The 2010 CrossFit Games

2010 CrossFit Games Finals

United States Qualifiers

International Qualifiers

Nick Branting

To put it simply, Nick Branting is a high achiever. He started CrossFit in 2007 while in his third year of medical school and continued to push his body to the limit throughout the exhausting, sleepless years of his medical training.

A few years before, Nick played basketball for the University of Nebraska at Kearney and earned the titles NCAA Division II National Player of the Year (Basketball), NCAA Division II Academic All American of the Year (All Sports), and NCAA Division II Male Student Athlete of the Year (All Sports). After college, he played a season of professional basketball in Lisbon, Portugal. He then played in the U.S. Basketball League before attending medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha (2005 to 2009). Nick is now in his first year of his radiology residency at the Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. He has three more years of residency ahead of him.

To get back to CrossFit, Nick entered his first CrossFit competition last year with the 2010 Washington Sectional. He took 15^th place and moved on to the 2010 Northwest Regional where he came in 9^th. Since the 2010 Games season, he has started training at CrossFit Lake Oswego under Tommy and Lauren Rudge. Branting says they have been instrumental in taking his training to new levels. Since the switch, Branting has claimed 1^st in each of the events he has entered, including an Olympic lifting competition, a strong man competition, and a local CrossFit competition. Next is the CrossFit Games Open…

Age: 29
Height: 6’ 5”
Weight: 225lbs.

Deadlift: 505
Back squat: 445
Front squat: 365
Overhead squat: 315
Press: 205
Squat clean: 335
Snatch: 245

Fran: 2:45
Karen: 4:22
Isabel: 2:06
Grace: 2:22
Nancy: 11:19

Fight Gone Bad: 395
500 m row: 1:21
2k row: 6:28
400 m run: 1:00

2010 Washington Sectional: 15^th
2010 Northwest Regional: 9^th
USAW/CrossFit Weightlifting Open (105kg class), Oct. 2010: 1^st
Mt. Rainier Strongest Man and Woman Competition (200-225 lb wt. class), Nov. 2010: 1^st
Oregon Games, Jan. 2011: 1^st

Todd Edmunds

Todd Edmunds is giving his all to the lead-up to the 2011 CrossFit Games. At thirty-four years old, the medical salesman and full-time father of two feels that “the clock is ticking” on his chance at an Individual bid to the CrossFit Games. We see no sign of wearing down in his recent local competition showings. Edmunds recently claimed 1^st at CrossFit Charlottesville’s 2011 SuperFit Games for the second consecutive year. Last fall, he took home 1^st from Doug Chapman’s Midwest Hopper Challenge, and 2^nd from his home box R.A.W. CrossFit’s Fall Brawl.

To get in his training, Edmunds wakes up before the sun rises. It’s a compromise he and his wife are willing to make so that they may both work full-time, achieve their personal goals, and still be the best parents possible to their 15 month old and 3 year old daughters. Todd’s training at R.A.W. CrossFit is strength-biased and includes components of Westside and Wendler. On the side, he works on his technique in the Olympic lifts.

None of his stats are shabby, and his 482 on Fight Gone Bad and six minute thirty-three second 2000m row are truly beastly. 

Age: 34
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 182

Fran 2:15
Cindy: 28
Helen: 7:00
Grace: 3:08 @ 155#
Diane: 4:54

Fight Gone Bad: 482
Filthy 50: 17:55
2k Row: 6:33
400 m Run: 1:07

Deadlift: 455lbs
Press: 175lbs
Squat: 375lbs
Clean and Jerk: 250lbs
Snatch: 175lbs  

2010 SuperFit Games: 1^st
2010 PA Sectional: 11^th
2010 Central East Regional: 8^th
2010 CrossFit R.A.W.'s Fall Brawl: 2^nd
2010 Midwest Hopper Challenge: 1^st
2011 SuperFit Games: 1^st

Dave Ulmer

Dave Ulmer trains out of CrossFit Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. He grew up on the East Coast just outside of Rochester, New York and played a variety of sports up through high school. He received a lot of attention early on for football, as a linebacker and running back, which eventually led him to Bucknell University. He was a 4-year Letterman playing linebacker while pursuing a B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Sociology.

Dave still likes to create artwork, commissioning and selling pieces when he can. To make a steady living, he serves and bartends at a nearby country club and works part-time as an educator for Lululemon. He will soon be a Level 1 Certified trainer, and will help out his friends Graham Holmberg and Brandon Couden at CrossFit Columbus.

He first heard about CrossFit in 2007, and began incorporating bits from the Mainsite into this training. He was two years out of college, and he was losing motivation to workout. After years of competitive sports, he no longer had something to train for. Picking up CrossFit and setting his mind on the Games helped turn that around.

Ulmer performed well on the first day of the 2010 Central East Regional, but got set back after lingering lower back problems from football were triggered by the max deadlift. Staying healthy and injury free “can be a battle when training at high intensity” in Ulmer’s words, but “it’s part of the sport.” Training alongside Dan Bailey, Graham Holmberg, and other exceptional CrossFitters from Ohio, Ulmer is getting set to make a solid showing in 2011.

Age: 28
Height: 5’ 10.75”
Weight: 205 lbs.

Fran: 2:34                                                             
Grace: 90sec                                                           
Isabel: 1:36                                                             
Helen: 9:12 (500m, 70kb)        
Mary: 11 rounds +25                    
DT: 5:41                                 
Miagi: 36:29

1 Mile Run: 5:40
Max Consecutive Muscle ups: 12

500m Row: 1:23.5
1k Row: 3:15
5k Row: 19:05

Deadlift: 535
Front Squat: 365
Press: 200
C&J: 285
Snatch: 215

Ohio Sectional, 2010: 2^nd
Central East Regional, 2010: 6th