2011 Heart of America Champions: CrossFit Jenks!!!

Congrats to all HOA3 competitors on an amazing weekend and for making this a great competition!!! With 8 separately scored events in 3 days, there was plenty of action for all. The 348 HOA3 athletes left everything out on the floor and gave all of us an impressive showing of determination and all out effort! Thank you!

When the dust settled and all was said and done, CrossFit Jenks (Paige Millspaugh, Christina Merlo, Nicole Berry, Breck Berry, Denver McPhail, and Anthony Taylor) walked away with the title of 2011 Heart of America CrossFit Competition Champions. Their consistency and balance as a team was evident on each of the WODs as CrossFit Jenks finishes were 3rd, 1st, 3rd, 3rd, 7th, 3rd, 2nd, and 4th. Equally as impressive was CrossFit Springfield's 2nd place finish and WOD rankings of 5th, 5th, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 4th, and 2nd. Rounding out the top 3 RX division teams was last year's HOA champs, Quad City CrossFit who made the 2011 HOA podium after a hard fought and well earned 1st place nail-biting finish in the final event of the weekend. 28 RX teams competed in this year's competition and every single one gave us some inspirational and memorable CrossFit moments.

RX Division Top 3 teams and Point Totals:

1. CrossFit Jenks, 713pts
2. CrossFit Springfield "Tiger Blood", 710pts
3. Quad City CrossFit, 693pts

There was absolutely no shortage of determination, athleticism, and heated competition in the Scaled Division of HOA3. 30 Scaled teams showed up not only ready prove their fitness, but also to represent each of their affiliates to the fullest!!! And that's exactly what they did. If ever there was a team to show us work capacity across broad time and modal domains, it was HOA3 Scaled Division Champions, CrossFit NWA. Although their team never finished 1st in any of the 8 events, they always managed to place themselves towards the top of the heap. In the end their diligence and hard work paid off! Congrats to CF NWA team "Crabtree" and also to CF NWA "Kelly's Killers and CrossFit South City for making the HOA3 Scaled division podium!

Scaled Division Top 3 teams and Point Totals:

1. CrossFit NWA - Crabtree, 661pts
2. CrossFit NWA "Kelly's Killers", 643pts
3. CrossFit South City, 631pts

The greatest sporting events are typically those capable of eliciting an array of emotions. We witnessed a little bit of everything at HOA3: Heroics and heartbreak, PRs and missed opportunities, misery and glory. It takes guts to compete. It takes even more guts to put yourself in the cross-hairs of CrossFit competition. Although there were many first time CrossFit competitors at the 2011 Heart of America CrossFit Competition, there was no question about which team was the youngest or possibly the most brave. 6 CrossFit Kids athletes from CrossFit Springfield went to battle in the Scaled division on a team titled "The Next Generation". They demonstrated and embodied everything that is good about our burgeoning sport. These 6 kids never quit, they never complained, they never wavered from the task at hand. Congrats to "The Next Generation" for receiving the 2011 HOA "Warrior Spirit" Award!

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Thanks so much to HOA3 photographers Kinsey Mhire and Jessica Gallegos!

To see the RX & Scaled Division final overall rankings or to view scores for each of the WODs, please visit: HERE

SO PROUD of all our CFS teams and members who participated at HOA3!!! Thank you for making CrossFit Springfield the very special place that it is! Thanks also to ALL of the HOA3 event staff, volunteers, and judges for your efforts and for sacrificing so much time and energy on HOA3! YOU made this thing happen – BE PROUD!!! Make a mental notch now, fight fans: November 2012…HOA4…Springfield, MO…See ya next year, folks :)