James Sprague Qualifies for HYROX World Championships

James Sprague was just one of many well-known CrossFitters at HYROX Las Vegas this past weekend. The entire HWPO team was there including Mat Fraser, Matt O’Keefe and Sammy along with the Buttery Bros to cover it. Justin Medeiros and Ellie Turner competed in the Mixed Doubles division and so did Emily Rethwill and Phillip Muscarella.

I’m sure I am missing a few others, but HYROX took down the normal leaderboard, which makes searching results rather difficult.

Anyway, James Sprague, coming off his victory at TYR Wodapalooza just a week ago made the trek to Las Vegas for HYROX. Unlike those mentioned earlier, Sprague opted to compete as an individual in the Pro division.

While he wasn’t part of the Elite Pro athletes that included Hunter McIntyre or Dylan Scott, Sprague took on the exact same course and fitness elements as those guys did.

Sprague ended up finishing in 1:03:05. To his time in perspective, Dylan Scott, who won the Elite 15 heat earlier on the weekend crossed the finish line in 56:34, just 23 seconds ahead of McIntyre. Sprague’s time would have been good for 13th among the Elite 15 athletes.

One interesting note about Sprague’s splits, he had the fastest 100 wall balls of any elite male athlete. Fasters than McIntyre and Scott. While Sprague did not go unbroken, he started with 60 unbroken wall balls.

But while Sprague might not have qualified for the Elite 15 at the HYROX World Championships later this year in Chicago, he did qualify in the Men’s Pro U24 division.

The 2025 HYROX World Championships are on June 12-15 in Chicago, Illinois. There is a good chance that Sprague will have already qualified for the CrossFit Games by this time. If he hasn’t HYROX Worlds will conflict with the Last Chance Qualifier. So the question is, if Sprague has an invite already, will we see him in Chicago?

James’ father, Pat, livestreamed his entire race on Instagram. You can watch below…

Sprague’s brother, Spencer, was in the same heat. He finished in a very respectable 1:08:13.

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