Tour Stop 2 of the 2026 World Fitness Project season begins in just three days. As the athletes head back to Grand Park Sports Complex in Westfield, Indiana, there have been several notable roster changes to the 50-men and 50-women fields.
Back on August 5 the WFP published the men’s and women’s rosters heading into Tour Stop 2. In that release, two signed Pro athletes had already withdrawn. Fee Saghafi and Anikha Greer were both absent in the initial roster announcement. As such, two Challengers, Emily Rethwill and Blair Chaney, accepted backfill invites via the Online Qualifier.
Yesterday, the WFP updated the individual rosters ahead of this weekend’s competition. With that, several notable names have withdrawn over the past several weeks.
Sticking with the women, signed Pro Dani Speegle will not compete at Tour Stop 2. Additionally, Sara Sigmundsdottir will also not be on the competition this weekend. Sigmundsdottir had received a special invite for the two Tour Stops this season.
Speegle and Sigmundsdottir have been replaced by Julia Jakobsen and Kamila Takeyeva.
On the men’s side, all 20 signed Pros are still slated to compete at Tour Stop 2. However, there has been some withdrawals within the Challengers. Saxon Panchik and Spencer Panchik had both received special invites to compete in Indianapolis. However, both have withdrawn from this weekend’s competition.
Travon Benton and Christian Roman also withdrew recently.
The four men have been replaced by Sam Whitworth, Philroy Peters, Karl Feldmer and Hunter Robins Gibbons.
IMPACT TO FINALS
The top 30 men and women in total points after Tour Stop 2 will receive an invite to compete at the 2026 WFP Finals this December. Unlike last year, the signed Pro athletes are not guaranteed a spot at the Finals.
This means that the three female signed Pros (Saghafi, Speegle and Greer) will not advance to the Finals and will not retain their Tour Card for the 2027 WFP season.
Saghafi is technically in 22nd overall, but will drop out of the top 30 after this weekend. Speegle withdrew at Tour Stop 1 and was sitting in 49th overall. Greer skipped Tour Stop 1 to compete at Copa Sur, the South American CrossFit Games Semifinal, where she would ultimately qualify for the CrossFit Games.
With these women sitting out, it means there will be three new women taking a Pro Card for next season.
For the men, while there all of the signed Pros are expected to compete at Tour Stop 2, Spencer Panchik will likely forgo his opportunity to advance to the WFP Finals. Panchik has 263 points and is in 18th overall. He will most certainly drop outside the top 30, ending his 2026 WFP season.
Saxon Panchik did not compete at Tour Stop 1 and was unlikely to earn enough points to jump into the top 30.
HOW TO QUALIFY FOR WFP FINALS
For the 2026 WFP season, athletes accrue points from each of the first two Tour Stops. The points are based on the points awarded for their placement of all the workouts from Tour Stop 1 and Tour 2.
The top 30 men and women advance to the WFP Finals where they will then fight for the top 20 to earn a Pro Card for the 2027 WFP season. Points from Tour Stop 1 and 2 will carry over into the Finals.
