Important Event Information

With just ONE WEEK to go until the 3rd Annual Heart of America Affiliate Team Competition, I'd like to take a moment to brief you on some of the logistics and amenities for this year's competition. Heats for Friday will be announced by Wednesday next week. Your team's heat placement for Friday will be determined by your registration date (earlier registration = later heat placement). Scaled teams will go first followed by RX teams. Saturday and Sunday's heats will be determined by your team's overall ranking at the end of each day. Each of the HOA3 WODs will be explained one after another as the weekend progresses.

Parking

With 300+ athletes and 100+ event staff you can expect a ton of HOA3 traffic all weekend long. Please be patient and allow our volunteers to direct you to the designated areas of parking (We'll be utilizing the large field directly across from CrossFit Springfield).

Vendors

The following businesses will be in attendance all weekend long with great CrossFit gear, equipment, and products available:

Midwest Fitness Solutions aka The Kettlebell King
Advocare
Progenex
RokFit
Dynamic Earth
The Marines
Classic Rock Cafe
The Jerky Boys

All of these vendors will be on-site and set up directly behind CrossFit Springfield in the back lot.

HOA3 Athlete Village

A 1500 sq ft event tent will be stationed outside of CrossFit Springfield. A warm-up area will be available inside the tent as well as tables and chairs so you can hang with your team and the other competitors in between WODs. HOA3 will have plenty of talented clinicians on hand including sport's massage therapists, chiropractic services and athletic trainers. These services will all be located inside the "HOA3 Athlete Village". Only competing HOA3 athletes will be allowed to utilize this area. In addition to the restrooms available within CrossFit Springfield, there will be 6 port-a-potties and a hand washing unit located outside just in case you're anything like me and you tend to get the "pre-WOD poopies".

Volunteer and Judges

We'll be using the CrossFit Springfield kids room for a volunteer and judges meeting area. Childcare will not be provided at HOA3. On Saturday, November 5th The Grotto will be providing lunch for all HOA3 event staff. They will make 3 food deliveries between 12pm and 1:30pm. Food will be available for all volunteers and judges in the kids room.

Spectators

Admission to HOA3 is free and all are welcome. It'll be a packed house so friends, family, and fans will need to make sure to stay in the designated spectator areas which may change slightly with each WOD. There will be a couple of bleacher stands capable of seating at least 90 people- otherwise it'll be standing room only. If you bring the kiddos, please keep'em on a tight leash so they don't put themselves or others at risk by wandering onto the main floor during the action.

It's been months of planning and preparation but our local CrossFit community is extremely excited and up to the challenge of putting on a phenomenal large-scale team competition. As with any big CrossFit event, we're hoping and praying for everything to run smoothly and for everyone involved to have a great experience. Above all, our hope is that you have FUN at HOA3 and enjoy the opportunity to COMPETE!!! 3..2..1..GO!!!