Mahadeo, Zalman top Kares Caribbean CrossFit C/ships
The winners’ row after the Elite Women’s and Men’s competitions
There were muscles galore on show over the weekend as the Kares Group hosted their Caribbean CrossFit Championships across April 15th and 16th at two venues.
On Saturday, competitors took to the pool at the National Aquatic Center at Liliendaal, while on Sunday the really gruelling events were competed in the National Park, Georgetown.
Last weekend’s competition saw Elite and Teen categories being contested, with major cash prizes for both. For the Teen girls, Linden’s Oshelle Williams emerged the fittest, while Mia and Faria Boodhoo took the second and third positions.
For the Teen Boys, Kevin Rameshwar powered through his three events to finish atop the podium, and was followed by Haresh Rameshwar and Benkhai and Jahiem Hutson in second, third and fourth places respectively.
The tasks of the Elite athletes included handstand pushups, toes to bar and deadlifts in event 4, chest to bar Pullups, Wallballs, burpee over hurdles and a Sandbag Carry in event 5, while event 6 consisted of a clean and jerk ladder with athletes racing to lift up to 155lbs for the women and 245lbs for the men in part A, and a 50ft handstand walk race in Part B.
At the end of 6 event, Ava Zalman of Suriname had garnered the most points, and as such was determined the fittest elite female. Guyana’s Delice Adonis was a close second, while French Guiana’s Aurelie Tian Soi Po was third.
Meanwhile, after the 6 events, the top 5 men went on to compete the final, which consisted of peg board accents, thrusters, Muscle ups, parallel bars, and yolk carry.
Guyana’s own Dillion Mahadeo was crowned champion, followed by fellow Guyanese Omisi Williams in 2nd and Mikhail Ragoonanan of Trinidad and Tobago in 3rd place.
First, second, third, fourth and fifth place finishers were rewarded with $3500USD, $2500USD, $1500USD, $1000USD and $500USD respectively, with an added $250USD for each of the seven events, maximising their cash prizes.
The tournament’s sponsors included Fitness Express, Assuria General Guyana, Builders Lumber Yard, Yellow Mines Hydraulics, Goldbody by Cosmetics BW, DeSinco -Biofreeze, Space Gym, Banks DIH, Travellers Sound and Lotus Hardware.
