The Mayhem Classic is back, this time as an In-Person Qualifying Event. Up until last week we had very limited information on the competition other than it would be invite-only and based on a ranking system. Over the weekend, the first round of invites were sent to athletes.
While it was said the ranking system would be similar to the Rogue Points System, it ended up being the exact rankings used.
The Mayhem Classic published the list of its first-round invites on Instagram and included the top 18 men and women from Rogue’s rankings.Â
Hold up…I thought the Mayhem Classic was going to feature 20 men and 20 women?
That is what has been communicated thus far and most likely means that Mayhem is inviting two wildcards for each division. Obviously, one is for Hunter McIntyre as discussed on the last Rich Froning Podcast. Everyone would also expect the other male invite would go to Mayhem’s Austin Hatfield.Â
All speculation, of course, but that would make sense.
On the women’s side, there aren’t as many obvious choices so we will just have to wait and see.
And then it will also depend on who accepts their invites and whether Mayhem will need to backfill any spots where athletes declined to compete.
With that, here are the 18 men and women who received an invite:
Men | Women |
Jeff Adler | Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr |
Pat Vellner | Laura Horvath |
Justin Medeiros | Gabi Migala |
Roman Khrennikov | Danielle Brandon |
Ricky Garard | Arielle Loewen |
Dallin Pepper | Emma Lawson |
Jayson Hopper | Alex Gazan |
Jay Crouch | Annie Thorisdottir |
BKG | Brooke Wells |
Noah Ohlsen | Alexis Raptis |
Chandler Smith | Emily Rolfe |
Sam Kwant | Emma Tall |
Jonne Koski | Amanda Barnhart |
Saxon Panchik | Paige Semenza |
Travis Mayer | Emma McQuaid |
Gui Malheiros | Haley Adams |
James Sprague | Manon Angonese |
Sam Cournoyer | Dani Speegle |
As you can see of those invited, Gabi Migala will decline as she is still recovering from her Achilles injury that she suffering at the Rogue Invitational. Emma Tall has also said she will not be competing in the Games season.
On the men’s side, Chandler Smith and Noah Ohlsen have both said they will not be competing this year (technically Ohlsen said he is leaving the door open for teams, but it is unlikely he would go that route).
So there will no doubt be a handful of athletes who will decline, leaving Mayhem to backfill. Athletes have until Wednesday, January 22, to accept or decline their invite. Stay tuned…
The 2025 Mayhem Classic is April 5-6 at CrossFit Mayhem in Cookeville, Tennesse.