Highlights from California, East and Pacific CrossFit Regional 2015

Title photo credit: CrossFit Inc.

Second Regional weekend put three regions to the test: California, merged from Nor- and SoCal, East with North East and Canada East, and Pacific with two continents Australia and Asia.

Some of the big names failed to qualify, while others made a return. See what went down over the weekend at California, East and Pacific Regionals.

Brooke Ence and Dan Bailey take the win at the California Regional

Women`s division was one of the strongest we`ve seen so far with Games athletes like Lindsey Valenzuela, Chyna Cho, Valerie Voboril, Rebecca Voigt, Lauren Fisher, Alessandra Pichelli, etc. But it was the newcomer Brooke Ence, 6^th placed athlete from last year NorCal region, who took the overall win.

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Dan Bailey opened his Regional performance in record-breaking fashion. He finished Randy in 2:18 and with consistent performance throughout the weekend won the region ahead of Games veterans Neal Maddox and Jon Pera.

Rebecca Voigt: first athlete to qualify for eight consecutive times

Rebecca Voigt, 34-year-old from CrossFit Training Yard first qualified in 2008. This year will be her eight-time competing at the CrossFit Games.

Becca Voigt in 2011.

Lauren Fisher had a tough week with an ankle injury, dropping out of top places and finishing 12^th.

Lauren for Nike.

With Jason Khalipa as the captain, CrossFit NorCal team won four out of seven events and proved to be one of the strongest contenders for the big show in Carson.

Athletes and teams that qualified for the CrossFit Games 2015:

1. Dan Bailey
2. Neal Maddox
3. Jon Pera
4. Julian Alcaraz
5. Chad Melton

1. Brooke Ence
2. Lindsey Valenzuela
3. Chyna Cho
4. Alessandra Pichelli
5. Rebecca Voigt

1. NorCal CrossFit
2. CrossFit 808
3. Kinnick
4. Invictus
5. Diablo CrossFit Anejo

Mat Fraser and Michele Letendre top the leaderboard at the East Regional

The biggest Regional opponent to Camille Leblanc-Bazient from previous years won the East super region in 2015. Although losing a friend to cancer a few days prior to Regional, Michele Letendre kept her composure and with a solid performance in all seven events, her lowest score was 8^th in the handstand walk, won the East Regional in women`s individual category.

The winner of CrossFit Open 2015 and second fittest man on Earth Mat Fraser finished 1^st, 74 points ahead of Alex Vigneault and Daniel Tyminski. His best finish was the Chipper event three, indicating Mat`s endurance is upping a level, proving again he is the crowds favourite to win this year`s CrossFit Games.

Mat for Nike:

Athletes and teams that qualified for the CrossFit Games 2015:

1. Mathew Fraser
2. Alex Vigneault
3. Daniel Tyminski
4. Spencer Hendel
5. Austin Malleolo

1. Michele Letendre
2. Dani Horan
3. Kari Pearce
4. Carol-Ann Reason-Thibault
5. Kelley Jackson

1. Pro1 Montreal
2. CrossFit Milford
3. CrossFit New England
4. FITERNITY
5. CrossFit Plateau 2

Kara Webb dominates Pacific Regional, Khan Porter wins in men`s division

After dropping out of last year`s CrossFit Games due to injury, Kara Webb is hungry to get back to where she belongs: on top of the podium in Carson. She won four out of five events, wining the region ahead of newcomers Alethea Boon and Tia-Clair Toomey.

Last year`s Games rookie Khan Porter topped the men`s leaderboard. Not winning a single event, but keeping up a consistent performance lead him to win the 2015 Pacific Regional title.

Khan Porter with a 153 kg clean and jerk.

Athletes and teams that qualified for the CrossFit Games 2015:

1. Khan Porter
2. Rob Forte
3. Chad Mackay
4. Kevin Manuel
5. Ben Garard

1. Kara Webb
2. Alethea Boon
3. Tia-Clair Toomey
4. Denae Brown
5. Sammy Wood

1. Schwartzs CrossFit Melbourne
2. Zaks Pack East Tamaki
3. CrossFit Rocks
4. CrossFit Athletic
5. CrossFit Active

Next to go are Meridian, West and Central Regional. Visit CrossFit Games main site for live stream.

Source and photos: CrossFit Games official site

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