Last Updated: February 25, 2021…keep checking back for updates!

UPDATES!  Captains Announced and Draft Details
The draft will be held on Friday March 5th at 6pm.  We will be doing it at the gym promptly after the 5pm, we will also live stream it on the community page on facebook.  Feel free to come by, bring a beverage, and a mask or tune in from your couch on facebook.  

How does the draft work you ask?  We will snake style draft everyone in the gym.  Team Captains will draw from a hat to determine their teams.  They will also get the option to pre-draft 3 athletes per team that can not be stolen.  At the completion of the draft they get 1 steal (pre-draft picks are protected).   

Want to earn points for your team before the open even starts?  Immediately after the draft the team with the most registered members gets bonus points.  Yes, thats right points BEFORE the open even starts.  And lets just say every year it has been VERY close so these points could literally decide who takes the open.  Sign up using the link below or write your name on the board at the gym!  

CAPTAINS!  Who are the captains and what do they do?  They are your cheerleader.  They are the spirit leaders.  They will help the whole team navigate the open.  They will help answer your questions.  They are you open-go-tos!  They are AMAZING!  They also are already working super hard to get things organized on the back end.  

Without further ado this years captains are…….Carly & Rowan McFeely and Ali & Cos Cambi!!  

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It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again…OPEN TIME!

For my noobies, keep reading so you can find out what this open is all about.

For my veterans, skip to the “What is the Intramural Open?” section to find out how we are running the intramural a little different this year!

what is the crossfit open?

Each year, over 500,000 CrossFitters around the world participate in a global, online competition called The CrossFit Open.

For the elite, this is a way for them to advance on to the CrossFit Games in hopes of becoming the Fittest Man or Woman on Earth. For mortals like us, it’s an amazing opportunity to push our own limits and be part of an amazing community that starts in our box but extends to over 13,000 affiliates across the world!

Starting Thursday, March 11th, CrossFit Headquarters will release 1 workout each Thursday for 3 weeks.  These workouts will test our fitness but includes both Rx and scaled versions so everyone can participate.  Each week we will complete this workout in class and post our scores by the following Monday.

You can then see how your performance compares to other people in your division, state, country, and even world. There are typically a lot of 00s in our standings haha, but it’s still a fun exercise and great benchmark for next year!

It’s totally normal for new folks to feel intimidated and think it’s crazy to sign up for this thing.  Sooooo, we created the Intramural Open!

WHAT IS THE Intramural OPEN?

The Intramural Basics

• 2 points for each athlete that submits a score
• 2 points for the top 3 athletes overall (male and female)
• 2 points for winning your head to head match-up. 
• TBD points through bonus point opportunities

So here is the beautiful part – even if you aren’t a top athlete you can still score HUGE for your team! Do the workout, bring some crazy spirit, and seek out a bonus opportunity – boom!  

Head to head match-up.  Every athlete on each team will be ranked in score order.  We will put them side to side against the other team.  So if you are ranked 15th on your team and your score is better then the 15th ranked person on the other team you get an extra 2 points! 

At the end of the 5 weeks, the team with the most points wins…we are doing something really cool for them this year :). There are 3 open workouts being released this year by Crossfit HQ but we will have 2 additional weeks of fun.

Cost: $20 – that’ll help us cover costs of prizes and such.  Anything leftover we will use to buy you guys more equipment!

What’s Different This Year

We are making 3 huge changes to the draft and recruitment process this!

1) TEAM CAPTAINS CAN PROTECT 1 PICKS. For the first time ever, we will allow captains to choose their first pick. It will operate as a snake draft, meaning the draft order will be: Team 1, Team 2, Team 2, and Team 1.

While you will know who was drafted, we will not make public in what order they were drafted.

2) EVERY MEMBER WILL GET DRAFTED. In year’s past we randomly drafted out of the pool of people already signed up.  This year we will put every member’s name in the hat regardless if they have signed up or not.  Which means…

3) RECRUITMENT IS ABOUT GETTING YOUR TEAM MEMBERS TO SIGN UP! They are already assigned to your team, but their score only counts if they actually sign up for the intramural open. Beg them. Grease their palms. Do what you gotta do to get them to be official!

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