Guyana’s Dillon Mahadeo (172 points) and Suriname’s Ava Zalman (194 points) stand atop the RX Men and Women’s leaderboard following Day 1 of the Kares Caribbean CrossFit Championship which got cracking yesterday.
Mahadeo, a five-time national champion, has a 14 point lead on Omissi Williams (158) who is six points ahead of Trinidad’s Bryan Snaggs.
Zalman leads Guyana’s Delice Adonis (180) by 14 points, while Aurelie Tian Soi Po of French Guiana stands in third on (174). The trio are the virtual podium dwellers of the seven female RX athletes.
Yesterday, the gladiators from Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Barbados, French Guiana and Bahamas were tasked with completing a Triathlon and a one-rep max squat to start a series of rigorous challenges over the weekend in their quest to be named the fittest man and fittest Woman in the Region.
First up was a 150m swim at the National Aquatic Centre. The swim was followed by a two-mile ride on the stationary Echo Bike at the same venue. The third leg of the challenge saw the athletes running a three-mile course from the Aquatic Centre to the National Park where they started the squat event.
According to chief organizer, Jamie McDonald, the events for Day 2 which will be contested in the National Park from 13:00hrs, will be released on Instagram and Facebook today at 08:00hrs. McDonald also stated that the event will be live-streamed on Instagram.
The championship will be hosted by Timeka Marshall and tickets are on sale at Fitness Express, Kares CrossFit, and Lotus Hardware.
General admission is G$1000; VVIP tickets will cost G$5,000, while children under-12, would be admitted free.
Sponsors include: The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Assuria, Fitness Express, Space Gym, Degree, Aqua Mist, Rainforest Water, Yellow Mines Hydraulics and others.
