On Thursday morning, CrossFit announced the demo team for the 2025 CrossFit Games, which start on Friday, August 1, in Albany, NY.
Remind me: Each year, Dave Castro assembles a demo team composed of elite CrossFit athletes – some with Games experience, others without – to test workouts and showcase each event during the Games.
Meet This Year’s CrossFit Games Demo Team
- Rafael Sancen (team captain): The three-time Semifinals athlete from Mexico has been competing in CrossFit since 2017.
- Royce Dunne: The well-known Australian athlete and head coach at CrossFit Torian in Bowen Hills has competed at the Games six times, twice as an individual and four times on a team. Last year, his team finished in second place.
- Nate Ackermann: The two-time Semifinals athlete missed qualifying for this year’s Games by one spot at the Northern California Classic In-Person Qualifying Event. He was also a 2021 CrossFit Games teen champion.
- Christine Kolenbrander: Kolenbrander has competed in the CrossFit Games four times, twice as an individual and twice as part of a team. She is also the owner of CrossFit 417 in Ozark, MI.
- Caroline Stanley: The former college softball player is another two-time individual Games athlete who finished 17th in the world last year.
- Kyra Milligan: A Games rookie last year, Milligan narrowly missed qualifying for the Games again this season when she finished second at the Last Chance Qualifier.
Past CrossFit Games Demo Teams
2024
- Scott Tetlow | Sydney Wells
- Tudor Magda | Trista Smith
- Colten Mertens | Anikha Greer
2023
- Griffin Roelle | Carolyne Prevost
- Mitchel Stevenson | Sydney Michalysen
- Victor Hoffer |Ashleigh Wosny
2022
- James Sprague | Alison Scudds (Team Captain)
- Mitch Stevenson | Fee Saghafi
- Griffin Roelle | Kloie Wilson
- Royce Dunn
2021
- Khan Porter | Alison Scudds (Team Captain)
- James Newbury | Chyna Cho
- Tola Morakinyo | Christine Kolenbrander
2020
- Saxon Panchik | Danielle Brandon
- Chandler Smith
2019
- Paul Tremblay (Team Captain) | Chelsey Grisby
- James Hobart | Meredith Root
- Christian Harris | Alex Parker
2018
- Travis Mayer | Jessica Griffith
- Cody Mooney | McKenzie Flinchum
- Paul Tremblay | Jessica Coughlan
- Jason Carroll
2017
- Paul Tremblay | Alison Scudds
- Graham Holmberg | Jen Smith
- Albert-Dominic Larouche | Kelley Jackson
- Ben Alderman | Alex Parker
2016
- Paul Tremblay | Brooke Ence
- Dan Bailey | Cassidy Lance-McWherter
- Austin Malleolo | Dani Horan
2015
- Zach Forrest | Julie Foucher (Team Captain)
- Matt Chan | Christy Adkins
- Paul Tremblay | Talayna Fortunato
- Jen Smith
2014
- Austin Stack | Kristan Clever
- Austin Malleolo | Emily Friedman
- Wes Piatt | Jen Smith
- Stacie Tovar
2013
- Libby Dibiase | Pat Barber
- Julie Foucher | Spencer Hendel
- Annie Sakamoto | Austin Stack
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