Jason Khalipa And Samantha Briggs Win Rogue Invitational Sanctional

The Rogue invitational sanctional event which took place in Columbus Ohio over the weekend saw some awesome performances but the CrossFit events ended with a few winners in the men and women’s events…

Jason Kahlipa and Samantha Briggs won the competition to earn a CrossFit Games invitation but they had some pretty impressive company as well.

Now, Jason Khalipa is no stranger to putting on a show as he won the 2008 CrossFit Games, competing for a total of eight times. And he placed ahead of Graham Holmberg (Runner-up) followed by Dan Bailey in third.

The 2013 CrossFit Games champion Samantha Briggs placed second last year at the CrossFit Games for the Women’s 35-39 category. But, she dominated the Rogue invitational this year and we can only expect a great performance at the Games this year. Becca Voigt Miller came in second and Annie Sakamoto placed third.

This was a very satisfying competition for both athletes and Kahlipa wrote a message in his post describing his experience after not competing in individual competition in five years…

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What a weekend…. • This weekend I competed as an individual (legends division) for the 1st time in 5 years. • I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t a bit nervous. Over the years I have learned to control this and harness It much better. Some of you may have seen my first “Amanda” workout in 2010 vs this weekend. If not, YouTube It for a laugh. • After some reflection… I realized I actually should enjoy feeling a bit nervous. I was nervous because I cared. It feels good to care about something enough to get nervous. Find things that push you a bit, make you feel nervous, then watch the mental/physical gains when you overcome them. • Huge thank you to all of my co-legend competitors for not only being good friends but inspiring me for so many years. Thank you to all of the fans who came out to support and watched online. Thank you to @ashleykhalipa for always supporting me. Thank you @billhenniger @caityhenniger @rogueinvitational and all of the volunteers for making this event happen. It was absolutely top notch! • Now back to BJJ and some AMRAP’s for a while. #rogueinvitational #amrapmentality @amrapmentality

A post shared by Jason Khalipa (@jasonkhalipa) on May 20, 2019 at 4:46am PDT

Top three placings in men’s division:

1. Jason Khalipa
2. Graham Holmberg
3. Dan Bailey

Briggs was super excited to be competing in her division and she did quite amazing, writing the following message in her Instagram post… “It’s an honor to be competing with these Legends 🏋🏻‍♀️ there’s over 70 years of @crossfitgamesexperience on this competition floor”

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It’s an honor to be competing with these Legends 🏋🏻‍♀️ there’s over 70 years of @crossfitgames experience on this competition floor 💪🏻 I’m excited for day 2! #rogueinvitational #crossfitgames #ryourogue @rogueinvitational @crossfitgames @roguefitness @reebokuk @progenexfit @noccouk @picsil_sport @soulmatefood @shakespherehq

A post shared by Samantha Briggs (@bicepslikebriggs) on May 18, 2019 at 6:13pm PDT

Top three placings in women’s division:

1. Samantha Briggs
2. Becca Voigt Miller
3. Annie Sakamoto

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What an amazing weekend! Thank you @rogueinvitational for putting together a well run well thought out event … @billhenniger & @caityhenniger you’ve set the standard high for next year! Thank you to my fellow #legends for making the weekend so much fun 👊🏻 #ryourogue #rogueinvitational #crossfit #crossfitgames #reebokathlete @rogueinvitational @roguefitness @reebokuk @progenexfit @noccouk @picsil_sport @soulmatefood @shakespherehq

A post shared by Samantha Briggs (@bicepslikebriggs) on May 19, 2019 at 5:58pm PDT

There are only two more sanctioned events scheduled ahead of the 2019 CrossFit Games, to take place in June which include…

• CrossFit French Throwdown in Paris, France
• The Granite Games, a CrossFit Sanctioned Events in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, U.S

So, it will be interesting to see who else punches their ticket to the 2019 CrossFit Games as we inch closer to the big day.