Firebreather Athletics Featured Athlete - Stephen Hitt
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Stephen Hitt is a CrossFit Coach at CrossFit Advantage. A natural leader, Stephen inspires those around him to greatness.
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Whitney Welsch - Firebreather Athlete _______________ Name: Whitney Welsch CrossFit Affiliate: RedBlack CrossFit CrossFit Competitions: 2008 Fittest Games - 3rd 2009 Southwest Regionals - 8th 2010 Games 21st 2011 Fittest Games - 4th 2011 CrossFit Open, South Central Region 2nd, 16th World Wide 2011 Just Go Women's Challenge - 1st 2011 South Central Regional - 4th Favorite Quotes: “All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused." - Martha Graham “Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”...
Ashleigh Moe - Firebreather Athlete Name: Ashleigh Moe Age: 27 Affiliate: CrossFit Skagit CrossFit Competition Experience: NW Regional open 1st place 2011, 2nd Place Northwest Regional 2011, 1st Place Marysville Throwdown, 1st Bellevue Throwdown, 24th 2010 Crossfit Games, 1st place 2010 Regional winner, 1st place Washington Sectional Winner 2010. Athletic Background: I grew up playing soccer. I played at Mount Vernon High School winning state my freshman year. I received a soccer scholarship to play at University of Alabama, Huntsville, which is a Division 2 school. In the winter I snowboard with my husband Community Involvement: I am a teacher and so I am usually doing something after school with kids whether it be working on extra math or...
Kelsey Nagel - 165lb. Thruster to Win WOD #2 at Northwest Regional Name: Kelsey Nagel Age: 25 Affiliate: Lynnwood CrossFit CrossFit Competition Experience: 2010 Washington State Sectionals (19th), 2010 NW Regionals (12th), 2011 NW Regionals (TBD!) Athletic Background: I grew up playing soccer in Edmonds, Washington, and eventually earned an athletic scholarship to The University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA). I played and started all 4 years and was named team captain my Junior and Senior years. I wanted to continue to play after college but after a few months of training with the Seattle Sounders Women's team an injury to my hip took me out of the sport and into surgery. From youth soccer to middle school volleyball...
Adam Neiffer - Firebreather Athlete _______________ Name: Adam Neiffer Age: 27 Affiliate: CrossFit Fort Vancouver CrossFit Competition Experience: 08 CrossFit Games Competitor '09 CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup Competitor '10 CrossFit Games Affiliate Cup Champions 2011 Reebok Open finished 3rd in the Northwest Athletic Background: Football, Beloit College Community Involvement: Future Soldier Fitness Program, CrossFit-SHARE Fundraising Coordinator, Vancouver Winter Hospitality Overflow, Sunday School Teacher Favorite Quote or Saying: "I can do all things through him who strengthens me" Phil. 4:13 - "Life's a garden, dig it" -Joe Dirt What does it mean to you to be a Firebreather? “To me, being a Firebreather means devoting your whole and best self to whatever it is you're passionate about. As a CrossFitter, that means investing...
