She did not earn a Video games spot — however Adams put everybody on discover.
Final up to date on April eighth, 2025
Charge Saghafi and Abigail Domit topped the ladies’s podium on the 2025 Mayhem Classic, changing into the primary two ladies to earn roster spots for this summer time’s CrossFit Video games in Albany, NY.
Nevertheless, there have been many different noteworthy performances in Cookeville, TN — and the one followers will bear in mind almost definitely belongs to five-time CrossFit Video games veteran Haley Adams in Occasion 4.
- Adams claimed the occasion victory with a time of 11:48.58, whereas the runner-up, Emily Rolfe, completed virtually two minutes later at 13:33.79.
Adams additionally topped the quickest man within the occasion, James Sprague, by somewhat over three seconds.
- “I wanted to take my shot, so I did,” she mentioned in a post-event interview.
Remind me
Occasion 4 was three rounds for time of:
- 50 GHD sit-ups
- 100-foot dumbbell overhead strolling lunge (70-pound dumbbell)
- 100-foot handstand stroll.
How Adams Did It
1. Relentless GHD Velocity: Adams accomplished the primary 50 GHD sit-ups in just one minute and 23 seconds, placing her within the lead proper from the beginning (though Manon Angonese and Andrea Nisler saved tempo together with her throughout the first spherical of sit-ups).
- Adams maintained her pace on the second set of fifty GHD sit-ups, ending in an similar time as her first set, whereas her third set of GHD sit-ups was solely three seconds slower.
2. Constant Lunges: Adams carried out nicely on the lunges in every spherical, ending the primary set in a single minute and 12 seconds, gaining some floor on the sector within the course of. Her second spherical was barely slower than the primary at 1:23.
- The one hiccup Adams encountered throughout the complete occasion was in her third spherical of lunges, the place she set the dumbbell down only a few toes earlier than the top. Nonetheless, she accomplished the lunges in a single minute and 45 seconds, doing greater than sufficient to increase her lead.
- The truth is, Adams had virtually completed her remaining set of lunges earlier than the following closest athlete, Rolfe, had even begun hers.
3. No Relaxation on the Handstand Stroll: Whereas different athletes understandably took some relaxation earlier than their handstand stroll and divided the 50-foot sections into two segments, Adams didn’t. With a fast loosening of her weight belt, she began on every spherical.
- Think about the truth that Adams demonstrated unprecedented pace on her palms — 39 seconds, 43 seconds, and 45 seconds for every 100-foot handstand stroll, respectively — and it appeared as if her core was not fatigued in any respect.
The Backside Line
Adams completed seventh general on the Mayhem Basic and has not but earned an invite to this summer time’s CrossFit Video games.
Nevertheless, as they are saying, you need to have a good time the small wins alongside the best way, and her dominance in Occasion 4 needs to be seen that method, on the very least.
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