Lodging

There are many wonderful lodging options in Bozeman.  We have a block of rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn, which is a full service hotel (restaurant, pool, etc) located just 1.8 miles from Bridger CrossFit.  Call and tell them you are with the Montana State Games, or just give them this code:  MSG

The Holiday Inn
5 Baxter Lane
Bozeman, MT 59715

1-800-366-5101
1-406-587+4561

Click here for a map and directions.

Directions from Hotel to Bridger CrossFit:

1.  Take a right on North 7th, but hurry, get in left lane.
2.  Take a left onto Oak St.
3.  Left onto Rouse at the light (coffee on your left!)
4.  Right onto Bond St, which is the first street after the railroad tracks.
5.  Right onto Gold Ave.  We’re at the end, on the left.  At this point, you can’t miss it.

Athlete Profile – Meriah McLeish

Name:  Meriah McLeish
Height: 5’7
Weight: 165
Age: 26

Affiliate: Bridger CrossFit
Place of Birth: Bismarck, ND— dontcha know

Fran: 6:46
Helen: 12:58
Diane: 10:53 (1abmat)
Jackie: 12:48 45#
Nancy: 19:50
Grace: 3:26 85#, 3:50 95#
Cindy: 12
Tabata Squat: ?? I can’t find it in my blog/log

Deadlift: 300#
Squat: 235#
Press: 105#
Clean and Jerk: 165#
Snatch: 115#

Max Pullups: 10
2k Row:  8:03.5
400m Run: 1:21ish

Favorite WOD : The Bear Complex or anything short ‘n’ heavy
Favorite Lift: Jerk 165# or OHS 165#
Least Favorite WOD : FGB and Filthy 50
Least Favorite Lift:  any lift that I miss 

Updated Statistics

We now have at least one athlete from every CrossFit Affiliate in the state.  Awesome!

CrossFit Billings is officially leading the way with 12, count ‘em, TWELVE athletes competing.  That’s nearly a third of the total field!  CrossFit Montana isn’t far behind, with 9 athletes registered, and CrossFit Missoula so far is sending 8.  There are still 3 athletes from Missoula that might possibily be unattached, so depending on who they choose to identify with (if anyone), this race could go either way.

We have 19 Females and 20 Males registered.

Don’t forget to send in your athlete profiles to jenna@bridgercrossfit.com

Preliminary Stats

So far, we have 37 people registered (with 3 imcomplete registrations – finish up!).

We have at least one athlete from every CrossFit Affiliate in the state, except for Alternative Athletics CrossFit in Billings (They are the newest, so we’ll give them a break), AND even one unattached athlete from Helena.

CrossFit Montana is (probably) leading the pack with at least 9 athletes competing.  CrossFit Missoula isn’t far behind, with 6 athletes.  And, there are 4 athletes from Missoula competing, and it was unclear whether they were affiliated with CrossFit Missoula or just lived in Missoula.  So, CrossFit Missoula potentially has 10 athletes competing.

Billings also has 12 athletes competing, but again, it is unclear exactly how many of those athletes are from CrossFit Billings, or just Billings.

The rest just have one or two.  Looks like one of the Montana teams, or maybe Billings, will have the best shot at the Affiliate Cup!

There are 21 athletes registered to complete the workouts as Rx’d.  Eleven of you chose to scale to Option B.  Five of the athletes competing have chosen Option C.  I expect that as more people sign up, it will shift so that a great percentage of athletes will scale the workouts.  We’ll see what happens.

There are 19 men and 18 women registered.  The 3 people with “incomplete” registrations are men.

Wanna be famous?

If you have registered to compete at the Montana State Games, we’d love to get your picture! Similar to what you might see on the CrossFit Games website, we will be profiling the athletes who will be competing in our Games.  It doesn’t matter if you are doing the WODs as Rx’d or you chose Option C.  I think we can all agree that reading the athlete profiles is just FUN.

Here is something to get you started:

(Please send in a photo, preferably high quality)

Name:
Height:
Weight:
Age:
Affiliate:
Place of Birth:

(Benchmark WOD times.  If you cannot do them as Rx’d or prefer to put a non Rx’d time, that’s okay, just put down how you scaled it.  If you’ve never done the WOD, that’s okay too, just leave it blank.  Or, better yet, go do it.)

Fran:
Helen:
Diane:
Jackie:
Nancy:
Grace:
Cindy:
Tabata Squat:

Deadlift:
Squat:
Press:
Clean and Jerk:
Snatch:
Max Pullups:
2k Row:
400m Run:

Favorite WOD (and time if it isn’t listed above):
Favorite Lift (and amount if it isn’t listed above):
Least Favorite WOD (and time if it isn’t listed above):
Least Favorite Lift (and amount if it isn’t listed above):

So, if you’d like to be famous, send in your stats along with a high quality photo and we’ll make it happen.

Spots still open, but going fast!

Wow!  We sold 25% of open spots in the first 30 minutes!  There’s quite a few of you out there really chomping at the bit!

Click here for registration.  It’s still open.

Registration is now open

Click here to register for the Montana State Games.

There are 80 slots available for competitors.  The cost to compete is $50.  Late registration, if we don’t sell out, will run from August 1 – August 25, and the charge will be $65.

If you wish to compete and you are under the age of 18, you must bring a parent or guardian with you to the event so that they may sign the consent form.

When you register you will be asked to select a scaling option.  You can change your scaling up until the night before the event, but please try to select the option you are most likely to stick with.  If you need to change your scaling option before the games, send an email to jenna@bridgercrossfit.com.

Introducing the Montana State Games

Bridger CrossFit in Bozeman, MT is very excited to be hosting the first annual Montana State Games.  The Games will be held on August 29, 2009.  The competition is limited to 80 athletes.

There will be 2 timed events in 1 day.  The format will be the “Every Second Counts” format used at the CrossFit Games in 2008, where the athlete with the lowest cumulative time from both workouts wins.  Each affiliate in the state will have an opportunity to submit up to 4 workouts, and we will pull from a hopper.

The purpose of the Montana State Games is two-fold.  First, it is a competition to determine the fittest man and woman in Montana.  Second, it is a community event and is designed to bring CrossFit Athletes together from across the state of Montana so that we can celebrate the sport we love.  There will be 3 total scaling options for the workouts (1 Rx’d, 2 scaled).  Our goal is to create an event that excludes no one.  We expect the athletes who must scale the WoDs to be just as, if not more, competitive than the athletes doing the Rx’d weight.  Also, this will allow people with very little, if any, CrossFit experience to get a taste of the Sport of Fitness.

The events will be judged and each athlete will have a judge counting his or her reps.  If you plan to compete in the Montana State games, make sure you are practicing full range of motion on all of your movements.  We expect you to squat to proper depth, touch your chest to the ground, achieve full lockout in overhead movements, etc.

Most of all, it will be a lot of fun.  We’re looking forward to it!