CrossFit Athletic Group

We have a few New Kids that made the cut in recent weeks. Two of them are below.

Darion Johnson is a freshman basketball player at River Rouge that came to us through The Family.

Darion is 6'5 with a 7-foot wingspan and feet big enough that nothing in our community shoe bin would come close to fitting him. His first workout was October 23 for the 5k sub and has been in a few times since then. I've seen him pickup on jump ropes, cleans, running, squatting and jumping with surprising ease for someone as tall. The upper-body strength and stamina in his legs are two areas that need the most improvement. Darion's ride situation is challenging so his attendance won't be what I'm expecting out of other New Kids, but this is definitely a project we're willing to take on. He's a good kid and part of a great basketball organization.

Ghosts of Champions Club past: Gary Perry (technically he was with us for Summer 2011)

Elle Kourtakis is a sophomore volleyball player at Regina.

Like Kaitlyn Cadrette from the Summer rookies, Kourt took it upon herself to call me and see if she could get a tryout instead of having her mom or dad do it. Her first workout was October 30 when we did Cindy and she has been in almost every day since. She is definitely in that Lira mold of kids who have the social skills to make themselves at home anywhere, and has already mixed in with HD, Conamora and the rest of the 3:30 session. She runs on her heels, has the knee wobbles when she squats, and defaults to overextension in a lot of movements. But she same as a recommendation of Coach T and Katie Shakes from the Utice Ford summer camp, so we're going to trust that she'll stick around long enough to make some progress on those. So far I like what I see.

Ghosts of Champions Club past: Bubs

Welcome to the Champions Club kids!