For the seventh consecutive year, a team from CrossFit Fort Vancouver has qualified for the CrossFit Games.
By placing fourth in the CrossFit Western Regional that concluded on Sunday at the Tacoma Dome, a team of six athletes from CrossFit Fort Vancouver secured a spot in the world championship event.
Jessica Core of CrossFit Fort Vancouver qualified to compete individually in the women’s competition at the CrossFit Games. Core placed third in the Western Regional.
The top five women, top five men and the top five teams from the regional qualify for the CrossFit Games. The ninth CrossFit Games take place July 21-26 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.
Three of the six athletes on the CrossFit Fort Vancouver team are new members this year. CrossFit Fort Vancouver owner Adam Neiffer, Bryan Weed and Andrea Roozen were on the team that placed 24th at the Games in 2014. Mathew Hornung, Eva Scherer and Kristina Metz made the team this season.
“To be able to qualify (for the Games) with three new people is a great accomplishment,” Neiffer said. Adding to the challenge was a new regional format that combined Western Canada with the Pacific Northwest to form a Western Regional.
CrossFit Fort Vancouver staked its claim by winning the two Friday events. Entering Sunday’s final event, only eight points separated first place and fourth, Neiffer said.
Only CrossFit Fort Vancouver and CrossFit Invictus of San Diego have qualified seven consecutive years for the Games, according to Neiffer.
Allan Dunlap of CrossFit Fort Vancouver placed 10th among individual men at the regional.
Tibbits wins junior PGA golf event
Spencer Tibbits of Vancouver won the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship on Sunday at Lake Spanaway Golf Course in Tacoma.
Tibbits, 16, shot a 66 on Sunday to finish seven strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Warkentin of Bainbridge Island. The victory earns Tibbits a spot in the Junior PGA Championship, to be played Aug. 3-6 at Miramont Country Club in Bryan/College Station, Texas.
Tibbits opened with a 67 on Saturday and finished the 36-hole tournament at 133. The seven stroke victory over Warkentin reversed last week’s result at the Washington Class 3A high school state tournament, which Warkentin won by three strokes over Tibbits. Tibbits, a sophomore at Fort Vancouver High School, won the state 3A high school title as a freshman.
The Junior PGA Championship is open to one boy and one girl champion from each of the 41 PGA Sections, champions of the nine PGA Junior Series events, winners of select national junior tournaments conducted throughout the year and special invitees who have yet not turned 19 as of the final round of the championship.
Brian Humphreys of Washougal tied for 18th in the Pacific Northwest Junior PGA boys tournament with a score of 152.
Ellen Secore of Portland won the girls Pacific Northwest Junior PGA Championship. Taylor Hartley of Vancouver tied for ninth in the girls division.
CCRC run draws 92
Brothers Oscar Bauman and Ahrlin Bauman of Vancouver both finished in under 15 minutes to lead the way in the first race of the Clark County Running Club’ summer 5-kilometer series.
Oscar Bauman on May 27 finished the first David Douglas Park 5-K in 15 minutes and 57 seconds. Ahrlin Bauman finished in 15:58.
Katarina Mueller of Vancouver was the first female to the finish line. Her time was 20:14.
A total of 92 runners finished the race. Complete results are in the Community Sports Scoreboard.
The series returns this Wednesday to David Douglas Park. The run starts at 7 p.m. and participants should arrive by 6:30 to register and to warm up. The run costs $2, and is free for members of the Clark County Running Club.
David Douglas Park is at 1016 N. Garrison Rd., just north of Mill Plain. Enter the park north of the baseball fields and go to the west parking lot.
The CCRC summer series continues at 7 p.m. each Wednesday through August. To learn more, visit clarkcountyrunningclub.org.
Tennis center event is June 13
An event to raise funds for the Vancouver Tennis Center’s outdoor court project will be held on June 13 at the home of Dick Hannah. Hosted by The Vancouver Tennis Center Foundation, the catered event will run 6 to 9 p.m. and will include music and auctions.
The deadline to register for this event is June 8. To sign up or to learn more, call the Vancouver Tennis Center at 360-696-8123.
The 40-year-old tennis center is raising money to convert its damaged outdoor courts to a new synthetic grass surface. The goal is to have the project completed in time for the fall high school tennis season.
Hannah was among the community members who were instrumental in getting Vancouver Tennis Center built.
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