The first-ever XENOM competition wrapped up this weekend in Dallas, Texas. Over two days, 372 athletes took part in the new “Decathlon of Fitness” where athletes took on 10 events over Saturday and Sunday. From Elite to Compete divisions and Individual and Pairs, athletes generated the first official Elite Performance Index (EPI) scores and established the initial benchmark for future competitors.
Jack Farlow and Abigail Domit won the Elite Men’s and Women’s division, respectively. On the Pairs side, PRVN athletes dominated. Colten Mertens and Chris Ibarra won the Elite Men’s Pairs division while Olivia Kerstetter and Kyra Milligan finished atop the Elite Women’s Pairs division.
Farlow and Domit each walked away with the $25,000 cash prize for their overall win in the Elite individual division. The duos of Mertens/Ibarra and Kerstetter/Milligan each took home $12,500.
EPI World Records
Farlow: 7,688
Domit: 8,076
Mertens/Ibarra: 9,337
Kerstetter/Milligan: 9,764
From here on out, the prize purse will be based on whether one of the world records above is broken. Breaking an Elite Individual world record is worth $10,000 at XENOM London and $5,000 will be awarded to an Elite Pairs team who breaks a world record.
If a world record is not broken at London or any subsequent competition, $5,000 will be added to the elite individual prize purse and $2,500 will be added to the elite pairs divisions. In other words, if no one breaks a record at XENOM London, the prize money for breaking a record will increase to $15,000 for elite individuals and $7,500 for elite pairs at the third competition.
That rollover prize money would continue to increase until a world record is set.
XENOM London is August 29-30 at Olympia in London, England. Registration is still open.
