2022 Syndicate Crown CrossFit Semifinals Results and Recap — Who is Heading to the Games?

The opening weekend of the 2022 CrossFit Semifinals saw 80 individual athletes and 60 teams throwing down across three continents. On May 20-22, 2022 the Torian Pro took place in Brisbane, Australia while Amsterdam, Netherlands hosted the CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown. Meanwhile, the Syndicate Crown took place in Knoxville, TN, featuring athletes like 2021 Fittest Man on Earth® Justin Medeiros and rising star Haley Adams.

Unsurprisingly to many fans, Haley Adams, Justin Medeiros, and CrossFit Mayhem Freedom took home victories in their respective divisions at the inaugural Syndicate Crown. The top five competitors from each division have now secured their places at the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games in Madison, WI, slated for Aug. 3-7.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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The Syndicate Crown is an offshoot of the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge, out of which emerged all three 2021 CrossFit Games champions — Tia-Clair Toomey, Justin Medeiros, and team Mayhem Freedom. Read on to find out which individual athletes and teams will join Adams, Medeiros, and Mayhem Freedom at the Games.

2022 Syndicate Crown Overall Leaderboard

The first-ever Syndicate Crown individual competitions proved the importance of consistency and athletes playing to their strengths. Over three days of competition, the top 10 athletes — five women and five men — battled it out for their tickets to Madison, WI.

Athletes completed six workouts over the high-energy weekend, testing everything from their max strength to their ability to go, go, and go some more. While the Barbell Complex brought out the competitors’ prowess with Olympic lifting strength, Skiing With Karen offered a brutal test of strength and endurance with an ascending rep scheme across multiple full-body moves.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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These are the top 10 athletes in the men’s and women’s divisions. The top five competitors in each division will be moving onto the 2022 NOBULL CrossFit Games — they’re highlighted in bold below.

Men

1. Justin Medeiros (540 points)
2. Jayson Hopper (468 points)
3. Cole Greashaber (457 points)
4. Tudor Magda (418 points)
5. Will Moorad (403 points)
6. James Sprague (402 points)
7. Griffin Roelle (381 points)
8. Jacob Pfaff (372 points)
9. Matt Poulin (355 points)
10. Evan Rogers (351 points)

Women

1. Haley Adams (502 points)
2. Alexis Raptis (496 points)
3. Paige Semenza (484 points)
4. Kristi Eramo O’Connell (476 points)
5. Christine Kolenbrander (469 points)
6. Arielle Loewen (431 points)
7. Gabby McClelland (429 points)
8. Kristine Best (400 points)
9. Meredith Swindle (380 points)
10. Olivia Sulek (376 points)

2022 Syndicate Crown Individual Event Results

Rising stars took home a lot of the attention at this new Semifinals event. After a 23rd-place finish in the opening Barbell Complex, Haley Adams dominated the women’s side with five top three finishes — first place in workouts two and four, third place in workouts three and six, and second place in workout five.

And 20-year-old James Sprague won the men’s workout two and only surrendered the top spot of workout three by less than three seconds. But despite finishing sixth in workout four and fourth in workout five, Sprague missed Games qualification by one point.

Barbell Complex

Three attempts for max load of:

• 3 cleans
• 2 front squats
• 1 jerk (shoulder-to-overhead)

Men

• Tudor Magda (345 pounds)
• Griffin Roelle (345 pounds)
• Roldan Goldbaum (340 pounds)

Women

• Christine Kolenbrander (245 pounds)
• Paulina Haro (245 pounds)
• Gaby McClelland (235 pounds)

Oregon Trail

For time:

• 30-cal Echo bike
• Tank push (75 ft.)
• 30 double dumbbell burpee deadlifts (50/30 pounds)
• Tank push (75 ft.)
• 20-cal Echo bike
• Tank push (75 ft.)
• 20 double dumbbell hang snatches (50/30 pounds)
• Tank ush (75 ft.)
• 10-cal Echo bike
• Tank push (75 ft.)
• 10 devil presses (50/35 pounds)
• 12-minute time cap

Men

• James Sprague (09:14.98)
• Jayson Hopper (09:21.26)
• Cole Greashaber (09:34.50)

Women

• Haley Adams (10:49.14)
• Emily White (11:13.10)
• Gabby McClelland (11:30.45)

2014 Regional Event

10 rounds for time:

• 1 legless rope climb
• 170-ft. run
• 11-minute time cap

Men

• Spencer Arey (02:45.00)
• James Sprague (02:47.63)
• Rafael Sancen (02:49.20)

Women

• Kristi Eramo O’Connell (03:21.28)
• Katie Calyore (03.52.34)
• Haley Adams (03.53.36)

Skiing With Karen

For time: 10-20-30-40-50

• Concept2 SkiErg calories
• Wall-ball shots (20/14 pounds to 10-ft. target)
• GHD sit-ups
• 80-ft. handstand walk (40-ft. unbroken sections)
• 25-minute time cap

Men

• Justin Medeiros (21:48.39)
• Cole Greashaber (22:00.63)
• Tudor Magda (22:49.62)

Women

• Haley Adams (24:18.75)
• Arielle Loewen (24:21.54)
• Alexis Raptis (CAP+2)

Jackie Style

For time:

• 1,000-meter row
• 50 thrusters (45/35 pounds)
• 60 chest-to-bar pull-ups
• 50 thrusters (45/35 pounds)
• 1,000-meter row
• 15-minute time cap

Men

• Scott Tetlow (11:15.65)
• Matt Poulin (11:23.67)
• Justin Medeiros (11:50.76)

Women

• Kristi Eramo O’Connell (12:31.29)
• Haley Adams (12:38.77)
• Christine Kolenbrander (13:10.85)

King Kong 2.0

Three rounds for time:

• 8 ring muscle-ups
• 6 deficit handstand push-ups (9/6 in.)
• 4 sandbang-to-shoulders (200/150 pounds)
• 2 squat snatches (205/145 pounds)
• 10-minute time cap

Men

• Will Moorad (05:43.29)
• Justin Medeiros (05:55.18)
• Jacob Pfaff (06:01.85)

Women

• Kristi Eramo O’Connell (06:57.12)
• Paige Semenza (07:11.92)
• Haley Adams (07:19.78)

2022 Syndicate Crown Team Results

The teams competition was an exercise in plain and simple dominance. With six first-place finishes in six events, CrossFit Mayhem Freedom continued Mayhem’s reign in high-stakes competitions.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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The final top-10 team standings are as follows. Teams heading to the Games are highlighted in bold.

1. CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (600 points)
2. CrossFit CLT (520 points)
3. CrossFit OverTake Team Density (470 points)
4. 8th Day CrossFit Black (465 points)
5. CrossFit Mayhem Justice (465 points)
6. TTT CrossFit (430 points)
7. Blues City CrossFit Gold (370 points)
8. Los De La Isla CrossFit (365 points)
9. CrossFit Hard Knox (310 points)
10. 3 Bridges CrossFit (300 points)

This means that two teams from CrossFit Mayhem will be heading to Madison.

Team Snatch Ladder

Men: 185/205/215/225/235/245/255/265/275 (11th platform staged at 285).

Women: 135/140/145/150/155/160/165/170/175/180 (11th platform staged at 185)

Top Three

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (935 pounds)
• Blues City CrossFit Gold (920 pounds)
• CrossFit OverTake Team Density (915 pounds)

Fury Road

Four intervals for total distance lunged:

• 3/3/3/3 20 four-way synchro wall balls (30/20 pounds)
• 15 Worm deadlifts
• 20 Worm push presses
• Worm lunge for distance in time remaining. 16-minute time cap.

Top Three

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (40 rep)
• 8th Day CrossFit Black (37 rep)
• TTT CrossFit (19 rep)

Thrusters + Legless

For time, starting with the pair of women:

• 40 thrusters (135/95 pounds)
• 6 legless rope climbs
• 30 thrusters (135/95 pounds)
• 4 legless rope climbs
• 20 thrusters (135/90 pounds)
• 2 legless rope climbs
• 20-minute time cap

Top Three

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (11:20.83)
• CrossFit Mayhem Justice (12:23.54)
• CrossFit CLT (12:24.49)

Mirror Move

For time:

• 10 Worm clean & jerks
• M1/M2 – 20 synchro C2B + 10 synchro DB OHS (100/70 pounds), 10 Worm clean & jerks
• M1/F1 – 20 synchro C2B + 10 synchro DB OHS (100/70 pounds), 10 Worm clean & jerks
• F1/F2 – 20 synchro C2B + 10 synchro DB OHS (100/70 pounds), 10 Worm clean & jerks
• F2/M2 20 synchro C2B + 10 synchro DB OHS (100/70 pounds), 10 Worm clean & jerks
• 15-minute time cap

Top Three:

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (10:54.53)
• CrossFit CLT (11.43.90)
• 8th Day CrossFit Black (12:00.74)

Night at the Roxbury

For time:

• 4 athletes row 30/24 cal, 20 Worm squats
• 3 athletes row 30/24 cal, 20 Worm squats
• 2 athletes row 30/24 cal, 20 Worm squats
• 1 athlete rows 30/24 cal, 20 Worm squats.
• When not rowing, athletes complete 20 synchro burpees over the Worm.
• Then, four rounds: 20 synchro toes-to-bars, 10 Worm hand power cleans.
• 25-minute time cap

Top Three

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (16.25.76)
• CrossFit CLT (18:01.50)
• 8th Day Crossfit Black (18:22.04)

Diddy Kong Racing

Relay F/M/F/M. For time:

• 12 ring muscle-ups
• 9 deficit handstand push-ups (9/6 in.)
• 6 sandbang-to-shoulders (200/150 pounds)
• 3 squat cleans (275/185 pounds)
• 14-minute time cap

Top Three

• CrossFit Mayhem Freedom (10:19.02)
• CrossFit CLT (CAP+1)
• CrossFit Mayhem Justice (CAP+2)

To the Games

Knoxville, TN will continue its historic precent of hosting past and future Games champions with the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge on May 27-29. The last weekend in May will also feature the CrossFit Fittest in Capetown Semifinal, which will be held at the Coetzenburg Sport Centre in Stellenbosch, South Africa. From there, the Semifinals will continue until June 12. Athletes who just barely miss their tickets to Madison will get the chance to participate in the virtual Last-Chance Qualifier between June 29-July 1.

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