Big Dawgs Team Roster: 2010 Competition Season Table of Contents
A1. Sectionals A2. Regionals B. Games C. Competitor Profiles: The Big Dawgs
1 Sectionals
Mid–Westrn Sectional: February 12th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Garry Martin “unit” 10 11 2 8 Yes
South Carolina Sectional: March 6th–7th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Paul Klein 42 13 25 20 18 No Scott Canino 11 10 25 3 5 Yes
MS/AL/TN Sectional: March 6th–7th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Tyler Smith 31 16 33 7 18 No Michael McElroy 3 7 45 4 10 Yes
2 Arnold Classic (Ohio) Sectional: March 7th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Adam Rogers 15 25 15 39 29 Yes Stephen Flamm 89 75 77 N/A 81 No Jeff Binek 136 58 163 N/A 135 No Rainer Hartmann 173 145 137 N/A 154 No
Oregon/Idaho Sectional: March 13th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Christopher Dunkin 1 6 17 6 Yes Bryan Miller ”bmizzle” 13 16 26 14 Yes Sam Harmer 6 9 2 3 Yes
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Marie Rochat 2 2 7 2 Yes Becky Clark 7 3 12 5 Yes
3 Florida Sectional: March 13th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Nick Covino 131 123 80 124 126 No Jason Anderson 37 53 18 70 33 No
NM, AR, OK, North Texas Sectional: March 13th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Jason Buzzard 75 46 69 67 No Ken Cutrer 14 16 19 14 Yes
South Texas Sectional: March 13th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Chad Walding 32 57 53 40 No Jeremy Tucker 32 43 50 36 No
4 Pennsylvania/Maryland/Delaware Sectional: March 13th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Josh Dempsey 18 160 113 60 No
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Meghan Calpin 2 9 5 4 Yes
Southern California Sectional: March 13th–14th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Justin Flynn 30 49 39 33 No Nathan Holiday 24 5 7 9 Yes
Ontario Sectional: March 20th–21st
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Michael McCabe 12 52 9 13 12 Yes Chad Hall 6 18 31 10 9 Yes
Canada East Sectional: March 20th–21st
Male Competitors
5 Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Mizar Fuentes–Ortega 33 37 6 10 15 Yes Alex Duncan 11 43 5 35 18 Yes Pierre–Paul Seguin “Pete” 5 17 9 11 3 Yes
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Angelique Gerretsen “Angie” 12 13 20 23 20 No Louise Hodge “LuLu” 5 10 5 4 2 Yes Jacqueline Gelber 10 28 11 8 10 Yes Emilie Pfeiffer–Badoux 7 10 5 4 5 Yes
New England Sectional: March 20th–21st
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Mike Molloy 19 30 36 32 27 Yes Brian Cilento 76 31 36 51 51 No Ben Kelly “BK” 11 16 8 8 6 Yes Andrew Yaun 55 8 69 42 42 No Jeremy “Jezza” Kosbob 20 13 15 6 9 Yes Tommy “Vinny” Baker 92 94 69 51 85 No Lucas Hare 10 20 36 21 19 Yes
Female Competitors
6 Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Julie “Precious” Migliaccio 16 45 13 19 32 No Amy “Pistol” Mandelbaum 6 40 13 12 21 Yes Jenny Davis 4 9 7 2 3 Yes
Rocky Mountain Sectionals: March 20th–21st
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Brent Maier 26 13 23 16 Yes
North European Sectionals: March 20th–21st
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Corbin Dryden 2 3 1 2 Yes
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Jenny Jacobsen 1 1 1 1 Yes
Canada Central Sectional: March 27th–28th
Male Competitors
7 Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Evan Taylor 27 15 8 35 20 No Rob Corson 30 21 13 19 19 No Brett Marshall 1 6 7 1 2 Yes Geoff Aucoin 10 11 20 6 9 Yes Thad Palin 23 15 4 7 10 Yes David Mullback 11 3 24 14 11 Yes Taylor Marshall 6 18 18 24 14 Yes Chad “Action” Brandt 16 34 29 29 27 No Grant Milner 23 23 39 26 29 No Mike Sullivan 13 37 38 41 37 No Jeff Fleming 22 41 37 32 38 No Erik Luber 54 54 53 DNF 52 No
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Katrina Burton 4 21 27 6 12 Yes Melisa C 11 13 13 16 10 Yes Lisa Makofka 5 9 7 3 4 Yes Chelsea Miller 5 7 1 2 1 Yes Shelly Fleming 10 3 2 8 3 Yes Michelle Savard 11 7 4 5 5 Yes Angela Desjarlais 1 1 21 11 7 Yes Ali Loach 2 5 12 13 6 Yes Elisabeth Wagner 24 11 15 15 17 No Leighanne Fitzgerald 24 16 17 17 19 No
8 British Columbia Sectional: March 27th–28th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Regionals Steve Howell 14 12 16 3 5 Yes Jason Noel 7 16 19 7 7 Yes Mike Eberts 5 7 32 10 8 Yes
Virginia Sectional: March 27th–28th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD 4 Final Ranking Regionals Arjuna Smith 14 69 42 15 20 Yes
NY/NJ Sectional: March 27th–28th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 Final Ranking Regionals Josh “Garage” Lewis 17 2 10 6 Yes Dennis Marshall “dmarsh” 24 3 13 7 Yes Wes Hendricks 20 7 11 6 Yes Pat Skinner “PTS” 11 23 26 21 Yes “Dave X” Schlesselman 76 72 72 67 No
9 Regionals
North Central Regional: April 30th–May 2nd
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Garry Martin “Unit” 27 1 9 32 18 No Brent Maier 27 17 14 21 17 No
Central East Regional: May 8th–May 9th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Arjuna Smith 30 8 46 14 21 No
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Meghan Calpin DNF 18 13 17 30 No
10 Southwest Regional: May 8th–9th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Joey Warren 11 5 6 16 4 Yes Nathan Holiday 21 14 21 24 11 No
Europe Regional: May 8th–May 9th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Ranking Games Corbin Dryden 22 5 25 12 16 16 No
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Ranking Games Jenny Jacobsen 8 7 4 6 5 6 No
Northwest Regional: May 15th–16th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Jason Yelvington 49 29 51 DNF 56 No Christopher Dunkin 17 3 45 5 10 No Sam Harmer 38 25 41 33 35 No
11 Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Marie Rochat 5 12 16 5 5 No Becky Clark 27 29 46 22 25 No
Northeast Regional: May 22nd–23rd
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Mike Molloy DNF 23 21 N/A 36 No Lucas Hare DNF 45 35 N/A 47 No Wes Hendricks 32 38 19 N/A 30 No Dennis Marshall “dmarsh” 3 10 12 14 6 No Pat Skinner “PTS” DNF 25 40 N/A 42 No
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Amy “Pistol” Mandelbaum DNF 25 17 N/A 26 No
12 Southeast Regional: May 28th–30th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Ranking Games Rory Hanlin 1 43 10 29 15 13 No Paul Klein 54 38 46 49 55 52 No Steve Smith 12 14 30 8 14 7 No Michael McElroy 25 17 28 26 21 20 No Scott Canino 53 20 23 23 7 23 No
South Central Regional: May 29th–30th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 Final Ranking Games Ken Cutrer 24 43 49 34 42 No
13 Canada Regional: May 29th–30th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Games Michael FitzGerald 2 30 14 2 2 4 Yes DJ Wickham 38 1 5 6 8 6 Yes Michael McCabe 20 46 39 44 43 45 No Chad Hall 47 15 29 27 36 36 No Mizar Fuentes–Ortega 31 40 49 8 39 39 No Alex Duncan 27 40 22 40 47 43 No Pierre–Paul Seguin “Pete” 44 20 26 41 38 40 No Brett Marshall 19 8 24 3 43 13 No Geoff Aucoin 21 30 10 30 26 21 No Thad Palin 14 49 40 38 37 44 No David Mullback 15 40 35 31 15 27 No Steve Howell 30 12 3 4 12 7 No Jason Noel 48 37 45 8 26 37 No Mike Eberts 51 14 27 21 18 26 No
14 Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Games Lauren Pryor 5 7 10 15 5 2 Yes Louise Hodge “LuLu” 9 20 28 1 21 12 No Jacqueline Gelber 10 46 14 17 39 28 No Emilie Pfeiffer–Badoux 25 35 8 24 28 24 No Katrina Burton 40 7 32 10 30 23 No Lisa Makofka 15 32 6 5 25 13 No Chelsea Miller 13 20 11 7 11 8 No Shelly Fleming 6 15 9 12 14 6 Yes
15 Games
Crossfit Games: July 16th–18th
Male Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Joey Warren Mike FitzGerald DJ Wickham James FitzGerald
Female Competitors
Name WOD 1 WOD 2 WOD 3 WOD4 WOD 5 Final Lauren Pryor Shelly Fleming
16 The Big Dawgs
Paul Klein
Age: 33 Height: 6’2” Weight: 185 lbs Started Big Dawgs: August 2009
Scott Canino
Height: 5’9” Weight: 173 lbs Started Crossfit: 2005 Started Big Dawgs: June 2009
17 Tyler Smith
Age: 23 Height: 6’0” Weight: 170 lbs Started Crossfit: April 2008 Started Big Dawgs: September 2009 Favorite Lift: Deadlift (455) Split Jerk (265) Least Favorite Lift: Shoulder Press Favorite WOD: “Unbroken” (5:18) Least Favorite WOD: Any really long chipper
18 Adam Rogers
Age: 27 Height: 6’1” Weight: 186 lbs Started Crossfit: April 2008 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009
Stephen Flamm
Age: 30 Height: 6’1” Weight: 200 lbs Started Crossfit: August 2007 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009
19 Jeff Binek
Age: 24 Height: 6’3” Weight: 188 lbs Started Crossfit: February 2008 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Thoughts on the 2010 Sectionals: I am really excited / nervous, mainly because I am pretty good at everything except I have never attempted a muscle-up, so I’m nervous they will add that into the competition.
Figure 1: Jeff Binek at a rose laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington D.C. (Arlington National Cemetery). Jeff has earned the least awarded military badge in the United States, The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification Badge, #563.
20 Christopher Dunkin
Age: 40 Height: 6’1” Weight: 207 lbs Started Crossfit: March 2007 Started Big Dawgs: March 10, 2009
Rainer Hartmann
Age: 47 Height: 5’6” Weight: 155 lbs Started Crossfit: May 2007 Started Big Dawgs: November 2009
21 Marie Rochat
Height: 5’1” Weight: 130 lbs Started Crossfit: 2008 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Hometown: Corvallis, OR
22 Nick Covino Jason Anderson
Age: 24 Age: 24 Height: 6’0” Height: 6’0” Weight: 175 lbs Weight: 195 lbs Started Crossfit: September 2009 Started Crossfit: July 2008 Favorite Lift: Power Snatch Favorite Lift: Power Clean Least Favorite Lift:Squat Clean Least Favorite Lift:Squat Clean Deadlift: 350 Deadlift: 455 Fran: 7:51 (C2B) BackSquat: 305 Helen: 10:27 (2 pood) Press: 170 Cindy: 17 Fran: 2:53 OHS 15RM: 135 Helen: 7:24 Push Jerk: 205 Grace: 2:59 Power Clean: 195 Cindy: 26 Hang Snatch: 150 OHS: 215 Power Snatch: 165 OHS 15RM: 150 100 GHD sit–ups: 6:49 Split Jerk: 255 Power Clean: 265 Squat Snatch: 185 Power Snatch: 170 100 GHD sit–ups: 6:13
23 Mizar Fuentes–Ortega
Age: 27 Height: 5’4” Weight: 135 lbs Started Crossfit: January 2009 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010
Front Squat: 245 lbs Back Squat: 300 lbs Overhead Squat: 165 lbs Deadlift: 405 lbs
Fran: 3:53 Barbara: 14:28 Helen: 7:29 Grace: 8:30 Figure 2: Cindy: 24 Twins: 23:08 Michael: 13:40 Nate: 17 Eva: 37:51 Randy: 12:48 Badger: 27:00 Nicole: 7 rounds + 144 PU Linda: 27:36 Diane: 4:21 Filthy Fifty: 21:42 Elizabeth: 6:47
24 Alex Duncan
Age: 25 Height: 6’3” Weight: 198 lbs Started Crossfit: October 2006 Started Big Dawgs: October, 2009 Hometown: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Posted in CFB Gagetown New Brunswick (Infantry)
25 Pierre–Paul Seguin “Pete”
Age: 31 Height: 5’8” Weight: 170 lbs Started Crossfit: February 2007 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Home Box: Crossfit Montreal
Angelique Gerrestsen “Angie”
Age: 25 Height: 5’6” Weight: 135 lbs Started Crossfit: September 2009 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Home Box: Crossfit Montreal
26 Louise Hodge “LuLu”
Age: 32 Height: 5’2” Weight: 123 lbs Started Crossfit: February 2009 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Goal: Would like to qualify for Regionals in Calgary Results: 22nd place at years Sectionals in May 2009, I was super happy I was able to do the wods as Rx’d and was thrilled with a 4th place finish in the 5 km trail run. 1st place Crossfit Montreal challenge Jan 2010.
27 Mike Molloy
Age: 28 Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs Started Big Dawgs: September 2009
28 Brian Cilento
Age: 34 Height: 5’8” Weight: 170 lbs Started Crossfit: January 2009 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010 Hometown: Westport, CT Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
29 Ben Kelly “BK”
Age: 39 Height: 5’11” Weight: 200 lbs Started Crossfit: 2008 Started Big Dawgs: October 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance! (owner)
30 Andrew Yaun
Age: 25 Started Crossfit: 2008 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
31 Jeremy “Jezza” Kosbob
Age: 27 Started Crossfit: 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
32 Tommy “Vinny” Baker
Age: 24 Started Crossfit: 2009 Birthplace: Bogota, Colombia Current Residence: Westport, CT Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
33 Julie “Precious” Migliaccio
Age: 42 Height: 5’10” Weight: 162 lbs Started Crossfit: August 2009 Started Big Dawgs: November 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance! Previous Competitions: Hybrid Winter Challange (January 2010)
34 Amy “Pistol” Mandelbaum
Age: 42 Started Crossfit: November 2009 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
35 Jenny Davis
Age: 27 Started Crossfit: April 2009 Home Box: Crossfit Performance!
36 Brent Maier
Age: 38 Height: 6’2” Weight: 197 lbs Started Crossfit: June 2006 Started Big Dawgs: October 2008 CF Games 2009 Rocky Mountain Regionals: 17th Colorado CF Games 2009: 12th
37 Michael McCabe
Age: 24 Weight: 180 lbs Started Crossfit: June 2008 Started Big Dawgs: August 2009
Chad Hall
Height: 6’1” Weight: 190 lbs Started Crossfit: September 2008 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009
38 Jason Buzzard
Age: 30 Height: 5’7” Weight: 165 lbs Started Crossfit: October 2008 Started Big Dawgs: January 2010
39 Chad Walding
Age: 31 Height: 6’1” Weight: 200 lbs Started Crossfit: Janurary 2007 Started Big Dawgs: December 2009
Jeremy Tucker
Age: 34 Height: 6’1” Weight: 230 lbs Started Big Dawgs: February 2010
40 Josh Dempsey
Height: 5’8” Weight: 162 lbs Started Big Dawgs: February 2010
Justin Flynn
Age: 29 Height: 6’3” Weight: 210 lbs Started Big Dawgs: August 2009 Profession: Owner, Orange Coast Crossfit
41 Evan Taylor
Age: 31 Height: 6’1” Weight: 187 lbs Started Big Dawgs: December 29, 2009 Started Crossfit: I fooled around with a pull-up bar and some power blocks in my base- ment for about a month before I started Big Dawgs. Got a gym membership, and jumped feet first into OPT training. Crossfit is now filling the competitive void left from not playing hockey anymore.
42 Rob Corson
Age: 44 Height: 6’1” Weight: 178 lbs Started Crossfit: January 2007 Started Big Dawgs: December 2008
43 Erik Luber
Age: 26 Height: 5’10” Weight: 137 lbs Started Crossfit: November 2008 Started Big Dawgs: June 2009
44 Katrina Burton
Age: 24 Height: 5’2” Weight: 108 lbs Started Big Dawgs: March 2009 Past competition results: 2009 Canada West Qualifier 4th (or tied for 3rd... damn tie breaker!)
45 Melisa C
Age: 31 Height: 5’6” Weight: 150 lbs Started Crossfit: March 2008 Started Big Dawgs: February 2010
Lisa Makofka
Age: 41 Height: 5’4” Weight: 125 lbs Started Crossfit: October 2008 was fat (about 60 pounds heavier than now), out of shape and miserable at the time. Crossfit changed and saved my life. Started Big Dawgs: August 2009 Favorite WOD: chippers, double unders, burpees, KBS Least Favorite: snatch Goats: HSPUs, Muscle ups, wall balls
46 Steve Howell
Age: 23 Height: 5’11” Weight: 180 lbs Started Crossfit: July 2008 Started Big Dawgs: October 2009 Past competition results: 2009 Canada West Qualifier 13th
Mike Eberts
Age: 32 Height: 5’7” Weight: 177 lbs Started Crossfit: July 2009 Started Big Dawgs: March 2010 Hometown Box: Crossfit Kelowna
47 Josh “Garage” Lewis
Height: 6’0” Weight: 180 lbs Started Big Dawgs: The day Coach started posting wods Started Crossfit: November 2005
Dennis Marshall (“dmarsh”)
Age: 31 Height: 5’8” Weight: 182 lbs Started Crossfit: October 2006 Started Big Dawgs: September 2009
48 Pat Skinner (“PTS”)
Height: 6’1” Weight: 188 lbs Started Big Dawgs: January 2009 Hometown: Binghamton, NY Training History: I did globo-gym workouts and running and stayed in what I thought was good shape from 2004 until I found crossfit while searching the internet in May 2008
49 Dave Schlesselman (“Dave X”)
Age: 34 Height: 6’1” Weight: 205 lbs Started Crossfit: August 2007 Started Big Dawgs: January 22, 2009
50 Michael FitzGerald
Age: 23 Height: 6’1” Weight: 185 lbs Started Big Dawgs: October 2008 Western Canada CrossFit Games Qualifiers 09: 3rd place Crossfit Games 09: 11th place
Joey Warren
Age: 27 Height: 5’11” Weight: 180 lbs Started Crossfit: January 2009 Started Big Dawgs: July 2009 2009 Norcal Regionals: 4th place 2009 Crossfit Games: 55th place
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