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Nicholas Carignan

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January 22, 2024

The 2024 CrossFit Intramural Open

It’s that time of year!! The Open is approaching.

What is the Open?

The Open is a worldwide CrossFit competition that starts the journey to the CrossFit Games. BUT for CrossFit 8 Mile it’s our biggest community event every year. The last 4 years we have had over 100 people participate and make it unforgettable.

It’s one workout a week for 3 weeks.

What is The Intramural Open?

For us, non-CrossFit Games athletes, this is a fun way to still throw down and have some fun. Everyone that participates in our intramural Open gets drafted onto a team.

This is for EVERYONE. Regardless of your ability, skill level, or how long you’ve been doing CrossFit, you can take part in this. Every workout has a scaled version written as well and these are the same amount of points as “RX” workouts.

Each week you score points for your team.

How you can score points:

Workout Completion 1ptParticipating in week’s theme:1ptPersonal Record 1ptRedo-0.5Top 3 RX Male & Female12ptFNL Attendance:10ptTop Scaled 3 Male & Female3pt Masters (40/50/60).50/1/1.5⬆️*must complete 2 out of 3 weeks scaledFNL Showdowns15/10/5Top 4-10 Male/Female7ptTop Theme Creativity10ptTop 11-20 Male/Female5ptSpotlight Moment6ptTop 21-30 Male/Female3pt

At the end of the 3 weeks, the team with the most points has bragging rights as 8 Mile’s fittest Team!

Whether you participate or not, The CrossFit Open workouts will be programmed for all classes on Fridays. But the electric atmosphere will be Friday nights starting at 6pm. That’s when we will run a bunch of heats with taped lanes and team spirit oozes from everyone!

We charge $23 for this 3 week event. It goes towards a team shirt, weekly prizes, trophies, and food for our closing ceremonies.

REGISTRATION STARTS NOW!!!! Sign up at the front desk and note your shirt size when you sign up. Cut off in order to get a shirt is February 10th. (Draft is Feb 9th)

First workout released Feb 29th, First Friday of the Open is March 1st!!

Team Captains:

Mike Jacobs

Beth Mancuso

Kristy Gregg

Banquet & Closing Ceremony Tentatively March 22nd

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