2016 Reebok CrossFit GamesJul 23, 2016 by Paige Bayer
First Career Event Win For Alex Anderson
First Career Event Win For Alex Anderson
"It feels awesome." - Alex Anderson (on his first career event win)Lucas Parker had the "power of the beard" early in the first heat, his time of 6:36 held
"It feels awesome." - Alex Anderson (on his first career event win)
Lucas Parker had the "power of the beard" early in the first heat, his time of 6:36 held up until Scott Panchik set a new event record time of 6:08 in heat 3. However, it was Alex Anderson who ended up taking the event win with a time of 5:21. The win moves him into second place going into the last event of the day. Lucas Parker ended up finishing sixth in the event, Scott Panchik finishing third.
It's worth noting Garret Fisher's performance in heat 2. He finished in 6th overall, even beating out Sam Dancer. Fisher was on pace to beat the then-standing event record set by Parker, but he missed his final attempt. "I'm at the bottom of the leaderboard right now, so I'm just having fun right now." He said after the event. He will move up on the leaderboard from 30th to 18th overall.
Scott Panchik's performance also deserves more than just being acknowledged as knocking out Parker's lead. He held the lead in his heat, and remains one of the most consistent athletes competing this week. His finish moves him up from 13th to 7th place overall.
Fraser did exactly what he needed to do to keep his first place spot on the leaderboard. While he didn't take the event win, he stayed ahead of Josh Bridges and Brent Fikowski who both sat closely. Bridges finished 24th, moving down to fifth place overall. Fikowski finished 39th, moving down to ninth place overall.
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Photo Credit: Alex Anderson Instagram (@alexanderson29)
Lucas Parker had the "power of the beard" early in the first heat, his time of 6:36 held up until Scott Panchik set a new event record time of 6:08 in heat 3. However, it was Alex Anderson who ended up taking the event win with a time of 5:21. The win moves him into second place going into the last event of the day. Lucas Parker ended up finishing sixth in the event, Scott Panchik finishing third.
It's worth noting Garret Fisher's performance in heat 2. He finished in 6th overall, even beating out Sam Dancer. Fisher was on pace to beat the then-standing event record set by Parker, but he missed his final attempt. "I'm at the bottom of the leaderboard right now, so I'm just having fun right now." He said after the event. He will move up on the leaderboard from 30th to 18th overall.
Scott Panchik's performance also deserves more than just being acknowledged as knocking out Parker's lead. He held the lead in his heat, and remains one of the most consistent athletes competing this week. His finish moves him up from 13th to 7th place overall.
Fraser did exactly what he needed to do to keep his first place spot on the leaderboard. While he didn't take the event win, he stayed ahead of Josh Bridges and Brent Fikowski who both sat closely. Bridges finished 24th, moving down to fifth place overall. Fikowski finished 39th, moving down to ninth place overall.
Leaderboard (Men):
- (492) Mathew Fraser
- (388) Alex Anderson
- (380) Ben Smith
- (352) Josh Bridges
- (352) Alex Vigneault
- (344) Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
- (332) Scott Panchik
- (328) Patrick Vellner
- (316) Brent Fikowski
- (314) Travis Mayer
- (296) Noah Ohlsen
- (294) Lukas Högberg
- (292) Jacob Heppner
- (274) Travis Williams
- (256) Lukas Esslinger
- (246) Sam Dancer
- (246) Ben Stoneberg
- (242) Garret Fisher
- (242) Samuel Kwant
- (238) Cole Sager
- (234) Lucas Parker
- (232) Rasmus Wisbech Andersen
- (232) Marcus Filly
- (218) Khan Porter
- (218) Spencer Hendel
- (218) Rob Forte
- (206) Albert-Dominic Larouche
- (204) Jacob Anderson
- (204) Christian Lucero
- (200) Adrian Mundwiler
- (194) Sean Sweeney
- (192) Mitchell Sinnamon
- (182) James Newbury
- (174) Zak Carchedi
- (174) Logan Collins
- (172) Gary Helmick
- (162) Roy Gamboa
- (156) Joseph Guesnier
- (132) Zeke Grove
- (142) Jonne Koski
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Photo Credit: Alex Anderson Instagram (@alexanderson29)