Lexi Neely sits in 24th on the 2025 World Fitness Project Tour leaderboard. Neely competed in both Tour Stops as a Challenger athlete and qualified for the WFP Finals this December. However, this afternoon she announced she has withdrawn due to a shoulder injury.
“Over the last few months, I’ve been working to rehab a shoulder tear. I’ve been doing what I can to prioritize recovery, but it has been a little slower than I had hoped,” explained Neely in her most recent Instagram post.
She continued, “With that, I’ve made the decision to withdraw from the WFP Finals. As much as I want to compete, this recovery has taken more time than I originally expected. But I want my focus to be on fully healing, not rushing back to compete before I’m ready!”
Neely took 15th place in the women’s Pro division at Tour Stop 1 in Indianapolis. She followed that up with a 2nd place finish in the Challenger division at Tour Stop 2 in Mesa.
Neely accumulated 605 points for the 2025 season and was in the hunt for a top 20 spot after WFP Finals, thereby securing a Pro Card for the 2026 season. However, with the injury, Neely will need to come up through the Challenger division next year.
Emily Rethwill will take Neely’s spot at the WFP Finals. Rethwill sits in 31st place overall with 495 points for the season.
Neely is the first Challenger athlete to withdraw from the WFP Finals. However, she joins Haley Adams, Emma McQuaid, Bethany Flores and Victor Hoffer, all of whom will not compete in Copenhagen.
