-entry.  All children 11 years old and younger will be allowed in for free.  
Spectator passes will include parking, access to vendor booths, numerous restrooms, food and drink, not to mention an up-close and personal view of these modern day gladiators as they battle it out for the chance to advance to Qualifiers in Ft Worth TX in May!  

2/2/10 Update:  We are now permitted to allow one guest per spectator!

We are asking that spectators register now to help with the cost of t-shirts, food/drink, parking, equipment, etc, as well as being able to handle a long line of last minute walk-ins.

  

Volunteers: General Staff

All registered volunteers will be contacted by a committee member in the next week to help fill the following categories: parking, equipment set up/break down, administration, hospitality, operations, scoring, clean-up, etc.