Gladiators for across the Region went head-to-head during this past weekend at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Park in a series of grueling challenges in an effort to be crowned the fittest man and woman in the Caribbean.
When the dust settled on Sunday at the National Park, Dillon Mahadeo and Suriname’s Alva Zalman were the last man and woman standing in the arena.
The dynamic duo was then crowned the inaugural champions of the Kares Caribbean Crossfit Championship.
Mahadeo, a five-time national champion amassed 651 points in the RX Men division to stand atop the leaderboard.
The chiseled, UK based 27 year-old returned home and led current national champion, Omissi Williams (628 points) and Trinidad’s Mikhail Ragoonanan (589 points) onto the podium.
Bryan Snaggs of Trinidad (557 points) and Williams’ gym mate, Kellon Reid (534 points) rounded out the top five positions.
Zalman tallied 594 points, besting fellow podium dwellers, Delice Adonis (553 points) and French Guiana’s Aurelie Tian Soi Po (529 points).
Suriname’s Lieke Verwoerd (480 points) and Bahamas’ Patiqua Cooper (456 points) rounded out the top five in the RX Women’s division.
The event which attracted 40 athletes from Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Barbados, French Guiana and Bahamas battled in the high heat and in the drizzle for the spoils and bragging rights.
They were tasked with completing a triathlon and a one-rep max back squat on Day 1 (Saturday) and several other fitness feats a day later.
The challenges included: Rope climbs and snatches, pull ups, wall balls, burpees, hand stand walk races, push ups, deadlifts, sand bag carry, clean and jerk, thrusters, muscle ups, yolk carry and others.
For their heroics, the top five athletes in both RX categories were rewarded with US$3500, US$2500, US$1500, US$1000 and US$500 in that order.
Athletes also received $US250 for each of the events adding additional cash to their overall prizes.
In the teen category, Kevin Rameshwar and Oshelle Williams were the ones standing atop the podium. They walked away with $10,000 cash each and equipment including kettlebells, dumbbells and barbells.
Sponsors included: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Fitness Express, Assuria Insurance, Builders Lumber Yard, Yellow Mines Hydraulics, DeSinco Trading, Space Gym, Banks DIH Limited, Travelers Sound and Lighting, Lotus Hardware and others.
