Valley athletes headed to 2014 Crossfit Games

After a grueling five weeks of competition in the 2014 Worldwide Reebok Crossfit Open, seven Valley athletes qualified for regionals in hope of making it to the 2014 Reebok World Crossfit Games, to be held this July in Carson, Calif. Heading to the 2014 Regional Crossfit games, the six-person team from Cascade Crossfit in Preston includes Silke von Saafeld, Melanie Deitch, Caitlyn Paus, Kyle Jacobson, Paul Zavaglia and Nick Martindale.

April 10, 2014 3:16 pm
The group at Cascade Crossfit
The group at Cascade Crossfit

After a grueling five weeks of competition in the 2014 Worldwide Reebok Crossfit Open, seven Valley athletes qualified for regionals in hope of making it to the 2014 Reebok World Crossfit Games, to be held this July in Carson, Calif.

Heading to the 2014 Regional Crossfit games, the six-person team from Cascade Crossfit in Preston includes Silke von Saafeld, Melanie Deitch, Caitlyn Paus, Kyle Jacobson, Paul Zavaglia and Nick Martindale.

Martindale also finished the “open” competition 110th out of 110,000 competitors.

In the master division, Patrick Sprague qualified 110th out of 4,900 athletes.