Meridian CrossFit Regionals Full Recap – Day 1

Day one is over in the Meridian CrossFit Regionals, and here is what happened. Firstly, check out how the leaderboards look after the first two events.

Meridian CrossFit Regionals – Female Leaderboard

Meridian CrossFit Regionals – Male Leaderboard

Crossfit couple Elliot Simmonds and Jaime Greene are both in first place. 

EVENT 1 – Meridian CrossFit Regionals

EVENT 2 – Meridian CrossFit Regionals

TOP MOMENTS

The battle between Jaime Greene and Lauren Fisher.

@laurenfisher and @jgreenewod went back and forth in the hunt for the lead in Event 2 at the #Meridian. #CrossFitRegionals

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MOHAMED OMDA WINS EVENT 2 IN STYLE

Egypt’s fittest man is STRONG!

@elomda.row | Event 2 winner. • @iko_pb #MeridianRegional #CrossFitGames

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NEW EVENT RECORD

Jess Towl absolutely smashed her way through Triple 3 with a time of 39:25.75. A former pro triathlete, this was one event that she was looking forward to! 

@jesstowl started CrossFit two years ago. The former pro triathlete now holds the event record in Triple 3, which involved, in her own words, suffering for a long period of time—a thing she likes a lot. – Towl says her triathlon background was a big advantage for Triple 3: "I knew how to manage pain from the beginning. I knew it was going to hurt, so I didn’t pace it,” she explains. – She is also the training parter of @stephchung2 and @eikgylfadottir. The sports journalist moved to Abu Dhabi a few years ago, and discovered CrossFit by entering to a local competition. – "I learned how to snatch during the warm-up with a PVC pipe. I didn’t even know what CrossFit was, but after that I fell in love with it,” she says. – @frozenintimefr | #MeridianRegional | @fitaid

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PHIL HESKETH LEAVES IT ALL ON THE FLOOR

@philhesketh • “The primary explanation for vomiting is dilation of the blood vessels to the working skeletal muscles and the concomitant vasoconstriction of vessels leading to the viscera (i.e., stomach, intestines). Therefore, if there is anything in the stomach during this type of exercise, the body is likely to eliminate these contents." • “Everyone’s physiology is different, but when someone vomits during or after exercise, there are a few mechanisms at work. It’s a case of exerciseinduced nausea, associated with a training state. It’s a shock reaction.” • —Jacob Lawler-Schwartz • Read "Deconstructing Pukie" in the CrossFit Journal written by @hilaryachauer. • @iko_pb and @nwr_productions | #MeridianRegional

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SCHEDULE FOR THE 2018 CROSSFIT REGIONALS

There have been some big changes made to the CrossFit Games Regional format in 2018. Get all the details here.

Week 3: June 1-3, 2018

Atlantic Regional: West Palm Beach, Florida, Palm Beach County Convention Center
Meridian Regional: Madrid, Spain, Caja Mágica
Pacific Regional: Sydney, Australia, Qudos Bank Arena

For more information about the CrossFit Regionals, the following text is from games.crossfit.com.

The fittest men, women and teams from each region of the world advance to the second stage of the CrossFit Games season: the Regionals.

CrossFit splits the world into 18 regions. There are eight regions in the United States (North East, Mid Atlantic, South East, Central East, North Central, South Central, West Coast and South West) and 10 international regions (Canada East, Canada West, South America, Central America, Asia, Australasia, Middle East Africa, Europe North, Europe South and Europe Central). Athletes are placed in their region during Open registration based on their residence as of Jan. 1 of that year.

To qualify, the Regional competitors have to prove they are their region’s fittest athletes by competing in the five-week, five-workout online Open and finishing well in the overall standings. The number of athletes who qualify from each region varies and the 18 regions feed into nine Regional competitions, as broken down below. 

East Regional

– North East (25 individuals, 20 teams to qualify from Open)

– Canada East (15 individuals, 10 teams to qualify from Open)

Atlantic Regional

– Mid Atlantic (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

– South East (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

Central Regional

– Central East (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

– North Central (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

South Regional

– South West (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

– South Central (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

West Regional

– West Coast (35 individuals, 25 teams to qualify from Open)

– Canada West (5 individuals, 5 teams to qualify from Open)

Latin America Regional

– Central America (15 individuals, 10 teams to qualify from Open)

– South America (25 individuals, 20 teams to qualify from Open)

Europe Regional

– Europe North (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

– Europe Central (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

Meridian Regional

– Europe South (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

– Middle East Africa (20 individuals, 15 teams to qualify from Open)

Pacific Regional

– Asia (10 individuals, 7 teams to qualify from Open)

– Australasia (30 individuals, 23 teams to qualify from Open)

Forty men, 40 women and 40 teams will advance to the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games. Those spots are divvied up among the nine Regionals as follows:

• The top five men, women and teams will advance from the East, Atlantic, Central, South, West, Europe and Pacific Regionals.

• The top four men, women and teams will advance from the Meridian Regional.

• The top male, female and team will advance from the Latin America Regional.

All Regional competitors face the same workouts, whether they’re in Del Mar, California, or Madrid, Spain.

Competitors care about how they place relative to their peers at their Regional, since that’s what determines how many points they earn and where they’ll rank in the overall standings. Claiming first in an event earns an athlete 100 points, second earns 95 points, third 90, fourth 85, fifth 80 and sixth 75. The scale then drops by 2-point increments for seventh through 30th, and then by 1-point increments from 30th through 50th. The athlete with the most points will claim first in the overall standings; the top five athletes overall at the end of the weekend earn the right to advance to the CrossFit Games.

All Games qualifiers will receive a piece of the season’s prize purse. All cash prizes are paid in U.S. dollars.

Individual Division (men and women receive equal prize money)

• First Place: $300,000

• Second Place: $100,000

• Third Place: $75,000

• Fourth Place: $50,000

• Fifth Through Eighth Place: $35,000, $30,000, $27,000 and $25,000, respectively

• Ninth Through 20th Place: $23,000, $21,000, $18,000, $16,000, $14,000, $13,000, $12,000, $11,000, $10,000, $9,000, $8,000 and $7,000, respectively

Team Division (prize per team)

• First Place: $100,000

• Second Place: $60,000

• Third Place: $30,000

• Fourth Place: $20,000

• Fifth Place: $15,000

Drug testing is required for any individual athlete or team to advance to the Games or to collect prizes.

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