Welcome to the 2022 Aevitas Open! We're excited to get this three-week party started, and we hope you are too!
For everyone that signed up for the Aevitas Open in-house team competition this year - thank you! You exceeded our initial expectations of ~50 athletes, with a whopping 80 athletes signing up to participate! That's great!
Now it's our turn to deliver with a fun and engaging team competition! The first step? Divide everyone into four killer teams, of course!
The Aevitas Open Team Draft
On Friday, Feb 18th, your Aevitas Coaches (aka the Aevitas Open Team Captains) got together for a team draft. Draft pick order was decided by CrossFit trivia! Coach Dave and Coach Pick received first draft pick.
Captains went through the list of registered athletes one by one, choosing a team they feel can compete well in the 2022 Open. Each team has a mix of Rx and Scaled athletes, as well as a fairly even distribution of male/female, and Guilderland/Round Lake athletes.
Immediately following the closed-door draft, we opened up a Zoom call for any athletes wishing to get a first glimpse at their teams, and hear directly from the captains regarding how each team member was chosen, and what each captain is most looking forward to in the coming weeks.
Team Rosters
If you missed the team announcement (what? You had other Friday night plans?!), no worries!
Aevitas Open participants have been emailed to inform them of their team assignments. Also, the full roster is copied below for reference. If you have signed up for the open and did NOT receive an email, or you do NOT see yourself on the lists below - please reach out ASAP so we can make sure nothing is missed!
Final 2022 Aevitas Open Team Roster
Team 1: Coach Dave/Coach Pick
- Benjamin Eggleston
- Carol York
- Colleen Smith
- Cristin Connor
- Diana Edelson
- Jason Farooq
- Jenny Lam
- Jim Schertzer
- John Willis
- Jonathan Church
- Joseph Robyck
- Laney Lutzker
- Lisamarie Better
- Marissa Kirker
- Mel Willis
- Ryan Campion
- Tanner Dasso
- Taylor Murphy
Team 2: Coach Cody/Coach Kevin
- Aiden Cahee
- Andrew Patterson
- Bernie Leerkes
- Carrie Cronin
- Eileen Trainor
- Emily Durstewitz
- Jon Doré
- Julia Tedesco
- Justus Richardson
- Kailey Campion
- Lance Meeson
- Liz Romanowski
- Melissa Haas
- Michael Robie
- Stephanie Drown
- Stephanie Wille
- Terry Seery
- Tom Andriola
Team 3: Coach Karen/Coach Kat
- Alicia Cosh
- Chad Southwick
- Christian Jackstadt
- Dani Wessells
- Daniel Railey
- Dennis Kiingati
- Fen Dunn
- Janelle Rizzo
- Jeremy Aaron
- Jim Lofthouse
- Jonathan Noonan
- Josh Lare
- Kassy Andrade
- Laura Labbe
- Nabil Azad
- Sara Veeder
- Tim Austen
- Will Vaughn
Team 4: Coach Victoria/Coach Lexi
- Adam Shannon
- Amy Wardner
- Beth Constantino
- Chris Dooling
- Courtney Kutzscher
- Derek Holden
- Jackie Lendrum
- Jeffrey Lutzker
- Kayla Baker
- Kelley Watts
- Kelsey Schumacher
- Matthew Garris
- Palash Goyal
- Patrick McLaughlin
- Roy Swann
- Sam Chase
- Timothy Shannon
- Ty Neil
For a full recap of the team announcement call, including thoughts from the coaches as to why this is going to be the best Open yet, you can check out the Zoom recording right HERE!
Good luck to all the athletes and teams! Let's make the 2022 Aevitas Open the most memorable yet!
