2023 Rogue Invitational CrossFit Event 1 “Texas Heavy” Results — Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr Comes Back in Style
The 2023 Rogue Invitational got underway at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Round Rock, TX, on Oct. 26, 2023. The opening event for the elite Individual CrossFit athletes was titled “Texas Heavy” and featured Ruck runs and sled pulls.
Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr emerged victorious in her return to competition. It was her 11th career Rogue Invitational event win.
2023 Rogue Invitational Event One Results — “Texas Heavy”
For time:
- One mile Ruck — Women: 80 pounds | Men: 100 pounds
- 800-meter Ruck — Women: 30 pounds | Men: 45 pounds
- One mile run
- Sled bag pull — Women: 100 pounds | Men: 125 pounds
Below are the full results:
Women’s Division
- Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr — 20:24
- Gabriela Migała — 20:36
- Emily Rolfe — 21:13
- Laura Horvath — 21:22
- Emma Lawson — 21:30
- Bethany Flores — 21:37
- Danielle Brandon — 21:54
- Lauren Fisher — 21:59
- Manon Angonese — 22:51
- Paige Semenza — 23:23
- Elena Carratala Sanahuja — 23:28
- Alex Gazan — 23:34
- Emma Cary — 24:25
- Karin Freyova — 24:54
- Arielle Loewen — 25:47
- Paige Powers — 26:06
- Christine Kolenbrander — 26:57
- Dani Speegle — 27:16
- Kyra Milligan — 29:37
- Shelby Neal — 31:35
Men’s Division
- Jeffrey Adler — 19:08
- Jelle Hoste — 19:15
- Roman Khrennikov — 19:31
- Brent Fikowski — 19:36
- Chandler Smith — 19:41
- Jayson Hopper — 19:43
- Jay Crouch — 19:44
- Ricky Garard — 19:47
- Travis Mayer — 20:01
- Lazar Đukić — 20:07
- Will Moorad — 20:07
- Björgvin Karl Gudmundsson — 20:16
- Patrick Vellner — 20:49
- Noah Ohlsen — 21:02
- Garrett Clark — 21:59
- Dallin Pepper — 22:20
- Tudor Magda — 23:06
- Bayley Martin — 23:24
- Jonne Koski — 23:35
- Victor Hoffer — 23:39
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2023 Rogue Invitational Event One — “Texas Heavy” Recap
Below are recaps for each division in Event One:
Women’s Run
The anticipated return of six-time Fittest Woman on Earth® Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr was met with her leading the opening of the race alongside reigning Fittest Woman on Earth® Laura Horvath. The pack remained tight early, but aerial shots replayed a lengthening of the group.
Horvath and Toomey-Orr broke away from the field by several handfuls of body lengths by the fifth minute. Horvath, notoriously strong in grunt-work-based events, set her own pace, leaving Toomey-Orr behind by the seventh minute, but the six-time CrossFit Games champ recognized the pace change and turned on the jets.
By the eighth minute, Toomey-Orr was attempting to overtake the lead. It was clearly a two-woman race by the time the 80-pound bags flew off the shoulders. Without the additional weight, Toomey-Orr overtook the lead, and Gabriela Migała moved into second position as Horvath slowed.
Toomey-Orr and Migała lapped Shelby Neal, who was in last place. Toomey-Orr opened up a lead as the final mile got underway. Horvath fell out of the lead pace entirely, and it was clear that it was Toomey-Orr’s event to lose.
By the final sled bag pull, Toomey-Orr was all by her lonesome out front. What a way to return to competition after giving birth in May — a dominant opening event for the Australian.
Men’s Run
The men’s run was all Roman Khrennikov early. He is known for his prowess in grunt-work events like this and is no slouch on long runs. He wasted no time exploding from the gate to set the early pace.
By the second minute, Jelle Hoste caught up to Khrennikov, as did the reigning Fittest Man on Earth® Jeffrey Adler. Those men stayed in the lead well into the fifth minute. Travis Mayer led the rest of the pack, which was behind the lead trio by a wide margin.
While the field expanded continually as the event progressed, the overall lead closed as the burden of the weight charred the opening flames. The pace slowed from a run to a trot.
The lead was gone by the eighth minute and half the field moved together, except Jonne Koski, who dropped the bag and fell to the ground while grabbing his right hamstring. By the 11th minute, Koski was back on his feet but in deep last place.
Once the 100-pound bag fell off the shoulders, Hoste darted out to a commanding lead. The front camera displayed Hoste as though he was running the event by himself by the 10th minute. Khrennikov and Adler were almost hand-in-hand in second place, but it was Hoste’s event to concede.
By the final run, Hoste was unwilling to slow his pace but couldn’t fend off the fatigue. By the 17th minute, Adler’s clean stride enabled him to overtake the lead and distance himself from Hoste. Khrennikov remained a ways back in third place.
Adler’s pace was too much for Hoste to contend with, and Adler, from behind, claimed an opening event win in Round Rock.
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